Deaths on 22 February
2000s
El Mencho
2026
Mexican drug lord (1966–2026)
John Lowe (musician)
2024
English pianist (1942–2024)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
2021
American poet (1919–2021)
Brody Stevens
2019
American comedian (1970–2019)
Morgan Woodward
2019
American actor (1925–2019)
Chris Rainbow
2015
Scottish pop rock singer and musician
Charlotte Dawson
2014
New Zealand–Australian television personality
Trebor Jay Tichenor
2014
Leo Vroman
2014
Dutch poet
Atje Keulen-Deelstra
2013
Dutch speed skater (1938–2013)
Jean-Louis Michon
2013
French traditionalist scholar (1924–2013)
Wolfgang Sawallisch
2013
German conductor and pianist (1923–2013)
Sukhbir (writer)
2012
Indian Writer
Frank Carson
2012
Northern Irish comedian and actor (1926–2012)
Marie Colvin
2012
American war correspondent (1956–2012)
Rémi Ochlik
2012
French photojournalist (1983 – 2012)
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
2007
British army officer, politician and businessman (1918–2007)
Dennis Johnson
2007
American basketball player (1954–2007)
S. Rajaratnam
2006
Singaporean politician (1915–2006)
Lee Eun-ju
2005
South Korean actress (1980–2005)
Simone Simon
2005
French actress (1910–2005)
Andy Seminick
2004
American baseball player (1920–2004)
Chuck Jones
2002
American animator (1912–2002)
Jonas Savimbi
2002
Angolan politician and rebel leader (1934–2002)
1900s
William Bronk
1999
American poet (1918–1999)
Menno Oosting
1999
Dutch tennis player (1964–1999)
Abraham Ribicoff
1998
American politician (1910–1998)
Joey Aiuppa
1997
American mobster (1907–1997)
Ed Flanders
1995
American actor (1934–1995)
Papa John Creach
1994
American violinist (1917–1994)
Markos Vafeiadis
1992
Greek communist guerrilla during World War II and Greek Civil War (1906–1992)
David Susskind
1987
American producer and talk show host
Andy Warhol
1987
American artist and filmmaker (1928–1987)
John Donnelly (rugby league)
1986
Australian rugby league footballer
Salvador Espriu
1985
Catalan writer (1913–1985)
Efrem Zimbalist
1985
Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (1889–1985)
Adrian Boult
1983
English conductor (1889–1983)
Romain Maes
1983
Belgian cyclist
Josh Malihabadi
1982
Pakistani poet (1898–1982)
Oskar Kokoschka
1980
Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886–1980)
Angela Baddeley
1976
English actress (1904–1976)
Florence Ballard
1976
American singer (1943–1976)
Jean-Jacques Bertrand
1973
Premier of Quebec from 1968 to 1970
Elizabeth Bowen
1973
Irish writer (1899-1973)
Katina Paxinou
1973
Greek actress (1900–1973)
Winthrop Rockefeller
1973
37th governor of Arkansas from 1967 to 1971
Frédéric Mariotti
1971
French actor
Felix Frankfurter
1965
American jurist (1882–1965)
Nick LaRocca
1961
American jazz cornetist and trumpeter (1889–1961)
Paul-Émile Borduas
1960
Canadian artist (1905–1960)
Maulana Azad
1958
Indian politician and writer (1888–1958)
Osip Brik
1945
Russian, writer, lawyer and literary critic
Kasturba Gandhi
1944
Wife of Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1944)
Fritz Schmenkel
1944
German communist (1916–1944)
Christoph Probst
1943
German medical student and resistance leader executed by the Nazis in 1943
Hans Scholl
1943
Founder of the anti-Nazi White Rose (1918–1943)
Sophie Scholl
1943
German anti-Nazi student activist (1921–1943)
Stefan Zweig
1942
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
Antonio Machado
1939
Spanish poet (1875–1939)
Harriet Converse Moody
1932
American businesswoman and arts patron (1857–1932)
Théophile Delcassé
1923
French statesman (1852–1923)
Ferdinand de Saussure
1913
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
Francisco I. Madero
1913
President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913
Leslie Stephen
1904
English writer and mountaineer (1832–1904)
Hugo Wolf
1903
Austrian composer (1860–1903)
1800s
Heungseon Daewongun
1898
Korean regent (r. 1864–1873)
Charles Blondin
1897
French tightrope walker (1824–1897)
John Jacob Astor III
1890
Union Army officer, capitalist, philanthropist (1822–1890)
Carl Bloch
1890
Danish painter (1834–1890)
Anna Kingsford
1888
English physician, activist, and feminist
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1875
French painter and printmaker (1796–1875)
Charles Lyell
1875
Scottish geologist (1797–1875)
Adam Ferguson
1816
Scottish philosopher and historian (1723–1816)
Before 1800
Heshen
1799
Chinese politician (1750–1799)
Christopher Seider
1770
First American killed in the American Revolution
Francis Atterbury
1732
English man of letters, politician and bishop
Frederik Ruysch
1731
17/18th-century Dutch botanist and anatomist
Charles Le Brun
1690
French painter and art theorist (1619–1690)
La Voisin
1680
French fortune teller and poisoner (d. 1680)
Jean Chapelain
1674
French poet and critic (1595–1674)
Olivier van Noort
1627
Dutch privateer
Amerigo Vespucci
1512
Italian explorer and navigator (1454–1512)
Henry, Duke of Cornwall
1511
Heir apparent of Henry VIII (1511)
Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg
1500
Count of Oldenburg
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas
1452
Scottish nobleman
David II of Scotland
1371
King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371
Margaret of Cortona
1297
Italian Franciscan tertiary and mystic, declared a saint
Roger Borsa
1111
Duke of Apulia and Calabria from 1085 to 1111
John of Fécamp
1079
11th century Italian spiritual writer
Peter Damian
1072
11th-century Benedictine monk
Arnulf III, Count of Flanders
1071
Count of Flanders from 1070 to 1071
Lambert of Chalon
978
García Sánchez I of Pamplona
970
King of Pamplona from 925 to 970
Otto, Duke of Burgundy
965
Duke of Burgundy
Guo Wei
954
Emperor of Later Zhou from 951 to 954
Empress Dowager Wang (Jingzong)
845
Sicga
793
Pope Sabinian
606
Head of the Catholic Church from 604 to 606
Maximianus of Ravenna
556
Italian Roman Catholic saint