1525 – Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor (1520 – 1521), tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés
1638 – Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier and Huguenot leader, dies
1932 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (b. 1851)
1935 – Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg, Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party and Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1956 – Emile Buisson, French murderer executed (b. 1902)
1961 – Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64
1978 – Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
2005 – Chris Curtis [Crummey], British rock drummer, songwriter and vocalist (The Searchers – “Needles And Pins”), dies at 63
2006 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist (antiproton, Nobel-1959), dies at 85
2007 – Charles Forte, Italian-British hotel magnate (Savoy), dies at 98
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 27th February 2022
1699 – Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1795 – Francis Marion, American military officer (pioneered guerrilla warfare during the American Revolutionary War), died around the age of 63
1797 – Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, dies at 61
1936 – Joshua W. Alexander, U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Woodrow Wilson (b. 1852)
1968 – Ludvik Podest, Czech composer, music journalist, and conductor dies at 46
1990 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (b. 1903)
1992 – Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80
2004 – Paul Sweezy, American Marxist economist and editor (Monthly Review), dies at 93
2007 – Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven, German soldier (b. 1914)
2019 – Bill Playle, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 26th February 2022
1864 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (Prime Minister of the Province of Canada), dies at 56
1870 – Wyatt Outlaw, African American Town Councillor and Constable, leader of Union League in NC, lynched by the Ku Klux Klan at about 50
1871 – Sophia Hawthorne, American writer, painter and illustrator, dies at 61
1920 – Ludwig Rubiner, German poet and essayist, dies at 38
1968 – Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn, 16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55
1973 – Mary Finney, American actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
1993 – Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), dies from cancer at 69
2003 – Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver, dies at 74
2016 – Howard Quilling, American classical composer (From Quiet Beginnings), and educator, dies at 80
2019 – (Clifford) “Andy” Anderson, British session and touring drummer (Steve Hillage; The Cure, 1983-84), dies of cancer at 68
Famous Deaths for 25th February 2022
1536 – Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)
1553 – Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga, commits suicide (b. 1492)
1558 – Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France, dies at 59
1634 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian-German general and statesman (Thirty Years’ War), assassinated at 50
1934 – Daniel Protheroe, Welsh conductor and composer, dies at 67
1975 – Elijah Muhammad [Elijah Robert Poole], American religious leader (Nation of Islam), dies of heart failure at 77
1994 – Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (170 wickets for South Africa in 37 Tests), dies
1996 – Marion Farouk Political scientist-Sluglett, dies at 59
2008 – Hans Raj Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India (b. 1912)
2014 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer, dies of a heart attack at 66
Famous Deaths for 24th February 2022
1714 – Edmund Andros, English governor in North America, dies at 76
1721 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
1785 – Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican attorney and father of emperor Napoleon, dies at 39
1799 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and writer (types of Lichtenberg), dies at 56
1945 – Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt’s PM, assassinated in parliament
1983 – Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90
1993 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster, dies at 75
1998 – Henny Youngman, American comedian and violinist (Take my wife … please), dies at 91
2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor and director, dies from vasculitis at 69
2020 – Jan Kowalczyk, Polish equestrian rider (Olympics gold show jumping individual; silver team 1980), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 23rd February 2022
1464 – Zhu Qizhen, Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Ming (1435-49 and 1457-64), dies at 36 but not before giving an order to end the practice of burying alive concubines and palace maids so that they could follow emperors to the next world
1507 – Gentile Bellini, Venetian painter (Sultan Mohammed II), dies at about 78 (burial date)
1607 – Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
1719 – Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India, dies at 36
1961 – Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies at 43
1969 – Joseph Messner, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 75
1970 – Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
1994 – Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40
2001 – Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2004 – Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)
Famous Deaths for 22nd February 2022
1770 – Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution
1878 – Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84
1930 – Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66
1976 – Florence Ballard, American pop and RandB singer (The Supremes, 1959-67 – “Buttered Popcorn”; “Where Did Our Love Go”), dies of a heart attack at 32
1976 – Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84
1983 – Christina E “Christine” Auwen, singer and wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
1997 – Albert Shanker, American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers), dies at 68
2006 – Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
2007 – Edgar Evans, Welsh tenor (Covent Garden Opera Company), dies at 94
2007 – Howard Verne Ramsey, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. 1898)
Famous Deaths for 21st February 2022
1684 – Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75
1823 – Charles Wolfe, Irish poet, dies at 31
1872 – Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
1919 – Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-19), murdered at 46
1920 – Jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910)
1978 – Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)
1986 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (“…And Ladies of the Club”), dies at 90
1992 – Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
2002 – John Thaw, English actor (Inspector Morse), dies of cancer at 60
2008 – Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
Famous Deaths for 20th February 2022
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
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