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George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall

George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall

1873–1931

politician

Official cause

pneumonia

Paddy Glynn

Paddy Glynn

1855–1931

politician, diplomat, writer

Official cause

pneumonia

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

1847–1931

engineer, inventor, entrepreneur

Official cause

type 2 diabetes

Dick Meagher

Dick Meagher

1866–1931

solicitor, politician

Official cause

nephritis

Omar al-Mukhtar

Omar al-Mukhtar

1858–1931

resistance fighter, partisan

Official cause

hanging to death

Santosh Kumar Mitra

Santosh Kumar Mitra

1900–1931

revolutionary

Official cause

shootout

Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts

1856–1931

painter

Official cause

cancer

William Henry Wattis

William Henry Wattis

1859–1931

businessperson

Official cause

cancer

Lili Elbe

Lili Elbe

1882–1931

painter

Official cause

complication

Salvatore Maranzano

Salvatore Maranzano

1886–1931

criminal

Official cause

stab wound; gunshot wound

Dmitri Egorov

Dmitri Egorov

1869–1931

mathematician, university teacher

Official cause

starvation

Marian Osborne

Marian Osborne

1871–1931

writer

Official cause

liver disease

Jorge Vinatea Reynoso

Jorge Vinatea Reynoso

1900–1931

painter

Official cause

tuberculosis

Vladimir Triandafillov

Vladimir Triandafillov

1894–1931

military theorist, military personnel

Official cause

aircraft crash

Friedrich Gundolf

Friedrich Gundolf

1880–1931

poet, writer, literary historian

Official cause

cancer

George Westmore

George Westmore

1879–1931

make-up artist

Official cause

intoxication

LNB

Leonard N. Boston

1871–1931

physician

Official cause

skin disease

Dinesh Chandra Gupta

Dinesh Chandra Gupta

1911–1931

revolutionary

Official cause

hanging to death

Oscar Kjellberg

Oscar Kjellberg

1870–1931

inventor, mechanical engineer, local politician

Official cause

cerebral hemorrhage

ASE

Arthur Starr Eakle

1862–1931

mineralogist, university teacher

Official cause

pneumonia

Peter Kürten

Peter Kürten

1883–1931

criminal, serial killer

Official cause

decapitation

Dionisio Jakosalem

Dionisio Jakosalem

1878–1931

politician

Official cause

disease

BD

Bernard Downing

1869–1931

politician

Official cause

tuberculosis

Eben Allen

Eben Allen

1868–1931

politician, businessperson

Official cause

gunshot wound