Famous Deaths on 6th February

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743 - Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
891 - Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies
1140 - Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies
1378 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)
1497 - John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
1515 - Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
1585 - Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)
1593 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
1612 - Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
1617 - Prosper Alpinus/Prospero Alpini, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
1695 - Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies
1699 - Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies
1725 - Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75
1775 - William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)
1783 - Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
1785 - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
1793 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
1798 - Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54
1804 - Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70
1807 - John Reid, composer, dies at 85
1812 - Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104
1816 - Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)
1833 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)
1834 - Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)
1855 - Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)
1859 - Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
1865 - John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1881 - Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
1896 - Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
1897 - Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies
1899 - Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
1899 - Prince Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (b. 1874)
1910 - Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)
1914 - J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69
1916 - Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73
1916 - Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer (b. 1867)
1917 - Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
1918 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55
1919 - Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81
1923 - Edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
1927 - Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71
1927 - Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879)
1930 - Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17
1938 - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
1941 - Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82
1942 - Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78
1943 - HA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71
1945 - Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1945 - Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1947 - Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82
1947 - Luigi Russolo, composer, dies at 61
1948 - Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38
1950 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
1952 - George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56
1958 - 7 Manchester United soccer players die in an air crash near Munich
1958 - David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935)
1958 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932)
1958 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932)
1958 - Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929)
1958 - Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933)
1958 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913)
1958 - Walter Crickmer, English football club secretary and manager
1960 - Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
1961 - Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77
1963 - Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies
1963 - Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77
1963 - Abd el-Krim, Moroccan politician
1964 - Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69
1964 - W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests v NZ 1930), dies
1964 - Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (b. 1869)
1965 - Jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68
1966 - Johan Algot Haquinius, composer, dies at 79
1966 - Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (b. 1877)
1967 - Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46
1968 - C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85
1970 - Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
1972 - Julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
1973 - Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
1976 - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
1979 - Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
1979 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68
1981 - Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (b. 1925)
1981 - Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (b. 1917)
1982 - Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87
1985 - Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
1985 - Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78
1985 - James Hadley Chase, English writer (b. 1906)
1986 - William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies
1986 - Frederick Coutts, Salvation Army general (b. 1899)
1986 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b. 1912)
1988 - Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64
1988 - Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies
1988 - Nuno Oliveira, Bass Player (b. 1925)
1989 - Andre Cayatte, dies
1989 - Barbara Tuchman, historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77
1989 - Chris Gueffroy, East German attempted defector (b. 1968)
1989 - Osbourne Ruddock, Jamaican Dub music performer (b. 1941)
1990 - Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94
1990 - John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies
1991 - Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79
1991 - Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies
1991 - Salvador Luria, Italian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
1992 - Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37
1992 - Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62
1993 - Frances Hunt, actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
1993 - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
1994 - Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84
Comic Book Artist and Writer Jack Kirby (1994) 1994 - Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk), dies at 76
1994 - Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88
1994 - Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74
1995 - Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
1995 - James Ingram Merrill, US poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68
1996 - Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74
1996 - Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster, dies at 85
1996 - Rosemary Tsay, drama critic/SOE operator, dies at 76
1998 - Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
1998 - Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian PM (1949, 1950-51)/pres (1961-63), dies
1998 - [Johann Hoelzel] Falco, singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
1998 - Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist and geologist (b. 1914)
2001 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953)
2001 - Fulgence Charpentier, Quebec journalist (b. 1897)
2002 - Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
2005 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
2005 - Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913)
2007 - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007 - Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
2007 - Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2007 - Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
2007 - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
2008 - John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
2008 - Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)
2011 - Gary Moore, Irish musician (b. 1952)
2012 - Janice Voss, American astronaut, dies from breast cancer at 55
2012 - Antoni Tapies, Spanish artist, dies at 88
2012 - Peter Breck, American actor, dies at 82