43 notable people died on February 1, including George H. Whipple, Clinton Davisson, Werner Heisenberg.
21st Century
4 deathsSadeq Kia
historianlinguist
Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2002)
Maximilian Schell
actorautobiographer
Swiss and Austrian film and stage actor (1930–2014)
Tito Stagno
journalisttelevision presenter
Italian journalist and television presenter
ÓV
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
politician
Guatemalan President (1930-2016)
20th Century
17 deathsGeorge H. Whipple
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1934)
Clinton Davisson
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1937)
Werner Heisenberg
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1932)
Nikola Mikhov
military officermilitary personnel
Regent of Bulgaria (1891-1945)
Eric Gordon England
aircraft pilotengineer
Engineer (1891-1976)
Władysław Gliński
chess playerinventor
Wladyslaw Glinski (1920 - February 1990) was a Polish game designer and businessman from London who invented Hexagonal Chess in 1936.
Bolesław Limanowski
historianpolitician
Polish historian and politician
Thomas Georg Driendl
architectpainter
German architect, restorer and painter (1849-1916)
Julius Epstein
composermusic educator
Croatian-Austrian pianist
Jacob van der Hoeden
scientist
Dutch-Israeli veterinary research scientist
Ivan Bagryanov
diplomatmilitary officer
Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1891-1945)
Canadian author and pioneer (1845-1937)
Helene von Vetsera
author
Austrian aristocrat, mother to Marie Vetsera (1847-1925)
Barcroft Capel Boake
photographer
Australian photographer (1838-1921)
Franz Neumann
architect
Austrian architect and politician (1844–1905)
AK
A. R. Krishnashastry
biographerwriter
Writer, researcher and translator in the Kannada language (1890-1968)
VC
Vintilă Ciocâlteu
physicianpoet
Romanian writer and academic (1890-1947)
19th Century
6 deathsMary Shelley
biographeressayist
English writer (1797–1851)
Friedrich Rühs
historianuniversity teacher
German historian and academic
Anders Chydenius
economistphilosopher
Swedish priest and politician (1729–1803)
George Thompson
civil engineerengineer
British engineer active in Paraguay
George Cruikshank
artistcaricaturist
British caricaturist and book illustrator; (1792-1878)
Giacomo Moraglia
architect
Architect (1791–1860)
16th Century
2 deathsBernardo Accolti
playwrightpoet
Italian poet
MB
Michał Twaróg of Bystrzyków
philosopher
Polish philosopher
15th Century
2 deaths13th Century
3 deathsClemence of Austria
queen regnant
Titular Queen of Hungary
Odo of Châteauroux
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Catholic cardinal
RI
Rishi-naishinnō
empress consort
[利子] daughter of Morisada-shinnō; entitled Empress consort
12th Century
1 deathAnacletus II
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Antipope 1130 to 1138
11th Century
2 deathsAmadeus II, Count of Savoy
monarch
Count of Maurienne
Peter Damian
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Eleventh-century Benedictine monk
10th Century
1 deathJapanese poet
8th Century
2 deathsAl-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
military commanderwali
General and Umayyad governor
Abu Muslim al Khorasani
da'imilitary leader
Abbasid general
7th Century
2 deaths4th Century BC
1 deathArtaxerxes II
king
The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)
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