History Deaths on February 15

Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924)

#Thelma_Estrin

Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)

#Matthias_Braun

Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)

#Ghalib

Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)

#Wally_Cox

Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

#Richard_Feynman

Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)

#Pierre_François_Verhulst

Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)

#Minnie_Maddern_Fiske

Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)

#Mikhail_Glinka

Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)

#Nat_King_Cole

Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)

#Pat_Sullivan_(film_producer)

Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (b. 1914)

#Howard_K._Smith

Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1979)

#Steve_Montador

Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)

#Archibald_Menzies

George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (b. 1917)

#George_Gaynes

Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)

#Tim_Holt

Stuart McLean, Canadian radio broadcaster (b. 1948)

#Stuart_McLean

Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)

#Dimitrie_Ghica

Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (b. 1887)

#Kurt_Atterberg

Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (b. 1935)

#Sanan_Kachornprasart

Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)

#Lionel_Monckton

H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)

#H._H._Asquith

Conrad III, king of Germany (b. 1093)

#Conrad_III_of_Germany

María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)

#María_Elena_Moyano

Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)

#Lew_Wallace

Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)

#Camilo_Torres_Restrepo

Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)

#Henry_Hunt_(politician)

Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)

#Vincent_de_Moro-Giafferi

McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)

#McLean_Stevenson

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)

#Kuzma_Petrov-Vodkin

Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)

#Theodor_Escherich

François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)

#François-Marie-Thomas_Chevalier_de_Lorimier

Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887)

#Antonio_Moreno

Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)

#Gregor_von_Helmersen

Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)

#Basil_Hall_Chamberlain

Avon Long, American actor and singer (b. 1910)

#Avon_Long

Haron Amin, Afghan diplomat, Afghan Ambassador to Japan

#Haron_Amin

Jeanne M. Holm, American general (b. 1921)

#Jeanne_M._Holm

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)

#Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1385)

#Richard_de_Vere,_11th_Earl_of_Oxford

Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)

#Hermann_von_Boyen

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)

#Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing

Henry Way Kendall, American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)

#Henry_Way_Kendall

Lee Radziwill, American socialite (b. 1933)

#Lee_Radziwill

Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (b. 1908)

#Martha_Gellhorn

Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (b. 1443)

#Giovanni_II_Bentivoglio

José de Acosta, Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (b. 1540)

#José_de_Acosta

Gerard Antoni Cio?ek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)

#Gerard_Antoni_Cio?ek

Leontios, Byzantine emperor

#Leontios

Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)

#Frederick_Louis,_Prince_of_Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (b. 1908)

#Ethel_Merman

Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)

#Germinal_Pierre_Dandelin

Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571)

#Michael_Praetorius

Jens Evensen, Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician, Norwegian Minister of Trade (b. 1917)

#Jens_Evensen

Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)

#Owen_Willans_Richardson

Vanity, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (b. 1959)

Arnaud de Borchgrave, American journalist and author (b. 1926)

Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)

Ahmed Rajib Haider, Bangladeshi atheist blogger

Cyril Domb, English-Israel physicist and academic (b. 1920)

Johnny Weaver, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1935)

Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)

Walker Edmiston, American actor (b. 1925)

Samuel T. Francis, American historian and journalist (b. 1947)

Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)

Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)

Angus MacLean, Canadian commander and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1914)

Big L, American rapper (b. 1974)

William Schuman, American composer and academic (b. 1910)

Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)

Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)

Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)

Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)

William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (b. c. 1339)

Lucius II, pope of the Catholic Church

Su Yugui, Chinese chancellor (b. 895)

Tiberios III, Byzantine emperor

Oswiu, king of Northumbria (b. c. 612)