History Deaths on February 22

Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)

#Charles_Blondin

Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)

#Anna_Kingsford

Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904)

#Angela_Baddeley

Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)

#Dennis_Johnson

Margaret of Cortona, Italian penitent (b. 1247)

#Margaret_of_Cortona

Peter Damian, Italian cardinal

#Peter_Damian

Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)

#Charles_Lyell

Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)

#Carl_Bloch

Olivier van Noort, Dutch explorer (b. 1558)

#Olivier_van_Noort

Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915)

#Leo_Vroman

Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (b. 1926)

#Frank_Carson

Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (b. 1916)

#Roden_Cutler

David II, king of Scotland (b. 1324)

#David_II_of_Scotland

Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)

#Kasturba_Gandhi

Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)

#Josh_Malihabadi

Henry, duke of Cornwall (b. 1511)

#Henry,_Duke_of_Cornwall

Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)

#Efrem_Zimbalist

Maximianus, bishop of Ravenna (b. 499)

#Maximianus_of_Ravenna

Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)

#Jean_Chapelain

Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)

#Brody_Stevens

Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)

#Winthrop_Rockefeller

Florence Ballard, American singer (b. 1943)

#Florence_Ballard

Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand-Australian television host (b. 1966)

#Charlotte_Dawson

La Voisin, French occultist (b. 1640)

#La_Voisin

Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (b. 1938)

#Atje_Keulen-Deelstra

Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer (b. 1454)

#Amerigo_Vespucci

Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)

#Francisco_I._Madero

García I, king of Pamplona

#García_Sánchez_I_of_Pamplona

Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)

#Leslie_Stephen

Yolande Fox, American model and singer, Miss America 1951 (b. 1928)

#Yolande_Fox

George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English politician, Leader of the House of Lords (b. 1918)

#George_Jellicoe,_2nd_Earl_Jellicoe

Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)

#Romain_Maes

Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

#Ferdinand_de_Saussure

Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (b. 1619)

#Charles_Le_Brun

Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)

#Nick_LaRocca

Rémi Ochlik, French photographer and journalist (b. 1983)

#Rémi_Ochlik

Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)

#Felix_Frankfurter

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)

#Jean-Baptiste-Camille_Corot

Papa John Creach, American violinist (b. 1917)

#Papa_John_Creach

Andy Seminick, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)

#Andy_Seminick

Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (b. 1928)

#Andy_Warhol

Simone Simon, French actress (b. 1910)

#Simone_Simon

Guo Wei, Chinese emperor (b. 904)

#Guo_Wei

Morgan Woodward, American actor (b. 1925)

#Morgan_Woodward

Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)

#Hugo_Wolf

Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)

#Oskar_Kokoschka

Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)

#Sonny_James

Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)

#Osip_Brik

Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (b. 1923)

#Wolfgang_Sawallisch

Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)

#Sophie_Scholl

Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)

#Frederik_Ruysch

Roger Borsa, king of Sicily (b. 1078)

#Roger_Borsa

Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress and singer (b. 1980)

#Lee_Eun-ju

Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)

#Heungseon_Daewongun

Sukhbir, Indian author and poet (b. 1925)

#Sukhbir_(writer)

Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)

#Théophile_Delcassé

Francis Atterbury, English bishop (b. 1663)

#Francis_Atterbury

Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)

#Adam_Ferguson

Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)

#Chuck_Jones

Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)

#Paul-Émile_Borduas

Heshen, Chinese politician (b. 1750)

#Heshen

Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)

#Antonio_Machado

Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)

#Salvador_Espriu

John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)

#John_Jacob_Astor_III

Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (b. 1934)

#Jonas_Savimbi

Gerhard VI, German nobleman (b. 1430)

#Gerhard_VI,_Count_of_Oldenburg

Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)

#Stefan_Zweig

Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)

#Abul_Kalam_Azad

Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)

#Menno_Oosting

Forges, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1942)

Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1946)

Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (b. 1940)

Jean-Louis Michon, French-Swiss scholar and translator (b. 1924)

Marie Colvin, American journalist (b. 1956)

William Bronk, American poet and academic (b. 1918)

Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (b. 1910)

Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (b. 1907)

Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)

Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (b. 1906)

David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)

John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)

Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)

Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)

Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)

Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)

Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (b. 1883)

Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)

Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)

William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (b. 1425)

John of Fécamp, Italian Benedictine abbot

Arnulf III, count of Flanders

Lambert, count of Chalon (b. 930)

Otto, duke of Burgundy (b. 944)

Wang, Chinese empress dowager

Sicga, Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide

Sabinian, pope of the Catholic Church