History Deaths on February 16

Keith Haring, American painter and activist (b. 1958)

#Keith_Haring

R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1957)

#R._R._Patil

Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist and academic (b. 1912)

#Chien-Shiung_Wu

Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)

#Giosuè_Carducci

Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)

#Gary_Carter

Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (b. 1895)

#Erich_Hückel

Elyse Knox, American model, actress, and fashion designer (b. 1917)

#Elyse_Knox

Lasse Braun, Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)

#Lasse_Braun

Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (b. 1966)

#Johnny_Grunge

John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1332)

#John_V_Palaiologos

Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)

#Edgar_Speyer

Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)

#Tony_Sheridan

Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury

#Richard_of_Dover

Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)

#Thomas_Bracken

Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician, 22nd President of Brazil (b. 1917)

#Jânio_Quadros

Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632)

#Esprit_Fléchier

Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)

#Octave_Mirbeau

Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908)

#Marceline_Day

Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)

#Vera_Kholodnaya

Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)

#Josef_Hofmann

Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)

#Afonso_III_of_Portugal

Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

#Dadasaheb_Phalke

Anthony Shadid, American journalist (b. 1968)

#Anthony_Shadid

Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (b. 1916)

#Howard_W._Koch

John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)

#John_Garand

Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (b. 1941)

#Bruno_Ganz

Justinas Marcinkevi?ius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (b. 1930)

#Justinas_Marcinkevi?ius

Ken Farragut, American football player (b. 1928)

#Ken_Farragut

Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)

#Morgan_Taylor

Roberto Aizenberg, Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1922)

#Roberto_Aizenberg

Rusty Magee, American actor and composer (b. 1955)

#Rusty_Magee

Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, South Korean cardinal (b. 1921)

#Stephen_Kim_Sou-hwan

Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

#Ferdinand_Buisson

Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1918)

#Grigory_Pomerants

Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)

#Nicholas_of_Japan

Lila Kedrova, Russian-French actress and singer

#Lila_Kedrova

Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)

#Smiley_Burnette

Michael Shea, American author (b. 1946)

#Michael_Shea_(author)

Jean du Bellay, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1493)

#Jean_du_Bellay

Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)

#Félix_Faure

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1922)

#Boutros_Boutros-Ghali

Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)

#Richard_Mead

William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)

#William_Pennington

Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)

#Georg_Carl_von_Döbeln

Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)

#Rózsa_Péter

Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (b. 1905)

#Pat_Brown

James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1686)

#James_Craggs_the_Younger

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Spanish explorer (b. 1509)

#Gonzalo_Jiménez_de_Quesada

Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)

#Johannes_Stöffler

Walter Winterbottom, English footballer and manager (b. 1913)

#Walter_Winterbottom

Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)

#Dazzy_Vance

Rupert I, Elector Palatine (b. 1309)

#Rupert_I,_Elector_Palatine

Roger Bowen, American actor and author (b. 1932)

#Roger_Bowen

Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1971)

Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

#Lesley_Gore

Gert Krawinkel, German guitarist (b. 1947)

Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (b. 1991)

John Macionis, American swimmer and lieutenant (b. 1916)

Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922)

Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (b. 1925)

Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915)

Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (b. 1911)

Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (b. 1908)

Brownie McGhee, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)

Herman Wold, Norwegian-Swedish economist and statistician (b. 1908)

Angela Carter, English novelist, short story writer (b. 1940)

Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan lieutenant and engineer (b. 1932)

M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (b. 1918)

Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)

Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585)

Gertrude of Hohenburg, queen consort of Germany (b. c.1225)

Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)

Mary the Younger, Byzantine saint (b. 875)

Zhu Yi, Chinese general (b. 483)