History Deaths on February 06

Ben Nicholson, British painter (b. 1894)

#Ben_Nicholson

Charles II of England (b. 1630)

#Charles_II_of_England

Maxine Kumin, American author and poet (b. 1925)

#Maxine_Kumin

Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)

#Joseph_Priestley

Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1913)

#Frankie_Laine

Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)

#Prospero_Alpini

Antoni Tàpies, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1923)

#Antoni_Tàpies

George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)

#George_VI

Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)

#Tony_Rolt

Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)

#Dan_Hicks_(singer)

Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1958)

#Alan_Nunnelee

Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)

#Pope_Clement_XII

John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)

#John_Earle_(Australian_politician)

Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)

#Jaan_Soots

Inge Keller, German actress (b. 1923)

#Inge_Keller

Salvador Luria, Italian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

#Salvador_Luria

Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)

#Maria_Christina_of_Austria

Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1584)

#Philipp_Julius,_Duke_of_Pomerania

James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921)

#James_Whitmore

Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)

#Carlo_Goldoni

Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1956)

#Janice_E._Voss

Danny Thomas, American actor, producer, and humanitarian (b. 1914)

#Danny_Thomas

Donnchad Midi, Irish king (b. 733)

#Donnchad_Midi

John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)

#John_Colton_(politician)

Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922)

#Ralph_Kiner

Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (b. 1939)

#Vaçe_Zela

Franciscus Patricius, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1529)

#Franciscus_Patricius

Irwin Corey, American comedian and actor (b. 1914)

#Irwin_Corey

Willye White, American runner and long jumper (b. 1939)

#Willye_White

Capability Brown, English gardener and architect (b. 1716)

#Capability_Brown

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)

#Alfred,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha

Photios I of Constantinople (b. 810)

#Photios_I_of_Constantinople

Julian Steward, American anthropologist (b. 1902)

#Julian_Steward

Pedro León Zapata, Venezuelan cartoonist (b. 1929)

#Pedro_León_Zapata

Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)

#Pierre_André_Latreille

Joanna of Bourbon (b. 1338)

#Joanna_of_Bourbon

James Merrill, American poet and playwright (b. 1926)

#James_Merrill

John III, Duke of Cleves (b. 1491)

#John_III,_Duke_of_Cleves

H?j? Tokimasa, Japanese shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (b. 1138)

#H?j?_Tokimasa

Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)

#Lew_Burdette

victims of the Munich air disaster - Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932) - Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929) - Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. 1936) - Walter Crickmer, English footballer and manager (b. 1900) - Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933) - David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935) - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913) - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932)

#Munich_air_disaster

Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)

#Martine_Carol

Emperor ?gimachi of Japan (b. 1517)

#Emperor_?gimachi

Vasi? Bi?ak, Slovak politician (b. 1917)

#Vasi?_Bi?ak

Jacques Amyot, French author and translator (b. 1513)

#Jacques_Amyot

Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)

#Emilio_Aguinaldo

Gary Moore, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1952)

#Gary_Moore

Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)

#Ritwik_Ghatak

James Hadley Chase, English-Swiss soldier and author (b. 1906)

#James_Hadley_Chase

Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

#Gustav_Klimt

André Brink, South African author and playwright (b. 1935)

#André_Brink

Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)

#Isabella_Beeton

Don Dunstan, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (b. 1926)

#Don_Dunstan

Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1410)

#Johannes_Ockeghem

Edmund Plowden, English lawyer and scholar (b. 1518)

#Edmund_Plowden

Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)

#Max_Perutz

Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)

#Gabby_Street

Lorenz von Bibra, Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg (b. 1459)

#Lorenz_von_Bibra

Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)

#Motilal_Nehru

Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)

#Jimmy_Van_Heusen

Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)

#Jack_Kirby

Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905)

#Joseph_Cotten

Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby union footballer (b. 1971)

#Joost_van_der_Westhuizen

Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)

#Frederick_Coutts

Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)

#Rubén_Darío

Aldus Manutius, Italian publisher, founded the Aldine Press (b. 1449)

#Aldus_Manutius

Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538)

#Christopher_Clavius

Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)

#Marianne_von_Werefkin

John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)

#John_Reid_(British_Army_officer)

Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (b. 1913)

#Karl_Haas

Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)

#Leo_von_Caprivi

Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1943)

#Arthur_Ashe

Chokri Belaid, Tunisian lawyer and politician (b. 1964)

#Chokri_Belaid

Menachem Elon, German-Israeli academic and jurist (b. 1923)

#Menachem_Elon

Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)

#Ahmed_II

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph (b. 691)

#Hisham_ibn_Abd_al-Malik

Falco, Austrian pop-rock musician (b. 1957)

#Falco_(musician)

Alec McCowen, English actor (b. 1925)

Dan Gerson, American screenwriter (b. 1966)

David Rosenhan, American psychologist and academic (b. 1929)

Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925)

Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and economist (b. 1920)

Filemon Lagman, Filipino theoretician and activist (b. 1953)

Phil Walters, American race car driver (b. 1916)

Jimmy Roberts, American tenor (b. 1924)

Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (b. 1912)

Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1929)

Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (b. 1912)

Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)

Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925)

Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928)

Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)

Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)

William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721)

Esau de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Epirus

King Sigurd II of Norway (b. 1133)

Thurstan, Archbishop of York