* Neil Postman, ( 1931 – 2003 ) author, media theorist and cultural critic,

Alfons Maria Jakob ( 2 July 1884, Aschaffenburg / Bavaria – 17 October 1931, Hamburg ) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.

* 1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church ( d. 1931 )

* 1931 – Baba Ram Dass, American Hindu spiritual teacher

* 1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor and director ( d. 2008 )

* 1931 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter ( d. 1995 )

* 1931 – Sri Chinmoy, Bengali-American spiritual teacher, poet, and painter ( d. 2007 )

* 1931 – Joe Cunningham, American baseball player

* 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author ( d. 2010 )

* 1931 – Chuck Essegian, American baseball player

* 1931 – Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and coach

* 1931 – Pierre DuMaine, American bishop

* 1931 – Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer ( d. 2008 )

* 1931 – Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer ( d. 2007 )

* 1931 – Ramblin ' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter

* 1931 – Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer

* 1958 – Peter Collins, English race car driver ( b. 1931 )

Franciszek Bujak ( 1875 – 1953 ) and Jan Rutkowski ( 1886 – 1949 ), the founders of modern economic history in Poland and of the journal Roczniki Dziejów Spolecznych i Gospodarczych ( 1931 – ), were attracted to the innovations of the Annales school.

* 1862 – Victoria of Baden ( d. 1931 )

* 1868 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician ( d. 1931 )

* 1879 – Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer ( d. 1931 )

* 1931 – Charles E. Rice, American scholar and author

* 1931 – Roger Penrose, English physicist

* February 7 – Nick Adams, American actor ( b. 1931 )

Within a few years the Club would send forth into these professional realms Erik Barnouw ' 29 ; C. Norris Houghton, Joshua Logan, and Myron McCormick, all Class of 1931 ; James Stewart ' 32 ; José Ferrer ' 33 ; and Nick Foran ' 34.

* In the novel The Acceptance World ( 1955 ), the narrator, Nick Jenkins, is re-united with his first major love, Jean Templer, after Jean and her sister-in-law, Mona, have returned to the Ritz ( London ) on New Year's Eve 1931, following a screening of the film.

* Nick Erickson ( 1870 – 1931 ), American United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Spanish – American War

He played the main character's loyal manager in The Champ ( 1931 ), a Rollo Brother in the movie Freaks ( 1932 ), Joe Morelli from The Thin Man ( 1934 ) and Nick Charles ' friend Brogan from The Thin Man Goes Home ( 1944 ).

It first charted in 1931 with versions by Nick Lucas (# 8 ), Ted Weems ( also # 8 ), The Charleston Chasers (# 15 ), and Lee Morse (# 18 ).

He married his first wife Margaret Adams, in 1931 ( divorced in 1951 ) and with her he had four children.

Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, Adams was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from the state's second Congressional district in 1931, and graduated in 1935 with an appointment to the rank of ensign.

American Airlines was the first airline to serve Little Rock when it first landed at Adams Field in June 1931.

Early North Omaha bands included Dan Desdunes Band, Simon Harrold's Melody Boys, the Sam Turner Orchestra, the Ted Adams Orchestra, the Omaha Night Owls, Red Perkins and His Original Dixie Ramblers, and the Lloyd Hunter Band who became the first Omaha band to record in 1931.

In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, " life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement " regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.

Historian James Truslow Adams popularized the phrase " American Dream " in his 1931 book Epic of America:

* Tom Adams ( politician ) or Jon Adams ( 1931 – 1985 ), Prime Minister of Barbados

In 1929 and 1931 Wade Dean filed mining claims to the sulfur on Adams ' summit plateau.

Roland Gwynne, later mayor of Eastbourne ( 1929 – 1931 ) and lover of suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams, received a feather from a relative.

Donald Eugene Webb ( born Donald Eugene Perkins on July 14, 1931 ) is an American career criminal and fugitive wanted for attempted burglary and the murder of police chief Gregory Adams in the small community of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania on December 4, 1980.

During the committal hearing for the suspected serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams in January 1957, Goddard was seen dining with the defendant's probable gay lover, Sir Roland Gwynne ( Mayor of Eastbourne from 1929 to 1931 ), and ex-Attorney-General Hartley Shawcross at an hotel in Lewes.

Jon Michael Geoffrey Manningham " Tom " Adams ( September 24, 1931 – March 11, 1985 ) was a Barbadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Barbados from 1976 until 1985.

The Newberry Library in the present day. Henry Ives Cobb ( August 19, 1859 – March 27, 1931 ), born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Albert Adams and Mary Russell Candler Cobb, was a Chicago-based architect in the last decades of the 19th century, known for his designs in the Romanesque and Victorian Gothic styles.

Adams reworked the script considerably in 1931, creating the role of Major Domo, head of the household, for himself while his wife, Virginia Best Adams, played the housekeeper.

Robert Adams Gottlieb ( born April 29, 1931, New York, New York ), is an American writer and editor.

Jonathan Adams ( 14 February 1931 – 13 June 2005 ) was an English actor, born in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

Perhaps the greatest of them all was Cedric Adams who first appeared on WCCO in 1931, and broadcast on the station until his death in 1961.

In 1931 Adams's unit was transferred to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, when the naval government of the islands was replaced by a civilian administration, thus separating Adams from family, friends, and his source of social influence.