On This Day — December 31
4103 noted people were born and 2256 died on December 31 in our archive, including Judith C. Russell, Adolf Grimme and Andrews Norton.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 31
Judith C. Russell
b. 1944
Adolf Grimme
1889 – 1963
Andrews Norton
1786 – 1853
Arun Kumar Sharma
1924 – 2017
Audrey Dussutour
b. 1977
Avram Hershko
b. 1937
Carl Ludwig Siegel
1896 – 1981
Christine Scheel
b. 1956
Don Page
b. 1948
Edmone Roffael
1939 – 2021
Edward Augustus Bond
1815 – 1898
Georges Davy
1883 – 1976
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
b. 1947
Henry Carter Adams
1851 – 1921
Herman Boerhaave
1668 – 1738
Iolanda Batallé
b. 1971
J. Wayne Reitz
1908 – 1993
Janusz Kubicki
b. 1969
Jarosław Guzy
b. 1955
Johan Rockström
b. 1965
José Tolentino de Mendonça
b. 1965
Jules Simon
1814 – 1896
Leonard Adleman
b. 1945
Leonard Doncaster
1877 – 1920
Nelson Manrique
1947 – 2026
Rick Trainor
b. 1948
Sarah Ferguson
b. 1965
Sofia Ananiadou
b. 1958
Sture Allén
1928 – 2022
Sydney Howard Vines
1849 – 1934
Søren Pape Poulsen
1971 – 2024
Tasker H. Bliss
1853 – 1930
Turi King
b. 1969
Vaughan Jones
1952 – 2020
Viktor Vinogradov
1894 – 1969
William French Anderson
b. 1936
Wolfgang Gerhardt
1943 – 2024
Yuriy Borisov
b. 1956
Abdur Raquib Khandaker
1985 – 2010
Alan Rabinowitz
1953 – 2018
Albert Wolff
1825 – 1891
Aleksandr Roediger
1853 – 1920
Alexander Stroganov
1795 – 1891
Alexander Winchell
1824 – 1891
Alfred Msezane
b. 1938
Andreas Vesalius
1514 – 1564
Andrei N. Khlobystov
b. 1974
Andrew Lambert
b. 1956
Armando Angelini
1891 – 1968
Artem Ovcharenko
b. 1986
Austin E. Quigley
b. 1942
Baron Waqa
b. 1959
Bernhard M. Hämmerli
b. 1958
Bin Yu
b. 1969
Bob Rankin
b. 1969
Bogdan Willewalde
1818 – 1903
Boris Dubin
1946 – 2014
Camille Lefèvre
1853 – 1933
Carlos Dívar
1941 – 2017
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
1738 – 1805
Charles Okechukwu Esimone
b. 1970
Chris Lilley
b. 1959
Christopher B. Stringer
b. 1947
Clarence Major
b. 1936
David Daggett
1764 – 1851
David Ferriero
b. 1945
David Sankoff
b. 1942
Diane von Fürstenberg
b. 1946
Dieter Bührle
1921 – 2012
Dietmar Hahlweg
b. 1934
Dolors Bramon
b. 1943
Donald Trump Jr.
