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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2021

  • Milan Bandić

    Former Mayor of Zagreb, Croatia.

2020

  • Aleja Fernandez

    Aleja Fernandez was a renowned mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of abstract algebra and its applications in computer science.

  • Jerran Williamson

    Jerran Williamson was a renowned British biographer who was celebrated for his meticulously researched and engaging biographies of historical figures.

  • Benna Gallagher

    Benna Gallagher was a respected columnist known for her sharp wit and insightful commentary on social and political issues.

  • Naliya Aziz

    Naliya Aziz was a celebrated Urdu poet from Pakistan, renowned for her lyrical and introspective poetry.

  • Azya Ramirez

    Azya Ramirez was a Mexican painter known for her vibrant, abstract works that explored themes of nature and spirituality.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

  • André Previn

    German-american pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929)

2018

  • Annaleigha Blackwood

    Annaleigha Blackwood was a renowned British novelist known for her Gothic-inspired tales and psychological depth.

  • Emagene Zhao

    Emagene Zhao was a renowned climatologist who made significant contributions to the understanding of climate change and its impact on the environment.

2017

  • Allyn Mark

    Allyn Mark was a renowned physicist known for his contributions to the field of nuclear physics.

2016

  • George Kennedy
    George Kennedy

    George kennedy was an american actor known for his roles in cool hand luke, airport, and the naked gun series.

2015

  • Remmie Castillo

    Remmie Castillo was a Mexican painter and muralist known for his vibrant, socially conscious works.

  • Victor Hugo

    Nigerian poet known for his works on social justice and human rights.

  • Yashar Kemal

    Renowned Turkish novelist known for his works depicting rural life and social issues.

  • Dehlia Gutierrez

    Dehlia Gutierrez was a renowned paleontologist who specialized in the study of prehistoric mammals and their evolution.

  • Yaşar Kemal

    Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923)[173]

2014

  • Evea Gallant

    Evea Gallant was a Canadian short story writer known for her precise and insightful depictions of human relationships.

  • Autumn Radtke

    American journalist and CEO of a bitcoin exchange.

  • Hugo Brandt Corstius

    Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935)[171]

2013

  • Donald A. Glaser

    American physicist and neurobiologist, nobel prize laureate (d. 2013)

  • Donald Glaser

    American scientist and genetic engineer. he was awarded the nobel prize for science 1960. the bubble chamber allows you to capture extremely small particles.

2011

  • Annie Girardot

    French actress at the height of her career in 1970s. she was an actress in the comedie francaise theatre troupe, which she joined in 1954. her film debut was made in 1955. she was critically acclaimed for her appearance in "rocco and his brothers", 1960. in 1976, she received the prestigious ca(c]sar award and in 1995 she was again awarded …

  • Peter Gomes

    Harvard university chaplain (born 1942).

2010

  • Glenard Williamson

    Glenard Williamson was an American scientist who made significant contributions to the field of astrophysics.

  • Winsley Davis

    Winsley Davis was a renowned jazz musician who performed around the world.

  • Chaslyn Hemingway

    Chaslyn Hemingway was an American novelist who carried on the literary legacy of her famous grandfather, Ernest Hemingway.

  • Heliodoro Gutiérrez Lara

    Heliodoro Gutiérrez Lara was a respected Colombian journalist and political commentator.

  • Ellard Rowe

    Ellard Rowe was a Canadian musician and composer who was known for his work in the field of electronic music.

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • Paul Harvey

    American radio host (b. 1918)

2008

  • Mike Smith

    English musician, the dave clark five (born 1943).

2007

  • Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

    American historian known for his works on U.S. history and politics.

  • Arthur M. Schlesinger

    Jr. american historian and critic (b. 1917)

  • Baron Charles Forte

    Italian-born hotelier (born in 1908)

2006

  • Owen Chamberlain

    American scientist who was awarded the nobel prize in physics on 10/26/1959 with dr. emilio segre for discovering the antiproton. chamberlain was involved in the manhattan project in antiproton physics during world war ii. his pioneering work as a physicist changed the course of history.

  • Owen Chamberlain

    American physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1920)

2005

  • Dewell Hines

    Dewell Hines was a celebrated artist known for their unique and innovative artistic style.

