Deaths on 9 February
2000s
Tom Robbins
2025
American writer (1932–2025)
Johnny Raper
2022
Australian rugby league player and coach (1939–2022)
Chick Corea
2021
American musician and composer (1941–2021)
Reg E. Cathey
2018
American actor (1958–2018)
Jóhann Jóhannsson
2018
Icelandic musician and composer (1969–2018)
John Gavin
2018
American actor (1931–2018)
André Salvat
2017
Sushil Koirala
2016
Prime Minister of Nepal from 2014 to 2015
Zdravko Tolimir
2016
Bosnian Serb military commander
Liu Han
2015
Chinese mining tycoon, executed in February 2015
Ed Sabol
2015
American filmmaker and founder of NFL Films (1916–2015)
Gabriel Axel
2014
Danish film director, actor, writer and producer
Hal Herring
2014
American football player and coach (1924–2014)
Logan Scott-Bowden
2014
British Army general
Richard Artschwager
2013
American artist (1923–2013)
Keiko Fukuda
2013
Japanese-American martial artist (1913–2013)
Jimmy Smyth (hurler)
2013
Irish hurler
O. P. Dutta
2012
Indian filmmaker and writer
John Hick
2012
English philosopher of religion and theologian (1922–2012)
Joe Moretti
2012
Scottish guitarist (1938–2012)
Miltiadis Evert
2011
Greek politician
Walter Frederick Morrison
2010
American inventor (1920-2010)
Orlando "Cachaíto" López
2009
Cuban bassist and composer
Christopher Hyatt
2008
American psychologist, occultist and writer
Carm Lino Spiteri
2008
Maltese architect and politician (1932–2008)
Jazeh Tabatabai
2008
Iranian artist (1931–2008)
Hank Bauer
2007
American baseball player and manager (1922–2007)
Ian Richardson
2007
Scottish actor (1934–2007)
Freddie Laker
2006
English airline entrepreneur (1922–2006)
Robert Kearns
2005
American engineer and inventor
Claude Ryan
2004
Canadian journalist and politician (1925-2004)
Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda
2003
Turkish mathematician
Isabelle Holland
2002
American author of fiction for children and adults (1920-2022)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
2002
British princess (1930–2002)
Herbert A. Simon
2001
American academic and Nobel Laureate (1916–2001)
1900s
Maurice Schumann
1998
French politician (1911–1998)
J. William Fulbright
1995
American politician (1905–1995)
Kalevi Keihänen
1995
Finnish businessman (1924-1995)
David Wayne
1995
American actor (1914–1995)
Howard Martin Temin
1994
20th-century American geneticist
Osamu Tezuka
1989
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
Yuri Andropov
1984
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984
M. C. Chagla
1981
Indian jurist, diplomat and Cabinet Minister
Bill Haley
1981
American rock and roll music pioneer (1925–1981)
Tom Macdonald (writer)
1980
Welsh journalist and novelist
Allen Tate
1979
American poet, essayist, social commentator (1899–1979)
Costante Girardengo
1978
Italian cyclist
Sergey Ilyushin
1977
Soviet aircraft designer (1894–1977)
Percy Faith
1976
Canadian-American bandleader, orchestrator and composer (1908–1976)
George "Gabby" Hayes
1969
American actor (1885–1969)
Sophie Tucker
1966
Ukrainian-American singer, comedian and actress (1886–1966)
Ahsanullah (educator)
1965
Alexandre Benois
1960
Russian painter (1870–1960)
Ernst von Dohnányi
1960
Hungarian composer and pianist (1877–1960)
Miklós Horthy
1957
Regent of Hungary from 1920 to 1944
Eddy Duchin
1951
American jazz pianist and bandleader (1909–1951)
Ted Theodore
1950
Australian politician (1884–1950)
Ella D. Barrier
1945
American educator and clubwoman (1852–1945)
Lauri Kristian Relander
1942
Finnish politician (1883–1942)
Bob Diry
1935
Austrian boxer
Junnosuke Inoue
1932
A.K. Golam Jilani
1932
Bengali revolutionary
Richard With
1930
Norwegian politician
William Gillies (Australian politician)
1928
Australian politician (1868–1928)
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1906
African-American writer (1872–1906)
Charles Gavan Duffy
1903
Irish poet, politician and journalist
1800s
Johan Jongkind
1891
Dutch painter and printmaker
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1881
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
Jules Michelet
1874
French writer and historian (1798–1874)
Dionysios Solomos
1857
Greek national poet (1798–1857)
Jean François de Saint-Lambert
1803
French poet, philosopher and military officer (1716–1803)
Before 1800
Seth Pomeroy
1777
American gunsmith & soldier (1706–1777)
François Louis, Prince of Conti
1709
King of Poland (titular)
Gerrit Dou
1675
Dutch painter (1613–1675)
Frederick III of Denmark
1670
King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670
Lucilio Vanini
1619
Italian philosopher
John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania
1600
Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz
1588
16th-century Spanish admiral
John Hooper (bishop)
1555
English Protestant bishop, reformer, and martyr (d. 1555)
Rowland Taylor
1555
English Protestant martyr (c.1510–1555)
Agnès Sorel
1450
Royal mistress of Charles VII of France
William I, Margrave of Meissen
1407
Margrave of Meissen
Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine
1251
Duke of Lorraine from 1220 to 1251
Minamoto no Yoritomo
1199
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1192 to 1199
Emperor Taizong of Jin
1135
Emperor of Jin from 1123 to 1135
Yang Yanzhao
1014
Famous general of the Song dynasty
Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
1011
Duke of Saxony
Luitgarde of Vermandois
978
10th-century French noblewoman
Sayf al-Dawla
967
10th-century Muslim ruler of northern Syria
Ono no Michikaze
966
Japanese calligrapher (894–966)