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List of celebrities and famous people who died on February 1st

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

  • Canadian bishop of the catholic church (b. 1924)

2021

  • Actor best known for his role as Screech in the TV show 'Saved by the Bell'.

  • Georgian pop singer and actor

  • American actor, director, stand-up comedian, and musician (b. 1977)

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

  • Famous for creating iconic movie posters for Hollywood films.

  • American football player and coach (b. 1959)

  • Ayub Ogada was a Kenyan musician known for his work in traditional African music.

  • English comedian, radio host and panelist (b. 1961)

  • English actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2019)

2018

  • Belarusian-american rocket scientist (d. 2018)

  • Ugandan singer and songwriter (b. 1985)

2017

2016

2015

  • Italian-French pianist acclaimed for his interpretations of French piano music.

  • American animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1981)

  • German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1935)

2014

  • Maximilian Schell

    Maximilian Schell was an Austrian-Swiss actor, director, and producer who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg.

  • Austrian actor known for his role in 'Judgment at Nuremberg'.

  • Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)

  • Russian marshal (b. 1917)

  • American poet, painter, and critic (b. 1946)

2013

  • American singer, songwriter and lyricist. he started his career with his brothers in an r&b band. later, they disbanded. they disbanded later. cecil began scoring hits in 1984 as a half-of womack and womack, along with his wife linda.

  • Canadian student whose mysterious death in a hotel water tank gained international attention.

  • American politician (b. 1918)

  • Indian painter and educator (b. 1928)

  • American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th mayor of new york city (b. 1924)

2012

  • Polish poet and translator, nobel prize laureate (b. 1923)

  • Renowned boxing trainer who worked with Muhammad Ali.

  • Soul train was created by american producer and television host, soul train (d. 2012).

2011

  • Estonian poet and translator known for his lyrical works.

2010

  • Fiction writer known for her captivating storytelling.

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • Renowned physicist known for his contributions to quantum mechanics.

  • Renowned astronomer known for his work on galaxy formation.

  • Physicist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics.

2008

  • Brazilian actor and businessman (b. 1937)

  • Brazilian entertainer and owner of a theme park (born 1937).

2007

2006

2005

  • John Vernon

    Canada -- actor (animal houses, chained heats, dirty harry).

2004

  • Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)

  • American choreographer and modern dancer (born in 1909)

2003

  • Pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence.

  • Renowned actress known for her roles in classic films.

  • Indian astronaut kalpana chawla (ph.d.) was the mission specialist aboard space shuttle columbia. the space vehicle crashed upon reentry from california to texas at 7:53 am cst on february 2, 2003. all seven astronauts died.

  • American astronaut rick douglas husband, sts107 commander; colonel usaf commander of the space shuttle columbia. the space vehicle crashed upon reentry from texas on february 2, 2003 at 7:53 am cst. husband was the first astronaut to command the spacecraft, and he also began his first mission aboard the shuttle. all seven astronauts died.

  • Cuban percussionist, band leader (born in 1922)

2002

  • Renowned German actress known for her versatile performances.

  • Hildegard Knef

    German actress, who was in 56 films by 1978. most notably, the film "fedora." she is also the author two autobiographies, "the gift horse : report on a life" (both published in 1970).

  • Tibor Scitovsky was a Hungarian-American economist known for his contributions to welfare economics and the theory of market failure.

  • Steven Pearl was an American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan.

  • American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan.

2001

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

  • Renowned physicist known for contributions to quantum mechanics.

  • American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)

1997

  • Kiki Kogelnik was an Austrian painter associated with the Pop Art movement.

  • Renowned columnist known for his observations on San Francisco life.

  • Australian-english surgeon and academic (d. 2022)

  • Sacramento, california -- columnist (sf chronicle)

  • Writer dies at 71

1996

  • American race car driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman (d. 1996)

  • Neuropathologist dies at the age of 54.

1995

  • English archbishop and academic (d. 1633).

  • Manic street preachers' rhythm guitarist and lyricist (presumed dead). (born 1967).

  • American sprinter, who participated in several events throughout his career. he is most well-known for his victory in the 400m men's race at the 1971 pan american games. at 44.5 seconds, he holds the world record for the 440-yard dash.

  • Pope of pot, who was 52 years old, succumbs to liver cancer.

1994

1992

  • French doctor of nephrology, president of the academy of science. hamburger, a kidney transplant surgeon and founder of the french nephrology department, was also the founder.

  • Spanish painter known for his colorful and expressive works.

  • Federal judge, rosenberg case, dies at the age of 81.

  • Actor (life stinks capts & kings), passes away at age 70

1991

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

  • American abstract expressionist painter known for her portraits and figurative paintings.

  • American country music singer-songwriter.

