1128 – Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies
1789 – Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mountain Boys), dies of an apoplectic fit at 51
1834 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist and philosopher, dies at 65
1942 – Grant Wood, American painter (American Gothic), dies at 50
1947 – Sidney Toler, American actor, director and playwright (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight), dies at 72
1984 – Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (Blow-Up, Underground Game), dies at 69
1996 – Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
1997 – Nora Beloff, journalist, dies at 78
2004 – Robert A. Bruce, American cardiologist and pioneer (exercise cardiology), dies at 87
2012 – Zina Bethune, American actress, dies from hit and run at 66
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 11th February 2023
824 – Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
867 – Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, dies at 7 weeks
1543 – Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle at Wayna Daga
1829 – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
1968 – Howard Lindsay, American playwright, actor and director (State of the Union), dies at 78
1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist and poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974), dies at 73
1994 – Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet, commits suicide at 65
2011 – Chuck Tanner, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 10th February 2023
1657 – Sebastian Stosskopf, Elizabethan painter, dies at 59
1964 – Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905)
1968 – Pitirim Sorokin, Russian-American sociologist (Social mobility), dies at 79
1987 – Sadequain, Pakistani artist, painter, calligrapher and artist, dies at 56
1992 – Alex Haley, American writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
1995 – Paul Monette, American writer, dies of AIDS at 49
1997 – Lou Bennett, American bebop pianist, and jazz organist, dies at 70
2001 – George Holmes Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1913)
2003 – Clark MacGregor, American Republican politician (involved in Watergate), dies at 80
2006 – J Dilla [James Dewitt Yancey], American rapper and producer (Donuts), dies of a heart attack at 32
Famous Deaths for 9th February 2023
1234 – Ai-Tsung [Aizong], Last Jin Emperor of Northern China (1224-1234), commits suicide at 35, to avoid capture by the Mongols
1892 – Alfred Moore Scales, American politician (45th Governor of North Carolina), dies at 64
1964 – Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, band leader, and disc jockey (Sugar Hill Times), dies of a heart attack at 55
1977 – Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82
1993 – David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
2009 – Eluana Englaro, an Italian woman who lived in a persistent vegetative state for 17 years (b. 1970)
2018 – Craig McGregor, American rock bassist (Foghat, 1976-2018), dies of lung cancer at 68
2020 – Sorrel [Doris Ernestine] Hays, American pianist and composer (The Glass Woman), dies of cancer at 78
2020 – Mirella Freni, Italian lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 84
2022 – Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league lock (33 Tests, 6 World Cup games; Newtown RLFC, St. George RLFC; Inaugural RL “Immortal”) and coach (St. George, RLFC, Cronulla RLFC), dies from dementia at 82
Famous Deaths for 8th February 2023
1611 – Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Dutch traveller and writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies (B. 1653)
1750 – Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (Tragedy of Zara), dies at 65
1821 – Paul Anton Wineberger, German composer, dies at 62
1877 – Charles Wilkes, American Antarctic explorer and naval officer (Union Navy), dies at 78
1921 – Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Russian activist and anarchist, dies at 78
1975 – Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
1985 – William Lyons, British industrialist and automobile manufacturer (Jaguar cars), dies at 84
1994 – Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70
1996 – Del Ennis, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 51, 55; NL RBI leader 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies from complications of diabetes at 70
2015 – Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 7th February 2023
1839 – Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)
1918 – Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer, dies at 68
1991 – Dick Winslow, American actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 75
1991 – Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920)
1993 – W Sybout A Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82
1995 – Massimo Pallottino, Italian archaeologist (Etruscologia), dies at 86
1996 – Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
2008 – Tamara Desni [Brodsky], German-born British actress (The Green Finger, Hell’s Cargo), dies from natural causes at 97
2009 – Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist, dies of natural causes at 84
2015 – Billy Casper, American golfer (US Open 1959, 66; US Masters 1970), dies of a heart attack at 83
Famous Deaths for 6th February 2023
1515 – Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
1593 – Emperor Ōgimachi, 106th Emperor of Japan, dies at 75
1927 – Daniel François Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist and banker, dies at 71
1989 – King Tubby [Osbourne Ruddock], Jamaican sound engineer and record producer, shot to death outside his home at 48
2007 – Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], American singer (“Jezebel”; “Rawhide”; “Blazing Saddles”), songwriter (“We’ll Be Together Again”), and actor (Bring Your Smile Along), dies of heart failure at 93
2012 – Billy Bean, American jazz guitarist (John Lewis; Herbie Mann; Bud Shank), dies at 79
2017 – Alec McCowen, English actor (Frenzy), dies at 91
2018 – Joe Knollenberg, American politician (Rep-R-Michigan 1993-2009), dies at 84
2020 – Nello Santi, Italian opera conductor (Opernhaus Zürich; NY Metropolitan Opera), dies of a blood infection at 80
2021 – Ezra Moseley, Barbadian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests; 9 ODIs, West Indies; Barbados; Glamorgan), dies in a road accident at 63
Famous Deaths for 5th February 2023
1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
1838 – Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
1947 – Hans Fallada, German writer (Little Man, What Now?), dies at 53
1956 – Savielly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
1982 – Wies Moens, Belgian writer and historian, dies at 84
1992 – Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies
1996 – Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 86
1997 – Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
2011 – Brian Jacques, English author, author of the Redwall series (b. 1939)
2020 – Buddy Cage, American pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird), dies from multiple myeloma at 73
Famous Deaths for 4th February 2023
1222 – William I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies
1640 – Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies
1854 – Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, German composer, dies at 66
1944 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer, dies at 72
1954 – Václav Vačkář, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 72
1989 – Kenneth “Jethro” Burns, American country singer (Homer and Jethro), dies at 69
2007 – José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925)
2016 – Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (Earth, Wind and Fire – “Shining Star”), dies at 74
2017 – Gervase de Peyer, British clarinetist, dies at 89
2020 – Benito Sarti, Italian soccer defender (6 caps; Juventus, Sampdoria), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 3rd February 2023
1895 – Theodore Dwight Weld, American abolitionist and writer (American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses), dies at 91
1903 – Frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59
1945 – Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case) and politician, dies at 51
1950 – Karl Seitz, President of Austria (1920), dies at 80
1956 – Émile Borel, French mathematician (b. 1871)
2006 – Lou Jones, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1956), dies at 74
2014 – Louise Brough, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1948-50, 55), dies at 90
2018 – Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, American pop, funk and jazz session and touring drummer, (Michael Jackson -“Billie Jean”; George Duke; Herbie Hancock), composer, and producer, dies of prostate cancer at 65
2020 – Eric Parkin, British classical pianist and champion of British composers, dies at 95
2021 – Tony Trabert, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1955; US Open 1953, 55; French Open 1954, 55), dies at 90