Notable Deaths on February 28th
February 28th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
642 |
Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle |
1261 |
Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies |
1326 |
Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) |
1453 |
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) |
1485 |
Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) |
1510 |
Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer |
1525 |
Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor (1520 - 1521), tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés |
1572 |
Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) |
1573 |
Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 |
1609 |
Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 |
1618 |
Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 |
1621 |
Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590) |
1626 |
Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 |
1638 |
Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 |
1638 |
Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies |
1665 |
Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies |
1737 |
Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 |
1742 |
Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 |
1746 |
Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660) |
1781 |
Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 |
1786 |
John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713) |
1788 |
Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725) |
1796 |
Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 |
1818 |
Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 |
1844 |
Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton |
1844 |
Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton |
1857 |
André Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809) |
1876 |
Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 |
1903 |
Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 |
1905 |
Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 |
1912 |
Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies |
1913 |
Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) |
1916 |
Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 |
1916 |
Henry James, The Wings of the Dove |
1922 |
Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 |
1922 |
Vicente Lleó, La corte de Faraón |
1925 |
Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies |
1925 |
Friedrich Ebert Sr., |
1929 |
Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54 |
1929 |
John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65 |
1929 |
James Corrigan, Her Reputation |
1929 |
Harvey J. O'Higgins, I Married a Doctor |
1931 |
Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness |
1932 |
Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (b. 1851) |
1932 |
Zoltán Ambrus, A gyanú |
1935 |
Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 |
1935 |
Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian composer (b. 1847). |
1935 |
Chiquinha Gonzaga, Forbidden to Forbid |
1936 |
Pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55 |
1936 |
Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1866) |
1936 |
Justus Hagman, Kärlekens ögon |
1936 |
Erich von Ritzau, The Ceremonial Turquoise |
1940 |
Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 |
1941 |
King Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886) |
1941 |
Mary McIvor, The Square Deal Man |
1941 |
King Alfonso XIII, Réception de sa majesté Alphonse XIII à Barcelone |
1941 |
Shorty Miller, Moonlight on the Range |
1942 |
La Belle Raymond, |
1944 |
Marion Sheldon, After the Thin Man |
1945 |
Betty Jardine, A Canterbury Tale |
1946 |
Irene Phillips, Listening In |
1948 |
Camila Quiroga, North Wind |
1948 |
Rod Bacon, The Masked Marvel |
1949 |
Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 |
1949 |
Erland Colliander, Panik |
1949 |
Charles Hanson Towne, The Fighting Roosevelts |
1951 |
Vsevolod Vishnevskiy, Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god |
1951 |
Arthur Stuart Hull, The Palm Beach Story |
1954 |
Kazimierz Gella, Bialy Murzyn |
1956 |
Emile Buisson, French murderer executed (b. 1902) |
1956 |
Grace Johnson, The Last Tide |
1958 |
Alice Gentle, The Song of the Flame |
1958 |
Crane Whitley, The Flying Deuces |
1958 |
Guillermo Calles, Dios y ley |
1959 |
Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 |
1959 |
Maxwell Anderson, Meet Joe Black |
1959 |
Luella Forepaugh, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
1960 |
F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74 |
1960 |
Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68 |
