Famous Deaths on 15 Feb

Famous Deaths on 15 Feb

1145 - Pope Lucius II
1621 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 1571)
1637 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
1738 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
1775 - Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (b. 1690)
1781 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (b. 1729)
1818 - Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prussian general (b. 1746)
1835 - Henry Hunt, British politician (b. 1773)
1839 - Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)
1843 - Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek military figure (b. 1770)
1844 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
1847 - Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)
1848 - Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)
1849 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (b. 1804)
1857 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
1869 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)
1911 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)
1928 - H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
1932 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (b. 1865)
1939 - Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter (b. 1878)
1956 - Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (b. 1878)
1959 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1879)
1964 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician (b. 1880)
1965 - Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
1966 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (b. 1909)
1970 - Sir Hugh Dowding, British military figure (b. 1882)
1971 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
1973 - Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
1973 - Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
1974 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
1981 - Mike Bloomfield, American musician (b. 1943)
1981 - Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
1984 - Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
1988 - Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1918)
1992 - María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
1992 - William Schuman, American composer (b. 1910)
1996 - Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
1996 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
1996 - Lucio Agostini, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1913)
1998 - Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler
1999 - Big L, American rapper (b. 1974)
1999 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1926)
2002 - Howard K. Smith, American journalist (b. 1914)
2002 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
2004 - Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and jurist (b. 1917)
2004 - Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
2005 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2005 - Samuel Francis, American journalist (b. 1947)
2007 - Walker Edmiston, actor (b. 1926)
2007 - Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2008 - Amnon Netzer, Iranian-Israeli historian (b. 1934)
2008 - Ashley Callie, South African actress (b. 1976)