b. 1977
Doug Anthony
1929 – 2020
Duma Boko
b. 1969
Edward Maxwell
1867 – 1923
Ellen Datlow
b. 1949
Erasmus D. Shattuck
1824 – 1900
Eugene Myers
b. 1953
Fazal Ahmad Khalid
b. 1957
Ferdinand Lacina
b. 1942
Francesco Alberoni
1929 – 2023
Frank Bradway Rogers
1914 – 1987
Frans Julius Johan van Eysinga
1818 – 1901
Friedrich Johann Karl Becke
1855 – 1931
Gabriela Matuszek
b. 1953
Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker
1832 – 1900
George Marshall
1880 – 1959
George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent
1789 – 1850
George Willis Ritchey
1864 – 1945
Gilbert Stork
1921 – 2017
Giovanni Cantoni
1818 – 1897
Gong Li
b. 1965
Gégé Katana
b. 1963
Göran Söllscher
b. 1955
Halina Czerny-Stefańska
1922 – 2001
Heath Shuler
b. 1971
Helen Mirra
b. 1970
Hendrik S. Houthakker
1924 – 2008
Henrik Stubkjær
b. 1961
Hermann Lübbe
b. 1926
Hermann Oppenheim
1857 – 1919
Hisashi Hieda
b. 1937
Hoesung Lee
b. 1945
Hong Shen
1894 – 1955
Iacob Negruzzi
1842 – 1932
Inga Bejer Engh
b. 1970
Ippei Mizuhara
b. 1984
Jacques Cartier
1491 – 1557
Jaime Escalante
1930 – 2010
Jaime Soto
b. 1955
James Cuthbert Smith
b. 1954
Jan Schalauske
b. 1980
Jeff Flake
b. 1962
Jennifer Higdon
b. 1962
Jeremy Heywood
1961 – 2018
Josef Baxa
b. 1959
Joseph Garat
1872 – 1944
Josh Hawley
b. 1979
José Mira Mira
1944 – 2008
Jules Dalou
1838 – 1902
Junot Díaz
b. 1968
Kenneth Minihan
1943 – 2025
Kostas Voutsas
1931 – 2020
Lazar Lyusternik
1899 – 1981
Lee Davenport
1915 – 2011
Leo Otis Colbert
1883 – 1968
Li Deren
b. 1939
Lluc Salellas i Vilar
b. 1984
Lois Galgay Reckitt
1944 – 2023
Louisa Lumsden
1840 – 1935
Louise Ho
b. 1967
Luis Giampietri
1940 – 2023
Lynn Compton
1921 – 2012
Malcolm Evans
b. 1959
Margaret Ann Bradshaw
b. 1941
Marien Ngouabi
1938 – 1977
Michael Kramer
b. 1967
Michael Rubbo
b. 1938
Mikhail Gurevich
1892 – 1976
Mārtiņš Bondars
b. 1971
Nairi Zaryan
1900 – 1969
Nathan Fletcher
b. 1976
Niaz Zaman
b. 1941
Nicholas
1891 – 1961
Nicholas Halma
1755 – 1828
Nikolay Tsiskaridze
b. 1973
Olga Lyubimova
b. 1980
Pete Souza
b. 1954
Piotr Wawrzyk
b. 1967
Priit Sibul
b. 1977
Ray Graves
1918 – 2015
René-Xavier Prinet
1861 – 1946
Richard Stockton Field
1803 – 1870
Robert B. Silvers
1929 – 2017
Robert Goodwill
b. 1956
Robert Grant Aitken
1864 – 1951
Robert Southwell
1635 – 1702
Ruud Vreeman
b. 1947
Salimata Sawadogo
b. 1958
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
b. 1935
Santiago Genovés
1923 – 2013
Semyon Farada
1933 – 2009
Serge Blanc
1929 – 2013
Siné
1928 – 2016
Sir Trevor Phillips
b. 1953
Stephen Elop
b. 1963
Stephen Grossberg
b. 1939
Tahesha Way
b. 1969
Thomas Grenville
1755 – 1846
Tim Palmer
b. 1952
Tim Stevens
b. 1946
Timo Harakka
b. 1962
Urs Jenal
b. 1961
Viktor Radus-Zenkovich
1877 – 1967
Volodymyr Levytskyi
1872 – 1956
Wab Kinew
b. 1981
William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman
1864 – 1935
Włodzimierz Tetmajer
1862 – 1923
Yevgeny Przhevalsky
1878 – 1953
Yosef Ben-Jochannan
1918 – 2015
Yusif Mammadaliyev
1905 – 1961
Émile Loubet
1838 – 1929
Ítalo Luder
1916 – 2008
A A Mamun
b. 1966
Agnes Hunt
1866 – 1948
Agnieszka Grochowska
b. 1979
Albert Sévigny
1881 – 1961
Alex Salmond
1954 – 2024
Alfred E. Emerson
1896 – 1976
Ali Nasir Muhammad
b. 1939
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
b. 1985
Alphonse de Cailleux
1788 – 1876
