February 9th
178 Notable deaths
Axel Paulsen
Norwegian figure skater and speed skater.
Born July 18th, 1855 in Aker. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1938 at 82 years old in Nesodden.
Karl Mauss
German world war ii general; dentist.
Died February 9th, 1959 at 60 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction).
Rostislav Alexeyev
Soviet shipbuilder (1916-1980).
Born December 18th, 1916 in Novozybkov.
Died February 9th, 1980 at 63 years old in Nizhny Novgorod.
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942).
Born October 28th, 1856 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1942 at 85 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Joseph Horovitz
British composer.
Born May 26th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died February 9th, 2022 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Gabriel Axel
Danish film director (1918-2014).
Born April 18th, 1918 in Aarhus. [ref]
Died February 9th, 2014 at 95 years old in Bagsværd. [ref]
Charles Conder
Australian painter, lithographer and fan-designer. (1868-1909).
Born October 24th, 1868 in Tottenham. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1909 at 40 years old in London (syphilis). [ref]
George Langelaan
Uk writer.
Born January 19th, 1908 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1972 at 64 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
George Maduro
Dutch resistance member.
Born July 15th, 1916 in Willemstad.
Died February 9th, 1945 at 28 years old in Dachau concentration camp.
Lauri Kristian Relander
Finnish politician (1883-1942).
Born May 31st, 1883 in Kurkijoki.
Died February 9th, 1942 at 58 years old in Helsinki (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 178
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold