Died on This Day (19-Feb)
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Karl Lagerfeld | Karl Otto Lagerfeld was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer. | German fashion designer | 85 | 1 |
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Harper Lee | Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. | American novelist | 89 | 4 |
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Eugene Whelan | Eugene Francis "Gene" Whelan, PC, OC, CD, PAg was a Canadian politician, sitting in the House of Commons from 1962 to 1984, and in the Senate from 1996 to 1999. | Canadian politician | 88 | 7 |
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Bernhard Luginbühl | Bernhard Luginbühl was a Swiss sculptor. He created iron sculptures in the late 1950s. | Swiss sculptor | 82 | 9 |
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Donald K. Schwab | Donald Kenneth Schwab was a United States Army veteran of World War II and recipient of the U. | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient | 86 | 15 |
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Billy Hall | William N. "Billy" Hall, Jr. , was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Laredo, Texas, who served in District 57 from 1973 to 1987. | American politician | 61 | 18 |
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser | Friedrich Stowasser , better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser , was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection. | Painter, architect | 71 | 20 |
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Wilhelm Specht | Wilhelm Otto Ludwig Specht was a German mathematician who introduced Specht modules. | German mathematician | 77 | 35 |
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Ivo Vesey | General Sir Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey KCB KBE CMG DSO was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff in India from 1937 to 1939. | British Army general | 98 | 45 |
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Bernhard Krause | The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. | SS officer | 34 | 75 |
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Igor Shafarevich | Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich was a Soviet and Russian mathematician who contributed to algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. | Russian mathematician | 93 | 3 |
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Dale Gardner | Dale Allan Gardner was a NASA astronaut, and naval flight officer who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the mid 1980s. | American astronaut | 65 | 6 |
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Ruth Barcan Marcus | Ruth Barcan Marcus was an American academic philosopher and logician best known for her work in modal and philosophical logic. | American philosopher | 90 | 8 |
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Bruno Gironcoli | Bruno Gironcoli was an Austrian modern artist. Born in Villach, Gironcoli began training as a goldsmith in 1951 in Innsbruck, completing his apprenticeship in 1956. | Austrian artist | 73 | 10 |
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Johnny PayCheck | Johnny PayCheck was an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". | Country singer | 64 | 17 |
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Stanley Kramer | Stanley Earl Kramer was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films" and a liberal movie icon. | American film director | 87 | 19 |
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Noel Rockmore | Noel Rockmore was born Noel Montgomery Davis to his mother, Gladys Rockmore Davis, and his father, Floyd Davis, in New York City. | American artist | 66 | 25 |
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Bon Scott | Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian singer and songwriter. | Australian rock musician | 33 | 40 |
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Jules Munshin | Jules Munshin was an American actor, comedian and singer who had made his name on Broadway when he starred in Call Me Mister. | Singer/dancer | 54 | 50 |
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Emilio Bisi | Emilio Bisi was an Italian sculptor. His father was Luigi Bisi, a painter and president of the Brera Academy in Milan from 1880 till his death in 1886. | Italian sculptor | 69 | 100 |