History Deaths on February 24

Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)

#Étienne-Louis_Malus

Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)

#Theodore_Marier

Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)

#Webb_Pierce

Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)

#Joseph_I_of_Portugal

Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)

#Sridevi

Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)

#Osman_Hamdi_Bey

Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)

#Peter_Kenilorea

Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)

#Con_Martin

Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)

#Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts

Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)

#Larry_Norman

Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470)

#Jacques_de_La_Palice

Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1445)

#Eberhard_I,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)

#Johnnie_Ray

Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)

#Sandro_Pertini

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)

#Marc-Antoine_Charpentier

Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)

#Virginia_Bruce

Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)

#Hermann_von_Ihering

Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)

#Francis,_Duke_of_Guise

Borrell, bishop of Vic

#Borrell_(bishop_of_Vic)

Shiranui K?emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)

#Shiranui_K?emon

Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)

#Dinah_Shore

Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)

#Gerd_von_Rundstedt

Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)

#Charles_III_of_Naples

Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)

#Thomas_Bowdler

Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)

#Harold_Ramis

Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)

#Johann_Weyer

Franny Beecher, American guitarist (b. 1921)

#Franny_Beecher

Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (b. c. 1488)

#Guillaume_Gouffier,_seigneur_de_Bonnivet

Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)

#Nicholas_Lanier

Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)

#Nikolai_Lobachevsky

Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)

#Carlo_Buonaparte

Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)

#Octavia_E._Butler

Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)

#Leo_Ornstein

Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)

#Nikolai_Bulganin

Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)

#Edward_Marshall_Hall

Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)

#Bruce_Bennett

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)

#Charles_Howard,_1st_Earl_of_Carlisle

André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)

#André_Messager

Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)

#Hjalmar_Branting

Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)

#Joshua_Chamberlain

Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)

#Don_Knotts

Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)

#Robert_Fulton

Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)

#Tommy_Douglas

Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)

#Edmund_Andros

Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)

#Oliver_Wrong

Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)

#Henny_Youngman

Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)

#Tony_Conigliaro

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)

#John_Sheffield,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Normanby

Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)

#Rakhat_Aliyev

Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916)

#Claude_Shannon

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)

#Georg_Christoph_Lichtenberg

Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)

#Carlos_Páez_Vilaró

Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)

#Dennis_Weaver

Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)

#Jean_Sablon

Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)

#Conrad_Nagel

Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)

#Henry_Cavendish

Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969)

#Dawn_Brancheau

Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480)

#Richard_de_la_Pole

Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)

#Bobby_Moore

Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)

#Alexis_Hunter

Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)

#Francis_Charteris_(rake)

George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (b. 1927)

Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)

Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)

Virgil Johnson, American singer (b. 1935)

Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)

Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)

Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)

John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)

Co?kun K?rca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927)

John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)

Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936)

Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)

Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)

George Gobel, American actor (b. 1919)

John Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)

Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)

Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)

Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)

Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)

Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)

Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)

Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (b. 1511)

Thomas, archbishop of York

Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)

Æthelberht of Kent (b. 560)