List of Famous people who died in 1931

Henry Clay Warmoth was an American attorney and veteran Civil War officer in the Union Army who was elected governor and state representative of Louisiana. A Republican, he was 26 years old when elected as 23rd Governor of Louisiana, one of the youngest governors elected in United States history. He served during the early Reconstruction Era, from 1868 to 1872.

William Nelson Runyon was an Acting Governor of New Jersey and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Alfred Alexander Taylor, known as Alf Taylor, was an American politician and lecturer from eastern Tennessee. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1921 to 1923, one of three Republicans to hold the position from the end of Reconstruction to the latter half of the 20th century. He also served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1889 to 1895.

John Calhoun Sheppard was the 82nd Governor of South Carolina from July 10, 1886, to November 30, 1886.

Fra' Galeas von Thun und Hohenstein was the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1905 to 1931. His first name was also known as Galeazzo.

Emiliano Figueroa Larraín was President of Chile from December 23, 1925 until his resignation on May 10, 1927. He also served as Acting president for a few months in 1910.

Charles Spalding Thomas was a United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Darien, Georgia, he attended private schools in Georgia and Connecticut, and served briefly in the Confederate Army.