Deaths on 6 February
2000s
Virginia Halas McCaskey
2025
American football executive (1923–2025)
Nigel McCrery
2025
English screenwriter, producer and writer (1953–2025)
Sebastián Piñera
2024
President of Chile (2010–2014; 2018–2022)
Greta Andersen
2023
Danish swimmer (1927–2023)
Lata Mangeshkar
2022
Indian singer (1929–2022)
George Shultz
2021
American economist, diplomat and statesman (1920–2021)
Jhon Jairo Velásquez
2020
Colombian contract killer (1962–2020)
Manfred Eigen
2019
German biophysical chemist (1927–2019)
Rosamunde Pilcher
2019
British novelist (1924–2019)
Donald Lynden-Bell
2018
British theoretical astrophysicist (1935–2018)
Irwin Corey
2017
American comedian and actor (1914–2017)
Inge Keller
2017
German actress (1923–2017)
Alec McCowen
2017
English actor (1925–2017)
Joost van der Westhuizen
2017
South African rugby union player
Dan Gerson
2016
American screenwriter and voice actor (1966–2016)
Dan Hicks (singer)
2016
American singer-songwriter and musician (1941–2016)
André Brink
2015
South African writer (1935–2015)
Alan Nunnelee
2015
American businessman and politician (1958–2015)
Pedro León Zapata
2015
Venezuelan artist, humorist and cartoonist
Vasiľ Biľak
2014
Czechoslovak Communist Statesman
Ralph Kiner
2014
American baseball player and broadcaster (1922–2014)
Maxine Kumin
2014
American poet and author
Vaçe Zela
2014
Albanian singer and songwriter (1939–2014)
Chokri Belaid
2013
Tunisian politician and lawyer
Menachem Elon
2013
Israeli High Court judge
David Rosenhan
2012
American psychologist
Antoni Tàpies
2012
Catalan painter and sculptor
Janice E. Voss
2012
American astronaut and engineer (1956–2012)
Gary Moore
2011
Northern Irish musician (1952–2011)
Philip Carey
2009
American actor (1925–2009)
Shirley Jean Rickert
2009
American actress (1926–2009)
James Whitmore
2009
American actor (1921–2009)
Tony Rolt
2008
British racing driver (1918–2008)
Lew Burdette
2007
American baseball player (1926–2007)
Frankie Laine
2007
American singer (1913–2007)
Willye White
2007
American athlete (1939–2007)
Karl Haas
2005
German-American radio host
Gerald Bouey
2004
4th governor of the Bank of Canada
Max Perutz
2002
Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914–2002)
Filemon Lagman
2001
Filipino trade unionist and revolutionary (1953–2001)
Trần Văn Lắm
2001
South Vietnamese diplomat and politician (1913–2001)
Phil Walters
2000
American racing driver
Hani al-Rahib
2000
Syrian novelist (1939–2000)
1900s
Don Dunstan
1999
Australian politician (1926–1999)
Jimmy Roberts (singer)
1999
Musical artist
Falco (musician)
1998
Austrian musician (1957–1998)
James Merrill
1995
American poet (1926–1995)
Joseph Cotten
1994
American actor (1905–1994)
Jack Kirby
1994
American comic book artist (1917–1994)
Arthur Ashe
1993
American tennis player (1943–1993)
Salvador Luria
1991
Italian American microbiologist (1912–1991)
Danny Thomas
1991
American actor and comedian (1912–1991)
Jimmy Van Heusen
1990
American composer (1913–1990)
Barbara W. Tuchman
1989
American historian and author (1912–1989)
Julien Chouinard
1987
Frederick Coutts
1986
Eighth General of the Salvation Army
Dandy Nichols
1986
British actress (1907–1986)
Minoru Yamasaki
1986
American architect (1912–1986)
James Hadley Chase
1985
English author (1906–1985)
Ben Nicholson
1982
British abstract painter (1894–1982)
Hugo Montenegro
1981
American orchestra leader and film composer (1925–1981)
Ritwik Ghatak
1976
Indian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)
Vince Guaraldi
1976
American jazz pianist (1928–1976)
Julian Steward
1972
American anthropologist (1902 – 1972)
Pete Robinson (drag racer)
1971
American drag racer
Martine Carol
1967
French actress (1920–1967)
Emilio Aguinaldo
1964
Filipino revolutionary leader (1869–1964)
Piero Manzoni
1963
Italian avant-garde artist (1933–1963)
Geoff Bent
1958
English footballer (1932–1958)
Roger Byrne
1958
English footballer (1929–1958)
Eddie Colman
1958
English footballer (1936–1958)
Walter Crickmer
1958
English football manager (1899–1958)
Mark Jones (footballer, born 1933)
1958
English footballer
David Pegg
1958
English footballer (1935–1958)
Frank Swift
1958
English footballer
Tommy Taylor
1958
English footballer (1932–1958)
George VI
1952
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
Gabby Street
1951
American baseball player, manager, and broadcaster (1882–1951)
Jaan Soots
1942
Estonian general and politician
Marianne von Werefkin
1938
Russian artist (1860–1938)
John Earle (Australian politician)
1932
Australian politician (1865–1932)
Motilal Nehru
1931
Indian lawyer and politician (1861–1931)
Maria Christina of Austria
1929
Queen of Spain from 1879 to 1885
Gustav Klimt
1918
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
Rubén Darío
1916
Nicaraguan poet, journalist and writer (1867–1916)
Harriet Samuel
1908
English businesswoman
John Colton (politician)
1902
Australian politician
1800s
Leo von Caprivi
1899
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1890 to 1894
Isabella Beeton
1865
English journalist, publisher and writer (1836–1865)
Richard Lander
1834
British explorer
Pierre André Latreille
1833
French zoologist (1762–1833)
Joseph Priestley
1804
English chemist and polymath (1733–1804)
Before 1800
Carlo Goldoni
1793
Italian playwright (1707–1793)
Capability Brown
1783
English landscape architect
William Dowdeswell (politician, born 1721)
1775
British politician
Pope Clement XII
1740
Head of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740
Ahmed II
1695
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695
Charles II of England
1685
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685
Prospero Alpini
1617
Venetian physician and botanist
Christopher Clavius
1612
German astronomer and mathematician (1538–1612)
Franciscus Patricius
1597
16th-century philosopher
Jacques Amyot
1593
French bishop and scholar (1513–1593)
Emperor Ōgimachi
1593
Emperor of Japan from 1557 to 1586
Edmund Plowden
1585
Member of the Parliament of England
John III, Duke of Cleves
1539
First ruler of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Lorenz von Bibra
1519
Prince bishop of Wurtburg
Aldus Manutius
1515
Italian printer and humanist (1449/1452–1515)
Johannes Ockeghem
1497
Renaissance composer (c. 1410–1497)
Esau de' Buondelmonti
1411
Despot
Joanna of Bourbon
1378
Queen of France from 1364 to 1378
Hōjō Tokimasa
1215
1st Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate (1138–1215)
Thurstan
1140
Archbishop of York from 1114 to 1140
Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily
1135
Queen of Sicily from 1130 to 1135
Photios I of Constantinople
891
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886
Donnchad Midi
797
8th-century Irish monarch
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
743
Umayyad caliph from 724 to 743
Hlothhere of Kent
685
King of Kent from 673 to 685