List of Famous people who died in 1931

Adolfo Wildt was an Italian sculptor. He is mostly known for his marble sculptures, which blend simplicity and sophistication, and paved the way for numerous modernist sculptors.

Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was a Swedish clergyman. He was the Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala between 1914 and 1931, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church and in the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on July 12.

Helen Vivien Beresford, Baroness Decies, formerly Helen Vivien Gould was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the two Jay Gould descendants to marry into European aristocracy.

Henry William Hoare was an English scholar and sportman. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and other amateur teams in the 1860s.

Jerome Hosmer Remick, was a Detroit music publisher, philanthropist and businessman from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer Nelly van Doesburg.

Henry Walters was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the benefit of the public. From the late 19th century, Walters lived most of the time in New York City, where from 1903 on, he served on the executive committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan on Fifth Avenue. He was selected as second vice president in 1913, a position he held until his death.