Notable Deaths on February 16th
February 16th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
309 |
Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded |
923 |
Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 |
1247 |
Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) |
1279 |
Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies |
1391 |
Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies |
1531 |
Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) |
1538 |
Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 |
1560 |
Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat |
1653 |
Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70 |
1710 |
Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632) |
1721 |
James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) |
1754 |
Richard Mead, physician, dies |
1779 |
William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies |
1791 |
Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 |
1799 |
Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74 |
1803 |
Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56 |
1820 |
Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758). |
1823 |
Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69 |
1823 |
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French Romantic painter and draughtsman best known for his allegorical paintings and portraits |
1825 |
George Gerson, composer, dies at 34 |
1829 |
Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95 |
1829 |
François-Joseph Gossec, Reservation Road |
1834 |
Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies |
1844 |
Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) |
1851 |
Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 |
1857 |
Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 |
1857 |
Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37 |
1858 |
Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86 |
1864 |
Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58 |
1892 |
Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies |
1895 |
Fredrik August Dahlgren, Värmlänningarna |
1896 |
Jens Andreas Friis, Laila |
1898 |
Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) |
1899 |
Francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 |
1899 |
François Félix Faure, President Faure Shooting Pheasants |
1900 |
George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle |
1907 |
Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) |
1910 |
Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75 |
1911 |
Agnes Günther, Die Heilige und ihr Narr |
1912 |
Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies |
1912 |
St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836) |
1913 |
Joaquin Miller, The Danites |
1915 |
Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies |
1916 |
Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79 |
1916 |
[Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot & Sien), dies at 57 |
1917 |
Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848) |
1917 |
Octave Mirbeau, Diary of a Chambermaid |
1919 |
Vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893) |
1923 |
Rocco Galdieri, Fatalità |
1926 |
Pauline Armitage, False Pride |
1928 |
Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856) |
1928 |
Reggie Morris, His Social Rise |
1928 |
Eddie Foy, A Favorite Fool |
1929 |
Fred DeSilva, His Wooden Wedding |
1931 |
Juan Vert, Amor de hombre |
1932 |
Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1841) |
1933 |
Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies |
1934 |
Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38 |
1936 |
Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted |
1937 |
Paul Graetz, Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk |
1938 |
Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64 |
1938 |
Lee Tannehill, World Series Baseball Game |
1939 |
Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26 |
1942 |
Edwin Milton Royle, The Squaw Man |
1943 |
Witold Zacharewicz, Love or a Kingdom |
1944 |
Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37 |
1944 |
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, Raja Harishchandra |
1944 |
Maurice Lawrence, Angel |
1944 |
Bob Zurke, Jungle Jive |
1945 |
Billy Frank, cricketer (Test South Africa v Eng 1896, 5 & 2, 1-52), dies |
1945 |
Rudolf Vornlund, Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45 |
1945 |
Huseyngulu Sarabski, The Cloth Peddler |
1945 |
Rudolf Värnlund, Stål |
1945 |
Mór Ditrói, Judgment of Lake Balaton |
