Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1903

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 1903. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Feb. 1 George Stokes

  Developed the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe the motion of viscous fluid substances.

• Feb. 1 George Gabriel Stokes

  Irish physicist (born 1819)

• Feb. 1 George G Stokes British physicist/presidential Royal Society

  At the age of 83, he dies.

• Feb. 9 Charles Gavan Duffy

  Irish-australian politician, 8th premier of victoria (b. 1816)

• Feb. 11 Henryk Szulc composer

  At the age of 67, she dies.

• Feb. 15 Julie Verstraete-Lacquet Flemish actress

  At the age of 69, he dies.

• Feb. 17 Joseph Parry composer

  At the age of 61, he dies.

• Feb. 22 Hugo Wolf

  Around 300 songs were composed by a slovenian-austrian composer with piano accompaniment. he was expelled from the vienna conservatory after he became outspoken about his independence. he was a weekly music critic at the wiener salonblatt from 1883-1887. his success and fame were secured by wolf's songs between 1885-1891. he was unhappily, irascible, and a psychotic. his mental instability was …

• Feb. 22 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf Austrian composer (Corregidor)

  At the age of 42, he dies.

• Feb. 22 Frederick William Farrar writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903)

  Dies.

• Feb. 23 Friedrich Grutzmacher composer

  At the age of 70, she dies.

• Feb. 23 Albert Cahen composer

  At the age of 57, she dies.

• Feb. 26 Richard Jordan Gatling

  American engineer, invented the gatling gun (b. 1818)

• Feb. 26 Richard J Gatling US inventor (Gatling Gun)

  At the age of 84, he dies.

• Feb. 28 Girolamo / Jeromin de Rada

  At 88, a poet from albania dies