1961 |
Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64 |
1961 |
Andrei Moskvin, Ivan the Terrible, Part I |
1962 |
Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 |
1962 |
Eric Alden, The Ten Commandments |
1962 |
Nell Roy Buck, Forever |
1962 |
Duka Tadic, It Was Not Useless |
1963 |
Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58 |
1963 |
Rajendra Prasad, First President of India (b. 1884) |
1963 |
Theodore Newton, Friendly Persuasion |
1963 |
Eppa Rixey, 1915 World's Championship Series |
1964 |
Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78 |
1965 |
Adolf Scharf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74 |
1965 |
Rudolph Berliner, The Great Shadow |
1966 |
Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet |
1966 |
Elliot McKay See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash |
1967 |
Henry Luce, American publisher (b. 1898) |
1968 |
Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41 |
1968 |
Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66 |
1968 |
Homer Ackerman, The Painted Desert |
1972 |
Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies |
1973 |
Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 |
1973 |
Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79 |
1974 |
Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89 |
1975 |
Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83 |
1976 |
Ferdinand Khittl, Das magische Band |
1977 |
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71 |
1978 |
Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 |
1978 |
Philip Ahn, Los Angeles California, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66 |
1978 |
Philip Ahn, American actor (b. 1905) |
1978 |
Janusz Meissner, Wraki |
1979 |
Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 |
1979 |
Mr Ed, talking horse, dies |
1979 |
Paul Alverdes, German writer (b. 1897) |
1979 |
Ethel Remey, Guiding Light |
1979 |
Ettore Bevilacqua, Il Bidone |
1979 |
Rosolino Bua, The Leopard |
1980 |
Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies |
1980 |
Charles Mountain, The Blues Brothers |
1981 |
Virginia Huston, Out of the Past |
1981 |
Álvaro Cunqueiro, Sinbad |
1981 |
Talbot Rothwell, Carry On... Up the Khyber |
1981 |
Joseph V. Mascelli, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? |
1982 |
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba, La calle sin sol |
1982 |
Eddie Philips, No Way to Treat a Lady |
1983 |
Gilbert Davis, The Entertainer |
1984 |
Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies |
1984 |
Osvaldo Pacheco, El profesor erótico |
1984 |
Georges Tabet, The Great Promenade |
1984 |
Nora Mäkinen, The Song of the Scarlet Flower |
1984 |
Edward B. Powell, Modern Times |
1985 |
Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC |
1985 |
David Byron, English singer (Uriah Heep) (b. 1947) |
1985 |
Ray Ellington, English singer (b. 1916) |
1985 |
David Byron, Episode #1.3 |
1985 |
Charita Bauer, The Cradle Will Fall |
1985 |
Orville Goldner, King Kong |
1985 |
Ray Ellington, Episode #2.14 |
1985 |
Joan Blake, The Big Premiere |
1985 |
J.O. Söderhjelm, Hylätty tarjous |
1986 |
Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59 |
1986 |
Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (b. 1900) |
1986 |
Olof Palme, Gäst hos Hagge |
1986 |
John Fletcher, About the White Bus |
1986 |
William Dollar, The Goldwyn Follies |
1986 |
Laura Z. Hobson, Gentleman's Agreement |
1986 |
Mieczyslaw Bram, Shtern oyfn dakh |
1986 |
Malcolm Beelby, The Death of a Teacher |
1986 |
Vera Lund, Storm över skären |
1986 |
Gustav Horowitz, Americaner Shadchen |
1986 |
Gustav H. Heimo, Americaner Shadchen |
1987 |
Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 |
1987 |
Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67 |
1987 |
Nora Kaye, The Secret of My Succe$s |
1987 |
Anny Ondra, Blackmail |
1987 |
Joan Greenwood, Kind Hearts and Coronets |
1988 |
Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 |
1988 |
Asakazu Nakai, Seven Samurai |
1988 |
Harvey Kuenn, 1983 MLB All-Star Game |
1989 |
Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46 |
1989 |
Valeri Loginov, Tainstvennyy uznik |
1989 |
Hans Trommer, Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe |
1989 |
Richard Armour, Episode #9.3 |
1989 |
Hermann Burger, Schilten |
1989 |
Albin Siekierski, Czerwone berety |
1990 |
Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies |
1990 |
Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86 |
1990 |
Tuppy Owen-Smith, South African cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies |
1990 |
Kornel Filipowicz, Szklana kula |
1990 |
Colin Milburn, Colin Milburn |
1990 |
Fabia Drake, A Room with a View |
1990 |
