Famous Deaths on 29 Feb

Famous Deaths on 29 Feb

1528 - Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1504)
1592 - Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540)
1604 - John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1530)
1740 - Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
1744 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)
1820 - Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)
1868 - Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
1880 - Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February)
1908 - Pat Garrett, U.S. gunslinger
1908 - John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia (as Lord Hopetoun)
1928 - Ina Coolbrith, first poet laureate of California (b. 1841)
1940 - Edward Frederic Benson, English writer (b. 1867)
1944 - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)
1956 - Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
1964 - Frank Albertson, American actor (b. 1909)
1968 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886)
1980 - Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914)
1992 - Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897)
1992 - Earl Scheib, American car repainter (b. 1908)
2000 - Dennis Danell, American artist (b. 1961)
2004 - Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915)