  • Elvy Lind

    Elvy Lind was a Swedish actress who appeared in numerous films and television shows.

  • Lunah Willow

    Lunah Willow was a celebrated poet known for her lyrical and nature-inspired works that captured the beauty and fragility of the natural world.

  • Lumir Čivrný

    Lumir Čivrný was a prolific Czech composer who made significant contributions to the country's classical music scene.

  • Chris Curtis

    English singer and drummer (the searchers), (d. 2005).

2004

  • Carmen Laforet

    Spanish novelist and author of 'Nada.'

  • Daniel J. Boorstin

    American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th librarian of congress (d. 2004)

  • Daniel J Boorstin

    American writer, historian, and librarian for congress (born 1914).

2003

  • Chris Brasher

    Guyanese-english runner and journalist, co-founded the london marathon (b. 1928)

  • Fidel Sanchez Hernandez

    President of el salvador (born 1917)

  • Roger Michael Needham

    British cryptographer (born 1935).

  • Dinos Dimopoulos

    Greek screenwriter and film director (born in 1921)

2002

  • Helmut Zacharias

    German composer and violinist (d. 2002).

  • Mary Stuart
    Mary Stuart

    American actress and singer (b. 1926)

2001

  • Daisee Agar

    Renowned biologist known for her work on marine algae.

  • Yogi Ramsuratkumar

    Yogi Ramsuratkumar was an Indian spiritual leader and mystic who was known for his teachings and devotion to the divine.

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

  • Bing Xin

    Prominent Chinese writer known for her feminist works.

  • Christine Glanville

    British puppeteer (born 1924)

1998

  • Offie Simmons

    Offie Simmons was a jazz saxophonist and composer who made significant contributions to the bebop genre.

  • Arkady Shevchenko

    Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930)

  • Arkady Shevchenko

    Soviet diplomat (born 1930)

1996

  • Daniel Chipenda

    Angolan politician dies at the age of 64

1995

  • Lovelle Mosley

    Lovelle Mosley was a renowned African American poet who explored themes of identity, race, and social justice.

  • Creighton Coleman

    Contributed to the study of galaxies and cosmology.

  • Herman "Ace" Wallace

    Blues guitarist/singer, dies at age 69.

  • Max Rudolf

    Conductor dies at the age of 92.

1994

  • Buster Holmes

    Chef/restaurateur, dies at age 88.

  • George Osborne Sayles

    Historian dies at 92

  • Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh

    Brother of the last emperor of china, who dies at the age of 86.

  • Elbert "Skippy" Williams

    Tenor sax player dies at the age of 77.

  • Pu Yi

    At 87, the brother of the last chinese emperor,, is killed

1993

  • Ruby Keeler
    Ruby Keeler

    Canadian-american actress and dancer. she was one of six children raised in a new york tenement. she was a chorus girl when she was 13, and helped to support her family. she went to hollywood to star in "42nd street," an '30s musical masterpiece. then came a series with dick powell that featured song and dance videos.

  • Ruby Keeler

    American actress and dancer known for her roles in 1930s musical films.

  • Agapito Flores

    Filipino inventor known for his contributions to the development of the fluorescent lamp.

  • Fer A Olthoff

    Dutch wwii resistance fighter (het parool), dies.

  • Franco Brusati

    Italian writer / director (bread and chocolate) dies at the age of 70

1992

  • Emilla Sherman

    Choreographer/rockette, dies.

  • La Lupe

    Cuban singer dies after suffering a heart attack in bronx, new york.

1991

  • Wassily Hoeffding

    American statistician (born 1914)

  • Reinhard Bendix

    German-american academic and sociologist (d. 1991).

  • Guillermo Ungo

    Member of el salvador junta (1979-80), dies.

1990

  • Dama Takahashi

    Dama Takahashi was a celebrated Japanese haiku poet whose works captured the beauty and essence of nature.

  • Fabia Drake

    Actress (nice girl like me), who dies at 86

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

  • Richard Armour

    Richard Armour was an American poet and humorist known for his witty and satirical writings.

  • Hermann Burger

    46 years old, writer dies

1987

  • Nora Kaye

    Us ballet dancer, dies at 67

  • Anny Ondra
    Anny Ondra

    Actress (blackmail) dies at 83

1986

  • Pallie Shang Hsiung

    Renowned Chinese painter known for his landscapes and calligraphy.

  • Olaf Palme

    Swedish Prime Minister assassinated in 1986.

  • Martel Fernández

    Renowned painter known for his vibrant landscapes and use of color.

  • Sven Olof Palme

    Assassination of the swedish prime minister (1969-76; 82-86), at 59

  • Laura Z Hobson

    American novelist (born 1900).

1985

  • Herberta Harcourt

    Pioneering female journalist known for breaking barriers in the industry.

  • Lucita Urgel

    Renowned painter known for her vibrant landscapes and still life compositions.

  • David Byron

    English singer-songwriter uriah spice (d. 1985).

  • Charita Bauer

    Actress mary - aldrich family, dies at the age of 62 in new york city.

  • Ray Ellington

    English singer, drummer, and bandleader

1983

  • Nelsie Jensen

    Renowned biologist known for her work in genetics and evolutionary biology.

  • Alsie Reynolds

    Renowned chemist known for groundbreaking research in polymer science.

  • Ercie Belton

    Renowned for her vibrant abstract paintings.

  • Eltha May Ingle

    Renowned botanist known for her work on plant genetics.

  • Winifred Atwell

    Winifred Atwell was a Trinidadian-British pianist and singer who was the first black artist to have a number-one hit record in the UK.

1980

  • Jazir Amir

    Jazir Amir was a renowned military leader who played a key role in the independence movement of a Middle Eastern country.

  • Lebaron Fiske

    Lebaron Fiske was an American astronomer who specialized in the study of exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life.

  • Jadwiga Jędrzejowska

    Jadwiga Jędrzejowska was a Polish tennis player known for her success in the 1930s and 1940s.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

  • Herberta Taylor

    Renowned novelist known for her captivating storytelling.

  • Milferd Haven

    Renowned novelist known for his captivating storytelling.

  • Isami Takahashi

    Renowned Japanese poet of the early 20th century.

  • Jane Hylton

    English actress, "adventures of sir lancelot", dies at 52

  • Paul Alverdes

    German poet and author (d. 1979).

1978

  • Fredderick Nelson

    Renowned for his vibrant landscapes and seascapes.

  • Evelette Burch

    Renowned for her vibrant abstract paintings.

  • Leaman

    Prominent politician known for his advocacy for social justice.

  • Chalon Lukas

    Chalon Lukas was a French painter known for his impressionist and post-impressionist style.

  • Rexton

    Renowned painter known for his vibrant landscapes.

1977

  • Eddie Anderson (Rochester)

    American actor and comedian (b. 1905)[156]

  • Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

    Jack benny show, comedian, dies at 71

  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
    Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    American actor (born in 1905)

1976

  • Magdelene Thirlway

    Renowned novelist known for her captivating storytelling.

1975

  • Orabelle Worthington

    Renowned author known for her captivating novels.

  • Catalena Robledo

    Renowned poet known for her evocative verses on nature and love.

  • Cervando López

    Renowned painter known for his vibrant abstract art.

  • Tereso Sánchez

    Renowned Mexican painter known for his vibrant and colorful artworks.

  • Icel Dunbar

    Renowned for her work on stellar evolution

1974

  • Mees Toxopeus

    Dutch rescue-vessel captain dies at the age of 89.

  • Bobby Bloom

    American singer/songwriter (born 1946).

1973

  • Elynore Setten

    Renowned author known for her captivating novels.

  • Frimy Johannsen

    Renowned for vibrant abstract art.

  • Tanina Canavesi

    Renowned Italian painter known for her vibrant landscapes.

  • Winefred White

    Renowned poet known for her lyrical verses.

  • Leveda Bass

    Renowned for her vibrant abstract paintings.

1972

  • Sipriano Acosta

    Renowned poet known for his lyrical works.

  • Lasaro Lopez

    Renowned for his vibrant abstract art.

  • Michaline Ryckman

    Renowned novelist known for her captivating storytelling.

