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February 15th
163 Notable deaths
Achille Liénart
Catholic cardinal.
Born February 7th, 1884 in Lille. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1973 at 89 years old in Lille. [ref]
Brunó Ferenc Straub
Hungarian biochemist, the last chairman of the hungarian presidential council (1914-1996).
Born January 5th, 1914 in Oradea.
Died February 15th, 1996 at 82 years old in Budapest.
Andrey Petrov
Soviet and russian composer (1930-2006).
Born September 2nd, 1930 in Leningrad. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2006 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg (stroke). [ref]
Aloisius Joseph Muench
Catholic cardinal (1889-1962).
Born February 18th, 1889 in Milwaukee.
Died February 15th, 1962 at 72 years old in Rome.
Zbigniew Seifert
Polish musician (1946-1979).
Born June 6th, 1946 in Kraków.
Died February 15th, 1979 at 32 years old in Buffalo.
Thelma Estrin
American computer scientist and engineer.
Born February 21st, 1924 in New York City.
Died February 15th, 2014 at 89 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Kazuhiko Nishijima
Japanese physicist (1926-2009).
Born October 4th, 1926 in Tsuchiura.
Died February 15th, 2009 at 82 years old in Tokyo (leukemia).
Valeri Popenchenko
Boxer.
Born August 26th, 1937 in Moscow.
Died February 15th, 1975 at 37 years old in Moscow (fall).
Jules-Alexandre Grün
French post-impressionist painter (1868-1938).
Born May 25th, 1868 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1938 at 69 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 163
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci