List of Famous people who died at 31

Ana Paula Scheffer was a Brazilian individual rhythmic gymnast.

Rian Sukmawan was a professional badminton player from Indonesia.

Fabiane Tesche Niclotti was a Brazilian model. She was also a Law student and a business manager of a store.

Ronald M. Schernikau was a German writer. Schernikau was born in Magdeburg and died in Berlin. Schernikau largely wrote about LGBT issues in Germany, and was one of the few to defect from West Germany to East Germany.

Jolien Verschueren was a Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist, who rode for UCI Cyclo-cross team Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal. She represented her nation in the women's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. She won the Koppenbergcross in 2015 and repeated this at the 2016 DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Koppenbergcross 2016, besting world champion Thalita de Jong.

Víctor Emilio Galíndez was an Argentine boxer who was the third Latin American to win the world Light Heavyweight championship, after Puerto Rico's José Torres and Venezuela's Vicente Rondon.

Ana Cristina César was a poet, literary critic and translator from Rio de Janeiro. She came from a middle-class Protestant background and was usually known as "Ana C." She had written since childhood and developed a strong interest in English literature. She spent some time in England in 1968 and, on returning to Brazil, she became a published author of note. The 1970s and early 1980s were the peak of her poetic career.

Steven Joel Sotloff was an American-Israeli journalist. In August 2013, he was kidnapped in Aleppo, Syria, and held captive by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).

Chiyomi Hashiguchi , known by the pen name Nekojiru , was a Japanese manga artist.

Yuri Ivanovich Tishkov was a Russian professional footballer, sports agent and commentator who was murdered at age 31.