Famous People Who Died in February
Remembering actors, musicians, athletes, scientists, and other notable figures who passed away in February.
47 biography pages
Agostino Bassi
b. 1773 — d. February 8, 1856
Alexandros Koumoundouros
b. 1815 — d. February 26, 1883
Andy Warhol
b. 1928 — d. February 22, 1987
Anne Frank
b. 1929 — d. February 1945
Bahadur Shah I
b. 1643 — d. February 27, 1712
Banjo Paterson
b. 1864 — d. February 5, 1941
Bertrand Russell
b. 1872 — d. February 2, 1970
Betty Friedan
b. 1921 — d. February 4, 2006
Bobby Troup
b. 1918 — d. February 7, 1999
Burt Bacharach
b. 1928 — d. February 8, 2023
Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria
b. 1468 — d. February 10, 1524
Chien-Shiung Wu
b. 1912 — d. February 16, 1997
Chris Kyle
b. 1974 — d. February 2, 2013
David Watkin
b. 1925 — d. February 19, 2008
Deendayal Upadhyaya
b. 1916 — d. February 11, 1968
Don Bradman
b. 1908 — d. February 25, 2001
El Santo
b. 1917 — d. February 5, 1984
François Habeneck
b. 1781 — d. February 8, 1849
George VI
b. 1895 — d. February 6, 1952
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
b. 1857 — d. February 17, 1905
Hap Day
b. 1901 — d. February 17, 1990
Harper Lee
b. 1926 — d. February 19, 2016
Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg
b. 1479 — d. February 6, 1552
Heshen
b. 1750 — d. February 22, 1799
Jane C. Wright
b. 1919 — d. February 19, 2013
Joey Aiuppa
b. 1907 — d. February 22, 1997
Lillie Langtry
b. 1853 — d. February 12, 1929
Luis Aragonés
b. 1938 — d. February 1, 2014
Malcolm X
b. 1925 — d. February 21, 1965
Mariano José de Larra
b. 1809 — d. February 13, 1837
Max Erdmannsdörfer
b. 1848 — d. February 14, 1905
McLean Stevenson
b. 1927 — d. February 15, 1996
Michele Ferrero
b. 1925 — d. February 14, 2015
Moses Gomberg
b. 1866 — d. February 12, 1947
Oliver Heaviside
b. 1850 — d. February 3, 1925
P. F. Strawson
b. 1919 — d. February 13, 2006
Qianlong Emperor
b. 1711 — d. February 7, 1799
Richard Wagner
b. 1813 — d. February 13, 1883
Sally Kellerman
b. 1937 — d. February 24, 2022
Sandro Pertini
b. 1896 — d. February 24, 1990
Shirley Temple
b. 1928 — d. February 10, 2014
Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II
b. — d. February 3, 456
Tomoyuki Yamashita
b. 1885 — d. February 23, 1946
Walter Crickmer
b. — d. February 6, 1958
Whitney Houston
b. 1963 — d. February 11, 2012
William Masters
b. 1915 — d. February 16, 2001
Zygmunt Krasiński
b. 1812 — d. February 23, 1859