Died on Tuesday, 10th February – Famous Deaths

10/02/2026

Jose de Venecia Jr., Filipino politician and journalist, 17th and 21st Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives (born 1936)

Jose Claveria de Venecia Jr., also known as JDV, Joe De V or Manong Joe, was a Filipino politician and journalist who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2008. A member of Lakas–CMD, he ran for president in the 1998 election, but lost to Vice President Joseph Estrada, finishing second among 11 candidates.

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10/02/2025

Peter Tuiasosopo, American football player and actor (born 1963)

Peter Navy Tuiasosopo was an American actor and professional football player. He is known for his roles as E. Honda in Street Fighter (1994) and Manumana in Necessary Roughness (1991). He also played custodian Yoshi Nakamura in the Disney Channel series Kickin' It.

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10/02/2023

AKA, South African rapper (born 1988)

Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, known professionally as AKA and also Supamega, was a South African rapper, record producer, and businessman. Born in Cape Town and raised in Johannesburg, Forbes gained recognition after releasing his single "Victory Lap" from his debut studio album, Altar Ego (2011). Often regarded as one of the greatest South African musicians of all time, he was one of the most popular South African musicians of his era and the best-selling South African hip-hop artist of all-time.

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10/02/2022

Olsen Filipaina, New Zealand rugby league player (born 1957)

Olsen Orekewa Filipaina was a professional rugby league footballer who represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa. He played for the Balmain Tigers, Eastern Suburbs, and North Sydney Bears during his New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership career from 1980 to 1987.

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10/02/2021

Larry Flynt, American publisher (born 1942)

Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as Hustler, pornographic videos, and three pornographic television channels named Hustler TV. Flynt fought several high-profile legal battles involving the First Amendment, and unsuccessfully ran for public office. He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 attempted assassination by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. In 2003, Arena magazine listed him at No. 1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list. The 1996 biographical drama film The People vs. Larry Flynt, directed by Miloš Forman and starring Woody Harrelson, chronicles the life and career of Flynt.

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10/02/2019

Carmen Argenziano, American actor (born 1943)

Carmen Antimo Argenziano was an American actor who appeared in over 73 movies and around 100 television movies or episodes. He was best known for playing Jacob Carter on Stargate SG-1. He had recurring roles on Booker, L.A. Law, Melrose Place, and The Young and the Restless, as well as minor roles in The Godfather Part II, Angels & Demons, and The Accused.

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Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (born 1944)

Jan-Michael Vincent was an American actor. He emerged as a leading man in the 1970s, playing notable roles in films like Going Home (1971), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture; The Mechanic (1972), Damnation Alley (1977), and Big Wednesday (1978). He earned his second Golden Globe nomination for his role on the television miniseries The Winds of War (1983), before starring as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the television series Airwolf (1984–87).

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10/02/2017

Mike Ilitch, American businessman (born 1929)

Michael Ilitch Sr., also known as "Mr. I", was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur. He founded Little Caesars in 1959 and later owned two Detroit professional sports franchises: the Detroit Red Wings (1982–2017) of the National Hockey League and the Detroit Tigers (1992–2017) of Major League Baseball.

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10/02/2016

Fatima Surayya Bajia, Indian-Pakistani author and playwright (born 1930)

Fatima Surayya Bajia was an Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer from Pakistan. She was awarded various awards at home and abroad, including Japan's highest civil award, in recognition of her works. Bajia remained Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sindh province in Pakistan, and was a member of the managing committee of the Arts Council of Pakistan. She died on 10 February 2016 in Karachi, aged 85.

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10/02/2015

Naseer Aruri, Palestinian scholar and activist (born 1934)

Naseer H. Aruri was an American scholar-activist and expert on Middle East politics, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and human rights. Aruri was Chancellor Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science, having served on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth from 1965-1998. In 1993, he was the recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences “Distinguished Research Award”. Aruri’s papers have been preserved and are on display at the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections at UMASS-Dartmouth.

