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==Deaths== ===Pre–1600=== * [[211]] – [[Septimius Severus]], Roman emperor (b. 145)<ref>{{cite web |title=Septimius Severus {{!}} Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Septimius-Severus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * [[708]] – [[Pope Sisinnius]] (b. 650) * [[856]] – [[Rabanus Maurus]], Frankish archbishop and theologian (b. 780) * [[870]] – [[Ceolnoth]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]] *[[1169]] – [[John of Ajello]], Bishop of Catania *[[1498]] – [[Antonio del Pollaiuolo]], Italian artist (b. 1429/1433) *[[1505]] – [[Joan of France, Duchess of Berry|Jeanne de Valois]], daughter of Louis XI of France (b. 1464) *[[1508]] – [[Conrad Celtes]], German poet and scholar (b. 1459) *[[1555]] – [[John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)|John Rogers]], English clergyman and translator (b. 1505) *[[1590]] – [[Gioseffo Zarlino]], Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Giambattista della Porta]], Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535) *[[1617]] – [[Lodewijk Elzevir]], Dutch publisher, co-founded the [[House of Elzevir]] (b. 1546) *[[1713]] – [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury]], English philosopher and politician (b. 1671) *[[1774]] – [[Charles Marie de La Condamine]], French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) *[[1781]] – [[Josef Mysliveček]], Czech composer (b. 1737)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greene |first1=David Mason |last2=Green |first2=Constance |title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers |date=1985 |publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. |isbn=978-0-385-14278-6 |page=357 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA357 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Étienne-Louis Boullée]], French architect and educator (b. 1728) *[[1843]] – [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]], Greek general (b. 1770) *[[1891]] – [[Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos]], Roman Catholic [[archbishop]] and Mexican politician who served as [[regent]] during the [[Second Mexican Empire]] (b. 1816)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx/index.php/arquidiocesis/obispos-y-arzobispos/obispos/43-excmo-sr-don-pelagio-antonio-de-lavastida|title=Excmo. Sr. Don Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos (1855–1863)|publisher=Arquidiocesis de Puebla|language=es|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529225354/http://www.arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx/index.php/arquidiocesis/obispos-y-arzobispos/obispos/43-excmo-sr-don-pelagio-antonio-de-lavastida|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Louis-Ernest Barrias]], French sculptor and academic (b. 1841) *[[1912]] – [[Franz Reichelt]], French tailor and inventor (b. 1878)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Paoletti |first=Gabe |date=2021-10-04 |title=The Sad Story Of The Inventor Who Died Testing His Parachute At The Eiffel Tower |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/franz-reichelt |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=All That's Interesting |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[İskilipli Âtıf Hodja]], Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875) *[[1928]] – [[Hendrik Lorentz]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1853) *[[1933]] – [[Archibald Sayce]], English linguist and educator (b. 1846) *[[1936]] – [[Wilhelm Gustloff]], German-Swiss soldier, founded [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[NSDAP/AO]] (b. 1895)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/david-frankfurter/i-kill-a-nazi-gauleitermemoir-of-a-jewish-assassin/|title = I Kill a Nazi Gauleiter: Memoir of a Jewish Assassin|date = February 1950}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Nikolai Yezhov]], Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895) *[[1943]] – [[Frank Calder]], English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877) *[[1944]] – [[Arsen Kotsoyev]], Russian author and translator (b. 1872) *[[1956]] – [[Savielly Tartakower]], Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887) *[[1958]] – [[Henry Kuttner]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1915) *[[1959]] – [[Una O'Connor (actress)|Una O'Connor]], Irish-American actress (b. 1880) *[[1968]] – [[Neal Cassady]], American novelist and poet (b. 1926) *[[1970]] – [[Louise Bogan]], American poet and critic (b. 1897) *[[1974]] – [[Satyendra Nath Bose]], Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894) *[[1975]] – [[Louis Jordan]], American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908) *[[1982]] – [[Alex Harvey (musician)|Alex Harvey]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935) * 1982 – [[Georg Konrad Morgen]], German lawyer and judge (b. 1909) *[[1983]] – [[Karen Carpenter]], American singer (b. 1950) *[[1987]] – [[Liberace]], American singer-songwriter and pianist, (b. 1919) * 1987 – [[Meena Keshwar Kamal]], Afghan activist, founded the [[Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan]] (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite book|first=Deborah|last=Ellis|title=Women of the Afghan War|location=Westport|publisher=Praeger|year=2000|page=xvii|isbn=978-0-27596-617-1}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Carl Rogers]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1902) *[[1990]] – [[Whipper Billy Watson]], Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915) *[[1992]] – [[John Dehner]], American actor (b. 1915) *[[1995]] – [[Patricia Highsmith]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Carl Albert]], American lawyer and politician, 54th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1908) *[[2002]] – [[Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg]] (b. 1907) *[[2003]] – [[Benyoucef Benkhedda]], Algerian pharmacist and politician (b. 1920) *[[2004]] – [[Hilda Hilst]], Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2004 |title=Morre a escritora Hilda Hilst |trans-title=Writer Hilda Hilst