February 8 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1204 – Alexius IV Angelus, deposed Eastern Roman Emperor (b. c. 1182)
• 1250 – Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216)
• 1250 – Sir William II Longespee (b. 1212)
• 1265 – Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)
• 1296 – King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
• 1529 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)
• 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)
• 1599 – Robert Rollock, Scottish educator (b. 1555)
• 1623 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
• 1696 – Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 – Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
• 1749 – Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 – Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
• 1768 – George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
• 1772 – Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (b. 1719)
• 1847 – Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German politician (b. 1781)
• 1849 – France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (b. 1800)
• 1849 – François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (b. 1781)
• 1856 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)
• 1907 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (b. 1854)
• 1910 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
• 1921 – Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b. 1842)
• 1921 – George Formby, Sr., English entertainer (b. 1876)
• 1921 – Barrett Wendell, American academic and author (b. 1855)
• 1924 – Gee Jon First man in U.S. to be executed by lethal gas. (b. 1895)
• 1929 – Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain (b. 1858)
• 1932 – Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, New York City gangster from County Donegal in Ireland (b. 1908)
• 1936 – Charles Curtis, 1st American-Indian Vice-President USA (b. 1860)
• 1956 – Connie Mack, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1862)
• 1957 – Walther Bothe, German physicist and inventor, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
• 1957 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1960 – Giles Gilbert Scott, British architect (b. 1880)
• 1960 – John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher, (b. 1911)
• 1963 – George Dolenz, American actor, father of Micky Dolenz (b. 1908)
• 1964 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (b. 1888)
• 1972 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
• 1977 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
• 1980 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
• 1982 – John Hay Whitney, American financier (b. 1904)
• 1984 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
• 1985 – William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1901)
• 1987 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1990 – Del Shannon, American entertainer (suicide) (b. 1934)
• 1992 – Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1993 – N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Raymond Scott, American composer (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1998 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
• 1998 – Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
• 1998 – Enoch Powell, British politician (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Bob Collins, American radio broadcaster (b. 1942)
• 2000 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
• 2001 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore (b. 1936)
• 2004 – Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
• 2006 – Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and entertainer (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American professor and reincarnation expert (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Frank J. Dixon, American immunologist (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)
• 2009 – Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982)
• 2010 – John Murtha, American politician (b. 1932)