People who died on February 21 69
Randoald of Grandval
d. 675
Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval
Minamoto no Yoshinaka
d. 1184 (b. 1154)
Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1154)
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Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
d. 1267
Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
James I of Scotland
d. 1437 (b. 1394)
James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
Jan Rokycana
d. 1471 (b. 1396)
Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)
Pope Julius II
d. 1513 (b. 1443)
Pope Julius II (b. 1443)
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
d. 1543 (b. 1507)
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (b. 1507)
Hieronymus Bock
d. 1554 (b. 1498)
Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
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Cho Shik
d. 1572 (b. 1501)
Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar (d. 1572)
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
d. 1590 (b. 1528)
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
Robert Southwell (Jesuit)
d. 1595 (b. 1561)
Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
Baruch Spinoza
d. 1677 (b. 1632)
Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
d. 1715 (b. 1637)
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland (d. 1715)
Pope Benedict XIII
d. 1730 (b. 1650)
Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
Georg Friedrich von Martens
d. 1821 (b. 1756)
Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
Eugène de Beauharnais
d. 1824 (b. 1781)
Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician (d. 1824)
Emperor Ninkō
d. 1846 (b. 1800)
Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
Justinus Kerner
d. 1862 (b. 1786)
Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)
William Weston (Australian politician)
d. 1888 (b. 1804)
William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
James Timberlake
d. 1891 (b. 1846)
James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
Kurt Eisner
d. 1919 (b. 1867)
Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
d. 1926 (b. 1853)
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
Augusto César Sandino
d. 1934 (b. 1895)
Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (d. 1934)
George Ellery Hale
d. 1938 (b. 1868)
George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist (d. 1938)
Frederick Banting
d. 1941 (b. 1891)
Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
Ferenc Szisz
d. 1944 (b. 1873)
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944)
Eric Liddell
d. 1945 (b. 1902)
Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
José Streel
d. 1946 (b. 1911)
José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
Duncan Edwards
d. 1958 (b. 1936)
Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
Malcolm X
d. 1965 (b. 1925)
Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965)
Charles Beaumont
d. 1967 (b. 1929)
Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
Howard Florey
d. 1968 (b. 1898)
Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
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Zhang Guohua
d. 1972 (b. 1914)
Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
Bronislava Nijinska
d. 1972 (b. 1891)
Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
Eugène Tisserant
d. 1972 (b. 1884)
Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
Tim Horton
d. 1974 (b. 1930)
Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930)
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Alfred Andersch
d. 1980 (b. 1914)
Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
Gershom Scholem
d. 1982 (b. 1897)
Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)
Mikhail Sholokhov
d. 1984 (b. 1905)
Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
Louis Hayward
d. 1985 (b. 1909)
Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (b. 1909)
Helen Hooven Santmyer
d. 1986 (b. 1895)
Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist (b. 1895)
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Dorothy Auchterlonie Green
d. 1991 (b. 1915)
Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)
Inge Lehmann
d. 1993 (b. 1888)
Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
Johannes Steinhoff
d. 1994 (b. 1913)
Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
Morton Gould
d. 1996 (b. 1913)
Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
Gertrude B. Elion
d. 1999 (b. 1918)
Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
Ilmari Juutilainen
d. 1999 (b. 1914)
Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
Wilmer Mizell
d. 1999 (b. 1930)
Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (d. 1999)
John Thaw
d. 2002 (b. 1942)
John Thaw, English actor and producer (b. 1942)
John Charles
d. 2004 (b. 1931)
John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
d. 2005 (b. 1929)
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929)
Zdzisław Beksiński
d. 2005 (b. 1929)
Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)
Ben Chapman (actor)
d. 2008 (b. 1928)
Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
Neil Chotem
d. 2008 (b. 1920)
Neil Chotem, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2008)
Dwayne McDuffie
d. 2011 (b. 1962)
Dwayne McDuffie, American author and screenwriter, co-founded Milestone Media (b. 1962)
Bernard Nathanson
d. 2011 (b. 1926)
Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011)
H. M. Darmstandler
d. 2012 (b. 1922)
H. M. Darmstandler, American general (b. 1922)
Barney Rosset
d. 2012 (b. 1922)
Barney Rosset, American publisher (b. 1922)
Hasse Jeppson
d. 2013 (b. 1925)
Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
Héctor Maestri
d. 2014 (b. 1935)
Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)
Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)
d. 2014 (b. 1985)
Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)
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Cornelius Schnauber
d. 2014 (b. 1939)
Cornelius Schnauber, German-American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939)
John Strawson (British Army officer)
d. 2014 (b. 1921)
John Strawson, English general (b. 1921)
Aleksei Gubarev
d. 2015 (b. 1931)
Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931)
Robert O. Marshall
d. 2015 (b. 1939)
Robert O. Marshall, American businessman (b. 1939)
Sadeq Tabatabaei
d. 2015 (b. 1943)
Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943)
Clark Terry
d. 2015 (b. 1920)
Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
Eric Brown (pilot)
d. 2016 (b. 1919)
Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (b. 1919)
Jeanne Martin Cissé
d. 2017 (b. 1926)
Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean teacher and politician (b. 1926)