1946 |
Harry Bayfield, Her Circus Knight |
1946 |
Gudrun Bruun Stephensen, The Dark Road |
1946 |
Ivan Moskvin, Polikushka |
1946 |
Edith Bristol, Mother Knows Best |
1947 |
Charles Hiby, Mr. Lucky |
1947 |
Valdemar Møller, En søndag på Amager |
1947 |
Václav Menger, Funebrák |
1950 |
David Denton, cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies |
1950 |
Charles Kennedy, Little Old New York |
1951 |
Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65 |
1951 |
Buddy Williams, The Kid Reporter |
1952 |
Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies |
1953 |
Henri Poupon, Jofroi |
1956 |
Auguste Mouriès, Fanny |
1956 |
Milton Wallace, Seven Doors to Death |
1956 |
Frank H. Wilson, The Emperor Jones |
1956 |
Charles Legneur, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1957 |
Leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63 |
1960 |
Norman Pett, Jane and the Lost City |
1961 |
William Ricciardi, San Francisco |
1961 |
Dazzy Vance, |
1962 |
Carl Ehrenberg, München |
1962 |
John M. Bauman, King Lear |
1963 |
Laszlo Lajtha, composer, dies at 70 |
1963 |
Laszlo Lajtha, Murder in the Cathedral |
1966 |
Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81 |
1966 |
Aleksandr Dubov, Clear Skies |
1967 |
Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55 |
1968 |
Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87 |
1968 |
Harry Minsey, The Clock King's Crazy Crimes |
1972 |
Rakhim Pirmukhamedov, Pokhozhdeniya Nasreddina |
1973 |
Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies |
1974 |
John Garand, Canadian rifle engineer and manufacturer (b. 1888) |
1975 |
Morgan Taylor, American athlete (b. 1903) |
1975 |
Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (b. 1927) |
1978 |
E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895) |
1978 |
Roger Duculot, The Dirty Girls |
1979 |
Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58 |
1979 |
Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed |
1979 |
William Gargan, actor (New Adventures of Martin Kane), dies at 73 |
1980 |
Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895) |
1980 |
Stan Dreben, Joey and Buddy Hackett Have a Luau |
1981 |
Howard Hanson, composer, dies at 84 |
1981 |
Ward McAllister, Trapped by the Mormons |
1982 |
Eugene Grossman, How Green Was My Valley |
1982 |
Tage Arnø, Vores lille by |
1982 |
Ken Wilheim, Two of a Kind |
1983 |
Imre Sarlai, Rain and Shine |
1984 |
Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69 |
1984 |
Ken Williams, The Sun Shines Bright |
1984 |
Charles Oulmont, La meilleure maîtresse |
1985 |
Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 |
1985 |
Alí Primera, Innocent Voices |
1985 |
Larry Ward, Hombre |
1986 |
Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76 |
1986 |
Howard Da Silva, The Lost Weekend |
1988 |
Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1916) |
1988 |
Rosie Newman, Britain at War |
1988 |
Varvara Obukhova, The Mistress |
1988 |
Vijaya Kumaratunga, How to Be an Adult |
1988 |
Erkki Koivusalo, The Bridal Wreath |
1989 |
Peter Dawson, The Solid Gold Mother-in-law |
1989 |
Ida Ehre, Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch |
1990 |
Keith Haring, American graffiti artist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDS at 31 |
1990 |
Joshua Shelley, All the President's Men |
1990 |
Tadanari Okamoto, Chumon no ooi ryori-ten |
1990 |
Paul Wolfrum, Carmen |
1990 |
Keith Haring, Maestro |
1990 |
Kenneth Patterson, Being There |
1991 |
Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies |
1991 |
Harry R. Jones, Rio Lobo |
1991 |
Max Strecker, Seine Durchlaucht, der Schneider |
1992 |
Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated |
1992 |
Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51 |
1992 |
George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies |
1992 |
Janio Quadros, president of Brazil (1961), dies |
1992 |
Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amster (squaters), dies at 78 |
1992 |
Redd Harper, Oiltown, U.S.A. |
1992 |
Jânio Quadros, Jânio a 24 Quadros |
1992 |
Jouni Brännare, Iskelmäkuvia |
1992 |
Philip Linton, Doing Time on Maple Drive |
1992 |
Angela Carter, The Company of Wolves |
1993 |
Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61 |
1993 |
Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78 |
1993 |
Donald Phelps, Ghost Ship |
1993 |
Sharon Disney, One Hour in Wonderland |
1993 |
András Faragó, Vérnász |
1993 |
Howard Brubeck, Mother's Day |
1993 |
Peter Pohlenz, The North Star |
1994 |
