February 21st
177 Notable deaths
Ahmad Shah Qajar
Shah of iran (1898-1930).
Born January 21st, 1898 in Tabriz.
Died February 21st, 1930 at 32 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Eric Melrose Brown
British aviator, royal navy officer, test pilot, author.
Born January 21st, 1919 in Leith.
Died February 21st, 2016 at 97 years old in Redhill (pneumonia).
Kenneth Arrow
American economist (1921-2017).
Born August 23rd, 1921 in New York City.
Died February 21st, 2017 at 95 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Simone Segouin
French resistance fighter.
Born October 3rd, 1925 in Thivars. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2023 at 97 years old in Courville-sur-Eure. [ref]
Howard Florey
Australian pathologist (1898-1968).
Born September 24th, 1898 in Adelaide.
Died February 21st, 1968 at 69 years old in Oxford (myocardial infarction).
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Nicaraguan revolutionary (1895-1934).
Born May 18th, 1895 in Niquinohomo.
Died February 21st, 1934 at 38 years old in Managua.
Louis Hayward
British actor born in south africa.
Born March 19th, 1909 in Johannesburg. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1985 at 75 years old in Palm Springs (cancer, lung cancer). [ref]
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician.
Born December 14th, 1920 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2015 at 94 years old in Pine Bluff (diabetes). [ref]
Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist.
Born January 23rd, 1918 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1999 at 81 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Kurt Eisner
German politician and journalist (1867-1919).
Born May 14th, 1867 in Berlin.
Died February 21st, 1919 at 51 years old in Munich. [ref]
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We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk