1899 – Félix Faure, 6th President of the French Third Republic (1895-99), dies at 57
1912 – Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
1934 – Eduard Bagritsky, Russian-Soviet poet and journalist (South-West), dies at 38
1936 – James Harvey Robinson, American historian (Ordeal of Civilization), dies at 72
1938 – Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
1951 – Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65
1980 – Erich Hückel, German physicist and physical chemist, dies at 83
1999 – Necil Kazım Akses, Turkish classical composer, dies at 90
2010 – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer player and actor. (b. 1956)
2017 – Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator (Miffy books), dies at 89
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 15th February 2021
1634 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (Father of German surgery), dies at 73
1778 – Johann Gottlieb Gorner, German composer, dies at 80
1818 – Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
1857 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (“Ruslan and Ludmilla”), dies at 53
1896 – E J Nicholson, writer, dies
1974 – Kurt Magnus Atterberg, Swedish composer, dies at 86
1988 – Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83
1995 – Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist and rebel (barricade uprising), dies at 77
1996 – Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at 58
1999 – Jan Masseus, Dutch composer, dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 14th February 2021
1831 – Henry Maudslay, English inventor of the metal lathe, dies at 59
1873 – Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, Swiss pianist and composer, dies at 51
1943 – Dora Gerson, German-Jewish actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (Caravan of Death), dies in Auschwitz concentration camp at 43
1950 – Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80
1988 – Frederick Loewe [Friedrich Löwe], Austrian-born American composer (My Fair Lady, Camelot), dies at 86
1991 – Roy Lanham, American western swing and jazz guitarist (The Whippoorwills; Sons of the Pioneers, 1961-86), dies at 68
1993 – Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70
2004 – Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (Tour de France 1998), dies of acute cocaine poisoning at 34
2009 – Bernard Ashley, English businessperson, fashion designer and co-founder of Laura Ashley, dies of cancer at 82
2020 – Jimmy Conway, Irish soccer midfielder (20 caps Republic of Ireland; Fulham), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 13th February 2021
1237 – Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns
1624 – Stephen Gosson, English satirist (b. 1554)
1727 – William Wotton, English theologian and scholar, dies at 58
1841 – Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
1954 – Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian and editor of Harper’s Magazine, dies at 63
1964 – Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22
1995 – Wilton “Bogey” Gaynair, saxophonist, dies at 68
1997 – Antonius “Ton” Lensink, Dutch actor (Rituelen), dies at 74
2005 – Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917)
2020 – Jimmy Thunder, New Zealand boxer (IBO heavyweight title 1994-95), dies following brain surgery at 54
Famous Deaths for 12th February 2021
1554 – Jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days, beheaded for treason at 16
1590 – Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer and diplomat (Anti-Tribonien), dies at 65
1684 – Pietro Andrea Ziani, Italian composer and organist, dies at 67
1700 – Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
1955 – Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71
1955 – S Z Sakall [Gerö Jenö], Hungarian stage and film character actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 72
1989 – Thomas Bernhard, Austrian novelist, playwright and poet whose work some describe as “the most significant literary achievement since World War II”, dies at 58
1992 – Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
1995 – L Jansma, Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies
2007 – Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
Famous Deaths for 11th February 2021
1892 – Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, dies at 63
1899 – George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
1971 – Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1977 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian leader and 5th President of India (1974-77), dies of a heart attack at 72
1991 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922)
1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet, commits suicide at 65
2004 – Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO, dies at 73
2006 – Peter Benchley, American author, dies at 65
2009 – Marina Svetlova, American ballerina and choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), dies at 86
2015 – Bob Simon, American TV correspondent (CBS, 60 Minutes), dies after a car crash at 73
Famous Deaths for 10th February 2021
1657 – Sebastian Stosskopf, Elizabethan painter, dies at 59
1887 – Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
1905 – Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
1918 – Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate, dies at 84
1950 – Armen Tigran Tigranyan, Armenian music composer and conductor, dies at 70
1952 – Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1880)
1998 – Maurice Schumann, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-73), dies at 86
2003 – Ron Ziegler, White House press secretary to Richard Nixon (b. 1939)
2008 – Roy Scheider, American actor (Jaws, The French Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion), dies at 75
2010 – Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), dies at 77
Famous Deaths for 9th February 2021
1617 – Hans Christoph Haiden, German composer, organist and poet, dies at 44
1740 – Vincenz Lubeck, German composer, dies at 85
1812 – Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57
1979 – Allen Tate, American poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems), dies at 79
1984 – Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
1998 – Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), dies at 86
2001 – Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2006 – Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
2008 – Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (b. 1930)
2008 – Scott Halpin, a one time drummer of The Who.
Famous Deaths for 8th February 2021
1611 – Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
1725 – Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], Tsar of Russia (1682-1725) dies of uremia at 52
1947 – Ernest Williams, American composer, dies at 65
1960 – John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher, (b. 1911)
1963 – George Dolenz [Jure Dolenc], Italian actor (Scared Stiff, Count of Monte Cristo), dies from a heart attack at 55
1980 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
1994 – Ken Hall, Australian director and producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
1998 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer (Nobel 1955), dies at 95
2005 – Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician and organist (Walk on the Wild Side), dies at 79
2013 – James DePreist, American conductor (Mitropoulos Prize, 1964, Oregon Symphony, 1980-2003), dies of a heart attack at 76
Famous Deaths for 7th February 2021
1827 – Franz Anton Dimmler, German composer, dies at 73
1975 – Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54
1985 – Matt Monro [Terence Parsons], English pop singer (“Softly As I Leave You”), dies from liver cancer at 54
1985 – Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
2000 – “Lonesome Dave” Peverett, British rock singer and musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown), dies of complications from cancer at 56
2006 – Jack Montrose, American “cool jazz” tenor saxophonist and arranger, dies at 78
2008 – Tamara Desni [Brodsky], German-born British actress (The Green Finger, Hell’s Cargo), dies from natural causes at 97
2008 – Leona Wood, American painter and dancer dies aged 86
2009 – Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist, dies of natural causes at 84
2015 – Dean Smith, American actor and relay runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 83