| 86581 | July 31 | Death | 1917 – Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881) |
| 86582 | July 31 | Death | 1917 – Hedd Wyn, Welsh soldier and poet (b. 1887) |
| 86583 | July 31 | Death | 1920 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878) |
| 86584 | July 31 | Death | 1940 – Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899) |
| 86585 | July 31 | Death | 1943 – Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905) |
| 86586 | July 31 | Death | 1944 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900) |
| 86587 | July 31 | Death | 1953 – Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889) |
| 86588 | July 31 | Death | 1954 – Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923) |
| 86589 | July 31 | Death | 1963 – Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1880) |
| 86590 | July 31 | Death | 1964 – Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923) |
| 86591 | July 31 | Death | 1966 – Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924) |
| 86592 | July 31 | Death | 1970 – Walter Briggs, Jr., American businessman (b. 1912) |
| 86593 | July 31 | Death | 1971 – Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923) |
| 86594 | July 31 | Death | 1972 – Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899) |
| 86595 | July 31 | Death | 1973 – Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921) |
| 86596 | July 31 | Death | 1979 – Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903) |
| 86597 | July 31 | Death | 1980 – Pascual Jordan, German physicist, author, and academic (b. 1902) |
| 86598 | July 31 | Death | 1980 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (b. 1924) |
| 86599 | July 31 | Death | 1981 – Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929) |
| 86600 | July 31 | Death | 1985 – Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906) |
| 86601 | July 31 | Death | 1986 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900) |
| 86602 | July 31 | Death | 1986 – Teddy Wilson, American pianist and educator (b. 1912) |
| 86603 | July 31 | Death | 1987 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905) |
| 86604 | July 31 | Death | 1988 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (b. 1950) |
| 86605 | July 31 | Death | 1990 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902) |
| 86606 | July 31 | Death | 1992 – Leonard Cheshire, English captain and pilot (b. 1917) |
| 86607 | July 31 | Death | 1993 – Baudouin of Belgium (b. 1930) |
| 86608 | July 31 | Death | 2000 – William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American journalist and author (b. 1908) |
| 86609 | July 31 | Death | 2001 – Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926) |
| 86610 | July 31 | Death | 2001 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1914) |