Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Feb-21

Died on This Day (Feb-21)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
  Jayo Archer Australian motocross rider 27 1
Simone Segouin Simone Segouin Simone Segouin , also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet, is a former French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-tireurs et partisans group. French Resistance fighter 97 2
  Celeste Sánchez Romero Celeste Sánchez Romero was a Mexican dental researcher and federal deputy from the Labor Party in the first six months of the LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Mexican politician 32 3
Peter Tork Peter Tork Peter Halsten Thorkelson , better known by his stage name Peter Tork, was an American musician and actor. American musician 77 6
Billy Graham Billy Graham William Franklin Graham Jr. was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. American evangelist 99 7
  Ronald Fiddler British Isis suicide bomber 50 8
  David Duffield David Duffield was best known as a commentator on British Eurosport working mainly on the channel's professional cycling coverage for many years. TV sports commentator 84 9
  Daniel Topolski Daniel "Dan" Topolski was a British author, rower, rowing coach and commentator on BBC television. Oxford rowing coach 69 10
Bob Doe Bob Doe Robert Francis Thomas Doe, DSO, DFC & Bar was a British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. British flying ace 89 15
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro was a Soviet-born Israeli mathematician. Israeli mathematician 79 16
Guillermo Cabrera Infante Guillermo Cabrera Infante Guillermo Cabrera Infante was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Cuban writer 75 20
Kenneth Nichols Kenneth Nichols Major General Kenneth David Nichols CBE , also known by Nick, was an officer in the United States Army, and a civil engineer who worked on the secret Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb during World War II. United States Army officer and nuclear engineer 92 25
Art Kane Art Kane Art Kane was an American fashion and music photographer active from the 1950s through the early 1990s. American fashion and music photographer 69 30
Irina Tasseva Irina Tasseva Irina Taseva was a Bulgarian actress. She was born on July 22, 1910 in the town of Kiustendil, Bulgaria. Theatre actor 79 35
  Nathan Pritikin Nathan Pritikin was an American inventor, engineer, nutritionist and longevity researcher. Nutrionist 69 40
Janet Vogel Janet Vogel The Skyliners are an American doo-wop group from Pittsburgh. American singer 38 45
Malcolm X Malcolm X Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. Human rights activist 39 60
Edgar Meyer Edgar Meyer Edgar Meyer was an Austrian painter who built himself a castle and engaged in politics. Austrian painter 71 100
Charles Piazzi Smyth Charles Piazzi Smyth Charles Piazzi Smyth FRSE FRS FRAS FRSSA was an Italian-born British astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and, along with his wife Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth, his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza. British astronomer 81 125
Claude of Valois Claude of Valois Claude of France was a French princess as the second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, and Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. French princess 27 450