February 19th
201 Notable deaths
Ivan Sidorenko
Soviet sniper.
Born September 12th, 1919.
Died February 19th, 1994 at 74 years old in Kizlyar.
Edmund Landau
German jewish mathematician (1877-1938).
Born February 14th, 1877 in Berlin.
Died February 19th, 1938 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Samuel Willenberg
Polish-born sculptor and holocaust survivor, participant at the revolt and escape at treblinka extermination cap (1923-2016).
Born February 16th, 1923 in Częstochowa.
Died February 19th, 2016 at 93 years old in Tel Aviv, Jaffa (stroke). [ref]
John Grierson
Scottish documentary pioneer.
Born April 26th, 1898 in Deanston.
Died February 19th, 1972 at 73 years old in Bath. [ref]
Alice White
Actress (1904-1983).
Born August 24th, 1904 in Paterson.
Died February 19th, 1983 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
al-Tayyib Salih
Sudanese writer.
Born July 12th, 1929 in Sudan, Al Dabbah. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2009 at 79 years old in London (kidney failure). [ref]
Percy Hobart
British army general.
Born June 14th, 1885 in Nainital.
Died February 19th, 1957 at 71 years old in Farnham.
José Mojica Marins
Brazilian filmmaker (1936-2020).
Born March 13th, 1936 in São Paulo.
Died February 19th, 2020 at 83 years old in São Paulo (bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Igor Shafarevich
Soviet and russian mathematician (1923-2017).
Born June 3rd, 1923 in Zhytomyr.
Died February 19th, 2017 at 93 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Greg Foster
American hurdler.
Born August 4th, 1958 in Chicago.
Died February 19th, 2023 at 64 years old in Maywood. [ref]
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Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau