February 29 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1528 – Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer (b. 1504)
• 1592 – Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540)
• 1604 – John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1530)
• 1740 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
• 1744 – John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)
• 1820 – Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)
• 1848 – Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, French general and painter (b. 1775)
• 1868 – Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
• 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)
• 1928 – Ina Coolbrith, first poet laureate of California (b. 1841)
• 1940 – Edward Frederic Benson, English writer (b. 1867)
• 1944 – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)
• 1956 – Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1964 – Frank Albertson, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1968 – Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886)
• 1980 – Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914)
• 1992 – Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897)
• 1992 – Earl Scheib, American car repainter (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Shams Pahlavi, Persian princess (b. 1917)
• 2000 – Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961)
• 2004 – Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42^nd Yokozuna (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Janet Kagan, American author (b. 1946)