1054 – Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
1786 – Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, German composer, dies at 70
1855 – Joseph Hume, Scottish doctor and social reformer, dies at 78
1907 – Henri Moissan, French chemist who isolated the element “fluorine” from its compounds (Nobel 1906), dies of appendicitis at 54
1911 – Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, dies at 76
1950 – Sarat Chandra Bose, Indian activist for independence, dies at 60
1972 – Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love and Hisses), dies at 74
1992 – A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (member of Group of Seven), dies at 93
2003 – Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907)
2013 – Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer, dies at 80
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 19th February 2022
1622 – Sir Henry Savile, English scholar and educator, translated the New Testament into English, dies at 72
1815 – Leonhard von Call, Austrian composer, dies at 47
1952 – Lawrence Grant [Percy Reginald], British actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 82
1963 – Bartolomé “Beny” Moré, Cuban guaracha and mambo singer, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader, dies of liver cirrhosis at 43
1972 – (Edward) Lee Morgan, American hard-bop jazz trumpeter (“The Sidewinder”), dies after being shot by his wife between sets during a gig at 33
1993 – Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
1996 – Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77
1997 – Stan Pearson, English soccer inside forward (8 caps; Manchester United, Bury, Chester), dies at 76
2009 – Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra (b.1945)
2013 – Donald Richie, American-born author and (Japanese) film critic, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 18th February 2022
1660 – Judith Leyster, Dutch painter, buried at 50
1829 – Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77
1890 – Gyula Andrássy Sr, Prime Minister of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66
1895 – Karl Abs, German professional wrestler (b. 1851)
1900 – Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)
1902 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler and founder of Tiffany and Co, dies at 90
1939 – Ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89
1967 – Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74
1996 – Brian Daley, writer, dies at 48
2021 – Prince Markie Dee [Mark Anthony Morales], American rapper and songwriter (Fat Boys – “Jail House Rap”; “Wipe-Out”), and actor (Disorderlies), dies at 52
Famous Deaths for 17th February 2022
1612 – Ernest of Bavaria, Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne, dies at 57
1680 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist and entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43
1875 – Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
1933 – Henri Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
1943 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)
1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Jewish writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), dies at 81
1987 – Hal K. Dawson, American actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies at 90
1996 – Hervé Bazin, French writer (Head Against the Wall), dies at 84
2017 – Warren Frost, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld), dies at 91
2017 – Peter Richardson, British cricketer (England batsman mid-50’s), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 16th February 2022
1531 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer, dies at 78
1799 – Charles Theodore, German Elector of Bavaria(1742-77), dies at 74
1844 – Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer, dies at 51
1979 – Louise Allbritton, American actress (The Egg and I, Stage Door, Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 58
1979 – Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed
1996 – Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at 84
1999 – Necil Kazım Akses, Turkish classical composer, dies at 90
2011 – Alfred Burke, British actor (Public Eye, Backfire, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), dies of a chest infection at 92
2015 – Robert Wade-Gery, British diplomat (High Commissioner to India 1982–87), dies at 85
2016 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992- 96), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 15th February 2022
1865 – Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies at 62
1910 – Albert Fuchs, Swiss-German composer, dies at 51
1939 – Henri Jaspar, 27th Prime Minister of Belgium (1927-31), dies at 68
1967 – J. Frank Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), dies at 97
1981 – Jack Crapp, English cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies at 68
1981 – Karl Richter, German composer and conductor, dies at 54
1994 – Andrei Tsjikatilo [Rostov Ripper], Russian mass murdered, executed
1996 – Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at 58
2001 – Boris Goldovsky, Russian-American conductor, educator (Tangle wood, 1942-62), and opera broadcast commentator (Metropolitan Opera, 1946-85), dies at 92
2004 – Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and jurist (b. 1917)
Famous Deaths for 14th February 2022
1790 – Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
1891 – William Tecumseh Sherman, American Major General in the Union Army, dies at 71
1922 – Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (Minister of the Interior), assassinated at 41
1952 – Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
1974 – Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricket batsman (10 Tests, 2 x 100s; Wellington CA, Leicestershire CCC, Warwickshire CCC), dies at 70
1979 – Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered
1980 – Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor
1984 – Elmer Keith, American firearms enthusiast and author (Guns and Ammo), dies at 84
1992 – Angelique Pettyjohn [Dorothy Lee Perrins], American actress (Clambake; Repo Man), and burlesque queen, dies of from cervical cancer at 48
1999 – John Ehrlichman, American presidential advisor (b. 1925)
Famous Deaths for 13th February 2022
1798 – Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
1897 – Joseph O. Shelby, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 66
1919 – Matteo Albertone, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, dies at 78
1921 – Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67
1927 – Brooks Adams, American philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
1937 – C A Bernoulli, writer, dies
1959 – William Axt, American film scores composer (The Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 70
1991 – Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
2005 – Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), dies at 86
2010 – John Reed, British singer of Gilbert and Sullivan (b. 1916)
Famous Deaths for 12th February 2022
1684 – Pietro Andrea Ziani, Italian composer and organist, dies at 67
1700 – Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
1763 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
1787 – Ruggiero Boscovich, Italian physicist, astronomer and philosopher, dies at 75
1901 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83
1971 – George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86
1976 – Sal Mineo, American actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37
1995 – Tony Secunda, English rock band manager (The Moody Blues), dies at 54
2003 – Vali Myers, Australian painter, dies at 72
2011 – Peter Alexander [Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer], Austrian actor and singer (Who Wants to Sleep?), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 11th February 2022
1503 – Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England and wife of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday
1685 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
1879 – Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies
1903 – Henryk Szulc, Polish composer, dies at 67
1917 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)
1972 – Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
1985 – Heinz Roemheld, American film composer (Yankee Doodle Dandy; Ruby Gentry), dies of pneumonia at 83
1985 – Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68
1987 – Sadequain, famous Pakistani painter and artist. (b. 1930)
1997 – Don Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84