Died On February 6th
Discover the most famous people who died on February 6. The list includes people like Gustav Klimt, Danny Thomas, Arthur Ashe, Joseph Priestley, James Whitmore. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, actors and poets and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Austria & South Africa and many more countries.
George VI14 December 1895, British
Former King of the United Kingdom
Motilal Nehru06 May 1861, Indian
Political Leader
Danny Thomas06 January 1912, American
Jack Kirby28 August 1917, American
Comic Book Artist
Arthur Ashe10 July 1943, American
Tennis Player
Gustav Klimt14 July 1862, Austrian
Painter
Emilio Aguinaldo22 March 1869, Filipino
First President of the Philippines
James Whitmore01 October 1921, American
Actor
Joseph Priestley24 March 1733, British
Discoverer of Oxygen
Guy Madison19 January 1922, American
Actor
Angelica Hamilton25 September 1784, American
Alexander Hamilton's Daughter
Upendranath Brahmachari19 December 1873, Indian
Scientist
Rubén Darío18 January 1867, Nicaraguan
Poet
Isabella Beeton12 March 1836, British
Author
Don Dunstan21 September 1926, Australian, Fijian
Former Premier of South Australia
Salvador Luria13 August 1912, Italian
Microbiologist
Johannes Ockeghem1410 AD, Belgian
Music Composer, Choirmaster, Singer
Max Perutz19 May 1914, British
Molecular Biologist
Assia Djebar30 June 1936, Algerian
Author
Charles II29 May 1630, British
King of England, Scotland & Ireland
Theodor Billroth26 April 1829, Austrian, Croatian, Prussian
Surgeon
Gary Moore04 April 1952, Irish, British
Guitarist
Carl Wilson21 December 1946, American
Musician, Guitarist, Record producer, Composer
Joseph Cotten15 May 1905, American
Actor
Emil Maurice19 January 1897, German
Politician
Joost van der Westhuizen20 February 1971, South African
Rugby union player
Peter Breck13 March 1929, Canadian, American
Actor
Frankie Laine30 March 1913, American
Singer
Capability Brown30 August 1716, British
Horticulturist, Architect, Landscape architect
Ritwik Ghatak04 November 1925, Indian
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Barbara W. Tuchman30 January 1912, American
Journalist, Historian, Writer, Biographer
Garry Moore04 April 1952, British
Guitarists
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Ahmed II25 February 1643, Turkish
Sultan
Aldus Manutius1449 AD, Italian
type designer, publisher, typographer, printer
Leo von Caprivi24 February 1831, German
Chancellor, Politician
Abd el-Krim1882 AD, Egyptian
Political leader
Keith Park15 June 1892, British
Aviator, Military personnel
Raymond Smullyan25 May 1919, American
Mathematician, Pianist, Philosopher, University
Ben Nicholson10 April 1894, British
painter, sculptor
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik0691 AD, Syrian
Caliph
Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás11 June 1900, Spanish
Piero Manzoni13 July 1933, Italian
Artist, Painter
Falco19 February 1957, Austrian
Musician
Antoni Tàpies13 December 1923, Spanish
Painter
James Merrill03 March 1926, American
Poet, Writer
Piet Retief12 November 1780, South African
Explorer
Robert Brasillach31 March 1909, French
Writer, Journalist, Film critic, Novelist, Poet,
André Brink29 May 1935, South African
Linguist, Writer, Translator, Professor
Maximilien Luce13 March 1858, French
Painter
Ken Olsen20 February 1926, American
Engineer, Entrepreneur, Computer scientist
Pope Clement XII07 April 1652, Italian
Barbara Tuchman30 January 1912, American
Historian
Julian Steward31 January 1902, American
Anthropologist
Edward Emerson Barnard16 December 1857, American
American astronomer
Georgy Shpagin17 April 1897, Russian, Russian
Russian weapons designe
Johnny Dankworth20 September 1927, British
Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople0810 AD, Armenian
Saint
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman30 January 1912, American
Historian
Kenneth Harry Olsen20 February 1926, British