Famous people died in February - page 8

Jan Steen

Jan Steen

Jan Steen was a famous Dutch genre painter, born in the seventeenth century

Dutch162693 views

Leo Baekeland

Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland was a Belgian-American chemist well-known for his discovery of photographic paper Velox and polymeric plastic Bakelite.

BelgianNovember 14, 1863236 views

Adolphe Sax

Adolphe Sax was the inventor of Saxophone

BelgianNovember 6, 1814218 views

Pope Benedict XIII

Pope Benedict XIII was the pope from 29 May 1724 to his death in 1730

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad was an Indian revolutionary considered to be the chief strategist of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).

IndianJuly 23, 190699 views

Ritchie Valens

Richard Steven Valenzuela, also known as as Ritchie Valens, was a singer, songwriter and guitarist

AmericanMay 13, 1941185 views

Alphonse de Lamartine

An ornate poet and political figure of his time, Alphonse de Lamartine was a prominent name in France during the historic French Revolution

FrenchOctober 21, 1790100 views

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American writer and journalist, who is considered to be the founder of the ‘gonzo journalism’

AmericanJuly 18, 1937124 views

Shah Jahan

Shah Jahan was the fifth Mughal Emperor of India

IndianJanuary 5, 1592163 views

Doug Henning

Doug Henning was a Canadian magician and illusionist

CanadianMay 3, 1947173 views