Famous people and celebrities who died in October 1931

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in October 1931. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Oct. 2 Thomas Johnstone Lipton

  Sportsman / merchant

• Oct. 3 Carl Nielsen

  A danish musician, violinist, and conductor, he is widely known as the country's greatest composer. born to musically gifted parents, but poor on the island funen, he showed his musical talents at an early age. he played his first gig in a military band, before he attended the royal danish academy of music in copenhagen between 1884 and december 1886. …

• Oct. 3 Carl August Nielsen

  Composer dies at 66

• Oct. 8 John Monash

  Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)

• Oct. 10 Karl von Bach

  German engineer (maschinenelemente), dies at 84

• Oct. 13 Ernst Didring

  Swedish author (born 1868)

• Oct. 17 Alfons Maria Jakob

  German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)

• Oct. 18 Thomas Edison

  American inventor who invented over 1,000 inventions, including an electric voice recorder (1868), a phonograph (1877), an incandescent electric lamps (1879), a movie projector (1891) and a talking motion picture (1913). he was a remarkable creative genius.

• Oct. 18 Lesser Ury

  German painter (b. 1861)

• Oct. 20 Emanuel Moor

  Composer dies at 68

• Oct. 21 Arthur Schnitzler

  Austrian playwright and author (d. 1931).

• Oct. 26 Charles Comiskey

  American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)

• Oct. 29 Luciano Gallet

  Composer dies at 38

• Oct. 31 Octave Uzanne

  French journalist and author (b. 1851)