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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[685]] – [[Hlothhere of Kent|Hlothhere]], king 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=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Fakx-flCkC&pg=PA23 |language=en}}</ref> * [[743]] – [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad caliph]] (b. 691) * [[797]] – [[Donnchad Midi]], Irish king (b. 733) * [[891]] – [[Photios I of Constantinople]] (b. 810) * [[1135]] – [[Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Loud | first=Graham | title=Roger II and the Creation of the Kingdom of Sicily | publisher=Manchester University Press | publication-place=Manchester ; New York | date=2012-06-15 | isbn=978-0-7190-8201-6 | oclc=744332253 | page=104}}</ref> *[[1140]] – [[Thurstan]], [[Archbishop of York]] *[[1215]] – [[Hōjō Tokimasa]], Japanese [[shikken]] of the [[Kamakura bakufu]] (b. 1138) *[[1378]] – [[Joanna of Bourbon]] (b. 1338) *[[1411]] – [[Esau de' Buondelmonti]], ruler of [[Despotate of Epirus|Epirus]] *[[1497]] – [[Johannes Ockeghem]], Flemish composer and educator (b. 1410) *[[1515]] – [[Aldus Manutius]], Italian publisher, founded the [[Aldine Press]] (b. 1449) *[[1519]] – [[Lorenz von Bibra]], Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg (b. 1459) *[[1539]] – [[John III, Duke of Cleves]] (b. 1491) *[[1585]] – [[Edmund Plowden]], English lawyer and scholar (b. 1518) *[[1593]] – [[Jacques Amyot]], French author and translator (b. 1513) * 1593 – [[Emperor Ōgimachi]] of Japan (b. 1517) *[[1597]] – [[Franciscus Patricius]], Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1529) ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – [[Christopher Clavius]], German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538)<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Clavius |url=http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/clavius.html |website=galileo.rice.edu |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> *[[1617]] – [[Prospero Alpini]], Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)<ref>{{cite book |title=Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica: Rev. and Amended A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, to which is Added Biographies of Living Subjects. 96 Colored Maps and Numerous Illustrations |year=1890 |publisher=Belford-Clarke Company |page=219 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AIhWsMeyJQC&pg=PA219 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1685]] – [[Charles II of England]] (b. 1630)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles II {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-II-king-of-Great-Britain-and-Ireland#:~:text=Charles%20II%2C%20byname%20The%20Merry,history%20as%20the%20Restoration%20period. |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1695]] – [[Ahmed II]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahmed II {{!}} Ottoman sultan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmed-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1740]] – [[Pope Clement XII]] (b. 1652)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clement XII {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-XII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1775]] – [[William Dowdeswell (Chancellor)|William Dowdeswell]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1721)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Walpole |first1=Horace |title=Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third |year=1894 |publisher=Lawrence and Bullen |isbn=978-0-8369-5489-0 |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6rSAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA139 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Dowdeswell, William (1760–1828), army officer and art collector |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-7960 |year = 2004|access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/7960}}</ref> *[[1783]] – [[Capability Brown]], English gardener and architect (b. 1716)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancelot Brown {{!}} English landscape architect |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lancelot-Brown |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[Carlo Goldoni]], Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlo Goldoni {{!}} Italian dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlo-Goldoni |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1804]] – [[Joseph Priestley]], English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Priestley {{!}} Biography, Discoveries, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Priestley |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1833]] – [[Pierre André Latreille]], French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre-André Latreille {{!}} French zoologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Andre-Latreille |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1834]] – [[Richard Lemon Lander]], English explorer (b. 1804)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Lemon Lander {{!}} British explorer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Lemon-Lander |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Isabella Beeton]], English author of ''[[Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management]]'' (b. 1836)<ref>{{cite web |title= History - Mrs Beeton |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/beeton_mrs.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[Leo von Caprivi]], German general and politician, [[List of chancellors of Germany|chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1831)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leo, count von Caprivi {{!