dies |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/morre-a-escritora-hilda-hilst/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522182546/https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/morre-a-escritora-hilda-hilst/ |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Ossie Davis]], American actor, director, and playwright (b. 1917) *[[2006]] – [[Betty Friedan]], American author and activist (b. 1921) *[[2007]] – [[José Carlos Bauer]], Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1925) * 2007 – [[Ilya Kormiltsev]], Russian-English poet and translator (b. 1959) * 2007 – [[Barbara McNair]], American singer and actress (b. 1934) * 2007 – [[Jules Olitski]], Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1922) * 2007 – [[Alfred Worm]], Austrian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NEWS Publisher Alfred Worm Is Dead |url=http://www.guj.de/en/press/press-releases/news-publisher-alfred-worm-is-dead/ |last=Adler |first=Alexander |date=4 February 2007 |publisher=[[Gruner + Jahr]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025231914/http://www.guj.de/en/press/press-releases/news-publisher-alfred-worm-is-dead/ |archive-date=25 October 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Augusta Dabney]], American actress (b. 1918) * 2008 – [[Stefan Meller]], Polish academic and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland]] (b. 1942) *[[2010]] – [[Kostas Axelos]], Greek-French philosopher and author (b. 1924) * 2010 – [[Helen Tobias-Duesberg]], Estonian-American composer (b. 1919) *[[2011]] – [[Martial Célestin]], Haitian lawyer and politician, first [[Prime Minister of Haiti]] (b. 1913) *[[2012]] – [[István Csurka]], Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Florence Green]], English soldier (b. 1901) * 2012 – [[Robert Daniel]], American farmer, soldier, and politician (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Mike deGruy]], American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1951) * 2012 – [[Susanne Suba]], Hungarian-born watercolorist and illustrator, active in the United States (b. 1913)<ref name="SNAC">{{cite web |title=Suba, Susanne, 1913-2012 |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6dj6c9x |publisher=SNAC Cooperative |access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Donald Byrd]], American trumpet player (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Reg Presley]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1941) *[[2014]] – [[Keith Allen (ice hockey)|Keith Allen]], Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Eugenio Corti]], Italian soldier, author, and playwright (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Dennis Lota]], Zambian footballer (b. 1973) * 2015 – [[Fitzhugh L. Fulton]], American colonel and pilot (b. 1925) *[[2016]] – [[Edgar Mitchell]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930) *[[2017]] – [[Steve Lang]], Canadian bass player (b. 1949) * 2017 – [[Bano Qudsia]], Pakistani writer (b. 1928) *[[2018]] – [[John Mahoney]], English-American actor, voice artist, and comedian (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/john-mahoney-dead |title=John Mahoney, Beloved Frasier Father, Dies at 77|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date= February 5, 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Matti Nykänen]], Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (b. 1963)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/troubled_finnish_ski_jumping_legend_matti_nykanen_dead_at_55/10629072 |title=Troubled Finnish ski jumping legend Matti Nykänen dead at 55 |date=2019-02-04 |work=Yle News |access-date=2019-02-08 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Daniel arap Moi]], Former [[President of Kenya]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-02-04|title=Obituary: Daniel arap Moi, former Kenyan president|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27498749|access-date=2021-01-02}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Millie Hughes-Fulford]], American astronaut, molecular biologist and [[NASA]] payload specialist (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-020421a-millie-hughes-fulford-payload-specialist-obituary.html |title=Millie Hughes-Fulford, first female payload specialist in space, dies |website=collectspace.com |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Kim In-hyeok]], South Korean volleyball player (b. 1995)<ref>{{cite news|last=Park|first=Sang-eun|script-title=ko:남자프로배구 김인혁 사망…경찰 "범죄 혐의점 없어"|url=https://www.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0016737765|access-date=November 1, 2024|work=[[Kukmin Ilbo]]|date=February 5, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Vani Jairam]], Indian playback singer (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Bhushan awardee Vani Jairam dies at 77 in Chennai, D Imman says 'can't accept the hard-hitting reality' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/padma-bhushan-awardee-vani-jairam-dies-at-77-in-chennai-d-imman-says-can-t-accept-the-hard-hitting-reality-101675506331070.html |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Sherif Ismail]], 53rd [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://see.news/president-sisi-mourns-death-of-former-pm-sherif-ismail |title=President Sisi Mourns Death of Former PM Sherif Ismail |work=See.news |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Barry John]], Welsh rugby player (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68170605 |title=Barry John: Legendary Wales and Lions fly-half dies aged 79 |work=See.news |date=4 February 2024 |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Aga Khan IV]], 49th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Nathan |date=2025-02-05 |title=Aga Khan: Billionaire and spiritual leader dies at 88 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vmlk4rzzjo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205040429/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vmlk4rzzjo |archive-date=2025-02-05 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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