Deaths on 31 May

97 deaths on this day in history.

Date of death	Athlete	NOC(s)	Sport(s)	Year(s)
31 May 1915	Heinrich Burkowitz	GER	ATH	1912
31 May 1927	Luis Balcells	ESP	SWM	1920
31 May 1928	Viktor Gustaf Balck	SWE		1894—1925
31 May 1933	Waldemar Björkstén	FIN	SAL	1912
31 May 1935	Bernhard Britz	SWE	CRD	1932
31 May 1936	Chet Bowman	USA	ATH	1924
31 May 1938	John Furla	USA	ATH	1904
31 May 1942	Leo Suni	FIN	DIV	1912
31 May 1944	Charles Charlemont	FRA	SAV	1924
31 May 1944	Edmond Vanwaes	BEL	ROW	1912
31 May 1945	Gerhart Drabsch	GER	ART	1928
31 May 1945	Maurice Gabert	FRA	ATH	1908
31 May 1945	Gustav von Nostitz Wallwitz	GER	EVE	1928
31 May 1945	Gerardus van der Wel	NED	ATH	1920
31 May 1946	Joseph Martinez	ALG FRA	GAR	1900
31 May 1947	Peter Dolfen	USA	SHO	1912
31 May 1947	Guillermo Suárez	PER	ATH	1936
31 May 1950	George Webber	GBR	ATH	1924
31 May 1955	Jean Mondielli	FRA	MPN	1920
31 May 1959	Jack Patrick	USA	RGB	1920—1924
31 May 1959	Paul Ruinart	FRA	CTR	1900
31 May 1960	Georg Johnsson	SWE	CRD	1928
31 May 1962	Karl Bohusch	AUT	GAR	1948
31 May 1962	Erik von Holst	EST	SAL	1936
31 May 1962	Carl Axel Pettersson	SWE	CUR	1924
31 May 1962	James Thomson	USA	ROW	1936
31 May 1963	Albert Johnson	USA	ATH	1904
31 May 1964	Charles Mackie	GBR	SHO	1924
31 May 1964	Pol Van Laere	BEL	BOX	1924
31 May 1969	Ernst Röthig	GER	FEN	1936
31 May 1971	Karl August Larsson	SWE	SHO	1932—1936
31 May 1971	Axel Rydin	SWE	SAL	1920
31 May 1971	Max Trapp	GER	ART	1936
31 May 1973	Anton Collin	FIN	CCS/CRD	1924
31 May 1975	Jan Bauwens	BEL	ROW	1928
31 May 1975	Chirri	ESP	FBL	1924
31 May 1975	Enrico Torre	ITA	ATH	1924—1928
31 May 1977	Oreste Arpe	ITA	WRE	1912
31 May 1978	József Bozsik	HUN	FBL	1952
31 May 1980	Juliusz Müller	POL	FBL	1924
31 May 1981	Edwina Chamier	CAN	ALP	1936
31 May 1981	Georges Henry	FRA	ATH	1936
31 May 1981	Gyula Lóránt	HUN	FBL	1952
31 May 1981	Karl Schmedes	GER	BOX	1936
31 May 1983	Sergey Rogozhin	RUS URS	EVE	1980
31 May 1984	Juhani Järvinen	FIN	SSK	1956—1964
31 May 1985	Arne Sande	DEN	BOX	1928
31 May 1985	Rein de Waal	NED	HOC	1928—1952
31 May 1986	Roger Cutler	USA	ROW	1936
31 May 1989	Heinz Haßelberg	GER	CTR	1936
31 May 1989	Willi Horn	GER	CSP	1936
31 May 1989	Hans Wedemann	GER	CSP	1936
31 May 1991	Paul Ziffren	USA		1979
31 May 1992	Bob Kane	USA		1977—1981
31 May 1993	Matti Karumaa	FIN	IHO	1952
31 May 1994	Joe Kelly	IRL	ATH	1948
31 May 1995	Roy Beddington	GBR	ART	1948
31 May 1995	Robert Jouaville	FRA	WRE	1948
31 May 1995	Rubén Orozco	URU	MPN	1948
31 May 1997	Expedito Alencar	BRA	BOX	1968
31 May 1997	José González	ESP	SWM	1928
31 May 1997	Kai Jensen	DEN	ATH	1924
31 May 1997	Poul Eyvind Petersen	DEN	FBL	1948—1952
31 May 1998	Walter de Paula	BRA	FEN	1948—1952
31 May 2001	Jorma Valtonen	FIN	ATH	1952
31 May 2004	Gunnar Hansen	NOR	BOX	1948
31 May 2004	Stanislav Otáhal	CZE TCH	ATH	1936
31 May 2005	Yury Kleshchov	RUS URS	VVO	1964—1968
31 May 2005	Satoshi Shinpo	JPN	SSK	1964
31 May 2005	Irma Walther	GER FRG	GAR	1952
31 May 2006	Ali Belkacem	FRA TUN	BOX	1952
31 May 2007	Jan York-Romary	USA	FEN	1948—1968
31 May 2008	Bill Battle	USA		1986—1990
31 May 2008	Per-Erik Larsson	SWE	CCS	1956—1960
31 May 2010	John Bryant	AUS	SHO	1956
31 May 2010	Olli Laiho	FIN	GAR	1964—1968
31 May 2011	Gebhard Büchel	LIE	ATH	1948
31 May 2012	Tony Anthony	USA	BOX	1952
31 May 2012	Mark Midler	RUS URS	FEN	1952—1972
31 May 2013	Maurizio D'Achille	ITA	WPO	1956
31 May 2014	Max Wehrli	SUI	ATH	1952
31 May 2015	Maj-Britt Johansson	SWE	ARC	1972
31 May 2015	Eric Palmgren	FIN	SAL	1948
31 May 2016	José Miguel Álvarez	CUB	BKB	1972
31 May 2017	Hans-Hermann Evers	GER FRG	EJP	1952
31 May 2017	John Hinde	GBR	ROW	1952—1956
31 May 2017	Lou Riecke	USA	WLF	1964
31 May 2017	István Szondy	HUN	EJP/MPN	1948—1956
31 May 2018	Carlo Peretti	ITA	WPO	1952
31 May 2020	Tan Aik Mong	MAS	BDM	1972
31 May 2021	Ted Cronk	GBR	CSP	1960
31 May 2021	Steve Raskovy	AUS	WRE	1964
31 May 2022	Egbert Hirschfelder	GER FRG	ROW	1964—1972
31 May 2023	Edward Czernik	POL	ATH	1964
31 May 2024	Ron Morris	USA	ATH	1960
31 May 2025	Mike McCallum	JAM	BOX	1976
31 May 2025	Lachie Stewart	GBR	ATH	1972