Famous Deaths on 18 Feb

Famous Deaths on 18 Feb

1139 - Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
1294 - Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)
1379 - Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
1405 - Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)
1455 - Fra Angelico, Italian artist (b. 1395)
1478 - George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1449)
1535 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, astrologer and alchemist (b. 1486)
1546 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (b. 1483)
1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist (b. 1475)
1583 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)
1654 - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
1683 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
1712 - Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir to the throne of France (b. 1682)
1718 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)
1743 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)
1748 - Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
1772 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)
1778 - Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)
1780 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)
1785 - Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b.1774)
1788 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)
1803 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (b. 1719)
1842 - Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)
1851 - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (b. 1804)
1893 - Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (b. 1814)
1895 - Karl Abs, German professional wrestler (b. 1851)
1900 - Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)
1902 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American founder of Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
1906 - John Batterson Stetson, American manufacturer (b. 1830)
1911 - Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
1931 - Milan Å ufflay, Croatian politician (b. 1879)
1933 - James J. Corbett, American boxer (b. 1866)
1938 - David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
1942 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author (b. 1872)
1945 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
1955 - Sadako Sasaki, School student(b. 1944)
1956 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
1957 - Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
1957 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877)
1964 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Quebec inventor and industrialist (b. 1907)
1966 - Robert Rossen, American screenwriter, producer, and director (b. 1908)
1967 - J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1904)
1967 - Dragiša Cvetković, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister (b. 1893)
1973 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (b. 1891)
1977 - Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
1978 - Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
1981 - John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1895)
1982 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)
1993 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
1993 - Jacqueline Hill, British actress (b. 1929)
1995 - Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b.1959)
1997 - Emily Hahn, American writer (b. 1905)
1998 - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (b. 1957)
1998 - Harry Caray, American baseball broadcaster (b. 1914)
1999 - Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b. 1932)
2000 - Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (b. 1927
2001 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951)
2001 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2001 - Balthus, Polish-born painter (b. 1908)
2003 - Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912)
2003 - Johnny Paycheck, American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938)
2004 - Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
2006 - Richard Bright, American actor (b. 1937)
2008 - Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress, (b. 1955)
2008 - Sir Richard Knowles, British politician (b. 1917)
2008 - Mickey Renaud, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1988)
806 - Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)
814 - Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne
901 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)
999 - Pope Gregory V (b. 972)