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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[364]] – [[Jovian (emperor)|Jovian]], Roman emperor (b. 331)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Themistius|author2=Themistius Euphrades Paphlago|title=Politics, Philosophy, and Empire in the Fourth Century: Select Orations of Themistius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_t4-4vJy3aUC&pg=PA149|year=2001|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-106-6|pages=149|access-date=2019-09-29|archive-date=2020-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527192351/https://books.google.com/books?id=_t4-4vJy3aUC&pg=PA149|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[440]] – [[Mesrop Mashtots]], Armenian monk, linguist, and theologian (b. 360)<ref>{{cite book|title=Soviet Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hsWAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA54|year=1986|publisher=Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA|pages=5|access-date=2019-09-29|archive-date=2020-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527192328/https://books.google.com/books?id=-hsWAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA54|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[923]] – [[Al-Tabari]], Persian scholar (b. 839) *[[1178]] – [[Evermode of Ratzeburg]], [[bishop of Ratzeburg]] *[[1220]] – [[Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine]] *[[1339]] – [[Otto, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1301) *[[1371]] – [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria]] *[[1500]] – [[Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst]], German noble (b. before 1463) *[[1600]] – [[Giordano Bruno]], Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1548) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[Ferdinando I de' Medici|Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. 1549) *[[1624]] – [[Juan de Mariana]], Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536) *[[1659]] – [[Abel Servien]], French politician, [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|French Minister of Finance]] (b. 1593) *[[1673]] – [[Molière]], French actor and playwright (b. 1622) *[[1680]] – [[Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles]], English politician (b. 1599) * 1680 – [[Jan Swammerdam]], Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637) *[[1715]] – [[Antoine Galland]], French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646) *[[1732]] – [[Louis Marchand]], French organist and composer (b. 1669) *[[1768]] – [[Arthur Onslow]], English lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] (b. 1691) *[[1841]] – [[Ferdinando Carulli]], Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770) *[[1849]] – [[María de las Mercedes Barbudo]], Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman ''Independentista'' in the island (b. 1773) *[[1854]] – [[John Martin (painter)|John Martin]], English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789) *[[1856]] – [[Heinrich Heine]], German journalist and poet (b. 1797) *[[1872]] – [[Gomburza]], Filipino priests:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woods |first1=Damon L. |title=The Philippines: A Global Studies Handbook |date=2006 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-675-6 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=2Z-n_kDTxf0C&pg=PT63 38] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Z-n_kDTxf0C&pg=PT63 |access-date=March 1, 2025 |language=en}}</ref> **[[José Burgos]] (b. 1837) **[[Mariano Gomez (priest)|Mariano Gómes]] (b. 1799) **[[Jacinto Zamora]] (b. 1835) *[[1874]] – [[Adolphe Quetelet]], Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796) *[[1890]] – [[Christopher Latham Sholes]], American publisher and politician (b. 1819) ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia]], fifth son and seventh child of [[Tsar]] [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] (b. 1857)<ref name="Grand Duke"/> * 1905 – [[William Bickerton]], English-American religious leader, leader in the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] (b. 1815) *[[1909]] – [[Geronimo]], American tribal leader (b. 1829) *[[1912]] – [[Edgar Evans]], Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876) *[[1919]] – [[Wilfrid Laurier]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1841) *[[1924]] – [[Oskar Merikanto]], Finnish composer (b. 1868)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lappalainen |first1=Seija |title=Merikanto, Oskar (1868 - 1924) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1440 |website=Kansallisbiografia |access-date=7 July 2020 |date=2 August 2018 |archive-date=9 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709144328/https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1440 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Albert I of Belgium]] (b. 1875) * 1934 – [[Siegbert Tarrasch]], German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862) *[[1939]] – [[Willy Hess (violinist)|Willy Hess]], German violinist and educator (b. 1859) *[[1946]] – [[Dorothy Gibson]], American actress and singer (b. 1889) *[[1948]] – [[Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din]], [[Imams of Yemen|Imam of Yemen]] (b. 1904)<ref name="Yahya"/> *[[1961]] – [[Lütfi Kırdar]], Turkish physician and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Health]] (b. 1887) * 1961 – [[Nita Naldi]], American actress (b. 1894) *[[1962]] – [[Joseph Kearns]], American actor (b. 1907) * 1962 – [[Bruno Walter]], German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876) *[[1966]] – [[Hans Hofmann]], German-American painter (b. 1880) *[[1969]] – [[Berry L. Cannon]], American aquanaut (b. 1935)<ref name="San Diego"/> *[[1970]] – [[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]], Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888) * 1970 – [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]], American composer and conductor (b. 1900) *[[1972]] – [[Friday Hassler]], American race car driver (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Friday_Hassler|title=Friday Hassler|access-date=2 December 2018|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324233252/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Friday_Hassler|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Janani Luwum]], Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922) *[[1979]] – [[William Gargan]], American actor (b. 1905) *[[1982]] – [[Nestor Chylak]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922) * 1982 – [[Thelonious Monk]], American pianist