1988

1987

  • Italian film critic and director, blasetti was one of two great directors during the fascist period in italian cinema, 1935-1945. this was a mostly mediocre era. blasetti received a law degree and then turned his attention to film criticism and journalism. he joined other young italian film lovers and released "sole" in 1928. blasettiaeur (tm)'s popularity declined over the years, …

  • Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)

  • Hollywood backstage makeup artist, dies at the age of 82.

1986

  • Swedish sociologist and politician, nobel prize laureate (d. 1986)

  • Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recipient.

  • Swedish diplomat and politician who played a key role in disarmament efforts.

1984

  • Pioneering astronomer who made significant discoveries in the field of astrophysics.

1983

1981

  • Norwegian composer and pianist (d. 1981).

  • Sr., american engineer and businessman, founded the douglas aircraft company (b. 1892)

  • American aircraft manufacturer, sr. (born in 1892)

  • Wanda Hendrix

    American actress. she is a sweet, innocent, and baby-faced star of over 21 films. after graduating from junior high school, she joined a theater troupe and signed a contract for a movie in hollywood at age 16.

  • Norwegian composer, dies at age 72 (born 1908).

1980

  • Italian cyclist (born 1930).

  • Television host queen for a day, dies at 72

  • Italian actor on stage and film, 6 years artistic director at festival of two worlds in spoleto (italy),

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

  • Argentinian rock musician considered a pioneer of Spanish-language rock

  • Turkish activist and journalist (d. 1979).

  • Actor (cully dumplings), passes away at 60

1978

  • James Cannon was a physicist who made significant contributions to the field of nuclear physics.

1977

1976

  • Quanta Heisenberg was a German physicist who made significant contributions to the development of quantum mechanics, including the formulation of the uncertainty principle.

  • American physician and pathologist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1878)

  • German physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1901)

  • German scientist, who was an atomic physicist and won the nobel prize for physics in 1932 for creating quantum mechanics. he was also known as "the greatest german theoretical particle physicist". his mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, matrix mechanics, was what made him famous. heisenberg uncertainty principle was another name he is well-known for. this principle was a key contributor …

  • Science fiction author acclaimed for his novel 'Davy' and short stories.

1975

1974

1972

  • British writer known for her romantic relationship with Vita Sackville-West.

1971

  • Wilba Wonka was the eccentric owner of the Wonka Chocolate Factory and the creator of the famous Wonka Chocolate Bars.

  • Raoul Hausmann was an Austrian artist and writer, a key figure in the Dada movement.

1970

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1968

1966

  • Buster keaton was a pioneering actor and filmmaker known for his deadpan expression and physical comedy in silent films.

  • Hedda Hopper

    American journalist and hollywood gossip columnist. she was in both radio and syndication. despite a poor education, she was syndicated by national newspapers two years after her column was launched in 1936. she made silent films in numerous formats and tried her hand at fashion.

  • American comedian. he is known for his physical humor, and pantomime. his films include "the cameraman", 1928, and "when comedy was king," 1962. in 1957, a film was made about his life. keaton was diagnosed with lung cancer in february 1966.

  • Hedda Hopper was a prominent Hollywood gossip columnist and actress.

  • Actor (invisible man in 419, girl in 409) dies at 71

1963

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

1958

1957

  • German soldier, the nazi field marshal and tank specialist who commanded german forces in stalingrad. he surrendered to the russians on january 31, 1943, after being hopelessly under siege by them since november 1942. he was freed in 1953 and returned to east germany. he was a lecturer in military affairs.

  • German field marshal (stalingrad) dies at the age of 66.

1954

1950

  • American painter known for her impressionist landscapes and floral still lifes.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

  • Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)

  • American composer, director, and arranger. he won 11 oscar nominations as well as the oscar for his musical score to "the wizard of oz," 1939. he was also a lyricist and arranger of hundreds of music scores. his work was featured in biographical features, dramas, operettas, docudramas, and biographical features. these are all memorable scores from timeless films. he created …

1946

1945

1944

  • Cubism inspired dutch artist, who created a highly geometric non-objective style he called neoplasticism. he was co-founder of stijl magazine in 1917 and published a book entitled "le neoplasticisme" in 1920 (french). his theories of abstraction and simplification changed the course of painting and influenced bauhaus, modern architecture and industrial design. his canvases, which are dominated by vertical and horizontal …

  • Composer dies at 72

1940

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1937

1936

  • Greek general and politician, 128th prime minister of greece (b. 1878)

  • General of the greek army and prime minister of greece (born 1878).

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

1928

1924

1922

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1916

1910

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on February 1st for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1908

1907

  • French industrialist, and pioneer of steam cars, gardner-serpollet. he also designed steam trams.

1905

1904

1903

1902

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