February 21st famous deaths
List of celebrities and famous people who died on February 21st
2029 - 2020
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020
2021
Prolific writer of historical fiction novels.
Rosamary Leach was a British actress known for her roles in television shows and films.
Australian rugby league player (b. 1958)
Colombian classical pianist (b. 1928)
2019 - 2010
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010
2019
Grammy-winning pop singer known for hits like 'Gypsy, Tramps & Thieves'.
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Peter tork was an american musician and actor, best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of the 1960s pop group the monkees.
Japanese American author known for her novel 'Woman from the Other Side'.
Legendary director of classic musical films like 'Singin' in the Rain'.
2018
American evangelist (b. 1918)
2017
Nobel laureate known for his contributions to welfare economics.
Nobel laureate in economics for his contributions to general equilibrium theory and welfare economics.
Guinean teacher and politician (b. 1926)
2016
Scottish-english captain and pilot (b. 1919)
2015
American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
Renowned jazz trumpeter and composer.
Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931)
Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943)
2014
Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)
Cuban-american baseball player (b. 1935)
2013
Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
2012
Arrow was a renowned political scientist known for his contributions to social choice theory.
Barney Rosset was a pioneering publisher who fought for freedom of speech and published controversial works.
Welsh Liberal politician known for his work in the House of Lords.
American general (b. 1922)
2011
American comic book and television writer known for his work on animated series and comic books.
Milestone media, an american producer and screenwriter, was co-founded by american author screenwriter steve martin (d. 2011).
American abortionist became a pro-life activist (born in 1926)
2009 - 2000
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000
2008
American actor (b. 1928)
American actor (born 1928).
First british woman to swim in the english channel (born in 1911).
2006
Ted Draper was an American political scientist and historian.
2005
Cuban novelist and essayist known for his innovative writing style.
Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)
Cuban novelist (born 1929)
American religious broadcaster (born 1929).
American opera singer (born 1930)
French-canadian poet and novelist (born 1920).
2004
Canadian abstract painter associated with the Montreal School.
Canadian abstract painter associated with the Montreal School.
Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2003
Scottish football coach and player (born 1947).
2002
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English actor and producer, played inspector morse (d. 2002)
Austrian-born physicist (born 1939)
2000
Clifton Daniel was a prominent journalist known for his work at The New York Times.
Spanish basketball coach (born 1933).
1999 - 1990
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990
1999
Gertrude Elion was a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist and pharmacologist who made significant contributions to the development of several life-saving drugs.
Girtrude Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in drug development.
Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist who developed several important drugs, including treatments for malaria and herpes.
American biochemist and pharmacologist, nobel prize laureate (d. 1999)
Wilmer Mizell was a former Major League Baseball player who later served as a U.S. Congressman.
American baseball player and politician (b. 1930)
Finnish pilot and soldier (d. 1999).
Baseball player (born 1930).
1997
At 75, a catholic priest/crusader dies.
Painter dies at 81
1996
American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
Polar geographer, dies at age 75.
Educationalist dies at 67
Science fiction author/editor, who dies at the age of 81.
1995
British playwright doctor zhivago, bounty, dies at age 70
English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
Brazilian football referee (born 1954).
1994
German fighter pilot & nato commander (born 1913)
Architect dies at 68
Child psychiatrist dies at the age of 54.
1993
Danish geophysicist and seismologist (d. 1993).
Automobile maker lamborghini dies at 76
1992
Swedish journalist and author known for his investigative work.
British astronomer, binary stars, dies.
Us singer/actress eva jessye chor, dies at the age of 97.
Dies at 98
Singer, dies at 83
1991
British ballerina, fonteyn is a legendary dancer. fonteyn started dancing lessons at age 4 and was enrolled at sadler wells ballet school when she was 14. she made her debut at the school in the next year. in 1962, she met nureyev and their dance partnership was legendary. she was made a dame in the british empire in 1956 and …
Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)
Indian actress (b. 1936)
Indian actress (born 1936).
Born 1915, australian poet, literary critic, and academic (born 1915).
1990
Chemist who made significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry.
1989 - 1980
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980
1989
Renowned chemist known for her contributions to organic chemistry.
German physicist known for his contributions to quantum mechanics.
French footballer (born 1906)
1987
A Soviet military officer and human rights activist who opposed the Soviet regime.
English mountaineer, last to see mallory or irvine alive (born 1890).
1986
American novelist (b. 1895)
1985
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Stage and film actress who appeared in 'The Awful Truth' and 'Ninotchka.'
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Johannesburg, south africa -- actor (lone wolf, survivors)
Dutch cabaret performer floris (47 years old) dies.
