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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[715]] – [[Al-Walid I]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph (b. 668) * [[908]] – [[Li Keyong]], [[Shatuo]] military governor during the [[Tang dynasty]] in [[China]] (b. 856) * [[943]] – [[Herbert II, Count of Vermandois]], (b. 884) * 943 – [[David I of Klarjeti|David I]], prince of [[Principality of Tao-Klarjeti|Tao-Klarjeti]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) *[[1011]] – [[Willigis]], German archbishop (b. 940) *[[1100]] – [[Emperor Zhezong]] of Song (b. 1076) *[[1270]] – [[Isabelle of France (saint)|Isabel of France]] (b. 1225) *[[1447]] – [[Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester]] (b. 1390) * 1447 – [[Pope Eugene IV]] (b. 1383)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugenius IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenius-IV |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503193933/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenius-IV |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1464]] – [[Emperor Yingzong of Ming]] (b. 1427) *[[1473]] – [[Arnold, Duke of Gelderland]] (b. 1410) *[[1526]] – [[Diego Colón]], Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (b. c. 1479) *[[1554]] – [[Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire]] (b. 1515) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Andrea Cesalpino]], Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) * 1603 – [[Franciscus Vieta]], French mathematician (b. 1540) *[[1620]] – [[Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)|Nicholas Fuller]], English politician (b. 1543) *[[1704]] – [[Georg Muffat]], French organist and composer (b. 1653) *[[1766]] – [[Stanisław Leszczyński]], Polish king (b. 1677) *[[1781]] – [[George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)|George Taylor]], Founding Father of the United States (b. 1716) *[[1792]] – [[Joshua Reynolds]], English painter and academic (b. 1723) *[[1821]] – [[John Keats]], English poet (b. 1795) *[[1844]] – [[Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada]], Brazilian politician, twice [[Ministry of the Economy (Brazil)|Minister of Finance]], brother of [[José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva|José Bonifácio]] and [[Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada|Antônio Carlos]] (b. 1775)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rio Branco |first=Barão do |url=https://funag.gov.br/biblioteca-nova/produto/loc_pdf/129/6/obras_do_barao_do_rio_branco_-_volume_vi_a_._efemerides_brasileiras_-_capa_mole.pdf |title=Efemérides Brasileiras |publisher=Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão |year=2012 |isbn=978-85-7631-357-1 |location=Brasília |pages=174–175 |language=pt |oclc=842885255}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[John Quincy Adams]], American politician, 6th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1767) *[[1855]] – [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]], German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777) *[[1859]] – [[Zygmunt Krasiński]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812) *[[1871]] – [[Amanda Cajander]], Finnish medical reformer (b. 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hautausmaita |website=Hautausmaita |url=http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |language=fi |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524153835/http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Albrecht von Roon]], Prussian soldier and politician, 10th [[Minister President of Prussia]] (b. 1803) *[[1897]] – [[Woldemar Bargiel]], German composer and educator (b. 1828) *[[1900]] – [[Ernest Dowson]], English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Friedrich von Esmarch]], German surgeon and academic (b. 1823) *[[1918]] – [[Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (b. 1882) *[[1930]] – [[Horst Wessel]], German [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] officer (b. 1907) *[[1931]] – [[Nellie Melba]], Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861) *[[1934]] – [[Edward Elgar]], English composer and academic (b. 1857) *[[1944]] – [[Leo Baekeland]], Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863) *[[1946]] – [[Tomoyuki Yamashita]], Japanese general (b. 1885) *[[1948]] – [[John Robert Gregg]], Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866) *[[1955]] – [[Paul Claudel]], French poet and playwright (b. 1868) *[[1965]] – [[Stan Laurel]], English actor and comedian (b. 1890) *[[1969]] – [[Madhubala]], Indian actress and producer (b. 1933) * 1969 – [[Saud of Saudi Arabia|Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], 2nd [[King of Saudi Arabia]] (b. 1902) *[[1973]] – [[Dickinson W. Richards]], American physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1895) *[[1974]] – [[Harry Ruby]], American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895) *[[1976]] – [[L. S. Lowry]], English painter (b. 1887) *[[1979]] – [[W. A. C. Bennett]], Canadian businessman and politician, 25th [[Premier of British Columbia]] (b. 1900) *[[1983]] – [[Herbert Howells]], English organist and composer (b. 1892) *[[1990]] – [[José Napoleón Duarte]], Salvadoran engineer and politician, [[President of El Salvador]] (b. 1925) *[[1995]] – [[James Herriot]], English veterinarian and author (b. 1916) *[[1997]] – [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1945) *[[1998]] – [[Philip Abbott]], American actor and director (b. 1924) *[[1999]] – [[The Renegade (wrestler)|The Renegade]], American wrestler (b. 1965) *[[2000]] – [[Ofra Haza]], Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957) * 2000 – [[Stanley Matthews]], English footballer and manager (b. 1915) *[[2003]] – [[Howie Epstein]], American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955) * 2003 – [[Robert K. Merton]], American sociologist and academic (b. 1910) *[[2004]] – [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]], Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934) * 2004 – [[Sikander Bakht]], Indian politician, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of External Affairs]] (b. 1918) *[[2006]] – [[Muhammad Shamsul Huq]], Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|author=[[Sirajul