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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[269]] – [[Saint Valentine]], Roman saint<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |title=Lives of the Saints: Complete ed |last2=Thurston |first2=Herbert |last3=Attwater |first3=Donald |last4=Hume |first4=Basil |date=1981 |publisher=Burns & Oates |isbn=978-0-86012-112-1 |edition=Reprint of the 2. ed. 1956 |location=London}}</ref> * [[869]] – [[Cyril the Philosopher|Cyril]], Greek missionary bishop and saint (b. 827) * [[945]] – [[Lian Chongyu]], Chinese general * 945 – [[Zhu Wenjin]], Chinese emperor *[[1009]] – [[Bruno of Querfurt]], German missionary bishop *[[1010]] – [[Fujiwara no Korechika]], Japanese nobleman (b. 974) *[[1140]] – [[Leo I, Prince of Armenia|Leo I]], Armenian prince * 1140 – [[Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia|Sobĕslav I]], duke of Bohemia *[[1164]] – [[Sviatoslav Olgovich]], Kievan prince *[[1229]] – [[Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson]], king of the Isles *[[1317]] – [[Margaret of France, Queen of England|Margaret of France]], queen of England *[[1400]] – [[Richard II of England|Richard II]], king of England (b. 1367) *[[1440]] – [[Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg|Dietrich of Oldenburg]], German nobleman *[[1489]] – [[Nicolaus von Tüngen]], prince-bishop of Warmia *[[1528]] – [[Edzard I, Count of East Frisia|Edzard I]], German nobleman (b. 1462) *[[1549]] – [[Il Sodoma]], Italian painter (b. 1477) ===1601–1900=== *[[1676]] – [[Abraham Bosse]], French engraver and illustrator (b. 1602) *[[1714]] – [[Maria Luisa of Savoy]], queen of Spain (b. 1688) *[[1737]] – [[Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot]], English lawyer and politician [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1685) *[[1744]] – [[John Hadley]], English mathematician, invented the [[Octant (instrument)|octant]] (b. 1682) *[[1755]] – [[Isidro de Espinosa]], Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (b. 1679)<ref name="HTIE">{{Cite news |last=Donald E. Chipman |title=Isidro de Espinosa |publisher=Handbook of Texas Online |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fes04 |access-date=May 8, 2010}}</ref> *[[1779]] – [[James Cook]], English captain, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1728) *[[1780]] – [[William Blackstone]], English jurist and politician (b. 1723) *[[1782]] – [[Singu Min]], Burmese king (b. 1756) *[[1808]] – [[John Dickinson (Pennsylvania and Delaware)|John Dickinson]], American lawyer and politician 5th [[Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1732) *[[1831]] – [[Vicente Guerrero]], Mexican general and politician, 2nd [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1782) * 1831 – [[Henry Maudslay]], English engineer (b. 1771) *[[1870]] – [[St. John Richardson Liddell]], American general (b. 1815) *[[1881]] – [[Fernando Wood]], American merchant and politician, 73rd [[Mayor of New York City]] (b. 1812) *[[1884]] – [[Lydia Hamilton Smith]], African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)<ref name=lhs/> *[[1885]] – [[Jules Vallès]], French journalist and author (b. 1832) *[[1891]] – [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], American general (b. 1820) *[[1894]] – [[Eugène Charles Catalan]], Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814) ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Giovanni Passannante]], Italian anarchist (b. 1849) *[[1922]] – [[Heikki Ritavuori]], Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880; assassinated)<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Ministeri Heikki Ritavuori murhattu | magazine = Tuleva Suomi | date = 1922 | number = 1–2 | page = 3 | url = https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/aikakausi/binding/501136?page=3 | publisher = Edistysseurojen Kustannus | access-date = February 14, 2022 | language = Finnish | archive-date = July 31, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210731053219/https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/aikakausi/binding/501136?page=3 | url-status = live }}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Charles Henry Turner (zoologist)|Charles Henry Turner]], American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist (b. 1867)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Henry Turner {{!}} African-American Entomologist & Zoologist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Henry-Turner |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Amalie Andersen (actress)|Amalie Andersen]], Norwegian actress (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jensson|first1=Liv|title=Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet|date=1981|publisher=Universitetsforl|isbn=8200056228|page=15 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013042906062?page=15|language=no}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Thomas Burke (sprinter)|Thomas Burke]], American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875) *[[1930]] – [[Thomas Mackenzie]], Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1853) *[[1933]] – [[Carl Correns]], German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864) *[[1937]] – [[Erkki Melartin]], Finnish composer (b. 1875)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/02/07/kuolema-merkitsi-saveltaja-erkki-melartinin-musiikin-syntymapaivakalenteri|title=Kuolema merkitsi säveltäjä Erkki Melartinin – Musiikin