* 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 – 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

* 1931 – Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player

It was designed by Swiss architects Le Corbusier and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, and built between 1928 and 1931 using reinforced concrete.

In 1931, Pierre Matisse opened an art gallery in New York City.

Most famous Belgian authors are: Guido Gezelle ( 1830 – 1899 ), Emile Verhaeren ( 1855 – 1916 ), Max Elskamp ( 1862 – 1931 ), Maurice Maeterlinck ( 1862 – 1949 ), Paul van Ostaijen ( 1896 – 1926 ), Henri Michaux ( French born and educated in Belgium, 1899 – 1984 ) and Jacques Brel ( 1929 – 1978 ) and prose writers: Hendrik Conscience ( 1812 – 1883 ), Charles de Coster ( 1827 – 1879 ), Willem Elsschot ( 1882 – 1960 ), Michel de Ghelderode ( 1898 – 1962 ), Georges Simenon 1903-1989, Louis Paul Boon ( 1912 – 1979 ), Hugo Claus ( 1929 – 2008 ), Pierre Mertens ( born in 1939 ) Ernest Claes ( 1885 – 1968 ), and, Amélie Nothomb ( born in 1967 ).

In 1931, Majorana published the first paper on the phenomenon of autoionization in atomic spectra, designated by him as " spontaneous ionization "; an independent paper in the same year, published by Allen Shenstone of Princeton University, designated the phenomenon as " auto-ionization ", a name first used by Pierre Auger.

Louise actually gave birth to nine children — Bernadette, Jean ( born and died 1845 ), Toinette ( 1846 – 1892 ), Jean-Marie ( 1848 – 1851 ), Jean-Marie ( 1851 – 1919 ), Justin ( 1855 – 1865 ), Pierre ( 1859 – 1931 ), Jean ( born and died 1864 ), and a baby girl named Louise who died soon after her birth ( 1866 ).

* Privat, Maurice, Pierre Laval, Paris: Editions Les Documents secrets, 1931

* Pierre Chambon ( born 1931 ), biologist

* Pierre Nora ( born 1931 ), French historian

Then followed Rotativa, first conducted by Pierre Monteux at Salle Pleyel, Paris, on 20 December 1931.

* Pierre Chambon (* 1931 )

* Le Jeune, Louis, " Pierre de Cavagnal, marquis de Vaudreuil ", in Dictionnaire général de biographie, histoire, littérature, agriculture, commerce, industrie et des arts, sciences, mœurs, coutumes, institutions politiques et religieuses du Canada, volume II, Ottawa: Université d ’ Ottawa, 1931, pp. 764 – 767.

The picture is an excerpt of the original armorial achievement created by Pierre Chaignon de la Rose and published in the February 1931 issue of the Notre Dame Alumnus and Notre Dame Scholastic.

Pierre Chambon ( born 7 February 1931, Mulhouse, France ) was the founder of the Institute for Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Biology in Strasbourg, France.

In 1931 Fejos accepted an invitation from Pierre Braunberger to direct early sound films in France and left Hollywood for good.

Joseph Albert Pierre Paul Pilote ( born December 11, 1931 ) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman.

* French: La Piste des géants ( 1931 ), directed by Pierre Couderc, starring Gaston Glass ( Pierre Calmine ), Jeanne Helbling ( Denise Vernon ), Margot Rousseroy ( Yvette ), Raoul Paoli ( Flack ), Louis Mercier ( Lopez ).

Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller AC FRS ( born 2 April 1931 ) is a distinguished research scientist.

Pierre Monteux ( first violist and then assistant conductor of the Colonne orchestra ) used Colonne's annotated score for his 1931 recording of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.