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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[616]] – [[Æthelberht of Kent]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cheney |first1=Christopher Robert |last2=Jones |first2=Michael |title=A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History |date=6 April 2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77845-9 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Fakx-flCkC&pg=PA22}}</ref> * [[951]] – [[Liu Yun (governor)|Liu Yun]], Chinese governor (''[[jiedushi]]'') *[[1018]] – [[Borrell (bishop of Vic)|Borrell]], [[bishop of Vic]] *[[1114]] – [[Thomas (12th-century bishop)|Thomas]], archbishop of York *[[1386]] – [[Charles III of Naples]] (b. 1345) *[[1496]] – [[Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg]] (b. 1445) *[[1525]] – [[Jacques de La Palice]], French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470) * 1525 – [[Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet]], French soldier (b. c. 1488) * 1525 – [[Richard de la Pole]], last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480) *[[1530]] – [[Properzia de' Rossi]], Italian Renaissance sculptor<ref>Roberts Ragg, Laura Maria (1907). The Women Artists of Bologna. London: Methuen. p. 168. hdl:2027/uc1.32106007700112</ref> *[[1563]] – [[Francis, Duke of Guise]] (b. 1519) *[[1580]] – [[Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel]], English nobleman (b. 1511) *[[1588]] – [[Johann Weyer]], Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515) ===1601–1900=== *[[1666]] – [[Nicholas Lanier]], English composer and painter (b. 1588) *[[1674]] – [[Prataprao Gujar]], 3rd Commander-in-chief of [[Maratha Confederacy]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sardesai |first=H. S. |title=Shivaji, The Great Maratha |publisher=Genesis Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=9788177552867 |pages=370}}</ref> *[[1685]] – [[Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland]] (b. 1629) *[[1704]] – [[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]], French composer (b. 1643) *[[1714]] – [[Edmund Andros]], English courtier and politician, 4th [[Colonial Governor of New York]] (b. 1637) *[[1721]] – [[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby]], English poet and politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (b. 1648) *[[1732]] – [[Francis Charteris (rake)|Francis Charteris]], Scottish soldier (b. 1675) *[[1777]] – [[Joseph I of Portugal]] (b. 1714) *[[1785]] – [[Carlo Buonaparte]], Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746) *[[1799]] – [[Georg Christoph Lichtenberg]], German physicist and academic (b. 1742) *[[1810]] – [[Henry Cavendish]], French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731) *[[1812]] – [[Étienne-Louis Malus]], French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775) *[[1815]] – [[Robert Fulton]], American engineer (b. 1765) *[[1825]] – [[Thomas Bowdler]], English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754) *[[1856]] – [[Nikolai Lobachevsky]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792) *[[1876]] – [[Joseph Jenkins Roberts]], American-Liberian politician, 1st [[President of Liberia]] (b. 1809) *[[1879]] – [[Shiranui Kōemon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1825) ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Osman Hamdi Bey]], Turkish archaeologist and painter (b. 1842) *[[1914]] – [[Joshua Chamberlain]], American general and politician, 32nd [[Governor of Maine]] (b. 1828) *[[1925]] – [[Hjalmar Branting]], Swedish journalist and politician, 16th [[Prime Minister of Sweden]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1860) *[[1927]] – [[Edward Marshall Hall]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1858) *[[1929]] – [[André Messager]], French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853) *[[1930]] – [[Hermann von Ihering]], German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850) *[[1953]] – [[Robert La Follette Jr.]], American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895) * 1953 – [[Gerd von Rundstedt]], German field marshal (b. 1875) *[[1967]] – [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]], Last [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State]] (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/the-last-nizam-of-hyderabad-who-was-mir-osman-ali-khan-1331292-2018-09-04|title=The last Nizam of Hyderabad: Who was Mir Osman Ali Khan?|website=India Today|date=4 September 2018 |access-date=2020-02-21|archive-date=2020-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713054519/https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/the-last-nizam-of-hyderabad-who-was-mir-osman-ali-khan-1331292-2018-09-04|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Conrad Nagel]], American actor (b. 1897) *[[1974]] – [[Margaret Leech]], American historian and author (b. 1895) *[[1975]] – [[Hans Bellmer]], German artist (b. 1902)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/hans-bellmer-736|title=Hans Bellmer 1902-1975 | Tate|last=Tate|work=Tate|access-date=2017-10-04|archive-date=2017-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005002013/http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/hans-bellmer-736|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Nikolai Bulganin]], Russian marshal and politician, 6th [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1895) *[[1978]] – [[Alma Thomas]], American painter and educator (b.1891) *[[1982]] – [[Virginia Bruce]], American actress (b. 1910) *[[1986]] – [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]], Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naatya.org/rda/RDAPressRelease.htm|title=Rukmini Devi Arundale Centenary Celebration at Haverford College, February 28, 2004|website= naatya |access-date=2019-02-23|archive-date=2016-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330054033/http://www.naatya.org/rda/RDAPressRelease.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Tommy Douglas]], Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th [[Premier of Saskatchewan]] (b. 