syntymäpäiväkalenteri|first=Tiina-Maija|last=Lehtonen|location=Helsinki|work=[[Yle]]|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2022|language=fi|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207101137/https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/02/07/kuolema-merkitsi-saveltaja-erkki-melartinin-musiikin-syntymapaivakalenteri|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Adnan Saidi]], Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915) *[[1943]] – [[Dora Gerson]], German actress and singer (b. 1899) * 1943 – [[David Hilbert]], Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862) *[[1948]] – [[Mordecai Brown]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1876) *[[1949]] – [[Yusuf Salman Yusuf]], Iraqi politician (b. 1901) *[[1950]] – [[Karl Guthe Jansky]], American physicist and engineer (b. 1905) *[[1952]] – [[Maurice De Waele]], Belgian cyclist (b. 1896) *[[1956]] – [[Harold Edward Dahl]], American pilot and mercenary (b. 1909)<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. biplane fighter aces Harold Dahl |url=http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/us_dahl.htm |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=surfcity.kund.dalnet.se}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Abdur Rab Nishtar]], Pakistani politician, 2nd [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]] (b. 1899) *[[1959]] – [[Baby Dodds]], American drummer (b. 1898) *[[1967]] – [[Sig Ruman]], German-American actor (b. 1884) *[[1969]] – [[Vito Genovese]], Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897) *[[1970]] – [[Herbert Strudwick]], English cricketer and coach (b. 1880) *[[1974]] – [[Stewie Dempster]], New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1903) *[[1975]] – [[Julian Huxley]], English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] (b. 1887) * 1975 – [[P. G. Wodehouse]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1881) *[[1976]] – [[Gertrud Dorka]], German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (b. 1893)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fries |first1=Jana Esther |last2=Gutsmiedl-Schümann |first2=Doris |title=Ausgräberinnen, Forscherinnen, Pionierinnen: Ausgewählte Porträts früher Archäologinnen im Kontext ihrer Zeit |year=2013 |publisher=Waxmann Verlag |isbn=978-3-8309-7872-5 |pages=217–219 and 222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mPje7098z0gC&pg=PA218 |language=de |access-date=2020-12-24 |archive-date=2022-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214145356/https://books.google.com/books?id=mPje7098z0gC&pg=PA218 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1976 – [[George Bacon (CIA officer)|George Washington Bacon III]], American soldier, CIA agent, and [[mercenary]] (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |title=A brief biography of George Washington Bacon the 3rd, listing some of his involvements around the world |url=https://www.terryaspinall.com/03merc/biography/george-bacon.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.terryaspinall.com}}</ref> *1976 – [[Charlie Christodoulou]], British soldier and mercenary of the [[Angolan Civil War]] (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |title=A brief biography of Charles 'Charlie' Christodoulou aka Shotgun Charlie |url=https://www.terryaspinall.com/03merc/biography/charlie-christodoulou.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509143533/https://www.terryaspinall.com/03merc/biography/charlie-christodoulou.html |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=www.terryaspinall.com}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Adolph Dubs]], American lieutenant and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan]] (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - h2g2 - The Jeeves and Wooster Stories by PG Wodehouse |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb6music/A8656635 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Lina Radke]], German runner and coach (b. 1903) *[[1986]] – [[Edmund Rubbra]], English composer and conductor (b. 1901) *[[1987]] – [[Dmitry Kabalevsky]], Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904) *[[1988]] – [[Frederick Loewe]], German-American composer (b. 1901) *[[1989]] – [[James Bond (ornithologist)|James Bond]], American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900) * 1989 – [[Vincent Crane]], English pianist (b. 1943) *[[1994]] – [[Andrei Chikatilo]], Soviet serial killer (b. 1936) * 1994 – [[Christopher Lasch]], American historian and critic (b. 1932) *[[1995]] – [[Michael V. Gazzo]], American actor and playwright (b. 1923) * 1995 – [[U Nu]], Burmese politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Burma]] (b. 1907) *[[1996]] – [[Bob Paisley]], English footballer and manager (b. 1919) *[[1998]] – [[Peter Koch (wood scientist)]], American industrial engineer and wood scientist (b. 1920)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67007/pdf|title=Peter Koch papers (1948-1998) - Archives West|website=archiveswest.orbiscascade.org|accessdate=May 31, 2022}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[John Ehrlichman]], American lawyer and politician, 12th [[White House Counsel]] (b. 1925) * 1999 – [[Buddy Knox]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933) *[[2002]] – [[Nándor Hidegkuti]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1922) * 2002 – [[Mick Tucker]], English drummer (b. 1947) *[[2003]] – [[Johnny Longden]], English jockey and trainer (b. 1907) *[[2004]] – [[Marco Pantani]], Italian cyclist (b. 1970) *[[2005]] – [[Rafic Hariri]], Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] (b. 1944; [[Assassination