Famous Deaths on February 21

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1972)

Canadian writer (1920–2005)

Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2015)

Icelandic author and feminist politician (1930-2004)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1965)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)

Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)

Filipino politician

21 Oct 1844 - 21 Feb 1914

Polish scientist and explorer (1871–1958)

Swiss philanthropist and documentalist (1845-1920), wife of the Swiss anthropologist and antiquarian Johann Jakob Bachofen.

Estonian writer and politician (1892-1970)

Serbian writer, literary critic

Hungarian writer (1900–1989)

Romanian painter (1848-1904)

Australian civil engineer (1892–1942)

Irish writer

New Zealand painter and teacher (1835-1913)

Spanish ecclesiastic, historian, botanist, ethnographer, and professor (1731-1813)

German general (1788-1861)

Swedish singer and composer (1830–1896)

Greek general (1799–1835)

Italian architect

German architect and engineer

Spanish Jesuit

Sultan of Morocco

Prince of Armenia

Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint