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February 21st
255 Notable deaths
Cornelis van Eesteren
Dutch architect and planner (1897-1988).
Born July 4th, 1897 in Alblasserdam. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1988 at 90 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Erika Köth
German soprano (1925-1989).
Born September 15th, 1925 in Darmstadt.
Died February 21st, 1989 at 63 years old in Speyer (cancer).
Augustus Raymond Margary
British diplomat (1846–1875).
Born May 26th, 1846 in Belgaum.
Died February 21st, 1875 at 28 years old in Yunnan.
Alex Thépot
French footballer (1906-1989).
Born July 30th, 1906 in Brest.
Died February 21st, 1989 at 82 years old in Dunkirk. [ref]
Albert Louis Wolff
French conductor and composer (1884-1970).
Born January 19th, 1884 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1970 at 86 years old in Suresnes. [ref]
Elâru Mevhibe Başkadınefendi
Ottoman noble; consort of ottoman sultan murad v (1835–1936).
Born August 6th, 1835 in Tbilisi.
Died February 21st, 1936 at 100 years old in Istanbul.
Vladislav Jovanović
Ambassador of yugoslavia.
Born June 9th, 1933 in Žitni Potok.
Died February 21st, 2026 at 92 years old [ref]
Stefan Terlezki
British politician (1927-2006).
Born October 29th, 1927 in Oleshiv.
Died February 21st, 2006 at 78 years old in Cardiff. [ref]
A. L. Barker
English novelist and short story writer (1918–2002).
Born April 13th, 1918 in St Paul's Cray.
Died February 21st, 2002 at 83 years old in Surrey.
Manuel Felipe de Tovar
Vice president of venezuela (1803–1866).
Born January 1st, 1803 in Caracas.
Died February 21st, 1866 at 63 years old in Paris.
Vera Kublanovskaya
Russian mathematician (1920-2012).
Born November 21st, 1920 in Krokhino, Vologda Oblast.
Died February 21st, 2012 at 91 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Zahrad
Turkish poet of armenian ancestry (1924–2007).
Born May 10th, 1924 in Constantinople.
Died February 21st, 2007 at 82 years old in Istanbul.
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
Italian racecar driver.
Born August 31st, 1942 in Bergamo.
Died February 21st, 2026 at 83 years old in Gerosa. [ref]
Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel
German sculptor (1804–1861).
Born December 15th, 1804 in Pulsnitz.
Died February 21st, 1861 at 56 years old in Dresden.
Brunella Bovo
Italian actress (1932–2017).
Born March 4th, 1932 in Padua.
Died February 21st, 2017 at 84 years old in Rome (pneumonia). [ref]
Izmail Sreznevsky
Russian and ukrainian slavic academic.
Born June 13th, 1812 in Yaroslavl.
Died February 21st, 1880 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Pieter Philip van Bosse
Dutch politician (1809-1879).
Born December 16th, 1809 in Amsterdam.
Died February 21st, 1879 at 69 years old in The Hague.
Anders Beer Wilse
Norwegian photographer (1865–1949).
Born June 12th, 1865 in Flekkefjord Municipality.
Died February 21st, 1949 at 83 years old in Oslo.
Peter Tatsuo Doi
Japanese cardinal of the roman catholic church (1892–1970).
Born December 22nd, 1892 in Sendai.
Died February 21st, 1970 at 77 years old in Tokyo.
Luis Martín-Santos
Spanish writer and psychiatrist (1924–1964).
Born November 11th, 1924 in Larache.
Died February 21st, 1964 at 39 years old in Vitoria-Gasteiz (traffic collision).
Johannes Semper
Estonian writer and politician (1892-1970).
Born March 22nd, 1892 in Tuhalaane Rural Municipality.
Died February 21st, 1970 at 77 years old in Tallinn.
Theodore Thurston Geer
American politician (1851-1924).
Born March 12th, 1851 in Salem.
Died February 21st, 1924 at 72 years old in Portland.
Agnes Vernon
Actress (1895-1948).
Born December 27th, 1895 in La Grande.
Died February 21st, 1948 at 52 years old in La Jolla (myocardial infarction).
Ignatius Antony II Hayyek
Patriarch of antioch (1910-2007).
Born September 14th, 1910 in Aleppo.
Died February 21st, 2007 at 96 years old in Beirut.
Don Laz
American pole vaulter (1929–1996).
Born May 17th, 1929 in Chicago. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1996 at 66 years old in Champaign.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel