Famous Deaths on 8 Feb

Famous Deaths on 8 Feb

1204 - Alexius IV Angelus, deposed Eastern Roman Emperor (b. circa 1182)
1250 - Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216)
1250 - William II Longespee
1265 - Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)
1296 - King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)
1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)
1599 - Robert Rollock, Scottish educator
1623 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
1696 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
1709 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (b. 1658)
1725 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
1749 - Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
1750 - Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
1768 - George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
1772 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (b. 1719)
1849 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (b. 1800)
1849 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (b. 1781)
1856 - Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)
1907 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (b. 1854)
1910 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
1921 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b. 1842)
1921 - George Formby (Senior), English entertainer (b. 1876)
1929 - Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain (b. 1858)
1932 - Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, New York City gangster from County Donegal in Ireland (b. 1908)
1956 - Connie Mack, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1862)
1957 - Walther Bothe, German physicist and inventor, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
1957 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
1960 - Giles Gilbert Scott, British architect (b. 1880)
1960 - John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher, (b. 1911)
1963 - George Dolenz, American actor, father of Micky Dolenz (b. 1908)
1964 - Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (b. 1888)
1972 - Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
1975 - Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
1977 - Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
1980 - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
1982 - John Hay Whitney, American financier (b. 1904)
1984 - Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
1985 - William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1901)
1987 - Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
1990 - Del Shannon, American entertainer (suicide) (b. 1934)
1992 - Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist (b. 1924)
1993 - N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader
1994 - Raymond Scott, American composer (b. 1908)
1996 - Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)
1998 - Enoch Powell, British Conservative MP and shadow cabinet member (b.1912)
1998 - Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
1998 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1999 - Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
2000 - Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
2000 - Bob Collins, American radio broadcaster (b.1942)
2000 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
2001 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
2002 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)
2002 - Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore (b. 1936)
2004 - Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)
2005 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
2005 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
2006 - Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
2006 - Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
2007 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and entertainer (b. 1967)
2007 - Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American professor and reincarnation expert (b. 1918)
2008 - Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)