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History Deaths on February 18


J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)

#J._Robert_Oppenheimer

Albert Payson Terhune
Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)

#Albert_Payson_Terhune

Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Albert II, duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)

#Albert_II,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg

Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)

#Anna_Maria_Luisa_de'_Medici

Norma McCorvey
Norma McCorvey, American abortion rights activist; Plaintiff, Roe v. Wade (b. 1947)

#Norma_McCorvey

Nikhil Baran Sengupta
Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Indian art director and production designer (b. 1943)

#Nikhil_Baran_Sengupta

Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor (b. 1215)

#Kublai_Khan

Gustave Charpentier
Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)

#Gustave_Charpentier

Balthus
Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)

#Balthus

Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)

#Ngaio_Marsh

Kristijonas Donelaitis
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)

#Kristijonas_Donelaitis

Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)

#Joseph-Armand_Bombardier

William Phips
William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)

#William_Phips

Joseph Marie Terray
Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)

#Joseph_Marie_Terray

David King Udall
David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)

#David_King_Udall

Clyde Stubblefield
Clyde Stubblefield, American drummer (b. 1943)

#Clyde_Stubblefield

Nikolay Zinin
Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)

#Nikolay_Zinin

Ivan Koloff
Ivan Koloff, Canadian wrestler (b. 1942)

#Ivan_Koloff

Gertrude Vanderbilt (actress)
Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c.?1885)

#Gertrude_Vanderbilt_(actress)

Andy Devine
Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)

#Andy_Devine

Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)

#Kevin_Ayers

Billy Murdoch
Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)

#Billy_Murdoch

John Whitehurst
John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)

#John_Whitehurst

Frank James
Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)

#Frank_James

Jack Northrop
Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)

#Jack_Northrop

John Babcock
John Babcock, Canadian soldier (b. 1900)

#John_Babcock

Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)

#Ivan_Chernyakhovsky

Frank Costello
Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)

#Frank_Costello

Jerome Kersey
Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (b. 1962)

#Jerome_Kersey

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (b. 1594)

#Jean-Louis_Guez_de_Balzac

Abdul Rashid Khan
Abdul Rashid Khan, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1908)

#Abdul_Rashid_Khan

Kristof Goddaert
Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1986)

#Kristof_Goddaert

Maria Franziska von Trapp
Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914)

#Maria_Franziska_von_Trapp

Dedan Kimathi
Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)

#Dedan_Kimathi

Pantelis Pantelidis
Pantelis Pantelidis, Greek singer (b. 1983)

#Pantelis_Pantelidis

Louis Wolheim
Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)

#Louis_Wolheim

Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)

#Vasil_Levski

Wallace Berman
Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)

#Wallace_Berman

Maggie McNamara
Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)

#Maggie_McNamara

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)

#Johann_Wilhelm_Ludwig_Gleim

Charles Lewis Tiffany
Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)

#Charles_Lewis_Tiffany

Dragiša Cvetkovi?
Dragiša Cvetkovi?, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)

#Dragiša_Cvetkovi?

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, English nobleman (b. 1449)

#George_Plantagenet,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence

Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt, American stock car racer and team owner (b. 1951)

#Dale_Earnhardt

Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria
Hedwig Jagiellon, duchess of Bavaria (b. 1457)

#Hedwig_Jagiellon,_Duchess_of_Bavaria

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, astrologer, and theologian (b. 1486)

#Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa

Fra Angelico
Fra Angelico, Italian priest and painter (b. 1395)

#Fra_Angelico

Louis, Duke of Burgundy
Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)

#Louis,_Duke_of_Burgundy

Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)

#Henry_Norris_Russell

Tayeb Salih
Tayeb Salih, Sudanese journalist and author (b. 1929)

#Tayeb_Salih

Isser Harel
Isser Harel, Belarusian-Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1912)

#Isser_Harel

Cass Ballenger
Cass Ballenger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)

#Cass_Ballenger

Mildred Burke
Mildred Burke, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)

#Mildred_Burke

Alessandro Mendini
Alessandro Mendini, Italian designer and architect (b.1931)

#Alessandro_Mendini

Timur
Timur, Turco-Mongol ruler (b. 1336)

#Timur

Michelangelo
Michelangelo, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1475)

#Michelangelo

Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)

#Count_Johann_Hartwig_Ernst_von_Bernstorff

Eddie Mathews
Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)

#Eddie_Mathews

Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (b. 1922)

#Alain_Robbe-Grillet

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)

#Carl_Gustav_Jacob_Jacobi

Harry Caray
Harry Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1914)

#Harry_Caray

Alois Rašín
Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)

#Alois_Rašín

Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen
Berthold V, duke of Zähringen (b. 1160)

#Berthold_V,_Duke_of_Zähringen

Jerry Buss
Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (b. 1933)

#Jerry_Buss

Colmán of Lindisfarne
Colmán, bishop of Lindisfarne

#Colmán_of_Lindisfarne

James J. Corbett
James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)

#James_J._Corbett

Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)
Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)

#Lucy_Stanton_(abolitionist)

Martin Luther
Martin Luther, German priest and theologian, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483)

#Martin_Luther

Serranus Clinton Hastings
Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)

#Serranus_Clinton_Hastings

Yaropolk II of Kiev
Yaropolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1082)

#Yaropolk_II_of_Kiev

Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, Norman nobleman

#Hugh_Bigod,_3rd_Earl_of_Norfolk

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)

#Nicolaes_Pieterszoon_Berchem

Milan Šufflay
Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)

#Milan_Šufflay

Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)
Elizabeth Connell, South African-English soprano (b. 1946)
George Brizan, Grenadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1942)
Miika Tenkula, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1974)
Bill Cowsill, American singer and guitarist (b. 1948)
Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b. 1959)
Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (b. 1961)
Jacqueline Hill, English actress (b. 1929)
Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958)
Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck, English courtier (b. c. 1591)
Enguerrand VII, French nobleman (b. 1340)
Gregory V, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 972)
Th?bit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and physician (b. 826)
Angilbert, Frankish monk and diplomat (b. 760)