Wallace Reid Jr., The Racing Strain |
1990 |
Taylor Flaniken, The Hitch-Hiker |
1990 |
Pat Doody, Mr & Mrs |
1990 |
Emma Tsesarskaya, Tikhiy Don |
1990 |
Mario Craveri, Lost Continent |
1990 |
Zdzislaw Gozdawa, Sprawa do zalatwienia |
1991 |
Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies |
1991 |
Wassily Hoeffding, American statistician (b. 1914) |
1991 |
Lyudmila Kryachun, Kak zayka letal na vozdushnyh sharikah |
1991 |
Milosz Maszynski, Maskarada |
1991 |
Abel Quezada, There Are No Thieves in This Village |
1992 |
Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 |
1992 |
Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies |
1992 |
La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53 |
1992 |
Heinz Maria Ledig-Rowohlt, Erinnerung an einen Sommer in Berlin |
1992 |
Dries Krijn, Cesare |
1992 |
Tadeusz Minc, Identification Marks: None |
1993 |
Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies |
1993 |
Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies at 70 |
1993 |
Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 |
1993 |
Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at 94 |
1993 |
Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82 |
1993 |
Joyce Carey, Brief Encounter |
1993 |
Ruby Keeler, 42nd Street |
1993 |
Agnes Lauchlan, Oh, Mr. Porter! |
1993 |
Ishirô Honda, Godzilla |
1993 |
Franco Brusati, Romeo and Juliet |
1994 |
Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86 |
1994 |
Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88 |
1994 |
Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77 |
1994 |
George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at 92 |
1994 |
Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90 |
1994 |
Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87 |
1994 |
Blanka Raffay, Egy bolond százat csinál |
1994 |
Enrico Maria Salerno, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage |
1994 |
Jürgen von Alten, Die Sterne lügen nicht |
1994 |
Zarko Cvejic, Episode #1.2 |
1995 |
Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69 |
1995 |
Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies |
1995 |
Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92 |
1995 |
René Pascal, Au Hasard Balthazar |
1995 |
Max Rudolf, Festival of Music |
1995 |
Ken Hare, I'm All Right Jack |
1996 |
Daniel Chipenda, Angolan politician and field commander, dies at 64 |
1996 |
Masaji B. Murai, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1996 |
Frantisek Daniel, Není stále zamraceno |
1996 |
Veselin Donov, Fatherland Newsreel |
1997 |
Ann Corcoran, In the Meantime, Darling |
1997 |
Dick Paxton, Word of Honor |
1997 |
Ray Galvin, Lurch and His Harpsichord |
1997 |
Tony Bridgewater, ... By Eurovision & Satellite |
1998 |
Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (b. 1952) |
1998 |
Arkady Shevchenko, Soviet diplomat (b. 1930) |
1998 |
Dermot Morgan, The First Snow of Winter |
1998 |
Gordon Bell, Impostor's Gold |
1998 |
Stepan Krylov, Ivan's Childhood |
1998 |
Todd Duncan, Unchained |
1998 |
Horst Schier, Taxi zum Klo |
1999 |
Christine Glanville, British Puppeteer (. 1924) |
1999 |
Ignacio Pendas, Secuestro en Acapulco |
1999 |
Christine Glanville, Labyrinth |
1999 |
Irene Yeager, Way of the Strong |
1999 |
Carlton Sand, She Loved a Fireman |
1999 |
Marjorie Marquissee, The Belle of Kenosha |
1999 |
Bill Talbert, Episode dated 9 January 1955 |
1999 |
Anthea Askey, Bill Goes on the Stage |
2000 |
Marina Levtova, Podzemelye vedm |
2000 |
Sandy Blaylock, Robot Jox |
2000 |
Alain Terrane, The Adultress |
2000 |
Janet Reed, Music of Williamsburg |
2000 |
George Siravo, Something in the Wind |
2001 |
Robert Brandt, Blonde in Bondage |
2002 |
Mary Stuart, American actress (b. 1926) |
2002 |
Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (b. 1920) |
2002 |
Helmut Zacharias, Auf den Flügeln bunter Träume |
2002 |
Mary Stuart, One Life to Live |
2003 |
Chris Brasher, English athlete (b. 1928) |
2003 |
Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (b. 1917) |
2003 |
Roger Michael Needham, British cryptographer (b. 1935) |
2003 |
Rudolf Kingslake, Lens designer, and Engineer (b. 1903) |
2003 |
Dinos Dimopoulos, The Little Dolphins |
2003 |
Christopher Brasher, Commonwealth Games 1958 |
2003 |
Frankie Hewitt, An American Celebration at Ford's Theater |
2003 |
Ivan Klapper, Night of April 14th |
2003 |
Yô Inoue, Patlabor: The Mobile Police |
2004 |
Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914) |
2004 |
Carmen Laforet, famed Spanish novelist |
2004 |
Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982) |
2004 |
Ken Carter, Don't Go in the Woods |
2004 |
Carmen Laforet, Nada |
2004 |
Eivor Engelbrektsson, Girls Without Rooms |
2004 |
