Famous Deaths on 6 Feb

Famous Deaths on 6 Feb

1378 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)
1497 - Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (b. c. 1410)
1515 - Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
1585 - Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)
1593 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (b. 1513)
1593 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
1617 - Prospero Alpini, Italian scientist (b. 1553)
1685 - King Charles II of England (b. 1630)
1740 - Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
1775 - William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)
1783 - Capability Brown, English landscape gardener (b. 1716)
1793 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b. 1707)
1807 - John Reid, British army general and composer (b. 1721)
1816 - Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)
1833 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)
1834 - Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)
1855 - Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)
1899 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
1899 - Prince Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (b. 1874)
1910 - Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)
1916 - Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer (b. 1867)
1918 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862)
1927 - Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879)
1938 - Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
1950 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
1952 - George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
1958 - Walter Crickmer, English football club secretary and manager
1958 - David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935)
1958 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932)
1958 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932)
1958 - Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929)
1958 - Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. 1936)
1958 - Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933)
1958 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913)
1963 - Abd el-Krim, Moroccan politician
1964 - Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (b. 1869)
1966 - Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (b. 1877)
1967 - Martine Carol, French film actress (b. 1920)
1976 - Vince Guaraldi, American musician (b. 1928)
1981 - Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (b. 1925)
1981 - Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (b. 1917)
1985 - James Hadley Chase, English writer (b. 1906)
1986 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b. 1912)
1986 - Frederick Coutts, Salvation Army general (b. 1899)
1988 - Nuno Oliveira, Bass Player (b. 1925)
1989 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (b. 1909)
1989 - Barbara Tuchman, American historian (b. 1912)
1989 - Chris Gueffroy, East German attempted defector (b. 1968)
1989 - Osbourne Ruddock, Jamaican Dub music performer (b. 1941)
1991 - Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor (b. 1914)
1991 - Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
1993 - Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (b. 1943)
1994 - Jack Kirby, American comic book writer (b. 1917)
1994 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905)
1995 - James Merrill, American poet (b. 1926)
1996 - Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922)
1997 - Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (b. 1913)
1998 - Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist and geologist (b. 1914)
1998 - Falco, Austrian singer (b. 1957)
1998 - Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (b. 1946)
2001 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953)
2001 - Fulgence Charpentier, Quebec journalist (b. 1897)
2002 - Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
2005 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
2005 - Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913)
2007 - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
2007 - Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2007 - Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
2007 - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007 - Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
2008 - John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
2008 - Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)
891 - Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople