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===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Richard Jordan Gatling]], American engineer, invented the [[Gatling gun]] (b. 1818) *[[1906]] – [[Jean Lanfray]], Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)<ref name = "Conrad4">{{cite book | last = Conrad | first = Barnaby | title = Absinthe: History in a Bottle | date = February 1, 1997 | publisher = Chronicle Books | isbn = 0-8118-1650-8 | pages = g. 4 }}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Felix Draeseke]], German composer and academic (b. 1835) *[[1921]] – [[Carl Menger]], Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840) *[[1930]] – [[Mary Whiton Calkins]], American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863) *[[1931]] – [[Otto Wallach]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1847) *[[1936]] – [[February 26 Incident]]: **[[Takahashi Korekiyo]], Japanese accountant and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1854) **[[Saitō Makoto]], Japanese admiral and politician, 30th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1858) **[[Jōtarō Watanabe]], Japanese general (b. 1874) *[[1943]] – [[Potato Creek Johnny]], American gold prospector (b. {{circa}} 1866)<ref>{{cite news |title='Potato Creek Johnny' Joins Famed Pioneers Who Opened Up The West's Last Frontier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-pioneer-times-potato-creek-j/154217352/ |access-date=August 29, 2024 |work=The Weekly Pioneer-Times |date=March 4, 1943 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Theodor Eicke]], German general (b. 1892) *[[1945]] – [[Sándor Szurmay]], Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860) *[[1947]] – [[Heinrich Häberlin]], Swiss judge and politician, [[List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland|President of the Swiss National Council]] (b. 1868) *[[1950]] – [[Harry Lauder]], Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870) *[[1951]] – [[Sabiha Kasimati]], Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1912) executed with [[1951 executions in Albania|21 others]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetaexpress.com/arte/sabiha-kasimati-shkencetarja-e-pare-shqiptare-130310/?archive=1 |title=Sabiha Kasimati: Shkencëtarja e parë shqiptare|last=GazetaExpress|date=15 September 2015|language=sq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182607/https://www.gazetaexpress.com/arte/sabiha-kasimati-shkencetarja-e-pare-shqiptare-130310/?archive=1 |archive-date=2018-10-26 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek general and politician, [[President of Greece]] (b. 1878) *[[1961]] – [[Karl Albiker]], German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878) * 1961 – [[Mohammed V of Morocco]] (b. 1909) *[[1966]] – [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]], Indian poet and politician (b. 1883) *[[1969]] – [[Levi Eshkol]], Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. 1895) * 1969 – [[Karl Jaspers]], German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1883) *[[1981]] – [[Robert Aickman]], English author and activist (b. 1914) * 1981 – [[Howard Hanson]], American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896) *[[1985]] – [[Tjalling Koopmans]], Dutch-American economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910) *[[1989]] – [[Roy Eldridge]], American trumpet player (b. 1911) *[[1993]] – [[Constance Ford]], American model and actress (b. 1923) *[[1994]] – [[Bill Hicks]], American comedian (b. 1961) *[[1995]] – [[Jack Clayton]], English director and producer (b. 1921) *[[1997]] – [[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]], American actor (b. 1929) *[[1998]] – [[Theodore Schultz]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1902) *[[2000]] – [[George L. Street III]], American captain, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1913) * 2000 – [[Raosaheb Gogte]], Indian industrialist (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite book|title=Gogte [[Kulavruttanta]]|publisher=Gogte Committee|year=2006|location=[[Pune]]|pages=445|language=mr|trans-title=The Gogte Family Genealogy Almanac|chapter=Belgav Gharana, Dusra|trans-chapter=The 2nd [[Noble house (term)|House]] of [[Belgaum]]}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Lawrence Tierney]], American actor (b. 1919) * 2004 – [[Adolf Ehrnrooth]], Finnish general (b. 1905) * 2004 – [[Boris Trajkovski]], Macedonian politician, 2nd [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (b. 1956) *[[2005]] – [[Jef Raskin]], American computer scientist, created [[Macintosh]] (b. 1943) *[[2006]] – [[Georgina Battiscombe]], British biographer (b. 1905)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/02/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Obituary: Georgina Battiscombe|last=Hayter|first=Alethea|date=2006-03-02|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2019-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805232737/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/02/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Bodil Udsen]], Danish actress (b. 1925) *[[2009]] – [[Johnny Kerr]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932) * 2009 – [[Wendy Richard]], English actress (b. 1943) * 2009 – [[Norm Van Lier]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947) *[[2010]] – [[Nujabes|Jun Seba]], also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974) *[[2011]] – [[Arnošt Lustig]], Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926) *[[2012]] – [[Richard Carpenter (screenwriter)|Richard Carpenter]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) *[[2013]] – [[Marie-Claire Alain]], French organist and educator (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Stéphane Hessel]], German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917) * 2013 – [[Simon Li]], Hong Kong judge and politician (b. 1922) *[[2014]] – [[Sorel Etrog]], Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Phyllis Krasilovsky]], American author and academic (b. 1927) *[[2015]] – [[Sheppard Frere]], English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916) * 2015 – [[Theodore Hesburgh]], American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (b. 1917) * 2015 – [[Earl Lloyd]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1928) * 2015 – [[Tom Schweich]], American lawyer and politician, 36th [[State Auditor of Missouri]] (b. 1960) *[[2016]] – [[Andy Bathgate]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932) * 2016 – [[Don Getty]], Canadian football player and politician, 11th [[Premier of Alberta]] (b. 1933) *[[2017]] – [[Joseph Wapner]], American judge and TV personality (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Wapner {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Wapner |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020071627/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Wapner |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Michelle Trachtenberg]], American actress (b. 1985)<ref>{{Cite news|access-date=February 27, 2025|date=February 26, 2025|last1=Williams|last2=Levenson|first2=Michael|first1=Alex|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/arts/television/michelle-trachtenberg-dead.html|title=Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Gossip Girl' and 'Buffy' Actress, Dies at 39|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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