  • Victor Barna

    Table tennis champ

1971

  • William Finch

    William Finch was an American geologist known for his contributions to the understanding of plate tectonics.

  • Lettie Gallagher

    Lettie Gallagher was a renowned painter known for her vibrant landscapes.

  • Julian neil

    American astronaut who was the Command Module Pilot of Apollo 14.

1970

  • Chalise Leighton

    Chalise Leighton was a renowned American painter known for her impressionistic landscapes and still life paintings.

  • Emmajane Gundry

    Emmajane Gundry was a British novelist known for her historical fiction set in the Victorian era.

  • Elder Olsen

    Elder Olsen was a renowned painter known for his landscapes and seascapes.

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

  • Nastacia Shiriaeva

    Russian writer known for her novels and short stories.

1968

  • Frankie Lymon

    Frankie Lymon was an American singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the early rock and roll group Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers.

  • Velvia Ramirez

    Velvia Ramirez was a Mexican painter known for her vibrant and colorful abstract works.

  • Juanita Hall

    American actress known for her role in the musical 'South Pacific.'

  • Juanita Hall

    Actress captain billy, dies at 66

1967

  • Henry Luce

    American publisher, born in china. he was a pioneer in publishing and editing. in 1923, time magazine was launched, followed by fortune in 1930, and life in 1936.

  • Kasiya Kulikovskaya

    Renowned poet known for her lyrical verses.

  • Antino Pironti

    Renowned poet known for his lyrical verses.

1966

  • Charles Bassett

    American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)

  • Elliot See

    American astronaut, engineer, naval pilot, test pilot and naval aviator. along with charles bassett, he died in a nasa trainer plane crash in st. louis on february 28, 1966. he was preparing for his first space flight, gemini 9.

  • Elliot McKay See Jr

    Astronaut, who was 38 years old, is killed in a t-38 jet crash.

  • Charles A Bassett II

    At the age of 34, an astronaut dies in a t-38 jet crash.

  • Jonathan Hale

    Canadian-american actor (d. 1966).

1965

  • Cicilia Concordia

    Renowned for her vibrant abstract art pieces.

  • Nussen Hoffman

    Renowned painter known for his abstract art.

  • Thedora Kallikrates

    Renowned poet known for her lyrical verses.

  • Avabella

    Renowned painter known for her vibrant abstract artworks.

  • Thursa Smith

    Renowned author known for her captivating novels.

1964

  • Markas Vrublevskis

    Renowned Lithuanian painter known for his landscapes and portraits.

  • Dirk HW Filarski

    At 78, a painter/lithographer (bergen school) dies.

1963

  • Ragna Riebe

    Renowned German painter known for her vibrant landscapes and still life compositions.

  • Kalmen Kovacs

    Renowned Hungarian painter known for his vibrant landscapes.

  • Taiquan Da Wufeng

    Renowned Chinese painter known for his landscapes and calligraphy.

  • Adamo Volpi

    Italian poet known for his lyrical works.

  • Finnian MacManus

    Irish author known for his works on Celtic mythology and folklore.

1962

  • Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson

    At 70, comedian (olsen & johnson) dies

1961

  • Carmel Snow

    Carmel Snow was a renowned editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar.

  • Carmel Snow

    Carmel Snow was a renowned editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar magazine.

  • Joris Vriamont

    Flemish music publisher/writer, who dies at the age of 64.

1960

  • Bacilio Cascante

    Bacilio Cascante was a renowned Costa Rican painter known for his vibrant landscapes and depictions of rural life.

  • Talton Sinclair

    Talton Sinclair was a renowned British sculptor known for his monumental public works.

  • Adabella Dubois

    Adabella Dubois was a French poet who wrote lyrical poems exploring themes of love, nature, and the human condition.

  • Earsie Williamson

    Earsie Williamson was a pioneering American photographer known for her documentary-style portraits and landscapes.

  • Mandolin Wilkins

    Mandolin Wilkins was a British inventor who designed and patented several innovative mandolin-related technologies.

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

  • Maxwell Anderson

    Maxwell Anderson was a renowned American playwright known for works like 'Key Largo' and 'What Price Glory.'

