History Deaths on February 18
J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
#J._Robert_Oppenheimer
Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
#Albert_Payson_Terhune
Albert II, duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
#Albert_II,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
#Anna_Maria_Luisa_de'_Medici
Norma McCorvey, American abortion rights activist; Plaintiff, Roe v. Wade (b. 1947)
#Norma_McCorvey
Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Indian art director and production designer (b. 1943)
#Nikhil_Baran_Sengupta
Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor (b. 1215)
#Kublai_Khan
Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
#Gustave_Charpentier
Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)
#Balthus
Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)
#Ngaio_Marsh
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
#Kristijonas_Donelaitis
Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
#Joseph-Armand_Bombardier
William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
#William_Phips
Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
#Joseph_Marie_Terray
David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
#David_King_Udall
Clyde Stubblefield, American drummer (b. 1943)
#Clyde_Stubblefield
Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
#Nikolay_Zinin
Ivan Koloff, Canadian wrestler (b. 1942)
#Ivan_Koloff
Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c.?1885)
#Gertrude_Vanderbilt_(actress)
Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
#Andy_Devine
Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
#Kevin_Ayers
Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
#Billy_Murdoch
John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
#John_Whitehurst
Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
#Frank_James
Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)
#Jack_Northrop
John Babcock, Canadian soldier (b. 1900)
#John_Babcock
Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
#Ivan_Chernyakhovsky
Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)
#Frank_Costello
Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (b. 1962)
#Jerome_Kersey
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (b. 1594)
#Jean-Louis_Guez_de_Balzac
Abdul Rashid Khan, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1908)
#Abdul_Rashid_Khan
Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1986)
#Kristof_Goddaert
Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914)
#Maria_Franziska_von_Trapp
Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
#Dedan_Kimathi
Pantelis Pantelidis, Greek singer (b. 1983)
#Pantelis_Pantelidis
Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
#Louis_Wolheim
Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
#Vasil_Levski
Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
#Wallace_Berman
Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
#Maggie_McNamara
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
#Johann_Wilhelm_Ludwig_Gleim
Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
#Charles_Lewis_Tiffany
Dragiša Cvetkovi?, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
#Dragiša_Cvetkovi?
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, English nobleman (b. 1449)
#George_Plantagenet,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence
Dale Earnhardt, American stock car racer and team owner (b. 1951)
#Dale_Earnhardt
Hedwig Jagiellon, duchess of Bavaria (b. 1457)
#Hedwig_Jagiellon,_Duchess_of_Bavaria
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, astrologer, and theologian (b. 1486)
#Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa
Fra Angelico, Italian priest and painter (b. 1395)
#Fra_Angelico
Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
#Louis,_Duke_of_Burgundy
Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
#Henry_Norris_Russell
Tayeb Salih, Sudanese journalist and author (b. 1929)
#Tayeb_Salih
Isser Harel, Belarusian-Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1912)
#Isser_Harel
Cass Ballenger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
#Cass_Ballenger
Mildred Burke, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
#Mildred_Burke
Alessandro Mendini, Italian designer and architect (b.1931)
#Alessandro_Mendini
Timur, Turco-Mongol ruler (b. 1336)
#Timur
Michelangelo, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1475)
#Michelangelo
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
#Count_Johann_Hartwig_Ernst_von_Bernstorff
Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
#Eddie_Mathews
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (b. 1922)
#Alain_Robbe-Grillet
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
#Carl_Gustav_Jacob_Jacobi
Harry Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1914)
#Harry_Caray
Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
#Alois_Rašín
Berthold V, duke of Zähringen (b. 1160)
#Berthold_V,_Duke_of_Zähringen
Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (b. 1933)
#Jerry_Buss
Colmán, bishop of Lindisfarne
#Colmán_of_Lindisfarne
James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
#James_J._Corbett
Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
#Lucy_Stanton_(abolitionist)
Martin Luther, German priest and theologian, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483)
#Martin_Luther
Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
#Serranus_Clinton_Hastings
Yaropolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1082)
#Yaropolk_II_of_Kiev
Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, Norman nobleman
#Hugh_Bigod,_3rd_Earl_of_Norfolk
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
#Nicolaes_Pieterszoon_Berchem
Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
#Milan_Šufflay