20 notable people died on February 21, including Kenneth J. Arrow, Roger Guillemin, Gertrude B. Elion.
21st Century
4 deaths
Kenneth J. Arrow
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1972)
Roger Guillemin
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977)
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Aleksei Gubarev
aircraft pilotastronaut
Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2015)
Gérard Bessette
criticessayist
Canadian writer (1920–2005)
20th Century
10 deaths
Gertrude B. Elion
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)
Mikhail Sholokhov
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1965)
Frederick Banting
biologistpharmacologist
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)
Ramon Torres
ministerpolitician
Filipino politician
Henryk Arctowski
explorergeographer
Polish scientist and explorer (1871–1958)
Joseph William Sutton
engineerinventor
21 Oct 1844 - 21 Feb 1914
Milan Savić
translatorwriter
Serbian writer, literary critic
Johannes Semper
linguistpoet
Estonian writer and politician (1892-1970)
Sava Henția
illustratormuralist
Romanian painter (1848-1904)
GG
Gordon Gutteridge
civil engineersanitary engineer
Australian civil engineer (1892–1942)
19th Century
2 deaths
Carl Wilhelm von Heideck
military personnelpainter
German general (1788-1861)
Staikos Staikopoulos
military leaderpolitician
Greek general (1799–1835)
17th Century
3 deaths
Georg Andreas Böckler
architectengineer
German architect and engineer
Alonso Rodriguez
pedagoguepriest
Spanish Jesuit
AZ
Al Walid ben Zidan
politiciansultan
Sultan of Morocco
12th Century
1 death
Leo I, Prince of Armenia
monarch
Prince of Armenia
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