February 19 - Deaths

Deaths

197 – Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
1133 – Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)
1553 – Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
1589 – Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)
1605 – Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550)
1602 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
1620 – Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (b. 1547)
1622 – Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)
1653 – Luigi de Rossi, Italian composer (b. 1597)
1663 – Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
1670 – King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
1672 – Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)
1709 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
1716 – Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)
1789 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)
1799 – Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)
1806 – Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)
1837 – Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
1837 – Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher, Bishop of Saint David's and Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1756)
1887 – Multatuli, Dutch writer (b. 1820)
1897 – Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (b. 1815)
1916 – Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
1927 – Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (b. 1847)
1936 – Charles Harding Firth, British historian (b. 1857)
1936 – Billy Mitchell, American general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879)
1942 – Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
1945 – Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach and lawyer (b. 1876)
1951 – André Gide, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
1952 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
1957 – Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
1958 – Charles King, American athlete (b. 1880)
1959 – Willard Miller, American sailor (b. 1877)
1962 – Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
1968 – Georg Hackenschmidt, professional wrestler (b. 1878)
1969 – Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
1970 – Christoforos Nezer, Greek actor (b. 1887)
1972 – John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
1972 – Lee Morgan, American jazz musician (b. 1938)
1972 – Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
1973 – Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897)
1973 – Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
1975 – Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904)
1977 – Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
1977 – Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
1980 – Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (b. 1946)
1983 – Alice White, American film actress (b. 1904)
1986 – Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
1988 – André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1992 – Tojo Yamamoto, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
1994 – Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
1996 – Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924)
1996 – Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
1997 – Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
1997 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
1998 – Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
1999 – Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated) (b. 1943)
2000 – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
2001 – Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
2001 – Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
2001 – Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
2003 – Johnny Paycheck, American singer (b. 1938)
2007 – Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
2007 – Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
2008 – Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (Grazhdanskaya Oborona) (b. 1964)
2008 – Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945)
2009 – Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra (b. 1945)
2010 – Jamie Gillis, American pornographic actor, director (b. 1943)
2010 – Laura Spurr, American chairperson of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (b. 1945)
2011 – Ollie Matson, American Football Running Back (b. 1930)
2012 – Robin Corbett, Baron Corbett of Castle Vale, British politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Ruth Barcan Marcus, American philosopher and logician (b. 1921)
2012 – Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher (b. 1930)
2012 – Jaroslav Velinský, Czech science fiction and detective author (b. 1932)