Judith Velasco, Municipio de la muerte |
1994 |
Gloria Hatrick, Meet the Baron |
1994 |
Gloria Stewart, James Stewart vs. Gloria Stewart |
1995 |
John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91 |
1995 |
Martin Soames, traveller, dies at 91 |
1995 |
Georges Bonastre, Défournement |
1995 |
Lee Carney, The Howdy Doody Show |
1995 |
Lois Wilde, Undersea Kingdom |
1995 |
Montserrat Blanch, Red Fish |
1996 |
Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 |
1996 |
Edmund G "Pat" Brown, politician, dies at 90 |
1996 |
Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at 84 |
1996 |
MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66 |
1996 |
Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62 |
1996 |
Susan Bosence, textile designer, dies at 82 |
1996 |
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, American blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80 |
1996 |
Brownie McGhee, Superbad |
1996 |
Jules de Corte, Episode #1.1 |
1996 |
Roger Bowen, MASH |
1996 |
Milos Kopecký, The Outrageous Baron Munchausen |
1996 |
Edmund G. Brown, Episode dated 16 November 1958 |
1996 |
Hans Busch, Familie Benthin |
1996 |
György Jakab, Adj király katonát |
1997 |
Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912) |
1997 |
Ethel Owen, The Royal Family |
1997 |
Valeriy Medvedev, Barankin, bud chelovekom! |
1997 |
Arthur Hewlett, The Archbishop |
1997 |
Fritz Habeck, The Last Ten Days |
1998 |
Anna Pourová, Slunce, seno, erotika |
1998 |
Børge Friis, Kriminalsagen Tove Andersen |
1998 |
Martha Gellhorn, Martha Gellhorn |
1998 |
Henny Faassen, Opgeruimd staat netjes |
1998 |
Paul Cunha, Signs of Life |
1999 |
Michael Larson, Press Your Luck Big-winning contestant (b. 1949) |
1999 |
Björn Afzelius, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
1999 |
Stan McKay, The Man from Snowy River |
1999 |
Pia Rydvall, Den nakne mannen och mannen i frack |
1999 |
Henryk Dluzynski, Wielkanoc |
1999 |
Michael Larson, Royal Deceit |
1999 |
Betty Roche, Reveille with Beverly |
2000 |
Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908) |
2000 |
Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born engineer and inventor (b. 1911) |
2000 |
Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (b. 1918) |
2000 |
Sandra Shaw, The Gay Nighties |
2000 |
Emile Hamaty, Splendor |
2000 |
Marceline Day, The Cameraman |
2000 |
John Hall, Lord Emsworth and the Little Friend |
2000 |
Janusz Hejnowicz, Wyjscie awaryjne |
2000 |
Lila Kedrova, Torn Curtain |
2000 |
Nádia Maria, Virou Bagunça |
2000 |
Fung Fung, The Young Master |
2001 |
Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916) |
2001 |
William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915) |
2001 |
Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928) |
2001 |
William H. Masters, The Truth About Sex |
2001 |
Claudia Martin, Ski Fever |
2001 |
Bob Buhl, Game 6 |
2001 |
Howard W. Koch, Airplane! |
2001 |
Dorothy Gee, The Public Enemy |
2001 |
Helen Vita, Cabaret |
2002 |
Walter Winterbottom, England football manager (b. 1913) |
2002 |
Billy Ward, Shag |
2002 |
Tommy Crutcher, 1967 NFL Championship Game |
2003 |
Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907) |
2003 |
Aleksandar Tisma, Zivot je lep |
2003 |
Edward Czerny, My Nikifor |
2003 |
Rusty Magee, Hannah and Her Sisters |
2004 |
Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937) |
2004 |
Evelyn Freyman, The Daughter of the Regiment |
2004 |
Ann Siena-Schwartz, Scorned |
2004 |
Miloslav Simek, Zajíc v pytli 10 díl |
2004 |
Charlie Fox, 1972 MLB All-Star Game |
2004 |
Doris Troy, Crazy, Stupid, Love. |
2004 |
Gant Gaither, My Six Loves |
2005 |
Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975) |
2005 |
Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk and mother of their only child King Fuad II |
2005 |
Marcello Viotti, Jules Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore |
2005 |
Dan Pattarson, Hotel of the stars |
2005 |
Sami Sarhan, El Nazer |
2005 |
Gerry Wolff, Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam |
2005 |
Hank Stonecipher, Alice in Wonderland |
2005 |
Nicole DeHuff, Meet the Parents |
2005 |
Bent Rohweder, Narco: A Film About Love |
2006 |
Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966) |
2006 |
Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925) |
2006 |
Sid Feller, Hooper |
2006 |
Ernie Stautner, The Complete History of the Philadelphia Eagles |
2006 |
Luis Arribas Castro, Episode dated 27 September 1984 |
2006 |
Dale White, Hal March Show |
2006 |
Mike Durham, Cactus Jack Invades ECW |