Alyona Polunina
b. 1975
Amir Banoo Karimi
1931 – 2023
Anatoly Kuznetsov
1930 – 2014
Andrea Mazziotti di Celso
b. 1966
Andrey Gyurov
b. 1975
Anne Sebba
b. 1951
Anshu Jamsenpa
b. 1979
Anthony Hopkins
b. 1937
… and 3,903 more
Died on December 31
Charles Galton Darwin
1887 – 1962
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
1851 – 1940
John Flamsteed
1646 – 1719
Arnold Rüütel
1928 – 2024
Arthur R. von Hippel
1898 – 2003
Avraami Zavenyagin
1901 – 1956
Benedict XVI
1927 – 2022
Burkard Wilhelm Leist
1819 – 1906
C. D. Howe
1886 – 1960
Dorothy Brock
1886 – 1969
Frederik Johnstrup
1818 – 1894
Geoffrey Reed
1892 – 1970
Gérard Debreu
1921 – 2004
James Cossar Ewart
1851 – 1933
John Stenhouse
1809 – 1880
John Walker
1731 – 1803
K. R. Ramanathan
1893 – 1984
Karl Renner
1870 – 1950
Kenneth Lee Pike
1912 – 2000
Kurt Otto Friedrichs
1901 – 1982
Liese Prokop
1941 – 2006
Luís Blanco Vila
1936 – 2023
Olli Lehto
1925 – 2020
Oscar Alin
1846 – 1900
Phillip Whitehead
1937 – 2005
Pieter Geyl
1887 – 1966
Robert Boyle
1627 – 1691
Robert Edmund O'Malley
1939 – 2020
Robert McNair Ferguson
1829 – 1912
Seth Carlo Chandler
1846 – 1913
Seymour Martin Lipset
1922 – 2006
Stanisław Tarnowski
1837 – 1917
Sverre Petterssen
1898 – 1974
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes
1856 – 1894
Thomas Watson
1914 – 1993
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
1939 – 1993
Ajayi Crowther
1806 – 1891
Alberto Mazzucato
1813 – 1877
Aleksandr Popov
1859 – 1905
Andrzej Wiktor
1931 – 2018
Angelo Amato
1938 – 2024
Arnold Ruge
1802 – 1880
Auguste Dozon
1822 – 1890
Bendt Rothe
1921 – 1989
Bernard Faÿ
1893 – 1978
Béla Julesz
1928 – 2003
Carl Millöcker
1842 – 1899
Charles C. Pixley
1923 – 2005
Christia Adair
1893 – 1989
Cyril Garbett
1875 – 1955
Dora Gad
1912 – 2003
Edward I-hsin Chen
1950 – 2022
Edwin Plimpton Adams
1878 – 1956
Elihu Katz
1926 – 2021
Elliot Richardson
1920 – 1999
Frank Gibson
1878 – 1965
Franz Ludwig Fick
1813 – 1858
Franz Ritter von Epp
1868 – 1946
Frederick Harrison
1844 – 1914
Gaber Asfour
1944 – 2021
Gabit Musirepov
1902 – 1985
Geoffrey Thomas Sandford Baylis
1913 – 2003
Gerhard Schröder
1910 – 1989
Guido di Tella
1931 – 2001
Hanni Ossott
1946 – 2002
Hannibal Goodwin
1822 – 1900
Harold Warris Thompson
1908 – 1983
Henning Christophersen
1939 – 2016
Henry A. du Pont
1838 – 1926
Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson
1881 – 1964
Horatio Allen
1802 – 1889
Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen
1778 – 1839
Inke Maris
1948 – 2020
Ivan Zabelin
1820 – 1908
Izaak Reijnders
1879 – 1966
James B. Reuter
1916 – 2012
James David Forbes
1809 – 1868
Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann
1772 – 1848
John Eldon Bankes
1854 – 1946
John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham
1924 – 2001
John Michael Klineberg
1938 – 2022
Jolanta Fedak
1960 – 2020
Joseph Wendel
1901 – 1960
José Greco
1918 – 2000
Karl Friedrich Hermann
1804 – 1855
Lester Trimble
1923 – 1986
Loel Guinness
1906 – 1988
Louis Franck
1868 – 1937
Ludolph van Ceulen
1540 – 1610
Marshall McLuhan
1911 – 1980
Maxim Litvinov
1876 – 1951
Nobuhiko Ushiba
1909 – 1984
Norbert Leser
1933 – 2014
Olivier Royant
1962 – 2020
Pedro Paulo de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo
1770 – 1855
Piotr Pytlakowski
1951 – 2024
Ratko Janev