Erkki Rapo, Episode dated 22 November 1980 |
2004 |
Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers |
2005 |
Chris Curtis, Saturday Night Out |
2005 |
Boris Ivanov, A Man from Boulevard des Capucines |
2005 |
Pam Carter, Citizen Ruth |
2005 |
Antônio Carlos, Quanto Mais Samba Melhor |
2006 |
Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920) |
2006 |
Roberta Storm, Color of Night |
2006 |
John La Rose, The Mangrove Nine |
2006 |
Alfred Baalas, The Searchers |
2006 |
Flórián Kaló, Le a cipövel! |
2006 |
Katica Dakic, The Climber |
2007 |
Baron Charles Forte, Italian-born hotelier (b. 1908) |
2007 |
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b.1917) |
2007 |
Billy Thorpe, Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (b. 1946) |
2007 |
Frank Seton, Burglers at Large |
2007 |
Billy Thorpe, Waiting for Dutch |
2007 |
Lala Schneider, Maré Alta |
2007 |
Helen Pender, Mildred Pierce |
2007 |
Egon Monk, Die Bertinis |
2007 |
Anna Tassopoulis, Tolle Nacht |
2007 |
Turo Pajala, Ariel |
2007 |
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Noel Field - Der erfundene Spion |
2007 |
Gennadi Shkuratov, Petlya Oriona |
2007 |
Nicholas Hondrogen, Perfect Moment |
2008 |
Mike Smith, English musician (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1943) |
2008 |
Michel Bataille, Cinq jours d'automne |
2008 |
Maria Meissner, Leben für den FC Bayern |
2008 |
Len Peterson, Summer Is for Kids |
2008 |
Jorma Molarius, Mystinen ilta |
2008 |
Julian Rathbone, Gefährliche Spiele |
2008 |
John Bliss, Intolerable Cruelty |
2008 |
Senih Orkan, Topkapi |
2008 |
Mike Smith, Episode dated 27 March 1986 |
2008 |
Aharon Amir, Ha-Etmol Shel Maher |
2008 |
Gito Rollies, Ada apa dengan cinta? |
2009 |
Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster, dies at 90 |
2009 |
Tom Sturdivant, Game 7 |
2009 |
Johnny Holiday, The Boston Teddy Bear Co. |
2009 |
Al Lewis, The Uncle Al Show |
2009 |
Pepe Hern, The Magnificent Seven |
2009 |
Paul Harvey, Beautiful Dreamer |
2010 |
Ninì Grassia, First Action Hero |
2010 |
Rose Gray, Life Vest Inside: Kindness Boomerang |
2010 |
Phillip Garth Law, Antarctic Pioneers |
2010 |
Bohdan Ejmont, Europa Europa |
2010 |
Eugene Greytak, Sister Act |
2010 |
Jarmila Turnovská, Popelka |
2010 |
Martin Benson, Goldfinger |
2010 |
José Mindlin, Feliz Ano Velho |
2010 |
Jorge Villamil, El embajador de la India |
2011 |
Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931) |
2011 |
Peter Gomes, Harvard University Chaplain (b. 1942) |
2011 |
Annie Girardot, The Piano Teacher |
2011 |
Wally Yonamine, Nihon puro yakyuu: Souseiki no otoko tachi |
2011 |
Andreas Bisowski, Brinkmanns Zorn |
2011 |
Peter J. Gomes, For the Bible Tells Me So |
2011 |
Jane Russell, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
2011 |
Joaquín Blanco, Blood River |
2011 |
Carlo Bixio, Do You Like Hitchcock? |
2011 |
Andrzej Majewski, Pharaoh |
2011 |
Doyald Young, Doyald Young, Logotype Designer |
2011 |
Jay Crimp, Jagged Edge |
2011 |
Edward Stephenson, Victory at Entebbe |
2011 |
Nick LaTour, Don Juan DeMarco |
2012 |
Miyoko Nakamura, The Sting of Death |
2012 |
Jim Green, Citizen Sam |
2012 |
Frank Liedel, De kapersbrief |
2012 |
Jing Bai, Kung Fu Wing Chun |
2012 |
Hal Roach, An Audience with Hal Roach |
2012 |
Fritz Hakl, The Tin Drum |
2013 |
Bruce Reynolds, English criminal, dies at 81 |
2013 |
Donald A. Glaser, CERN, or The Factory for the Absolute |
2013 |
Daniel Darc, Rendez-vous avec Jane |
2013 |
Bruce Reynolds, The Great Train Robbery |
2013 |
Armando Trovajoli, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 |
2014 |
Rostislav Belyakov, Russian chief designer of the MiG fighter jet, dies at 94 |
2014 |
Hugo Brandt Corstius, Episode #10.5 |
2014 |
Randy Trautman, 1982 NFL Draft |
2014 |
Tex Hill, Law of the Sixgun |
2014 |
Joseph Ackler, 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain |
2014 |
James Tague, JFK: The Lost Bullet |
2014 |
Norman Yonemoto, Garage Sale |
2014 |
Inge Schulz, I Only Want You to Love Me |
2014 |
Ryszard Rydzewski, Alabama |
2014 |
Aimée Thurlo, Second Sunrise |
2015 |
Braulio Castillo, Ángel |
2015 |
Ezra Laderman, And David Wept |
2015 |
Héctor Colomé, Dark Blue Almost Black |
2015 |
Sarah Foot, Labour's Old Romantic |
2015 |
Tom Bettis, Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns |
2015 |
Jacques Giraldeau, The Irises |
2015 |
Anthony Mason, Celebrity |
2015 |
Alex Johnson, 1970 MLB All-Star Game |
2015 |
Yasar Kemal, Iron Earth, Copper Sky |
2015 |
Evan Thompson, Part One |
2015 |
Arkadi Kushlyansky, And Quiet Flows the Don |
2018 |
Former Doctor Who actor Peter Miles dies aged 89 |
2018 |
James Bond director Lewis Gilbert has died, aged 97 |
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