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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[789]] – [[Leo of Catania]], saint and bishop of Catania (b. 709) * [[922]] – [[Theodora (wife of Romanos I)|Theodora]], Byzantine empress *[[1054]] – [[Yaroslav the Wise]], grand prince of [[Veliky Novgorod]] and [[Kyiv]] (b. 978) *[[1154]] – Saint [[Wulfric of Haselbury]] (b. c. 1080) *[[1171]] – [[Conan IV, Duke of Brittany]] (b. 1138) *[[1194]] – [[Tancred, King of Sicily]] (b. 1138) *[[1258]] – [[Al-Musta'sim]], Iraqi caliph (b. 1213) *[[1408]] – [[Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland]], English politician, [[Earl Marshal]] of England (b. 1341)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland {{!}} Lancastrian, Battle of Towton, Yorkist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Percy-1st-Earl-of-Northumberland |website=Britannica |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1431]] – [[Pope Martin V]] (b. 1368) *[[1458]] – [[Lazar Branković]], [[Despot (court title)|Despot]] of [[Serbia]] *[[1513]] – [[John, King of Denmark|King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden]] (b. 1455) *[[1524]] – [[Tecun Uman]], Mayan ruler (b. 1500) *[[1579]] – [[Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper)|Nicholas Bacon]], English politician (b. 1509) ===1601–1900=== *[[1618]] – [[Philip William, Prince of Orange]] (b. 1554) *[[1626]] – [[John Dowland]], English [[lute]] player and composer (b. 1563) *[[1762]] – [[Tobias Mayer]], German astronomer and academic (b. 1723) *[[1771]] – [[Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]], French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678) *[[1773]] – [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia]] (b. 1701) *[[1778]] – [[Laura Bassi]], Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassi|title=Laura Bassi {{!}} Italian scientist|last=Gregersen|first=Erik|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27|archive-date=2017-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003181343/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassi|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1790]] – [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1741) *[[1806]] – [[Lachlan McIntosh]], Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725) *[[1810]] – [[Andreas Hofer]], Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767) *[[1850]] – [[Valentín Canalizo]], Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/valentin-canalizo|publisher=Presidentes.mx|language=es|title=Valentín Canalizo|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526220351/http://presidentes.mx/valentin-canalizo|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[William Wallace Lincoln]], American son of [[Abraham Lincoln]] (b. 1850) *[[1871]] – [[Paul Kane]], Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810) *[[1893]] – [[P. G. T. Beauregard]], American general (b. 1818) *[[1895]] – [[Frederick Douglass]], American author and activist (b. c. 1818) *[[1900]] – [[Washakie]], American tribal leader (b. 1798) ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Henri Moissan]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1852) *[[1916]] – [[Klas Pontus Arnoldson]], Swedish journalist and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1844) *[[1920]] – [[Jacinta and Francisco Marto|Jacinta Marto]], Portuguese saint (b. 1910) * 1920 – [[Robert Peary]], American admiral and explorer (b. 1856) *[[1933]] – [[Takiji Kobayashi]], Japanese writer (b. 1903) *[[1936]] – [[Max Schreck]], German actor (b. 1879) *[[1947]] – [[Viktor Gutić]], Croatian fascist official (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Vukliš|first1=Vladan|last2=Stošić|first2=Verica M.|year=2017|title=From the Abyss They Came, Into the Abyss They Were Thrown: Crime and Punishment in the WW2 Bosnian Frontier|journal=Topola|publisher=Memorial Zone Donja Gradina|location=Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina|volume=III|number=3|issn=2303-856X|url=https://www.academia.edu/34569535/From_the_abyss_they_came_into_the_abyss_they_were_thrown_Crime_and_punishment_in_the_WW2_Bosnian_Frontier|pp=36–37}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Sadri Maksudi Arsal]], Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878) *[[1961]] – [[Percy Grainger]], Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882) *[[1963]] – [[Jacob Gade]], Danish violinist and composer (b. 1879) *[[1965]] – [[Michał Waszyński]], Polish film director and producer (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mazur |first1=Daria |title=Dybuk |date=2007 |publisher=Wydawn. Naukowe UAM |location=Poznań |isbn=9788323218302 |page=100 |language=pl}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Chester W. Nimitz]], American admiral (b. 1885) *[[1968]] – [[Anthony Asquith]], English director and screenwriter (b. 1902) *[[1969]] – [[Ernest Ansermet]], Swiss conductor (b. 1883) *[[1972]] – [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]], German-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1963/mayer/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Walter Winchell]], American journalist and actor (b. 1897) *[[1976]] – [[René Cassin]], French lawyer and judge, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1887) * 1976 – [[Kathryn Kuhlman]], healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907) *[[1981]] – [[Nicolas de Gunzburg]], French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904) *[[1987]] – [[Wayne Boring]], American illustrator (b. 1905) *[[1992]] – [[A. J. Casson]], Canadian painter (b. 1898) * 1992 – [[Dick York]], American actor (b. 1928) *[[1993]] – [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]], Italian businessman, founded [[Lamborghini]] (b. 1916) * 1993 – [[Ernest L. Massad]], American general (b. 1908) *[[1996]] – [[Solomon Asch]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1907) * 1996 – [[Audrey Munson]], American model (b. 1891) * 1996 – [[Toru Takemitsu]], Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930) *[[1999]] – [[Sarah Kane]], English playwright (b. 1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=Of love and outrage: Sarah Kane obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/23/guardianobituaries.lyngardner |website=the Guardian |access-date=20 February 2022 |language=en |date=23 February 1999}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Gene Siskel]], American journalist and critic (b. 1946) *[[2001]] – [[Rosemary DeCamp]], American actress (b. 1910) * 2001 – [[Donella Meadows]], American environmentalist, author, and academic (b. 1941) *[[2003]] – [[Mushaf Ali Mir]], Pakistani air marshal (b. 1947) * 2003 – [[Maurice Blanchot]], French philosopher and author (b. 1907) * 2003 – [[Orville Freeman]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 29th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (b. 1918) *[[2005]] – [[Sandra Dee]], American actress (b. 1942) * 2005 – [[Josef Holeček (canoeist)|Josef Holeček]], Czechoslovakian canoeist (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web|title=Josef Holeček|url=https://www.olympic.org/josef-holecek|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913095423/https://www.olympic.org/josef-holecek|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2005 – [[John Raitt]], American actor and singer (b. 1917) * 2005 – [[Hunter S. Thompson]], American journalist and author (b. 1937) *[[2006]] – [[Curt Gowdy]], American sportscaster (b. 1919) * 2006 – [[Lucjan Wolanowski]], Polish journalist and author (b. 1920) *[[2008]] – [[Emily Perry (English actress)|Emily Perry]], English actress and dancer (b. 1907) *[[2009]] – [[Larry H. Miller]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944) *[[2010]] – [[Alexander Haig]], American general and politician, 59th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Knut Torbjørn Eggen]], Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1960) * 2012 – [[Katie Hall (American politician)|Katie Hall]], American educator and politician (b. 1938) *[[2013]] – [[Kenji Eno]], Japanese game designer and composer (b. 1970) * 2013 – [[David S. McKay]], American biochemist and geologist (b. 1936) * 2013 – [[Antonio Roma]], Argentinian footballer (b. 1932) *[[2014]] – [[Rafael Addiego Bruno]], Uruguayan jurist and politician, [[List of Presidents of Uruguay|President of Uruguay]] (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Walter D. Ehlers]], American lieutenant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Garrick Utley]], American journalist (b. 1939) *[[2015]] – [[Govind Pansare]], Indian author and activist (b. 1933) * 2015 – [[Henry Segerstrom]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923) * 2015 – [[John C. Willke]], American physician, author, and activist (b. 1925) *[[2016]] – [[Fernando Cardenal]], Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934) *[[2017]] – [[Vitaly Churkin]], Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the [[United Nations]] (b. 1952) * 2017 – [[Mildred Dresselhaus]], American physicist (b. 1930) * 2017 – [[Steve Hewlett (journalist)|Steve Hewlett]], British journalist (b. 1958) *[[2020]] – [[Joaquim Pina Moura]], Portuguese [[Ministry of Economy (Portugal)|Minister of Economy and Treasury]] and [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|MP]] (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moura|first=Joaquin|url=https://africa21digital.com/2020/02/21/portugal-morreu-o-ex-ministro-joaquim-pina-moura/|title=Portugal: Former Minister Joaquim Pina Moura has died|date=February 21, 2020|work=AFRICA 21 DIGITAL|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222191353/https://africa21digital.com/2020/02/21/portugal-morreu-o-ex-ministro-joaquim-pina-moura/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Nurul Haque Miah]], Bangladeshi professor and writer (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|title=রসায়ন বইয়ের বিখ্যাত লেখক প্রফেসর নূরুল হক মিয়া আর নেই|url=https://www.jugantor.com/national/395122/রসায়ন-বইয়ের-বিখ্যাত-লেখক-প্রফেসর-নূরুল-হক-মিয়া-আর-নেই|language=bn|access-date=20 February 2021|website=[[Jugantor]]|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109165922/https://www.jugantor.com/national/395122/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Mauro Bellugi]], Italian footballer (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morto Mauro Bellugi, a novembre gli erano state amputate le gambe per il Covid|url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2021/02/20/news/morto_mauro_bellugi-288427250/|language=it|date=February 20, 2021|access-date=February 20, 2022|website=La Repubblica|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228025910/https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2021/02/20/news/morto_mauro_bellugi-288427250/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Andreas Brehme]], German footballer (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Andreas Brehme: Germany World Cup winner dies aged 63|work=BBC Sport |date=20 February 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68345885|access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Yoko Yamamoto]], Japanese actress (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news |title=山本陽子さん死去 2月2日にテレビ出演も...熱海市内の病院で 64年映画「抜き射ちの竜 拳銃の歌」で頭角 |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20240222-NUB7I7XBDFKZLNPHZKYZHVIBZI/ |lang=ja |access-date=21 February 2024 |newspaper=[[Sankei Sports]] |date=22 February 2024}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[David Boren]], American lawyer and politician, 21st [[Governor of Oklahoma]] (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=February 20, 2025 |title=David Boren, an Oklahoma Eminence as Governor and Senator, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/david-boren-dead.html |access-date=February 23, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2025 – [[Jerry Butler]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Jerry Butler, Hitmaking Singer Known as the Iceman, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/arts/music/jerry-butler-dead.html |access-date=February 23, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2025 – [[Peter Jason]], American actor (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Peter Jason, Actor in 'Deadwood' and Films for Walter Hill and John Carpenter, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-jason-dead-deadwood-walter-hill-john-carpenter-1236142564/ |access-date=February 23, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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