Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1999
This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 1999. 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 Carnie Mellon
Renowned physicist known for contributions to quantum mechanics.
- Feb. 4 Lindley Armstrong
Renowned jazz pianist and composer.
- Feb. 5 Vasili Leontief
Vasili Leontief was a Soviet-American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1973.
- Feb. 5 Eveny Leontief
Eveny Leontief was a Russian-American economist who developed the input-output model, which is widely used in economic analysis.
- Feb. 5 Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief
Nobel Prize laureate for the development of the input-output method and for its application to important economic problems
- Feb. 5 Neville Bonner
First Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Australian Parliament.
- Feb. 7 Jose Silva
American entrepreneur who founded "silva mind control". this program is a successful self-help teaching business that has a base in the united states, but can be extended worldwide. teachers who offer courses and intensives on the theory of self-determinism are approved to establish centers. at the texas headquarters, silva's large family works together. silva was a teacher before he became …
- Feb. 7 Hussein Bin Talal
King Hussein of Jordan ruled for nearly 50 years and played a key role in Middle Eastern politics.
- Feb. 8 Izzabell Murdoch
Izzabell Murdoch was an Irish-British novelist and philosopher, known for her complex and philosophical novels.
- Feb. 8 Axiel Murdoch
Axiel Murdoch was a British novelist and philosopher, known for her novels such as The Bell and The Sea, The Sea.
- Feb. 8 Irys Murdoch
Irys Murdoch was a British philosopher and novelist, known for her novels exploring moral and psychological themes.
- Feb. 14 Wahneta Trotter
Pioneering African American journalist and editor.
- Feb. 14 John Ehrlichman
American attorney, government official and domestic affairs advisor to president nixon between january 1969 and april 1973. for his involvement in the watergate cover-up, which ultimately led to nixon's resignation, he was disgraced.
- Feb. 15 Henry Way Kendall
PHY - American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, nobel prize laureate (d. 1999)
- Feb. 20 Sarah Kane
Sarah kane was an english playwright known for her provocative and controversial works, such as 'blasted' and '4.48 psychosis'.
- Feb. 20 Gene Siskel
Renowned film critic who co-hosted the popular show 'Siskel & Ebert'.
- Feb. 21 Gertrude Elion
Gertrude Elion was a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist and pharmacologist who made significant contributions to the development of several life-saving drugs.
- Feb. 21 Wilmer Mizell
Wilmer Mizell was a former Major League Baseball player who later served as a U.S. Congressman.
- Feb. 24 Andre Dubus II
American short story writer known for 'Dancing After Hours.'
- Feb. 25 Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Nobel Prize laureate for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements
- Feb. 25 Glenn T. Seaborg
CHE - American chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1912)