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Tony Conigliaro]], American baseball player (b. 1945) * 1990 – [[Malcolm Forbes]], American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917) * 1990 – [[Sandro Pertini]], Italian journalist and politician, 7th [[President of Italy]] (b. 1896) * 1990 – [[Johnnie Ray]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927) *[[1991]] – [[John Daly (radio and television personality)|John Daly]], American journalist and game show host (b. 1914) * 1991 – [[George Gobel]], American actor (b. 1919) * 1991 – [[Webb Pierce]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921) *[[1993]] – [[Danny Gallivan]], Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917) * 1993 – [[Bobby Moore]], English footballer and manager (b. 1941) *[[1994]] – [[Jean Sablon]], French singer and actor (b. 1906) * 1994 – [[Dinah Shore]], American actress and singer (b. 1916) *[[1998]] – [[Antonio Prohías]], Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921) * 1998 – [[Henny Youngman]], English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906) *[[1999]] – [[Andre Dubus]], American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936) *[[2001]] – [[Theodore Marier]], American composer and educator, founded the [[Boston Archdiocesan Choir School]] (b. 1912) * 2001 – [[Claude Shannon]], American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916) *[[2002]] – [[Leo Ornstein]], Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893) *[[2004]] – [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], American actor (b. 1915) *[[2005]] – [[Coşkun Kırca]], Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927) *[[2006]] – [[Octavia E. Butler]], American author and educator (b. 1947) * 2006 – [[Don Knotts]], American actor and comedian (b. 1924) * 2006 – [[John Martin (Canadian broadcaster)|John Martin]], Canadian broadcaster, co-founded [[MuchMusic]] (b. 1947) * 2006 – [[Dennis Weaver]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924) *[[2007]] – [[Bruce Bennett]], American shot putter and actor (b. 1906) * 2007 – [[Damien Nash]], American football player (b. 1982) *[[2008]] – [[Larry Norman]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947) *[[2010]] – [[Dawn Brancheau]], senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969) *[[2011]] – [[Anant Pai]], Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929) *[[2012]] – [[Agnes Allen]], American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[Oliver Wrong]], English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925) *[[2013]] – [[Virgil Johnson (singer)|Virgil Johnson]], American singer (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Con Martin]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Franny Beecher]], American guitarist (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Alexis Hunter]], New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948) * 2014 – [[Carlos Páez Vilaró]], Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Harold Ramis]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) *[[2015]] – [[Mefodiy (Kudriakov)|Mefodiy]], Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949) * 2015 – [[Rakhat Aliyev]], Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962) *[[2016]] – [[Peter Kenilorea]], Solomon Islands politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands]] (b. 1943) * 2016 – [[Nabil Maleh]], Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936) * 2016 – [[George C. Nichopoulos]], American soldier and physician (b. 1927) *[[2018]] – [[Sridevi]], Indian actress (b. 1963) * 2018 – [[Haukur Hilmarsson]], Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Spencer|first1=Richard|title=Veteran Icelandic activist Haukur Hilmarsson killed fighting for Kurds in Syria|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/veteran-icelandic-activist-haukur-hilmarsson-killed-fighting-for-kurds-jtq3kcw97|access-date=9 March 2018|work=[[The Times]]|date=9 March 2018|archive-date=9 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309022315/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/veteran-icelandic-activist-haukur-hilmarsson-killed-fighting-for-kurds-jtq3kcw97|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Katherine Johnson]], American physicist and mathematician (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Katherine Johnson | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111053858/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Ronald Pickup]], English actor (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ferme|first=Antonio|date=February 25, 2021|title=Ronald Pickup, Actor in 'The Crown,' 'Best Marigold Hotel,' Dies at 80|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/ronald-pickup-dead-the-crown-best-marigold-hotel-1234915880/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227072919/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/ronald-pickup-dead-the-crown-best-marigold-hotel-1234915880/|archive-date=February 27, 2021|access-date=May 20, 2021|website=Variety}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Edith Roger]], Norwegian dancer and choreographer (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Edith Roger |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Edith_Roger |language=no|access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Kumar Shahani]], Indian film director and screenwriter (b.1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vajpeyi |first=Udayan |date=1 March 2024 |title=Death of a master filmmaker: Kumar Shahani (7 December 1940–24 February 2024) |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/death-of-a-master-filmmaker-udayan-vajpeyis-tribute-to-kumar-shahani |access-date=22 September 2024 |work=[[The National Herald]]}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Roberta Flack]], American singer and pianist (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Italie |first=Hillel |date=24 February 2025 |title=Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning 'Killing Me Softly' singer with an intimate style, dies at 88 |url=https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340 |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=[[The Associated Press]]}}</ref> <!--Please do NOT add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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