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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[966]] – [[Ono no Michikaze]], Japanese calligrapher (b. 894) * [[967]] – [[Sayf al-Dawla]], emir of Aleppo (b. 916) * [[978]] – [[Luitgarde of Vermandois|Luitgarde]], duchess consort of [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]] *[[1011]] – [[Bernard I, Duke of Saxony]] *[[1014]] – [[Yang Yanzhao]], Chinese general *[[1135]] – [[Emperor Taizong of Jin|Tai Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 1075) *[[1199]] – [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1147) *[[1251]] – [[Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine|Matthias II]], duke of Lorraine *[[1407]] – [[William I, Margrave of Meissen|William I]], margrave of Meissen (b. 1343) *[[1450]] – [[Agnès Sorel]], French mistress of [[Charles VII of France]] (b. 1421) *[[1555]] – [[John Hooper (bishop)|John Hooper]], English bishop and martyr (b. 1495) * 1555 – [[Rowland Taylor]], English priest and martyr (b. 1510) *[[1588]] – [[Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz]], Spanish admiral (b. 1526) *[[1600]] – [[John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania]] (b. 1542) ===1601–1900=== *[[1619]] – [[Lucilio Vanini]], Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585) *[[1670]] – [[Frederick III of Denmark]] (b. 1609) *[[1675]] – [[Gerrit Dou]], Dutch painter (b. 1613) *[[1709]] – [[François Louis, Prince of Conti]] (b. 1664) *[[1777]] – [[Seth Pomeroy]], American general and gunsmith (b. 1706) *[[1803]] – [[Jean François de Saint-Lambert]], French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716) *[[1857]] – [[Dionysios Solomos]], Greek poet and translator (b. 1798) *[[1874]] – [[Jules Michelet]], French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798) *[[1881]] – [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]], Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821) *[[1891]] – [[Johan Jongkind]], Dutch painter (b. 1819) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Charles Gavan Duffy (Australian politician)|Charles Gavan Duffy]], Irish-Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1816) *[[1906]] – [[Paul Laurence Dunbar]], American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872) *[[1928]] – [[William Gillies (Australian politician)|William Gillies]], Australian politician, 21st [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1868) *[[1930]] – [[Richard With]], Norwegian captain and businessman, founded [[Hurtigruten]] (b. 1846) *[[1932]] – [[Junnosuke Inoue]], Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869) * 1932 – [[A.K. Golam Jilani]], Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904) *[[1935]] – [[Bob Diry]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19350227&query=%22robert+diry%22&ref=anno-search&seite=4 |title=Weltmeister Robert Diry gestorben |publisher=Wiener Sporttagblatt, p. 4 |date=1935-02-27}}</ref> Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (b. 1884) *[[1942]] – [[Lauri Kristian Relander]], Finnish politician, 2nd [[President of Finland]] (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lahdenpohja.onego.ru/sl_e.htm|title=Lauri Kristian Relander|website=Lahdenpohja.onego.ru|access-date=December 31, 2021}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Ella D. Barrier]], American educator (b. 1852) *[[1950]] – [[Ted Theodore]], Australian politician, 20th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1884) *[[1951]] – [[Eddy Duchin]], American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910) *[[1957]] – [[Miklós Horthy]], Hungarian admiral and politician, [[Regent of Hungary]] (b. 1868) *[[1960]] – [[Alexandre Benois]], Russian painter and critic (b. 1870) * 1960 – [[Ernő Dohnányi]], Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877) *[[1965]] – [[Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah]], Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874) *[[1966]] – [[Sophie Tucker]], Russian-born American singer (b. 1884) *[[1969]] – [[George "Gabby" Hayes]], American actor and singer (b. 1885) *[[1976]] – [[Percy Faith]], Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908) *[[1977]] – [[Sergey Ilyushin]], Russian engineer and businessman, founded the [[Ilyushin|Ilyushin Design Bureau]] (b. 1894) *[[1978]] – [[Costante Girardengo]], Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893) *[[1979]] – [[Allen Tate]], American poet and academic (b. 1899) *[[1980]] – [[Tom Macdonald (writer)|Tom Macdonald]], Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900) *[[1981]] – [[M. C. Chagla]], Indian jurist and politician, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of External Affairs]] (b. 1900) * 1981 – [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925) *[[1984]] – [[Yuri Andropov]], Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914) *[[1989]] – [[Osamu Tezuka]], Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928) *[[1994]] – [[Howard Martin Temin]], American geneticist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1934) *[[1995]] – [[J. William Fulbright]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1905) * 1995 – [[Kalevi Keihänen]], Finnish entrepreneur (b. 1924)<ref name="nuorteva">Nuorteva, Kristiina: [http://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000002624165.html Kalevi Keihänen's obituary], ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'' 9 February 1995. Accessed on 13 February 2019.