1939 – 2019
Raúl Matas
1921 – 2004
Richard Zimmer
1944 – 2025
Roman Bartoszcze
1946 – 2015
Roman Rosen
1847 – 1921
Rudolf Meyer-Riefstahl
1880 – 1936
Semyon Bogatyrev
1890 – 1960
Sheffield Airey Neave
1879 – 1961
Sir James Horlick, 4th Baronet
1886 – 1972
Thomas Day Seymour
1848 – 1907
Thomas Erastus
1524 – 1583
Torahiko Terada
1878 – 1935
V. P. Menon
1893 – 1965
Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington
1915 – 2014
Victor Denain
1880 – 1952
Warren MacKenzie
1924 – 2018
William Orange
1833 – 1916
William Otis Crosby
1850 – 1925
Winston P. Wilson
1911 – 1996
Édouard Stephan
1837 – 1923
Émile Jean Sulpis
1856 – 1942
Ólafur Thors
1892 – 1964
Adolphe Braun
1812 – 1877
Ahmet Tevfik İleri
1911 – 1961
Alan Cranston
1914 – 2000
Albert Hoffa
1859 – 1907
Albert Plesman
1889 – 1953
Aleksandr Silayev
1928 – 2005
Alexander Bashilov
1777 – 1849
Alexander Girard
1907 – 1993
Alexander Hrennikoff
1896 – 1984
Alexander Vyssotsky
1888 – 1973
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
1807 – 1874
Alexandre de Gusmão
1695 – 1753
Alice Augusta Ball
1892 – 1916
Amir Banoo Karimi
1931 – 2023
Amos Lawrence
1786 – 1852
Andreas Laun
1942 – 2024
Andrew Ryan
1876 – 1949
Andrey Belozersky
1905 – 1972
Ann Linnea Sandberg
1938 – 2009
Annie Warburton Goodrich
1866 – 1954
Antonio Juan de Vildósola
1826 – 1893
Antonio Martini
1720 – 1809
Aravind Joshi
1929 – 2017
Armand Louis de Gontaut
1747 – 1793
Artur Pappenheim
1870 – 1916
Bartolomé de Medina
1527 – 1580
Betty White
1922 – 2021
Bill Cowley
1912 – 1993
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
1966 – 2000
Bogusław Radziwiłł
1620 – 1669
Boies Penrose
1860 – 1921
Buddy MacKay
1933 – 2024
Byron G. Rogers
1900 – 1983
Byron Sylvester Waite
1852 – 1930
Cale Yarborough
1939 – 2023
Campbell Mellis Douglas
1840 – 1909
Carl C. Turner
1913 – 1996
Charles Allen
1847 – 1927
Charles François Lhomond
1727 – 1794
Charles H. Walker
1828 – 1877
Charles Hotham
1806 – 1855
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
1661 – 1742
Charles Koechlin
1867 – 1950
Charles Phelps Taft
1843 – 1929
Charles Ulrick Bay
1888 – 1955
Charles William Gillet
1840 – 1908
Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac
1505 – 1563
Christian Adolph Klotz
1738 – 1771
Christian Kapp
1798 – 1874
Christopher Andrewes
1896 – 1988
Clarence Lexow
1852 – 1910
Claude A. Hatcher
1876 – 1933
Corfitz Anton Ulfeldt
1699 – 1769
Cornelia Clapp
1849 – 1934
Dal Richards
1918 – 2015
Daniel F. Steck
1881 – 1950
Daniel O. Graham
1925 – 1995
David Douglas Cunningham
1843 – 1914
David Oppenheimer
1834 – 1897
Diana Rae Martin
1942 – 2019
Dick Thornburgh
1932 – 2020
Djimrangar Dadnadji
1954 – 2019
Donald E. Westlake
1933 – 2008
Donald Kingaby
1920 – 1990
Dudley North
1641 – 1691
Dušan Jovanović
1939 – 2020
Eddie Bernice Johnson
1934 – 2023
Edwin Baruch Winans Jr.
1869 – 1947
Eileen Heckart
1919 – 2001
Elena Stasova
1873 – 1966
Eleuteriusz
1868 – 1940
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 – 1919
Emil Jatkola
1879 – 1948
Erik Hansen
1927 – 2016
Erling Norvik
1928 – 1998
Ernesto Gismondi
1931 – 2020
Ernst Rudorff
1840 – 1916
Ettore Sottsass
1917 – 2007
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
1884 – 1954
Federico Zandomeneghi
1841 – 1917
Ferdinand Finne
1910 – 1999
Flos Greig
1880 – 1958
… and 2,056 more