1984
Russian novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965.
Russian novelist and short story writer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1905)
Russian nobel prize winner for academic writing (d. 1984).
Russian writer (ocean don. nobel 1965).
1982
A leading scholar of Jewish mysticism and one of the founders of the academic study of Kabbalah.
German-born israeli jewish historian and philosopher, born in germany. he is widely considered to be the founder of modern academic kabbalah study and was the first professor of jewish mysticism in the hebrew university of jerusalem.
A leading scholar of Jewish mysticism and one of the founders of the academic study of Kabbalah.
American disc jockey and impresario (born in 1922)
1980
German-swiss publisher and author (d. 1980).
1979 - 1970
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970
1979
Composer
1978
Renowned chemist known for groundbreaking research in organic chemistry.
Pioneering female journalist known for her investigative reporting.
Polish priest and historian (born 1901).
1977
Dutch painter known for his landscapes and still life paintings.
Detroit doo-wop artist with the diablos (born 1934).
1976
Scottish actress meet corliss archer, dies at 74
1974
Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded tim hortons (b. 1930)
1973
Renowned opera singer known for her powerful voice and emotional performances.
Renowned Dutch painter known for his landscapes and seascapes.
1972
French cardinal of roman catholic church.
Russian-american dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
Chinese politician and general (born 1914).
French catholic cardinal (born in 1884)
1971
Renowned Austrian actress known for her stage and film performances.
Composer dies at 79
1969 - 1960
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960
1969
Mexican-born us olympic fencer
1968
Howard Florey was an Australian pharmacologist who co-discovered penicillin and shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945.
Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1898)
An australian-born pharmacologist who was awarded the nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1898.
1967
American author known for his work in science fiction and horror genres.
German painter known for his expressionist works.
1966
Canadian politician and lawyer 21st lieutenant governor, quebec (d. 1966).
1965
American activist, who rose from humble beginnings to become a national civil rights activist. he was a young black rebel and was convicted in 1946 of burglary. he served time in prison. he founded the organization of afro-american unity in 1963. he assumed the moslem name of el-hajji malik el-shabazz. however, he was suspended from being a muslim minister on …
Also known as Malcolm X, he was a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam and a leading voice in the African-American civil rights movement.
Malcolm X, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was a prominent civil rights activist.
Malcolm X, also known as Malik Shabazz, was a prominent civil rights activist in the 1960s.
1960
French screenwriter and film director (born 1906).
1959 - 1950
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950
1958
Duncan Edwards was a talented English footballer who tragically died in the Munich air disaster.
1956
Composer dies at 78
1951
Dutch actor, gay death, dies at 63
1949 - 1940
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940
1949
Indonesian communist leader and nationalist activist (born 1894)
Composer dies at 78
1948
Composer dies at age 80
1947
American composer (b. 1881)
1946
Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
Belgian world war ii collaborator (born in 1911).
1945
China -- english 400m runner (1924 olympics-gold medalist).
1944
Hungarian-born race car driver (born 1873)
1941
Co-discoverer of insulin and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
Canadian physician and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1891)
Co-discovered insulin and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Charles h. best was a canadian physician who extracted (1921) insulin from his pancreas. insulin injections proved to be the first effective treatment of diabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels are abnormally high. their experiments were completed by banting and best in 1922. banting and macleod were awarded the nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1923 for …
1939 - 1930
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930
1938
Hale is known for his contributions to the field of astronomy, including the development of the spectroheliograph and his work on the study of sunspots.
American astronomer (born 1868).
Composer dies at 39
1934
Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
Nicaraguan revolutionary (born 1895).
1929 - 1920
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920
1928
Italian architect known for his work on the design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1926
Dutch scientist known for his work on low-temperature physics.
Dutch physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1853)
Murphy Brown was a pioneering astronomer known for her work on stellar classification.
1925
Composer dies at 52
1924
Composer dies at 78
1920
Witness of the blessed virgin mary at fatima (born in 1910)
1919 - 1910
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910
1919
German journalist and politician, minister-president of bavaria (b. 1867)
At age 46, he was murdered.
At the age of 77, he dies.
German socialist is assassinated. his death leads to the creation of the bavarian soviet republic, and the fleeing of parliament and government from munich, germany.
1918
Last known carolina parakeet (h. )[39]
1911
Isidoro Nonell was a Catalan painter associated with the post-impressionist movement.
Isidro Nonell was a Spanish painter associated with the Catalan Modernisme movement.
1909 - 1900
Famous deaths on February 21st for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900
1908
American author and sculptor, known for her biographies and novels.
1901
Irish mathematician (born 1851)
1900
South african gunmaker (born in 1853)