</ref> * 1995 – [[David Wayne]], American actor (b. 1914) *[[1998]] – [[Maurice Schumann]], French journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1911) *[[2001]] – [[Herbert A. Simon]], American political scientist, economist, and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916) *[[2002]] – [[Isabelle Holland]], Swiss-American author (b. 1920) * 2002 – [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]] (b. 1930) *[[2003]] – [[Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda]], Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1926) *[[2004]] – [[Claude Ryan]], Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925) *[[2005]] – [[Robert Kearns]], American engineer, invented the intermittent [[windscreen wiper]] (b. 1927) *[[2006]] – [[Freddie Laker]], English pilot and businessman, founded [[Laker Airways]] (b. 1922) *[[2007]] – [[Hank Bauer]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1922) * 2007 – [[Ian Richardson]], Scottish actor (b. 1934) *[[2008]] – [[Christopher Hyatt]], American occultist and author (b. 1943) * 2008 – [[Carm Lino Spiteri]], Maltese architect and politician (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ċumpaqq passes away |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/cumpaqq-passes-away.195699 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=10 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721134854/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/cumpaqq-passes-away.195699 |archive-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Jazeh Tabatabai]], Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931) *[[2009]] – [[Orlando "Cachaíto" López]], Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1933) *[[2010]] – [[Walter Frederick Morrison]], American businessman, invented the [[Frisbee]] (b. 1920) *[[2011]] – [[Miltiadis Evert]], Greek lawyer and politician, 69th [[Mayor of Athens]] (b. 1939) *[[2012]] – [[O. P. Dutta]], Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[John Hick]], English philosopher and academic (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Joe Moretti]], Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (b. 1938) *[[2013]] – [[Richard Artschwager]], American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Keiko Fukuda]], Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/12/more-sports/legendary-judo-teacher-fukuda-dies-at-99/#.URo3Z6X1vNo|title=Legendary judo teacher Fukuda dies at 99|publisher=The Japan Times|date=February 12, 2013|access-date=February 12, 2013|archive-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808155310/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/12/more-sports/legendary-judo-teacher-fukuda-dies-at-99/#.URo3Z6X1vNo|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Jimmy Smyth (hurler)|Jimmy Smyth]], Irish hurler (b. 1931) *[[2014]] – [[Gabriel Axel]], Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918) * 2014 – [[Hal Herring]], American football player and coach (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Logan Scott-Bowden]], English general (b. 1920) *[[2015]] – [[Liu Han]], Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965) * 2015 – [[Ed Sabol]], American film producer, co-founded [[NFL Films]] (b. 1916) *[[2016]] – [[Sushil Koirala]], Nepalese politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] (b. 1939) * 2016 – [[Zdravko Tolimir]], Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948) *[[2017]] – [[André Salvat]], French Army colonel (b. 1920) *[[2018]] – [[Reg E. Cathey]], American actor of stage, film, and television (b. 1958)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/reg-cathey-dead-dies-the-wire-house-of-card-1202694366/|title=Reg Cathey, 'House of Cards' and 'The Wire' Actor, Dies at 59|last=Brockington|first=Ariana|date=February 9, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=14 February 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Jóhann Jóhannsson]], Icelandic composer (b. 1969) * 2018 – [[John Gavin]], American actor and [[United States ambassador to Mexico]] (b. 1931) *[[2021]] – [[Chick Corea]], American jazz composer (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notable deaths in 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.reuters.com}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Johnny Raper]], Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news|title=Rugby league Immortal Johnny Raper dead at 82|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/rugby-league-immortal-johnny-raper-dead-at-82-20220209-p59v03.html|website=Sydney Morning Herald|date=9 February 2022}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Tom Robbins]], American writer (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=February 9, 2025 |title=Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/obituaries/tom-robbins-dead.html |access-date=February 11, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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