February 1st
257 Notable deaths
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
American actress (1873–1959).
Born March 7th, 1873 in Louisville.
Died February 1st, 1959 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Max Simon
German ss general and convicted war criminal (1899-1961).
Born January 6th, 1899 in Wrocław.
Died February 1st, 1961 at 62 years old in Lünen.
Franz Kutschera
Austrian policeman and war criminal (1904-1944).
Born February 22nd, 1904 in Oberwaltersdorf.
Died February 1st, 1944 at 39 years old in Warsaw.
Carl Hilpert
German general (1888-1947).
Born September 12th, 1888 in Nuremberg.
Died February 1st, 1947 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Clinton Davisson
American physicist (1881-1958).
Born October 22nd, 1881 in Bloomington.
Died February 1st, 1958 at 76 years old in Charlottesville.
Maurice Prendergast
American-canadian artist (1858-1924).
Born October 10th, 1858 in St. John's.
Died February 1st, 1924 at 65 years old in New York City.
Henry Rinnan
Norwegian gestapo officer (1915-1947).
Born May 14th, 1915 in Levanger Municipality.
Died February 1st, 1947 at 31 years old in Trondheim (gunshot wound).
Lukas Foss
American composer (1922-2009).
Born August 15th, 1922 in Berlin.
Died February 1st, 2009 at 86 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Prince Kyril, Prince of Preslav
Bulgarian royal (1895-1945).
Born November 17th, 1895 in Sofia.
Died February 1st, 1945 at 49 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Ernst Troeltsch
German philosopher and theologian (1865-1923).
Born February 17th, 1865 in Augsburg-Haunstetten.
Died February 1st, 1923 at 57 years old in Berlin.
Albert Günther
Anglo-german zoologist (1830–1914).
Born October 3rd, 1830 in Esslingen am Neckar.
Died February 1st, 1914 at 83 years old in London.
Alfréd Rényi
Hungarian mathematician (1921–1970).
Born March 20th, 1921 in Budapest.
Died February 1st, 1970 at 48 years old in Budapest.
Peter Serkin
American musician (1947-2020).
Born July 24th, 1947 in New York City.
Died February 1st, 2020 at 72 years old in Red Hook (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin
Ottoman prince, son of sultan abdülaziz.
Born October 10th, 1857 in Dolmabahçe Palace.
Died February 1st, 1916 at 58 years old in Istanbul.
Tony Hateley
English footballer (1941-2014).
Born June 13th, 1941 in Derby.
Died February 1st, 2014 at 72 years old in Preston. [ref]
George Whipple
American physician and biomedical researcher (1878–1976).
Born August 28th, 1878 in Ashland.
Died February 1st, 1976 at 97 years old in Rochester.
Maurizio Zamparini
Italian entrepreneur and football chairman (1941–2022).
Born June 9th, 1941 in Bagnaria Arsa.
Died February 1st, 2022 at 80 years old in Cotignola (peritonitis). [ref]
Morihiro Higashikuni
Imperial japanese army officer; member of a cadet line of the japanese imperial family (1917–1969).
Died February 1st, 1969 at 51 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Jack Bailey
American actor and daytime game show (1907-1980).
Born September 15th, 1907 in Hampton.
Died February 1st, 1980 at 72 years old in Santa Monica.
Jorge Cafrune
Argentine singer (1937–1978).
Born August 8th, 1937 in Jujuy Province, Perico.
Died February 1st, 1978 at 40 years old in Benavídez.
Amet-khan Sultan
Crimean tatar wwii flying ace, test pilot, and twice hero of the soviet union (1920-1971).
Born October 20th, 1920 in Alupka.
Died February 1st, 1971 at 50 years old in Moscow Oblast (aircraft crash).
Wolfgang Schwanitz
German politician, stasi generalleutnant (1930–2022).
Born June 26th, 1930 in Berlin.
Died February 1st, 2022 at 91 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani
Iranian ayatollah (1919–2022).
Born February 20th, 1919 in Golpayegan.
Died February 1st, 2022 at 102 years old in Qom (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kinryū Arimoto
Japanese voice actor (1940–2019).
Born February 11th, 1940 in Tottori.
Died February 1st, 2019 at 78 years old in Minato (esophageal cancer).
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That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis