History Deaths on February 19

Derek Jarman, English director and set designer (b. 1942)

#Derek_Jarman

Ruth Barcan Marcus, American philosopher and logician (b. 1921)

#Ruth_Barcan_Marcus

Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1937)

#Robert_Coleman_Richardson

Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (b. 1932)

#Umberto_Eco

Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1353)

#Thomas_Arundel

Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)

#Maurice_Garin

Kelly Groucutt, English singer and bass player (b. 1945)

#Kelly_Groucutt

Irene Doukaina, Byzantine wife of Alexios I Komnenos (b. 1066)

#Irene_Doukaina

Leonor of Aragon, queen of Portugal (b. 1402)

#Eleanor_of_Aragon,_Queen_of_Portugal

Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)

#Robert_Fuchs

Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

#Bon_Scott

Leontius of Trier, Bishop of Trier

#Leontius_of_Trier

Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (b. 1943)

#Larry_Coryell

Celia Franca, English-Canadian dancer and director, founded the National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)

#Celia_Franca

Jaroslav Velinský, Czech author and songwriter (b. 1932)

#Jaroslav_Velinský

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

#Knut_Hamsun

Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1634)

#Dorothe_Engelbretsdatter

Janet Blair, American actress and singer (b. 1921)

#Janet_Blair

Munio of Zamora, General of the Dominican Order

#Munio_of_Zamora

Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)

#Karl_Weierstrass

Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (b. 1923)

#Samuel_Willenberg

Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)

#Ernst_Mach

Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1935)

#Valeri_Kubasov

George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)

#George_Howard_Earle_Jr.

Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)

#Madge_Blake

Charles Chauncy, English-American minister, theologian, and academic (b. 1592)

#Charles_Chauncy

John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)

#John_Basilone

Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1904)

#Deng_Xiaoping

André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)

#André_Gide

Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)

#Johnny_Paycheck

John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)

#John_Grierson

Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (b. 1933)

#Karl_Lagerfeld

Nirad Mohapatra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)

#Nirad_Mohapatra

Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)

#Willard_Miller

Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (b. 1733)

#Jean-Charles_de_Borda

Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (b. 1908)

#Leo_Rosten

Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)

#Elizabeth_Carter

Harper Lee, American author (b. 1926)

#Harper_Lee

Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)

#Richard_Rushall

Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

#Georgios_Papanikolaou

Alice White, American actress (b. 1904)

#Alice_White

Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (b. 1913)

#Stanley_Kramer

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1646)

#Tokugawa_Tsunayoshi

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)

#Gopal_Krishna_Gokhale

Yegor Letov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1964)

#Yegor_Letov

Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)

#Georg_Büchner

Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and illustrator (b. 1928)

#Friedensreich_Hundertwasser

Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)

#Mike_González_(catcher)

Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (b. 1948)

#Dale_Gardner

Henry Savile, English scholar and politician (b. 1549)

#Henry_Savile_(Bible_translator)

Charles Trenet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1913)

#Charles_Trenet

Eugene Whelan, Canadian farmer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1924)

#Eugene_Whelan

Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)

#Billy_Mitchell

Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (b. 150)

#Clodius_Albinus

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sufi philosopher and poet (b. 1177)

#Lal_Shahbaz_Qalandar

Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)

#Erasmus_Reinhold

Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (b. 1558)

#Philippe_Emmanuel,_Duke_of_Mercœur

Donald Richie, American-Japanese author and critic (b. 1924)

#Donald_Richie

Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (b. 1930)

#Ollie_Matson

André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

#André_Frédéric_Cournand

Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)

#Multatuli

Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1946)

#Kresten_Bjerre

Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)

#Joseph_Szigeti

Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550)

#Orazio_Vecchi

Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)

#Thomas_Burgess_(bishop)

Harold Johnson, American boxer (b. 1928)

#Harold_Johnson_(boxer)

Clark Dimond, American musician and author (b. 1941)

Chiaki Morosawa, Japanese anime screenwriter (b. 1959)

Harris Wittels, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1984)

Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1948)

Armen Alchian, American economist and academic (b. 1914)

Vitaly Vorotnikov, Russian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1926)

Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress and singer (b. 1945)

Sylvia Rivera, American transgender LGBT activist (b. 1951)

Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric (b. 1943)

Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1913)

Charlie Finley, American businessman (b. 1918)

Tojo Yamamoto, American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)

Anthony Crosland, English captain and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1918)

Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)

Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (b. 1738)

Mary, Countess of Harold, English aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1701)

Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (b. 1460)

Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf, English rebel