of Rafic Hariri|assassinated]])<ref>{{cite web|last=Edge|first=Tim|title=Death of a Martyr|url=http://www2.gwu.edu/~uwp/fyw/euonymous/2005-2006/06-edgefinal.pdf|publisher=GWU|access-date=24 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719134112/http://www.gwu.edu/~uwp/fyw/euonymous/2005-2006/06-edgefinal.pdf|archive-date=19 July 2013|df=dmy-all}} </ref> *[[2006]] – [[Lynden David Hall]], English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1974) *[[2007]] – [[Ryan Larkin]], Canadian animator and director (b. 1943) * 2007 – [[Gareth Morris]], English flute player and educator (b. 1920) * [[2008]] – [[Perry Lopez]], American actor (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-02-16 |title=Veteran film-TV actor was in 'Chinatown' |url=https://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20080216/veteran-film-tv-actor-was-in-chinatown/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Whittier Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Bernard Ashley (businessperson)|Bernard Ashley]], English engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Laura Ashley plc]] (b. 1926) * 2009 – [[Louie Bellson]], American drummer and composer (b. 1924) *[[2010]] – [[Doug Fieger]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952) * 2010 – [[Dick Francis]], Welsh jockey and author (b. 1920) * 2010 – [[Linnart Mäll]], Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (b. 1938) *[[2011]] – [[George Shearing]], English-American pianist and composer (b. 1919) *[[2012]] – [[Mike Bernardo]], South African boxer and martial artist (b. 1969) * 2012 – [[Tonmi Lillman]], Finnish drummer and producer (b. 1973) * 2012 – [[Dory Previn]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Péter Rusorán]], Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (b. 1940) *[[2013]] – [[Glenn Boyer]], American historian and author (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Ronald Dworkin]], American philosopher and scholar (b. 1931) *[[2014]] – [[Tom Finney]], English footballer (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Chris Pearson (politician)|Chris Pearson]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Premier of Yukon]] (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Mike Stepovich]], American lawyer and politician, [[List of Governors of Alaska|Governor of Alaska Territory]] (b. 1919) *[[2015]] – [[Louis Jourdan]], French-American actor and singer (b. 1921) * 2015 – [[Philip Levine (poet)|Philip Levine]], American poet and academic (b. 1928) * 2015 – [[Franjo Mihalić]], Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (b. 1920) *[[2016]] – [[Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury]], English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (b. 1928) * 2016 – [[Steven Stucky]], American composer and academic (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/arts/music/steven-stucky-composer-who-won-a-pulitzer-dies-at-66.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/arts/music/steven-stucky-composer-who-won-a-pulitzer-dies-at-66.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Steven Stucky, Composer Who Won a Pulitzer, Dies at 66 |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini |author-link=Anthony Tommasini |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=B11 |date=15 February 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Ruud Lubbers]], Dutch politician and diplomat, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]] and [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/02/14/world/europe/ap-eu-netherlands-obit-lubbers.html |title=Longest-Serving Dutch Premier, Ruud Lubbers, Dies at 78 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-date=24 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224053212/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/02/14/world/europe/ap-eu-netherlands-obit-lubbers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2018 – [[Morgan Tsvangirai]], 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43066175|title=Zimbabwe opposition leader Tsvangirai dies|date=14 February 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=14 February 2018|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214193133/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43066175|archive-date=14 February 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Andrea Levy]], English author (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Innes |first1=Lyn |title=Andrea Levy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/15/andrea-levy-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 March 2025 |date=15 February 2019}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Carlos Menem]], Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Carlos Saúl Menem, Who Led Argentina Through Economic Turmoil, Dies at 90|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/obituaries/carlos-saul-menem-dead.html|date=14 February 2021|work=NY Times|access-date=14 February 2021|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214154108/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/obituaries/carlos-saul-menem-dead.html}}</ref> * 2021 – [[William Meninger]], American Trappist monk and a principal developer of [[Centering Prayer]] (b. 1932)<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210410180606/https://insideeko.com/william-meninger-death-obituary-dead-passed-away/ William Meninger Death]}}, by Jessy Jackson (Inside Eko, February 16, 2021)</ref> <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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