Islam|Islam, Sirajul]]|article=Huq, Muhammad Shamsul}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Telmo Zarra]], Spanish footballer (b. 1921) * 2007 – [[Hanna Barysiewicz]], the oldest female resident of [[Belarus]] not registered by the ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]]'' (b. 1888)<ref>{{Cite web |title=''World's Oldest Claimants (with at least a claimed birth date) (as of May 1, 2007)'' |url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/J.HTM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201093051/http://www.grg.org/Adams/J.HTM |archive-date=2010-12-01 |access-date=2010-06-16 |page= |via=grg.org}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[John Ritchie (footballer, born 1941)|John Ritchie]], English footballer (b. 1941) *[[2008]] – [[Janez Drnovšek]], Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd [[President of Slovenia]] (b. 1950) * 2008 – [[Paul Frère]], Belgian racing driver and journalist (b. 1917) *[[2010]] – [[Orlando Zapata]], Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967) *[[2011]] – [[Nirmala Srivastava]], Indian religious leader, founded [[Sahaja Yoga]] (b. 1923) *[[2012]] – [[William Raggio]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[David Sayre]], American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Kazimierz Żygulski]], Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Eugene Bookhammer]], American soldier and politician, 18th [[Lieutenant Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[Joseph Friedenson]], Holocaust survivor, Holocaust historian, Yiddish writer, lecturer and editor (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/171927/agudah-editor-joseph-friedenson-dies-at-90/ |title=Agudah Editor Joseph Friedenson Dies at 90 |date=February 26, 2013 |website=[[Forward.com]] |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013130934/https://forward.com/schmooze/171927/agudah-editor-joseph-friedenson-dies-at-90/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2013 – [[Julien Ries]], Belgian cardinal (b. 1920) * 2013 – [[Lotika Sarkar]], Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945) *[[2014]] – [[Alice Herz-Sommer]], Czech-English [[Holocaust survivor]], pianist and educator (b. 1903) * 2014 – [[Roger Hilsman]], American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919) *[[2015]] – [[James Aldridge]], Australian-English journalist and author (b. 1918) * 2015 – [[Rana Bhagwandas]], Pakistani lawyer and judge, [[Chief Justice of Pakistan]] (b. 1942) * 2015 – [[W. E. "Bill" Dykes]], American soldier and politician (b. 1925) *[[2016]] – [[Peter Lustig]], German television host and author (b. 1937) * 2016 – [[Jacqueline Mattson]], American baseball player (b. 1928) *[[2019]] – [[Katherine Helmond]], American actress (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katherine-helmond-dead-whos-the-boss-star-89-877766 |title=Katherine Helmond, the Man-Crazy Mother on 'Who's the Boss?' Dies at 89 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 2019 |access-date=2019-05-18 |archive-date=2019-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302120355/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katherine-helmond-dead-whos-the-boss-star-89-877766 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Ahmed Zaki Yamani]], Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gamal |first=Rania El |date=2021-02-23 |title=Obituary: Yamani, the Saudi oil minister who brought the West to its knees |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-yamani-idUSKBN2AN0LE |access-date=2021-02-27 |archive-date=2021-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225221826/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-yamani-idUSKBN2AN0LE |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Tony Earl]], American politician, 40th [[Governor of Wisconsin]] (b. 1936)<ref name = Schmidt>{{cite news|url = https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-gov-tony-earl-a-champion-for-equality-and-conservation-dies-at-86/article_3d553784-72b8-5366-89c9-f539f2c04238.html|title = Former Gov. Tony Earl, a champion for equality and conservation, dies at 86|newspaper = [[Wisconsin State Journal]]|date = February 23, 2023|accessdate = February 23, 2023|last = Schmidt|first = Mitchell}}</ref> * 2023 – [[John Motson]], English football commentator (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=James |title=Legendary commentator Motson dies aged 77 |language=en-GB |work=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/john-motson-legendary-bbc-sports-commentator-dies-aged-77-12817718|date=23 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-25}}</ref> <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> *[[2024]] – [[Flaco (owl)|Flaco]], [[Eurasian eagle-owl]] (b. 2010)<ref name="Shanahan 2024">{{Cite news |last=Shanahan |first=Ed |date=February 23, 2023 |title=Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl and Defier of Doubts, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/nyregion/flaco-owl-central-park-zoo-dead.html |access-date=February 23, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Larry Dolan]], American attorney (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Cleveland Guardians owner Lawrence J. Dolan dies at 94 |url=https://www.ncnewsonline.com/sports/national_sports/cleveland-guardians-owner-lawrence-j-dolan-dies-at-94/article_78cb2fe7-c7e2-59fb-b73a-3c62f07922a1.html |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[New Castle News]] |language=en}}</ref> *2025 – [[Chris Jasper]], American singer, composer and producer (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosario |first=Alexandra Del |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Chris Jasper, Isley Brothers singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, dies at 73 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-02-25/chris-jasper-dead-isley-brothers |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *2025 – [[Al Trautwig]], American sports commentator (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Veteran sports broadcaster Al Trautwig, 68, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/44000011/broadcaster-al-trautwig-68-dies-complications-cancer |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en}}</ref>
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