Editing February 18 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Charles Lewis Tiffany]], American businessman, founded [[Tiffany & Co.]] (b. 1812)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)|Lucy Stanton]], American activist (b. 1831)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Jessie Carney|last1=Smith|first2=Shirelle|last2=Phelp|title=Notable Black American Women Book 2|location=New York|publisher=Gale Research|year=1996|page=589|isbn=978-0-81034-749-6}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Frank James]], American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[James J. Corbett]], American boxer and actor (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite web|title=James J. Corbett {{!}} American boxer|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-J-Corbett|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=8 August 2021|language=en|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831134425/https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-J-Corbett|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[David King Udall]], American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Gustave Charpentier]], French composer (b. 1860)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Vanderbilt (actress)|Gertrude Vanderbilt]], American stage actress (b. {{circa|1885}})<ref name="Cullen">{{cite book|last1=Cullen|first1=Frank|last2=Hackman|first2=Florence|last3=McNeilly|first3=Donald|title=Vaudeville, Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America, Volume 1|date=2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415938532|pages=1149–1150}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Grigory Nelyubov]], Soviet pilot and military officer (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Burgess|first1=Colin|last2=Hall|first2=Rex|title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact|date=2009|publisher=Springer|location=Berlin|isbn=9780387848235|pages=xviii-xix|lccn=2008935694}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Dragiša Cvetković]], Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]] (b. 1893)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Andy Devine]], American actor (b. 1905)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Jack Northrop]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Northrop Corporation]] (b. 1895)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ngaio Marsh]], New Zealand author (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ngaio-Marsh|title=Ngaio Marsh|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica|location=Edinburgh|access-date=14 April 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411165208/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ngaio-Marsh|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Balthus]], Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Dale Earnhardt]], American racer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion (b. 1951)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=November 19, 2003|title=Earnhardt dies instantly of head injuries|work=ESPN Classic|url=http://www.espn.com/classic/s/2001/0218/1094180.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221062707/http://www.espn.com/classic/s/2001/0218/1094180.html|archive-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Mavis Gallant]], Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Maria Franziska von Trapp]], Austrian-American singer (b. 1914)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Elchanan Heilprin]], Czechoslovakian-born English rabbi (b. 1920 or 1922)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kikar.co.il/164251.html|date=Feb 18, 2015|website=[[Kikar HaShabbat (website)|Kikar HaShabbat]]|language=he|script-title=he:גאב"ד ראדמושילא: הגאון רבי אלחנן הלפרין זצ"ל|access-date=Jan 19, 2022|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006074709/https://www.kikar.co.il/164251.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Mendini]], Italian designer and architect (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/24/obituaries/alessandro-mendin-dead.html|title=Alessandro Mendini, Designer Known for Splash, Is Dead at 87|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2019-03-24|access-date=2019-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324193106/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/24/obituaries/alessandro-mendin-dead.html|archive-date=2019-03-24|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Flavio Bucci]], Italian actor and voice actor (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2020/02/18/news/morto_flavio_bucci-248887250/|title=Morto Flavio Bucci, indimenticabile Ligabue in tv: "Mi sono goduto la vita"|website=La Repubblica|date=February 18, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2022|language=it|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224005209/https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2020/02/18/news/morto_flavio_bucci-248887250/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Gene Hackman]], award-winning American actor (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baxter |first=Brian |date=February 27, 2025 |title=Gene Hackman obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/27/gene-hackman-obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Granville |first=Samantha |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes one week apart |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89ydyjewjlo |work=[[BBC]] UK |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Gerald Ridsdale]], Australian laicised Catholic priest and sex offender (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Knaus |first=Christopher |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Gerald Ridsdale, Australia's most notorious paedophile priest, dies in jail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/18/gerald-ridsdale-australias-most-notorious-pedophile-priest-dies-in-jail-ntwnfb |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Hurricane (dog)|Hurricane]], American secret service canine (b. 2009)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balk |first=Tim |date=2025-02-19 |title=Hurricane, Dog Who Protected Obama White House From Intruder, Dies at 15 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/k9-hurricane-dog-dead.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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