and composer (b. 1917) * 1982 – [[Lee Strasberg]], American actor and director (b. 1901) *[[1986]] – [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]], Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895) *[[1988]] – [[John M. Allegro]], English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923) * 1988 – [[Karpoori Thakur]], Indian educator and politician, 11th [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister of Bihar]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur to be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously|work=Hindustan Times |date=23 January 2024|access-date=23 January 2024 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-socialist-leader-karpoori-thakur-to-be-awarded-bharat-ratna-posthumously-101706020261885.html}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Lefty Gomez]], American baseball player (b. 1908) *[[1990]] – [[Jean-Marc Boivin]], French mountaineer, skier, and pilot (b. 1951) *[[1994]] – [[Randy Shilts]], American journalist and author (b. 1951) *[[1998]] – [[Ernst Jünger]], German soldier, philosopher, and author (b. 1895) *[[2003]] – [[Steve Bechler]], American baseball player (b. 1979) *[[2004]] – [[José López Portillo]], Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/7520/Jose%20Lopez%20Portillo|title=José López Portillo|publisher=Busca Biografias|access-date=May 30, 2019|language=es|archive-date=May 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531031854/https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/7520/Jose%20Lopez%20Portillo|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Dan O'Herlihy]], Irish-American actor (b. 1919) * 2005 – [[Omar Sívori]], Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1935) *[[2006]] – [[Ray Barretto]], American drummer (b. 1929) *[[2009]] – [[Conchita Cintrón]], Chilean bullfighter and journalist (b. 1922) *[[2010]] – [[Kathryn Grayson]], American actress and singer (b. 1922) *[[2012]] – [[Robert Carr]], English engineer and politician, [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1916) * 2012 – [[Michael Davis (bassist)|Michael Davis]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943) * 2012 – [[Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn]], Dutch mathematician and theorist (b. 1918) * 2012 – [[Ulric Neisser]], German-American psychologist and academic (b. 1928) *[[2013]] – [[Richard Briers]], English actor (b. 1934) * 2013 – [[Shmulik Kraus]], Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Sophie Kurys]], American baseball player (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Mindy McCready]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1975) *[[2014]] – [[Bob Casale]], American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1952) * 2014 – [[Peter Florin]], German politician and diplomat, [[President of the United Nations General Assembly]] (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Wayne Smith (musician)|Wayne Smith]], Jamaican singer (b. 1965) *[[2015]] – [[John Barrow (Canadian football)|John Barrow]], American-Canadian football player and manager (b. 1935) * 2015 – [[Cathy Ubels-Veen]], Dutch politician (b. 1928) * 2015 – [[Liu Yudi]], Chinese general and pilot (b. 1923) *[[2016]] – [[Andy Ganteaume]], Trinidadian cricketer (b. 1921) * 2016 – [[Mohamed Hassanein Heikal]], Egyptian journalist (b. 1923) * 2016 – [[Claude Jeancolas]], French historian, author, and journalist (b. 1949) * 2016 – [[Tony Phillips]], American baseball player (b. 1959) * 2016 – [[Andrzej Żuławski]], Polish film director (b. 1940) *[[2017]] – [[Robert H. Michel]], American politician (b. 1923) * 2017 – [[Michael Novak]], American Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1933) *[[2021]] – [[Rush Limbaugh]], American talk show host and author (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rush-limbaugh-wing-radio-host-172203802.html|title=Rush Limbaugh, Right-Wing Radio Host, Dies at 70|website=www.yahoo.com|date=17 February 2021 |access-date=2021-02-17|archive-date=2021-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217175240/http://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rush-limbaugh-wing-radio-host-172203802.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Seif Sharif Hamad]], Tanzanian politician (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/17/zanzibar-vice-president-dies-after-suffering-covid-19|title=Zanzibar Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad dies|website=Al Jazeera|date=February 17, 2021|access-date=February 17, 2022|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125035053/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/17/zanzibar-vice-president-dies-after-suffering-covid-19|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Gamini Jayawickrama Perera]], Sri Lankan politician (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gamini Jayawickrama Perera passes away|url=https://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news/193497 |website=Ada Derana|access-date=18 February 2024|language=si |date=17 February 2024}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Paquita la del Barrio]], Mexican singer, songwriter and actress (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Harrison |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Paquita la del Barrio, whose songs took aim at machismo, dies at 77 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/02/18/paquita-la-del-barrio-dead/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> *2025 – [[Frits Bolkestein]], Dutch politician (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Oud-VVD-leider Frits Bolkestein (91) overleden |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2556320-oud-vvd-leider-frits-bolkestein-91-overleden |access-date=February 19, 2025 |website=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |language=nl}}</ref> *2025 – [[Rick Buckler]], English drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plummer |first=Robert |date=February 18, 2025 |title=The Jam drummer Rick Buckler dies aged 69 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99n0p2x94vo |access-date=February 20, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> *2025 – [[James Harrison (blood donor)|James Harrison]], Australian blood plasma donor (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nierenberg |first=Amelia |date=March 4, 2025 |title=James Harrison, Whose Antibodies Helped Millions, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/obituaries/james-harrison-dead-blood.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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