28 notable people died on February 16, including Giosuè Carducci, Peyton Rous, Henjo.
21st Century
3 deaths
Justinas Marcinkevičius
journalistplaywright
Lithuanian poet (1930-2011)
Peter Sandelin
painterpoet
Finnish Swedish poet and painter (1930-2019)
Toni Stricker
composerfilm score composer
Austrian composer and violinist (1930–2022)
20th Century
15 deaths
Giosuè Carducci
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1906)
PR
Peyton Rous
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966)
Lewis Thomas
businesspersonmining engineer
Australian colliery owner and politician
Carlos Chagas Filho
biologistneuroscientist
Brazilian physician and biologist (1910–2000)
Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach
composerpianist
Austrian composer, pianist and writer (1849–1919)
Eivind Stenersen Engelstad
anthropologistarchaeologist
Norwegian archaeologist and art historian
Rudolf Värnlund
architectplaywright
Swedish architect and writer
Josef Moroder-Lusenberg
paintersculptor
Austrian-Italian Painter and sculptor (1846-1939)
László Lajtha
collector of folk musiccomposer
Hungarian musician (1892–1963)
HT
Henry H. Travers
botanical collectorbotanist
New Zealand naturalist and botanist (1844–1928)
Vibhavadi Rangsit
novelist
Thai princess
Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski
painter
Polish painter (1849-1915)
MH
Maktoum bin Hushur
monarch
Emir of Dubai
WK
Wong Lin Ken
historianpolitician
Academic and politician
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Carlos de Candamo
diplomatfencer
Peruvian diplomat and Sportsman
19th Century
4 deaths
Lindley Murray
juristlawyer
American grammarian and lawyer (1745-1826)
Wesley Fletcher Orr
journalistpolitician
Canadian politician (1831-1898)
Facundo Quiroga
politiciansoldier
Argentine politician
Philippe-Jacques van Bree
painter
Flemish painter (1786-1871)
18th Century
2 deaths
Maria Aurora von Königsmarck
actordraftsperson
Swedish noblewoman of Brandenburg extraction
GZ
György Zoványi
church writerReformed pastor
Hungarian theologian
17th Century
2 deaths
Juan de Mariana
economisthistorian
Spanish historian
Kaspar Ulenberg
Bible translatorcomposer
German theologian
9th Century
1 death
Henjo
Buddhist monkpoet
Japanese writer
3rd Century
1 death
Fei Yi
diplomatpolitician
Shu Han state regent and general (died 253)
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