1833 – Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (first detailed classification of crustaceans and insects), dies at 70
1896 – Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
1919 – Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg, German-Dutch sculptor and architect of church interiors, dies at 81
1938 – Marianne Von Werefkin, Russian-German-Swiss Expressionist painter, dies at 77
1950 – Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
1986 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b. 1912)
1989 – King Tubby [Osbourne Ruddock], Jamaican sound engineer and record producer, shot to death outside his home at 48
1994 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Airport 77, Hearse), dies from pneumonia at 88
2007 – Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2014 – Ralph Kiner, American Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder (NL home run leader 1946–52; 6×MLB All-Star; Pittsburgh Pirates) and sportscaster (NY Mets), dies at 91
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 5th February 2021
1758 – Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45
1822 – Ali Paşa Tepelenë, known as ‘The Lion of Janina”, Ottoman Albanian ruler, Pasha of Yanina (1788-1822), dies aged somewhere between 78-82
1919 – Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 62
1922 – James W. Tate, English composer, dies at 46
1952 – Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Aust v Eng 1887), dies
1981 – Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter and actor (Zeskamp, Oebele), dies at 73
1982 – Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
1997 – Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
2012 – Sam Coppola, American actor (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 79
2017 – Thomas Lux, American poet (Split Horizon), dies of cancer at 70
Famous Deaths for 4th February 2021
1781 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer, dies at 43
1928 – Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Dutch physicist (electromagnetic radiation, Nobel 1902), dies at 74
1944 – Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress, dies at 79
1954 – Vaclav Vackar, composer, dies at 72
1966 – Gilbert H. Grosvenor, American geographer and 1st full-time editor of National Geographic Society (1899-1954), dies at 90
1975 – Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (Caldonia), dies of a heart attack at 66
1994 – Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist and director (KNMI), dies at 84
2012 – Robert Glaser, American educational psychologist, dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 91
2018 – Kenneth Haigh, British actor (Look Back in Anger, Search for the Nile), dies at 86
2020 – Benito Sarti, Italian soccer defender (6 caps; Juventus, Sampdoria), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 3rd February 2021
1669 – Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (Friend of Abandoned Child), dies at 31
1697 – Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island
1866 – François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)
1900 – William W. Averell, American Major General (Union Army), dies at 67
1900 – Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33
1924 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at 67
1958 – Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
2006 – Al Lewis [Alexander Meister], American actor (The Munsters, Used Cars), dies at 82
2007 – Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916)
2013 – Cardiss Collins, American politician (first African-American woman to represent the Midwest in Congress), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 2nd February 2021
672 – Chad of Mercia, Ango-Saxon saint credited with introducing Christianity to the Mercian kingdom, dies at about 38
1822 – Jean-Baptiste Davaux, French classical composer, dies at 79
1909 – Adolf Stoecker, German conservative politician, and reformer who founded the German Christian Social Party, dies at 73
1931 – Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
1940 – Vsevolod Meyerhold [Karl Kasimir Theodor], Russian theatrical director and actor (Houligan), executed during the Great Purge at 65
1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
1961 – Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87
1994 – John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62
2004 – Róbert Zimonyi, Hungarian-American rowing coxswain (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 85
2007 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
Famous Deaths for 1st February 2021
1878 – George Cruikshank, English caricaturist and illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
1940 – Philip Francis Nowlan, American sci-fi writer, creator of Buck Rogers character (b. 1888)
1959 – William Hoppe, American carom billiards player (51 world titles 1906-52), dies at 71
1963 – Fleetwood Lindley, American man and last living person to see Abraham Lincoln’s face, dies at 75
1979 – Mort Marshall [Mortimer Haig Lichtenstein], American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Dumplings), dies of coronary arrest at 60
1991 – Annie van Ommeren-Averink [Hanna Jacoba of Ommeren-Averink], Dutch politician (CPN), dies at 77
1997 – Mitchell Goodman, American writer, dies at 71
2006 – Dick Bass, American NFL running back (Pro Bowl 1962, 63, 66; LA Rams), dies at 68
2012 – Ton de Kruyf, Dutch composer, dies at 74
2012 – Gerlando Alberti, Sicilian Mafioso, dies from cancer at 88
Famous Deaths for 31st January 2021
1580 – Henry, King of Portugal, Cardinal, Epilepticus and Regent. Reigned 1578-80 (b. 1512)
1632 – Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
1856 – Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet, dies at 17
1918 – Daniël de Lange, Dutch composer, dies at 76
1922 – Heinrich Reinhardt, Austrian composer, dies at 56
1972 – Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67
1989 – Jack Douglas, English comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
1995 – James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86
2003 – Michael Ogden, British barrister and judge (Ogden Tables), dies at 76
2020 – Johnny Bumphus, American boxer (WBA super lightweight title 1984), dies at 59
Famous Deaths for 30th January 2021
1156 – Herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies
1181 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
1703 – Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese retainer for the Shogun, murdered in the revenge of the 47 rōnin
1925 – John F Mellaerts, Flemish social founder (Boerenbond), dies at 79
1943 – Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1928, 32), dies at 38
1957 – Grigore Gafencu, Romanian minister of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65
1961 – Maud Wagner, first known American tattoo artist and circus performer, dies at about 83
1987 – Ken Drake, American actor (Crime and Punishment USA), dies at 65
2002 – Ingeborg “Inge” Morath, Austrian born Magnum photographer and wife of Arthur Miller
2012 – Frederick Treves, English actor, dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 29th January 2021
1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (La Religion), dies at 70
1829 – Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, French politician of the French Revolution, dies at 73
1910 – Édouard Rod, French-Swiss writer (Mishel’ Tes’e), dies at 52
1946 – Sidney Jones, British conductor and composer (The Geisha, A Gaiety Girl), dies at 84
1950 – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
1965 – Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader and impresario (Crazy Passage Show), dies at 72
1989 – Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 88
1993 – Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65
2004 – M. M. Kaye, British writer (The Far Pavilions), dies at 95
2020 – Keith Nelson, New Zealand soccer striker (20 caps; Mount Wellington), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 28th January 2021
1838 – Aleksandr Polezhayev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS 16 Jan]
1868 – Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
1869 – Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, French composer, dies at 72
1910 – Jose Garcia Robles, Italian composer, dies at 74
1912 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923), dies at 73
1970 – Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies
1986 – Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
2007 – Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
2020 – Mohammad Munaf, Pakistan cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets), dies at 84