Famous People Who Died In February

February 1

• Gian Carlo Menotti

  Librettist

  Lombardy, Italy

• Clinton Davisson

  Physicist

  Illinois, United States of America

• Maximilian Schell

  Actor

  Vienna, Austria

• Werner Heisenberg

  Physicist

  Bavaria, Germany

February 2

• Chris Kyle

  Navy

  Texas, United States of America

• William Howard Stein

  Biochemist

  New York, United States of America

• Dmitri Mendeleev

  Inventor

  Russia

• Imre Lakatos

  Philosopher

  Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary

February 3

• Woodrow Wilson

  Academic

  Virginia, United States of America

• C. N. Annadurai

  Politician

  Tamil Nadu, India

• Ritchie Valens

  Singer

  California, United States of America

• Buddy Holly

  Musician

  Texas, United States of America

February 4

• John Luke

  Artist

  Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Carl Rogers

  Psychologist

  Illinois, United States of America

• Maurice White

  Musician

  Tennessee, United States of America

• Carl Albert

  Politician

  Oklahoma, United States of America

February 5

• Wassily Leontief

  Economist

  Bavaria, Germany

• Thomas Carlyle

  Journalist

  Scotland, United Kingdom

• W. S. Van Dyke

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Val Logsdon Fitch

  Physicist

  Nebraska, United States of America

February 6

• Don Dunstan

  Politician

  Fiji

• Assia Djebar

  Author

  Algeria

• James Whitmore

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Theodor Billroth

  Doctor

  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

February 7

• Adolphe Sax

  Entrepreneur

  Namur, Belgium

• Big Pun

  Rapper

  New York, United States of America

• Josef Mengele

  War Criminal

  Bavaria, Germany

• Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Aviator

  New Jersey, United States of America

February 8

• Anna Nicole Smith

  Actress

  Texas, United States of America

• John Altoon

  Painter

  California, United States of America

• Mary, Queen of Scots

  Royalty

  Scotland, United Kingdom

• Berthold Auerbach

  Poet

  Baden-Württemberg, Germany

February 9

• Dennis Gabor

  Scientist

  Hungary

• Allen Tate

  Poet

  Kentucky, United States of America

• Howard Martin Temin

  Geneticist

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Sushil Koirala

  Politician

  Nepal

February 10

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Author

  Wisconsin, United States of America

• Shirley Temple

  Actress

  California, United States of America

• Claude Bernard

  Physiologist

  Rhone, France

• Fred Hollows

  Ophthalmologist

  Otago, New Zealand

February 11

• Whitney Houston

  Singer

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Henry Hathaway

  Director

  California, United States of America

• A. J. Muste

  Activist

  Zeeland, Netherlands

• Robert W Holley

  Biochemist

  Illinois, United States of America

February 12

• Sal Mineo

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Jean Renoir

  Actor

  Île-de-France, France

• Sid Caesar

  Comedian

  New York, United States of America

• Tom Landry

  Coach

  Texas, United States of America

February 13

• Antonin Scalia

  Lawyer

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Agnes Macphail

  Politician

  Canada

• Andreas Katsulas

  Actor

  Missouri, United States of America

• Waylon Jennings

  Singer

  Texas, United States of America

February 14

• Eva Hart

  Magistrate

  England, United Kingdom

• Morgan Tsvangirai

  Politician

  Masvingo, Zimbabwe

• William Tecumseh Sherman

  American Soldier

  Ohio, United States of America

• David Hilbert

  Mathematician

  Germany

February 15

• Nat King Cole

  Actor

  Alabama, United States of America

• Cyril Domb

  Physicist

  England, United Kingdom

• Richard Feynman

  Physicist

  New York, United States of America

• Mikhail Glinka

  Composer

  Russia

February 16

• Meghnad Saha

  Astrophysicist

  Bangladesh

• Lesley Gore

  Singer

  New York, United States of America

• Dadasaheb Phalke

  Producer

  Maharashtra, India

• Boutros Boutros-Ghali

  Politician

  Egypt

February 17

• Moliere

  Actor

  Île-de-France, France

• Thelonious Monk

  Pianist

  North Carolina, United States of America

• Alfred Sloan

  Business Executive

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Philosopher

  Andhra Pradesh, India

February 18

• Robert Rossen

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Frank James

  Criminal

  Missouri, United States of America

• Dale Earnhardt

  Sportsman

  North Carolina, United States of America

• Michelangelo

  Architect

  Tuscany, Italy

February 19

• Harper Lee

  Author

  Alabama, United States of America

• Knut Hamsun

  Writer

  Oppland, Norway

• Ernst Mach

  Physicist

  South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

• Stanley Kramer

  Film Director

  New York, United States of America

February 20

• Walter Winchell

  Journalist

  New York, United States of America

• Joseph II

  Emperor

  Vienna, Austria

• Sandra Dee

  Actress

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Percy Grainger

  Composer

  Victoria, Australia

February 21

• Howard Florey

  Pathologist

  Australia

• Mary Edwards Walker

  Abolitionist

  New York, United States of America

• Billy Graham

  Evangelist

  North Carolina, United States of America

• Malcolm X

  Advocate

  Nebraska, United States of America

February 22

• Charles Le Brun

  Painter

  France

• Amerigo Vespucci

  Explorer

  Tuscany, Italy

• Richard Edward Taylor

  Physicist

  Alberta, Canada

• Hugo Wolf

  Composer

  Styria, Slovenia

February 23

• Edward Elgar

  Composer

  England, United Kingdom

• John Keats

  Poet

  United Kingdom

• John Quincy Adams

  Politician

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Leo Baekeland

  Chemist

  East Flanders, Belgium

February 24

• Harold Ramis

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Carlos Paez Vilaro

  Artist

  Uruguay

• Andre Dubus

  Short story writer

  Louisiana, United States of America

• Don Knotts

  Actor

  West Virginia, United States of America

February 25

• Tennessee Williams

  Playwright

  Mississippi, United States of America

• George Richards Minot

  Doctor

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Bugs Moran

  Gangster

  Minnesota, United States of America

• A. R. Ammons

  Poet

  North Carolina, United States of America

February 26

• Otto Wallach

  Chemist

  Germany

• Tjalling C. Koopmans

  Economist

  North Holland, Netherlands

• Theodore William Schultz

  Economist

  South Dakota, United States of America

• Bill Hicks

  Comedian

  Georgia, United States of America

February 27

• Fred Rogers

  Actor

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Louis Vuitton

  Businessman

  France

• Leonard Nimoy

  Author

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Konrad Lorenz

  Scientist

  Vienna, Austria

February 28

• Owen Chamberlain

  Physicist

  California, United States of America

• Donald A. Glaser

  Physicist

  Ohio, United States of America

• Charles Nicolle

  Bacteriologist

  Normandy, France

• Neville Cardus

  Journalist

  England, United Kingdom

February 29

• Elpidio Quirino

  Politician

  Ilocos Sur, Philippines

• Pat Garrett

  Government Official

  Alabama, United States Of America

• Jerome Lawrence

  Playwright

  Ohio, United States of America

February 5 1

• Banjo Paterson

  Poet

  New South Wales, Australia

2 February 2004

• Alan Bullock

  Historian

  England, United Kingdom