}} German chancellor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-Graf-von-Caprivi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[John Colton (politician)|John Colton]], English-Australian politician, 13th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1823) *[[1908]] – [[Harriet Samuel]], English businesswoman and founder of the jewellery retailer [[H. Samuel]] (b. 1836)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubinstein |first1=William D. |last2=Jolles |first2=Michael |last3=Rubinstein |first3=Hilary L. |author-link1=William Rubinstein |author-link3=Hilary L. Rubinstein |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=22 February 2011 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-4039-3910-4 |page=852 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA852 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Rubén Darío]], Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867) *[[1918]] – [[Gustav Klimt]], Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862) *[[1929]] – [[Maria Christina of Austria]] (b. 1858) *[[1931]] – [[Motilal Nehru]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[President of the Indian National Congress]] (b. 1861) *[[1932]] – [[John Earle (Australian politician)|John Earle]], Australian politician, 22nd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1865) *[[1938]] – [[Marianne von Werefkin]], Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Laurie|last1=Collier Hillstrom|first2=Kevin|last2=Hillstrom|first3=Lucy R.|last3=Lippard|title=Contemporary Women Artists|location=Farmington Hills|publisher=St. James Press|year=1999|page=707|isbn=978-1-55862-372-9}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Jaan Soots]], Estonian general and politician, 7th [[Estonian Minister of War]] (b. 1880) *[[1951]] – [[Gabby Street]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882) *[[1952]] – [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite web |title=George VI {{!}} Biography & Stammer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=9 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1958]] – victims of the [[Munich air disaster]] ** [[Geoff Bent]], English footballer (b. 1932) ** [[Roger Byrne]], English footballer (b. 1929) ** [[Eddie Colman]], English footballer (b. 1936) ** [[Walter Crickmer]], English footballer and manager (b. 1900) ** [[Mark Jones (footballer, born 1933)|Mark Jones]], English footballer (b. 1933) ** [[David Pegg]], English footballer (b. 1935) ** [[Frank Swift]], English footballer and journalist (b. 1913) ** [[Tommy Taylor]], English footballer (b. 1932) *[[1963]] – [[Piero Manzoni]], Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933) *[[1964]] – [[Emilio Aguinaldo]], Filipino general and politician, 1st [[President of the Philippines]] (b. 1869) *[[1967]] – [[Martine Carol]], French actress (b. 1920) *[[1971]] – [[Pete Robinson (drag racer)|Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson]], [[Drag racing|drag racer]] (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial {{!}} Pete Robinson |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=1147 |website=Motorsportmemorial.org |access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Julian Steward]], American anthropologist (b. 1902) *[[1976]] – [[Ritwik Ghatak]], Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925) * 1976 – [[Vince Guaraldi]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928) *[[1981]] – [[Hugo Montenegro]], American composer and conductor (b. 1925) *[[1982]] – [[Ben Nicholson]], British painter (b. 1894) *[[1985]] – [[James Hadley Chase]], English-Swiss soldier and author (b. 1906) *[[1986]] – [[Frederick Coutts]], Scottish 8th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (b. 1899) * 1986 – [[Dandy Nichols]], English actress (b. 1907) * 1986 – [[Minoru Yamasaki]], American architect, designed the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] (b. 1912) *[[1987]] – [[Julien Chouinard]], Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1929) *[[1989]] – [[Barbara W. Tuchman]], American historian and author (b. 1912) *[[1990]] – [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], American pianist and composer (b. 1913) *[[1991]] – [[Salvador Luria]], Italian biologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1912) * 1991 – [[Danny Thomas]], American actor, producer, and humanitarian (b. 1914) *[[1993]] – [[Arthur Ashe]], American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1943) *[[1994]] – [[Joseph Cotten]], American actor (b. 1905) * 1994 – [[Jack Kirby]], American author and illustrator (b. 1917) *[[1995]] – [[James Merrill]], American poet and playwright (b. 1926) *[[1998]] – [[Falco (musician)|Falco]], Austrian pop-rock musician (b. 1957) *[[1999]] – [[Don Dunstan]], Australian lawyer and politician, 35th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1926) * 1999 – [[Jimmy Roberts (singer)|Jimmy Roberts]], American tenor (b. 1924) *[[2000]] – [[Phil Walters]], American race car driver (b. 1916) * 2000 – [[Hani al-Rahib]], Syrian novelist and literary academic (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web |title=في ذكرى رحيل الأديب د.هاني الراهب |url=https://pen-sy.com/15206/ |website=pen-sy |access-date=19 July 2022 |language=ar |date=6 February 2016}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Filemon Lagman]], Filipino theoretician and activist (b. 1953) * 2001 – [[Trần Văn Lắm]], South Vietnamese diplomat and politician (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/20/world/tran-van-lam-88-top-south-vietnam-aide.html | title=Tran Van Lam, 88, Top South Vietnam Aide | work=The New York Times | author=Wolfgang Saxon | date=2001-03-20}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Max Perutz]], Austrian-English biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1914) *[[2004]] – [[Gerald Bouey]], Canadian lieutenant and economist (b. 1920) *[[2005]] – [[Karl Haas]], German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (b. 1913) *[[2007]] – [[Lew Burdette]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1926) * 2007 – [[Frankie Laine]], American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1913) * 2007 – [[Willye White]], American runner and long jumper (b. 1939) *[[2008]] – [[Tony Rolt]], English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918) *[[2009]] – [[Philip Carey]], American actor (b. 1925) * 2009 – [[Shirley Jean Rickert]], American actress (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=2009-02-13|title=Shirley Jean Rickert, 82, 'Our