* 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

* 2003 – Ronald Ferguson, British mayor and polo manager, father of Sarah, Duchess of York ( b. 1931 )

* 2011 – Richard Wirthlin, American political strategist for Ronald Reagan ( b. 1931 )

Edwin " Ed " Meese, III ( born December 2, 1931 ) is an attorney, law professor, and author who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration ( 1967 – 1974 ), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team ( 1980 ), and the Reagan White House ( 1981 – 1985 ), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States ( 1985 – 1988 ).

On 17 January 1956, Susan married Lieutenant Ronald Ferguson ( 1931 – 2003 ) at St Margaret's, Westminster.

Major Ronald Ivor Ferguson ( 10 October 1931 – 16 March 2003 ) was the father of Sarah, Duchess of York, former wife to The Duke of York.

* Lieutenant General Sir Ronald Charles ( 1931 – 1934 )

The book's only theatrically released adaptation, made in 1931, featured Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes as Arrowsmith and Leora respectively.

The heir apparent to the earldom is usually styled Lord Dalmeny, but the current Earl, while heir apparent to his father, the sixth Earl, was styled Lord Primrose instead, to avoid using the same courtesy title as his elder half-brother, Archbald Ronald Primrose, who had been styled Lord Dalmeny before his death in 1931.

After reading an advert in the underground magazine Oz ( in 1969 ) for the " International Fortean Organisation " ( INFO ), an American group " founded in 1966 ... by Paul and Ronald Willis ," who had acquired material from the original Fortean Society ( started in 1931, but in limbo since the 1959 death of its founder Tiffany Thayer ), Rickard began to correspond with the brothers, particularly Paul.

Ronald Cyril Fearn, Baron Fearn OBE ( born 6 February 1931 ) is a British politician and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.

* Ronald Dworkin (* 1931 )

Ronald Ralph " Ronnie " Schell ( born December 23, 1931 ) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and cartoon voice actor ( notably Peter Puck ).

* Ronald Ross, discoverer and creator ( 1931 )

She was paired successfully with some of the major leading men, such as David Manners, Charles Farrell, Warner Baxter, and Ronald Colman in romantic dramas such as Body and Soul ( 1931 ) before appearing in the box office hit The Count of Monte Cristo ( 1934 ) with Robert Donat.

* Ronald Dworkin ( born 1931 ), legal philosopher

William Patrick Clark, Jr. ( born October 23, 1931 ), American politician, served under President Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, United States National Security Advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the Secretary of the Interior from 1983 until 1985.

* Ronald Arthur Dalzell, 12th Earl of Carnwath ( 1883 – 1931 )

* 1931 – 1982 – Ronald Woan ( director of music )

* Ronald Edward Perrin ( 1931 – 1997 ), British cathedral organist

Lawrence Ronald " Larry " Costello ( July 2, 1931 in Minoa, New York – December 13, 2001 ) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

Ronald Winthrop " Ron " Jones ( born 1931 ) is an influential international trade economist and Xerox Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester.

Ronald Hynd ( born 22 April 1931 ) is an English choreographer, and in his youth was a ballet dancer.

One of Hall's sisters, Julia Frankau, was a successful novelist, under the name of " Frank Danby ", and the mother of the author Gilbert Frankau and the actor Ronald Frankau, who appeared in London in A Country Girl ( 1914 revival ), The Gay Princess ( 1931 ) and a long run of 1930s and 1940s revues.

Ronald Edward Galella ( born January 10, 1931 ) is an American photographer, known as a pioneer paparazzo.