Famous Deaths on 1st February

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656 - Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25
1204 - Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
1248 - Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
1294 - Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
1328 - Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
1502 - Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies
1542 - Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)
1563 - Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)
1590 - Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator
1650 - Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
1666 - Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies
1669 - Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31
1691 - Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
1691 - George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
1694 - John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73
1718 - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660)
1733 - August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
1734 - John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)
1743 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
1747 - Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
1761 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
1768 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)
1793 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)
1795 - Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66
1818 - Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74
1824 - Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64
1832 - Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71
1832 - Archibald Murphey, North Carolina politician (b. 1777)
1838 - Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
1839 - Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
1850 - Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley (1851) 1851 - Mary Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53
1869 - Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68
1871 - Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51
1873 - Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies
1875 - William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58
1877 - Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71
1878 - George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
1883 - Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies
1889 - Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78
1893 - George Henry Sanderson, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
1897 - Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)
1902 - Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70
1903 - George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83
1904 - Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
1905 - Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77
1908 - Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
1910 - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
1916 - Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65
1922 - William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49
1928 - Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
1929 - August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59
1936 - Georgios Kondylis, general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1937 - Marguerite Audoux, writer, dies
1940 - Philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers character (b. 1888)
1944 - Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72
Abstract Painter Piet Mondrian (1944) 1944 - Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71
1945 - Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72
1946 - Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70
1949 - Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63
1954 - Julius P Hoste, Belgium minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69
1957 - Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66
1958 - Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies
1959 - Madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85
1963 - Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's face (b. 1888)
1966 - Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69
1966 - Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75
1966 - Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
1966 - William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71
1967 - Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies
1968 - Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
1970 - Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69
1970 - Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1921)
1971 - Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies
1974 - Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
1975 - Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62
1976 - Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
1976 - Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74
1976 - George Whipple, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1878)
1977 - Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72
1979 - Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60
1980 - Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
1980 - Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54
1980 - Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
1981 - Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88
1981 - Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79
1981 - Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72
1981 - Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies
1983 - Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
1986 - Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84
1986 - Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
1986 - Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
1987 - Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82
1987 - Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)
1988 - Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12
1988 - Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75
1989 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (b. 1918)
1991 - Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89
1991 - H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies
1991 - James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84
1991 - Phil Watson, NHL coach (NY Rangers), dies
1992 - George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts & Kings), dies at 70
1992 - Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81
1994 - Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88
1994 - Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83
1995 - George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107
1995 - John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74
1995 - Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52
1996 - Clive Burton, neuropathologist, dies at 54
1997 - Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80
1997 - Mitchell Goodman, writer, dies at 71
1997 - Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50
1997 - Thelma Moss, psychologist, dies at 78
1999 - Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907)
1999 - Barış Manço, Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. (b. 1943)
2001 - André D'Allemagne, Quebec teacher, political observer and essayist (b. 1929)
2002 - Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
2003 - Michael P. Anderson - crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1959)
2003 - David Brown - crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1956)
2003 - Kalpana Chawla - crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1961)
2003 - Laurel Clark - crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1961)
2003 - Rick D. Husband - crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1957)
2003 - Willie McCool - crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1961)
2003 - Ilan Ramon - crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (b. 1954)
2003 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
2004 - May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
2005 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (b. 1932)
2006 - Dick Bass, American football player (b. 1937)
2006 - Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931)
2007 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (b. 1911)
2007 - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (b. 1937)
2007 - Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)
2007 - Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (b. 1946)
2007 - Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)
2012 - Wislawa Szymborska, Polish poet and Nobel Laureate, dies at 88
2012 - Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer and cornerman, dies at 90
2012 - Gerlando Alberti, Sicilian Mafioso, dies from cancer at 88
2012 - Don Cornelius, American television host, commits suicide by gunshot at 75
2013 - Sir Paul Holmes, New Zealand media broadcaster, dies from prostate cancer and heart problems at 62
2013 - Ed Koch, American congressman and New York Mayor, dies from heart failure at 88
2013 - Vladimir Yengibaryan, soviet boxer, dies at 80