Gang' Star, Dies|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/arts/television/13rickert.html|access-date=2021-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518140932/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/arts/television/13rickert.html|archive-date=2019-05-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2009 – [[James Whitmore]], American actor (b. 1921) *[[2011]] – [[Gary Moore]], Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1952) *[[2012]] – [[David Rosenhan]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Antoni Tàpies]], Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Janice E. Voss]], American engineer and astronaut (b. 1956) *[[2013]] – [[Chokri Belaid]], Tunisian lawyer and politician (b. 1964) * 2013 – [[Menachem Elon]], German-Israeli academic and jurist (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Vasiľ Biľak]], Slovak politician (b. 1917) * 2014 – [[Ralph Kiner]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Maxine Kumin]], American author and poet (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Vaçe Zela]], Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (b. 1939) *[[2015]] – [[André Brink]], South African author and playwright (b. 1935) * 2015 – [[Alan Nunnelee]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1958) * 2015 – [[Pedro León Zapata]], Venezuelan cartoonist (b. 1929) *[[2016]] – [[Dan Gerson]], American screenwriter (b. 1966) * 2016 – [[Dan Hicks (singer)|Dan Hicks]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941) *[[2017]] – [[Irwin Corey]], American comedian and actor (b. 1914) * 2017 – [[Inge Keller]], German actress (b. 1923) * 2017 – [[Alec McCowen]], English actor (b. 1925) * 2017 – [[Joost van der Westhuizen]], South African rugby union footballer (b. 1971)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/sport/Rugby/breaking-joost-van-der-westhuizen-dies-20170206|title=BREAKING: Joost van der Westhuizen dies|website=news24.com|date=7 February 2017|accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Donald Lynden-Bell]], English astrophysicist (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof Donald Lynden-Bell {{!}} Institute of Astronomy |url=https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/content/prof.donald.lynden-bell |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.ast.cam.ac.uk |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206164643/https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/content/prof.donald.lynden-bell |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Manfred Eigen]], German Nobel Prize winning biophysical chemist (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-09 |title=Manfred Eigen, 1967 Nobel chemistry laureate, dies at 91 |url=https://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/manfred-eigen-1967-nobel-chemistry-laureate-dies-at-91 |access-date=2023-02-06 |archive-date=2019-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124401/https://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/manfred-eigen-1967-nobel-chemistry-laureate-dies-at-91 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2019 – [[Rosamunde Pilcher]], British author (born 1924)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2019-02-07 |title=Rosamunde Pilcher, author of The Shell Seekers, dies aged 94 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/07/rosamunde-pilcher-author-of-the-shell-seekers-dies-aged-94 |access-date=2023-02-06 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Jhon Jairo Velásquez]], Colombian hitman and drug dealer (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pablo Escobar's former hitman "Popeye" has died at 57 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jhon-jairo-velasquez-vasquez-popeye-pablo-escobar-death-today-02-06-2020/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=6 February 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[George Shultz]], American politician, [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]], [[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]] (b. 1920)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/george-shultz-reagans-secretary-of-state-dies-at-100|title=George Shultz, Reagan's secretary of state, dies at 100|date=February 7, 2021|website=Washington Examiner}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Lata Mangeshkar]], Indian singer and music composer (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lata-mangeshkar-legendary-singer-dies-at-92/article38387404.ece|title=Lata Mangeshkar, legendary singer, passes away at 92|date=February 6, 2022|website=The Hindu}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Greta Andersen]], Danish swimmer (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greta Andersen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/46251 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=18 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Sebastian Piñera]], former Chilean president (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2024/02/06/sebastian-pinera-ex-presidente-do-chile-morre-em-acidente-de-helicoptero.ghtml|title=Sebastian Piñera, former chilean president, dies at 74 after a helicopter crash|website=G1|date=6 February 2024 }}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Virginia Halas McCaskey]], American football executive (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pierson |first=Don |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Virginia McCaskey, principal owner of the Chicago Bears and George Halas' daughter, dies at 102 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/virginia-mccaskey-chicago-bears-owner-dies/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Nigel McCrery]], English screenwriter, producer and writer (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite web | last = Mzimba|first = Lizo| date = February 10, 2025|title=Silent Witness creator Nigel McCrery dies aged 71|access-date=February 10, 2025|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwypj7pp94wo|website=BBC News}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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