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Famous Deaths on February 1

43 notable people died on February 1, including George H. Whipple, Clinton Davisson, Werner Heisenberg.

Total Deaths
43
Avg Age at Death
65
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

4 deaths
Sadeq Kia
Sadeq Kia
historianlinguist
Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2002)
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
actorautobiographer
Swiss and Austrian film and stage actor (1930–2014)
Tito Stagno
Tito Stagno
journalisttelevision presenter
Italian journalist and television presenter
Guatemalan President (1930-2016)

20th Century

17 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1934)
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1937)
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1932)
Nikola Mikhov
Nikola Mikhov
military officermilitary personnel
Regent of Bulgaria (1891-1945)
Eric Gordon England
Eric Gordon England
aircraft pilotengineer
Engineer (1891-1976)
Władysław Gliński
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
Bolesław Limanowski
historianpolitician
Polish historian and politician
Thomas Georg Driendl
Thomas Georg Driendl
architectpainter
German architect, restorer and painter (1849-1916)
Julius Epstein
Julius Epstein
composermusic educator
Croatian-Austrian pianist
Dutch-Israeli veterinary research scientist
Ivan Bagryanov
Ivan Bagryanov
diplomatmilitary officer
Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1891-1945)
Canadian author and pioneer (1845-1937)
Austrian aristocrat, mother to Marie Vetsera (1847-1925)
Australian photographer (1838-1921)
Franz Neumann
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 deaths
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
biographeressayist
English writer (1797–1851)
Friedrich Rühs
Friedrich Rühs
historianuniversity teacher
German historian and academic
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
economistphilosopher
Swedish priest and politician (1729–1803)
George Thompson
George Thompson
civil engineerengineer
British engineer active in Paraguay
George Cruikshank
George Cruikshank
artistcaricaturist
British caricaturist and book illustrator; (1792-1878)
Architect (1791–1860)

16th Century

2 deaths
Bernardo Accolti
Bernardo Accolti
playwrightpoet
Italian poet
Polish philosopher

15th Century

2 deaths
Razadarit
Razadarit
monarch
Ninth king of the Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom in Burma from 1384 to 1421.
Bentor
Bentor
monarch
King of taoro

13th Century

3 deaths
Clemence of Austria
Clemence of Austria
queen regnant
Titular Queen of Hungary
Odo of Châteauroux
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 death
Anacletus II
Anacletus II
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Antipope 1130 to 1138

11th Century

2 deaths
Count of Maurienne
Peter Damian
Peter Damian
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Eleventh-century Benedictine monk

10th Century

1 death
Japanese poet

8th Century

2 deaths
Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
military commanderwali
General and Umayyad governor
Abu Muslim al Khorasani
Abu Muslim al Khorasani
da'imilitary leader
Abbasid general

7th Century

2 deaths
Gundemar
Gundemar
king of Wisigoths
Visigothic king
Sisebut
Sisebut
biographersovereign
Visigoth king

4th Century BC

1 death
The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)

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