* 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

* Sir Herbert Samuel 1931 – 1935

In 1931 the art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen offered funds to build a gallery for the Parthenon sculptures.

All the governors-general until 1965 were British, except Sir Issac Isaacs ( 1931 – 36 ) and Sir William McKell ( 1947 – 53 ).

Isaac Isaacs | Sir Isaac Isaacs, the first Australian-born Governor-General, 1931 – 1936

# 1931 – 1952 Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper

* 1862 – Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish fencer and landowner, survivor of RMS Titanic ( d. 1931 )

* 1931 – Sir Terence Conran, English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer

Credit for invention of the steam turbine is given both to the British engineer Sir Charles Parsons ( 1854 – 1931 ), for invention of the reaction turbine and to Swedish engineer Gustaf de Laval ( 1845 – 1913 ), for invention of the impulse turbine.

* April 14 – Sir Murray Bisset, South African cricketer and Governor of Southern Rhodesia ( d. 1931

By 1931, much of Mohenjo-Daro had been excavated, but excavations continued, such as that led by Sir Mortimer Wheeler, director of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1944.

The concept that insulin resistance may be the underlying cause of diabetes mellitus type 2 was first advanced by Prof. Wilhelm Falta and published in Vienna in 1931, and confirmed as contributary by Sir Harold Percival Himsworth of the University College Hospital Medical Centre in London in 1936.

In 1931 Williams-Ellis bought from his uncle, Sir Osmund Williams, Bt, the Victorian crenellated mansion Castell Deudraeth with the intention of incorporating it into the Portmeirion hotel complex, but the intervention of the war and other problems prevented this.

Actor Sir Ian Holm was born at Goodmayes Hospital on 12 September, 1931, to Scottish parents, Jean Wilson Holm and James Harvey Cuthbert.

This park was acquired by Ealing Borough Council as a recreation ground in 1931 from Sir

Tea magnate Sir Thomas Lipton came to Southgate from Muswell Hill in 1892, and lived in a house called Osidge until his death in 1931.

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General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD ( 27 June 1865 – 8 October 1931 ) was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War.

Sir John Monash died in Melbourne on 8 October 1931 and was given a state funeral.

* Sir Ernest MacMillan ( 1931 – 1956 )

In 1931, Sir Thomas Beecham was approached by the rising young conductor Malcolm Sargent with a proposal to set up a permanent, salaried orchestra with a subsidy guaranteed by Sargent's patrons, the Courtauld family.

* Sir Ian Holm ( born 1931 ), film, stage and television actor

Sir Ian Holm, CBE ( born 12 September 1931 ) is an English actor known for his stage work and many film roles.

In 1931 the governor, Sir John Burdon, rejected proposals to legalise trade unions and to introduce a minimum wage and sickness insurance.