Deaths on 14 February
2000s
Tom Noonan
2026
American actor and director (1951–2026)
Carlos Menem
2021
President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999
William Meninger
2021
Trappist monk and spiritual teacher (1932–2021)
Andrea Levy
2019
English author (1956–2019)
Ruud Lubbers
2018
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994
Morgan Tsvangirai
2018
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, 2009 to 2013
Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury
2016
English politician (1928–2016)
Steven Stucky
2016
American composer (1949–2016)
Louis Jourdan
2015
French actor (1921–2015)
Philip Levine (poet)
2015
American poet (1928–2015)
Franjo Mihalić
2015
Yugoslav long-distance runner
Tom Finney
2014
English international footballer (1922–2014)
Chris Pearson (politician)
2014
Canadian politician
Mike Stepovich
2014
American politician (1919–2014)
Glenn Boyer
2013
American writer (1924–2013)
Ronald Dworkin
2013
American legal philosopher (1931–2013)
Mike Bernardo
2012
South African kickboxer (1969–2012)
Tonmi Lillman
2012
Musical artist
Dory Previn
2012
American singer-songwriter (1925–2012)
Péter Rusorán
2012
Hungarian water polo player
George Shearing
2011
British jazz pianist (1919–2011)
Doug Fieger
2010
American singer-songwriter
Dick Francis
2010
English jockey and crime writer (1920–2010)
Linnart Mäll
2010
Estonian historian, orientalist and politician
Bernard Ashley (businessman)
2009
English businessperson and engineer (1926–2009)
Louie Bellson
2009
American jazz drummer (1924–2009)
Perry Lopez
2008
American actor (1929–2008)
Ryan Larkin
2007
Canadian animator, artist, and sculptor (1943–2007)
Gareth Morris
2007
British flautist
Lynden David Hall
2006
English singer and songwriter (1974–2006)
Rafic Hariri
2005
Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998; 2000–2004)
Marco Pantani
2004
Italian cyclist (1970–2004)
Johnny Longden
2003
American horse trainer and jockey (1907–2003)
Nándor Hidegkuti
2002
Hungarian footballer and manager (1922–2002)
Mick Tucker
2002
British drummer (1947–2002)
1900s
John Ehrlichman
1999
American lawyer, Watergate co-conspirator, and writer (1925–1999)
Buddy Knox
1999
American singer-songwriter (1933–1999)
Peter Koch (wood scientist)
1998
American wood scientist
Bob Paisley
1996
English footballer and manager (1919–1996)
Michael V. Gazzo
1995
Film and television actor (1923–1995)
U Nu
1995
1st Prime Minister of Burma
Andrei Chikatilo
1994
Soviet serial killer (1936–1994)
Christopher Lasch
1994
American historian (1932–1994)
James Bond (ornithologist)
1989
American ornithologist and inspiration for the name of the fictional spy
Vincent Crane
1989
English keyboardist (1943–1989)
Frederick Loewe
1988
American composer (1901–1988)
Dmitry Kabalevsky
1987
Russian composer (1904–1987)
Edmund Rubbra
1986
British composer (1901-1986)
Lina Radke
1983
Adolph Dubs
1979
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (1920–1979)
Gertrud Dorka
1976
German archaeologist and prehistorian
George Bacon (CIA officer)
1976
American soldier (1946–1976)
Charlie Christodoulou
1976
British mercenary killed in Angola
Julian Huxley
1975
English biologist and philosopher (1887–1975)
P. G. Wodehouse
1975
English writer (1881–1975)
Stewie Dempster
1974
New Zealand cricketer
Herbert Strudwick
1970
English cricketer (1880–1970)
Vito Genovese
1969
Italian-American mobster (1897–1969)
Sig Ruman
1967
German-American actor (1884–1967)
Baby Dodds
1959
American jazz drummer (1898–1959)
Abdur Rab Nishtar
1958
Pakistani independence activist and politician (1899–1958)
Harold Edward Dahl
1956
American pilot
Maurice De Waele
1952
Belgian cyclist
Karl Guthe Jansky
1950
American physicist and radio engineer (1905–1950)
Yusuf Salman Yusuf
1949
Iraqi Communist activist (1901–1949)
Mordecai Brown
1948
American baseball player and manager (1876–1948)
Dora Gerson
1943
German actress (1899–1943)
David Hilbert
1943
German mathematician (1862–1943)
Adnan Saidi
1942
Malayan soldier (1915–1942)
Erkki Melartin
1937
Finnish composer (1875–1937)
Carl Correns
1933
German botanist and geneticist (1864–1933)
Thomas Mackenzie
1930
Prime minister of New Zealand in 1912
Thomas Burke (sprinter)
1929
American sprinter (1875–1929)
Amalie Andersen (actress)
1924
Norwegian actress (1861–1924)
Charles Henry Turner (zoologist)
1923
American entomologist (1867–1923)
Heikki Ritavuori
1922
Finnish political leader
Giovanni Passannante
1910
Italian anarchist who attempted to assassinate king Umberto I
1800s
Eugène Charles Catalan
1894
French-Belgian mathematician
William Tecumseh Sherman
1891
United States Army general (1820–1891)
Jules Vallès
1885
French journalist and author (1832–1885)
Lydia Hamilton Smith
1884
American businesswoman and housekeeper (died 1884)
Fernando Wood
1881
American politician (1812–1881)
St. John Richardson Liddell
1870
Confederate general
Vicente Guerrero
1831
President of Mexico in 1829
Henry Maudslay
1831
English inventor and machine tool innovator (1771–1831)
John Dickinson
1808
Founding Father of the United States (1732–1808)
Before 1800
Singu Min
1782
King of Burma
William Blackstone
1780
English jurist, judge, and politician (1723–1780)
James Cook
1779
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
Isidro de Espinosa
1755
Spanish missionary
John Hadley
1744
English mathematician (1682–1744)
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot
1737
Lawyer, politician and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (1685–1737)
Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy
1714
Queen of Spain from 1701 to 1714
Abraham Bosse
1676
French artist (1604–1676)
Il Sodoma
1549
Italian Renaissance painter (1477–1549)
Edzard I, Count of East Frisia
1528
Count of East Frisia (1462–1528)
Nicolaus von Tüngen
1489
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
1440
German noble (c. 1390 – 1440)
Richard II of England
1400
King of England from 1377 to 1399
Margaret of France, Queen of England
1317
Queen of England from 1299 to 1307
Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson
1229
12th and 13th-century king in the British Isles
Sviatoslav Olgovich
1164
Prince of Chernigov
Leo I, Prince of Armenia
1140
Lord of Armenian Cilicia from c. 1130 to 1137
Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia
1140
Duke of Bohemia from 1125 to 1140
Fujiwara no Korechika
1010
Japanese noble (974–1010)
Bruno of Querfurt
1009
10th/11th-century monk, bishop, missionary and martyr
Lian Chongyu
945
Zhu Wenjin
945
Ruler of Min from 944 to 945
Cyril and Methodius
869
9th-century Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries
Saint Valentine
269
3rd-century Roman Christian saint