2006 |
Dennis Kirkland, Rainbow |
2007 |
Vladimir Krstulovic, Winnetou |
2007 |
Lilli Promet, Tütarlaps mustas |
2007 |
Elisabeth Höbarth, Kopf in der Schlinge |
2007 |
Sheridan Morley, J.M. Barrie, la vérité sur Peter Pan |
2008 |
James Orange, |
2008 |
Boris Khmelnitskiy, Vecher nakanune Ivana Kupala |
2008 |
Ági Donáth, Tokaji rapszódia |
2008 |
Shelley Beattie, First Half Preliminary Round 4: Street vs. Cooley/Montalvo vs. Pepe |
2008 |
Agnes Anderson, The Shadow Strikes |
2008 |
Bobby Lord, Episode #2.10 |
2009 |
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan, Korean Cardinal, Protopriest of the Holy Roman Church (b. 1921) |
2009 |
Johnny Brogna, Devil's Canyon |
2009 |
Dorothy Dean Bridges, The Lost Ones |
2009 |
Susanne von Almassy, Die erste Mrs. Selby |
2009 |
Jacques Fayet, Lola Montès |
2009 |
Tadeusz Lubczynski, Koncert zyczen |
2009 |
Esko Kohonen, Olga Ryynänen ja byrokratia |
2009 |
Colette Ricard, La vie est belle |
2010 |
Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer player and actor. (b. 1956) |
2010 |
Mary Herczog, Custody |
2010 |
Jim Bibby, 1979 World Series Video: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles |
2010 |
Agnès Laurent, Soft Skin on Black Silk |
2010 |
John Davis Chandler, The Outlaw Josey Wales |
2010 |
Bob Davidse, Het onzichtbare orkest |
2010 |
Rigmor Mydtskov, Et billede af mit liv |
2010 |
Bo Griffin, Extra |
2010 |
Mario Gangi, Girl with a Suitcase |
2010 |
Raymond Wallbank, Bhaji on the Beach |
2010 |
Arnaud Rodrigues, Sai de Baixo |
2010 |
Chi Keung Wan, Infernal Affairs |
2011 |
Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (b. 1930) |
2011 |
Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922) |
2011 |
Alfred Burke, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
2011 |
Otto Meissner, Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? |
2011 |
Santi Santamaria, Episode #7.4 |
2011 |
Aleksandr Pashkovskiy, Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina |
2011 |
Hans-Joachim Alpers, Perry Rhodan - Operation Eastside |
2011 |
Miroslav Mikuljan, Hocu zivjeti |
2011 |
Len Lesser, Papillon |
2011 |
Batric Jovanovic, Zivot je nas |
2011 |
Dorian Gray, The Nights of Cabiria |
2012 |
Elyse Knox, American actress and model (Hit the Ice, Black Gold) dies at 94 |
2012 |
Anthony Shadid, New York Times foreign correspondent and two time Pulitzer winner, dies from asthma at 43 |
2012 |
Gary Carter, American Hall of Fame baseball catcher dies from brain tumor at 57 |
2012 |
Baddeley Devesi, first Governor-General of the Solomon Islands, dies at 70 |
2012 |
Harry McPherson, presidential counsel and lobbyist, dies from cancer at 82 |
2012 |
Anthony Shadid, Valentino's Ghost |
2012 |
Chikage Awashima, Early Summer |
2012 |
Harry McPherson, LBJ: Part 2 - My Fellow Americans |
2012 |
Mike Current, New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins |
2012 |
Anil Ramdas, Episode #5.3 |
2012 |
Dick Anthony Williams, Edward Scissorhands |
2012 |
Gary Carter, 100 Years of the World Series |
2013 |
Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies at 72 |
2013 |
Tatyana Pivovarova, Deti Don-Kikhota |
2013 |
Tony Sheridan, The Compleat Beatles |
2013 |
József Zsudi, Francia tanya |
2013 |
Ennio Girolami, The Nights of Cabiria |
2013 |
John Ayldon, H.M.S. Pinafore |
2013 |
Ken Clark, Buffalo Bills vs. Indianapolis Colts |
2013 |
Marianne Gyllenhammar, Turn of the Century |
2014 |
Michael Shea, American sci-fi author, dies at 67 |
2014 |
Robert J. Conley, The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy |
2014 |
Ray Kennedy, The Departed |
2014 |
Gert 'Kralle' Krawinkel, Il Divo |
2014 |
Benno Meyer-Wehlack, Die Nachbarskinder |
2014 |
Matti Ruohola, The Man Who Couldn't Say No |
2014 |
Emmet G. Lavery Jr., The Ghost of Flight 401 |
2014 |
Jimmy T. Murakami, The Snowman |
2014 |
Manfred Vosz, Goethe in D. |
2014 |
Leonid Ejdlin, Siberiade |
2015 |
John Davies, The Road to Aberystwyth |
2015 |
Gavin Clarke, The X Files: I Want to Believe |
2015 |
Ernst Röhl, Wenn's donnert, blüht der Gummibaum |
2015 |
David Glover, Conspiracy |
2015 |
András Vámosi, Goldberg variácók |
2015 |
Lasse Braun, Wet Dreams |
2015 |
Lorena Rojas, Broken Hearts |
2015 |
Lesley Gore, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
2016 |
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former UN Secretary General, Dies at 93 |
2016 |
Vanity Dead at 57, Prince Protege Known for 'Nasty Girl' |
2018 |
British Actor Kenneth Haigh Dies at Age 86 |
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