Famous Deaths on 19 Feb

Famous Deaths on 19 Feb

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)
1602 - Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
1605 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550)
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)
1873 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837)
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)
1936 - Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
1942 - Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
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)
1962 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
1968 - Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
1969 - Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
1972 - John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
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 - Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
1977 - Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
1980 - Bon Scott, Australian musician and singer for the band 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)
1994 - Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
1996 - Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924)
1996 - Charles O. Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
1997 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
1997 - Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
1998 - Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
1999 - Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated)
2000 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
2001 - Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
2001 - Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
2001 - Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
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 - Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945)
2008 - Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (b. 1964)
440 - Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)