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)