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Famous Deaths on February 21

15 notable people died on February 21, including Mikhail Sholokhov, Kenneth J. Arrow, Roger Guillemin.

Total Deaths
15
Avg Age at Death
68
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

2 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1972)
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977)

20th Century

8 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1965)
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)
Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting
biologistpharmacologist
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)
Ramon Torres
Ramon Torres
ministerpolitician
Filipino politician
Joseph William Sutton
Joseph William Sutton
engineerinventor
21 Oct 1844 - 21 Feb 1914
Henryk Arctowski
Henryk Arctowski
explorergeographer
Polish scientist and explorer (1871–1958)
Milan Savić
Milan Savić
translatorwriter
Serbian writer, literary critic
Johannes Semper
Johannes Semper
linguistpoet
Estonian writer and politician (1892-1970)

19th Century

2 deaths
Carl Wilhelm von Heideck
Carl Wilhelm von Heideck
military personnelpainter
German general (1788-1861)
Staikos Staikopoulos
Staikos Staikopoulos
military leaderpolitician
Greek general (1799–1835)

17th Century

2 deaths
Georg Andreas Böckler
Georg Andreas Böckler
architectengineer
German architect and engineer
AZ
Al Walid ben Zidan
politiciansultan
Sultan of Morocco

12th Century

1 death
Prince of Armenia

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