Notable Deaths on February 29th
February 29th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
468 |
Pope St. Hilarius (461-468), calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) |
1528 |
Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake |
1592 |
Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540) |
1604 |
John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 |
1740 |
Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667) |
1744 |
John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683) |
1820 |
Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743) |
1844 |
Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 |
1852 |
John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies |
1868 |
Ludwig/Louis I, King of Bavaria, dies at 81 |
1880 |
Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February) |
1908 |
Pat Garrett, U.S. gunslinger |
1908 |
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia (as Lord Hopetoun) |
1916 |
Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at 62 |
1928 |
Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65 |
1928 |
Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66 |
1928 |
Ina Coolbrith, first poet laureate of California (b. 1841) |
1928 |
Karl Noll, Dobrý voják Svejk |
1932 |
"Big Ed" Morris, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies |
1940 |
Edward Frederic Benson, novelist, dies |
1940 |
Josef Swickard, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
1940 |
Robert S. Abbott, The Millionaire |
1940 |
E.F. Benson, Dead of Night |
1940 |
Nyrki Tapiovaara, One Man's Fate |
1940 |
Prins Aage, De kongelige skal fotograferes |
1940 |
F.N. Murphy, Lady Windermere's Fan |
1944 |
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861) |
1944 |
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Suomi kutsuu II |
1944 |
Bobby Connolly, Fools for Scandal |
1944 |
Durward Lely, Rob Roy |
1948 |
Oscar Heurlin, Everybody at His Station |
1948 |
Chief Many Treaties, The Law Rides Again |
1956 |
Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65 |
1956 |
John Hastings Turner, The Ghoul |
1960 |
Melvin Purvis, American FBI Agent, dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 56 |
1960 |
Larry Conley, Awakenings |
1960 |
Melvin Purvis, Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1 |
1964 |
Frank Albertson, actor (Room Service), dies at 55 |
1964 |
Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/paleontologist, dies at 74 |
1964 |
Anchise Brizzi, Othello |
1968 |
Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886) |
1980 |
Yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61 |
1980 |
Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914) |
1980 |
Robert Lee Johnson, Gentlemen Are Born |
1980 |
Margaret Morris, Margaret Morris Movement |
1980 |
Yigal Alon, Mivtsa Yonatan |
1980 |
Tore Lindwall, A Time in the Sun |
1984 |
Roland Culver, actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83 |
1984 |
Ken Strickfaden, Dracula vs. Frankenstein |
1984 |
Ludwik Starski, Border Street |
1988 |
Sidney Harmon, The Talk of the Town |
1988 |
Vaughn Horton, We Need to Talk About Kevin |
1992 |
Earl Scheib, CEO (Earl Scheib Auto Paint), dies at 85 |
1992 |
Johnny Mack, British actor (Time Lord-Dr Who), dies at 70 |
1992 |
Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897) |
1992 |
Jaroslav Vrzala, By the Right of Love |
1992 |
Czeslaw Nowicki, Nie lubie poniedzialku |
1992 |
La Lupe, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown |
1992 |
Arthur Fellows, House on Greenapple Road |
1992 |
Don Heinrich, USFL on ESPN |
1992 |
Ada Colangeli, Un giorno nella vita |
1992 |
Ferenc Karinthy, Budapesti tavasz |
1996 |
Duncan Stuart Wilson Fighter pilot-MacDonald, dies at 83 |
1996 |
Joe Minogue, journalist, dies at 72 |
1996 |
John Grant, rear-admiral, dies at 87 |
1996 |
Wes Farrell, songwriter, dies at 56 |
1996 |
Wes Farrell, Midnight Cowboy |
1996 |
Milton Kahn, The House of Rothschild |
2000 |
Dennis Danell, American artist (b. 1961) |
2000 |
Unto Kumpulainen, Evakko |
2000 |
Gérard Lorin, Last Year at Marienbad |
2000 |
Dennis Danell, Another State of Mind |
2004 |
Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915) |
2004 |
Marc Cavell, Cool Hand Luke |
2004 |
James Cresson, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
2004 |
Ben Hendricks, The Black Hole |
2004 |
Witold Rudzinski, Bialy mazur |
2004 |
Jerome Lawrence, Inherit the Wind |
2004 |
Dana Broccoli, Inside 'Dr. No' |
2004 |
Ruth Siedler, Bruce & Me |
2008 |
Gayne Rescher, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
2008 |
Buddy Dial, Dallas Cowboys vs. St. Louis Cardinals |
2008 |
John F. Long, The Home Owner |
2008 |
Sergio Corrieri, I Am Cuba |
2012 |
Davy Jones, English musician, dies from heart attack at 66 |
2012 |
Woody Farmer, Low Blow |
2012 |
David Banks, The Never-Never Affair |
2012 |
Karen Greslie, Once Upon a Forest |
2012 |
Milos Vacek, Atentát |
2012 |
Sheldon Moldoff, Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu |
2012 |
Dennis Chinnery, The Plague of the Zombies |
2012 |
George Angel Rivas Jr., Conversation with Joseph Garcia and George Rivas |
2012 |
Anne Marie Moss, 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris |
2016 |
French "Utopian" Architect Claude Parent Dies Aged 93 |
2016 |
Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging author Louise Rennison dies aged 64 |
2016 |
Actor George Kennedy, star of Naked Gun, dies aged 91 |
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