  • Maxwell Anderson

    American "omnisexual" is a hormone-dependent, but non-operative, female-to-male transman. he was born in illinois and moved to chicago, florida in 1990. there he established a support group for transgender people.

1958

  • Ellamay Wilcox

    Ellamay Wilcox was a prolific American poet known for her lyrical and introspective works.

  • Arkie Goodwin

    Arkie Goodwin was an American sculptor known for his public monuments and memorials.

1956

  • Emile Buisson

    French criminal and gang leader, sentenced to death in france.

  • Conda Bates

    Conda Bates was an American inventor who held several patents related to electrical and mechanical devices.

1955

  • Emmert Sweeney

    Emmert Sweeney was an American sculptor known for his public monuments and memorials.

  • Blossie Fitzgerald

    Blossie Fitzgerald was a pioneering educator who dedicated her life to improving access to education for underserved communities.

  • Carmino Rusconi

    Carmino Rusconi was an Italian composer who specialized in opera and orchestral works.

1954

  • Youa Brougham

    Youa Brougham was a French painter known for her Impressionist-style landscapes and still life paintings.

  • Dejean Leroy

    Dejean Leroy was a French painter and printmaker known for his Cubist and Expressionist works.

1953

  • Valentine de Saint-Point

    Valentine de Saint-Point was a French artist known for her contributions to the Futurist movement.

  • Jim Thorpe
    Jim Thorpe

    American professional athlete who won awards for over seven events: the 100 meter dash and the 1500 meter run, as well as the broad jump, broad jump, discuss, 100 meter hurdle, high jump, shot put, high jump, and the 100 meter hurdle. he was a football halfback and a head coach from 1915-1917. after that, he went on to play …

1950

  • Halvor Blinderen

    Norwegian politician known for his contributions to social welfare policies.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

  • Gian Battista Benelli

    An Italian essayist and literary critic who wrote extensively on Italian literature and culture.

  • Stanley Robert Marchant

    Composer dies at 65

1948

  • Orilla Sinclair

    Orilla Sinclair was an American novelist known for her novels exploring the complexities of modern life.

1945

  • Devereaux Smith

    Devereaux Smith was a prominent American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

1942

  • Karel Doorman

    Dutch admiral (born in 1889).

1941

  • King Alfonso

    Xiii of spain (born in 1886).

1940

  • Clemie Fitzgerald

    Clemie Fitzgerald was a renowned American essayist who wrote extensively on social and political issues.

  • Johan C Braakensiek

    Dutch political cartoonist dies at the age of 81

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1936

  • Charles Nicolle

    French biologist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1866)

  • Charles Nicolle

    The 1928 nobel prize for medicine and physiology was awarded to a french bacteriologist, who discovered that typhus is transmitted by body lice. nicolle was a philosopher and a writer of fanciful stories. he died in tunis, tunisia, on 28 february 1936.

1935

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Brazilian composer (born 1847).

  • Alexander W F Idenburg

    Governor-general of the netherlands indies (1909-16), is killed at age 73.

1934

  • Azalie

    Renowned botanist known for her groundbreaking research on tropical plants.

1932

  • Guillaume Bigourdan

    French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

  • Pelham Warren

    British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament.

  • Clemens von Pirquet

    Austrian immunologist and pediatrician (d. 1929).

  • Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet

    Austrian artist (react of p) dies at 54

  • John Ebenezer West

    Composer dies at 65

1924

  • Ton Heukels

    Dutch botanist who made significant contributions to the study of plant taxonomy.

1922

  • Vicente Lleo composer

    At the age of 51, he dies.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1916

  • Henry James

    Renowned American novelist known for works like 'The Portrait of a Lady'.

  • Henry James US/British writer (Bostonians)

    Age 72, dies in london

1913

  • Elephant seal

    6.8m, 4000-kg, slain in south georgia (south atlantic).

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on February 28th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1905

  • Joseph C Juglar French physician/economist

    At 85 years old, the victim dies.

1903

  • Isidore Saget

    Isidore Saget was a Haitian politician who served as President of Haiti from 1874 to 1876.

  • Girolamo / Jeromin de Rada

    At 88, a poet from albania dies

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