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Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (born 1928)

Karl Josef Becker S.J. was a German Catholic theologian and consultor for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 15 September 1977. He taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

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Deng Liqun, Chinese theorist and politician (born 1915)

Deng Liqun was a Chinese politician and theorist who was one of the leading figures of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the 1980s, most well known for his involvement with the party's propaganda work. Deng was born in Guidong County, Hunan province, and joined the CCP in 1936. He came from an intellectual family and joined the party out of intellectual commitment. He was often referred to as "Little Deng", to be distinguished from Deng Xiaoping, the "Old Deng".

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10/02/2014

Stuart Hall, Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (born 1932)

Stuart Henry McPhail Hall was a Jamaican-British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and political activist. Hall – along with Richard Hoggart and Raymond Williams – was one of the founding figures of the school of thought known as British Cultural Studies or the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies.

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Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (born 1928)

Shirley Temple Black was an American actress, singer, dancer, politician, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was named United States Ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.

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10/02/2013

W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (born 1927)

William Watts "Buck" Biggers was an American novelist and co-creator of the long-running animated television series Underdog.

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David Hartman, American-Israeli rabbi and philosopher, founded the Shalom Hartman Institute (born 1931)

David Hartman was an American-Israeli leader and philosopher of contemporary Judaism, founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and a Jewish author.

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10/02/2012

Lloyd Morrison, New Zealand banker and businessman, founded H. R. L. Morrison & Co (born 1957)

Hugh Richmond Lloyd Morrison was a Wellington, New Zealand-based investment banker and entrepreneur. He founded H.R.L. Morrison & Co in 1988, and Morrison & Co launched the infrastructure company Infratil in 1994.

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Jeffrey Zaslow, American journalist and author (born 1958)

Jeffrey Lloyd Zaslow was an American author and journalist, and a columnist for The Wall Street Journal.

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10/02/2011

Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and journalist (born 1923)

Trevor Edward Bailey was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster.

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10/02/2010

Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)

Frederick Appleton Schaus was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University basketball, and a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee. He was born in Newark, Ohio.

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Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (born 1933)

Charles Nesbitt Wilson was an American politician and naval officer who was a 12-term Democratic Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district. Wilson is best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operation, which during the Carter and Reagan administrations supplied military equipment to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. His behind-the-scenes campaign was the subject of the non-fiction book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile III and the subsequent film Charlie Wilson's War, in which he was portrayed by Tom Hanks.

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10/02/2008

Roy Scheider, American actor and boxer (born 1932)

Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor and amateur boxer who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA.

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10/02/2006

James Yancey, American record producer and rapper (born 1974)

James Dewitt Yancey, better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, rapper, and composer. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village. He was a founding member of the Soulquarians, a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Yancey and Madlib collaborated as the duo Jaylib, releasing the album Champion Sound. Yancey's final album, Donuts, was released three days before his death. He was also known for producing the Pharcyde album Labcabincalifornia.

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10/02/2005

Arthur Miller, American actor, playwright, and author (born 1915)

Arthur Asher Miller was an American actor and writer of plays in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century.

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10/02/2003

Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (born 1910)

Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia, was a Mexican-born American interiors photographer.

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Albert J. Ruffo, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of San Jose (born 1908)

Albert J. Ruffo was an American politician, philanthropist, educator, lawyer, and football coach.

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Ron Ziegler, American politician, 14th White House Press Secretary (born 1939)

Ronald Louis Ziegler was the 13th White House Press Secretary, serving during President Richard Nixon's administration.

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10/02/2002

Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)

David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street".

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10/02/2001

Abraham Beame, American academic and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (born 1906)

Abraham David Beame was an English-born American accountant, investor, and Democratic Party politician who served from 1974 to 1977 as the 105th mayor of New York City. Beame presided over the city during the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy.

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Buddy Tate, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1913)

George Holmes "Buddy" Tate was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.

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10/02/2000

Jim Varney, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1949)

James Albert Varney Jr. was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his Emmy Award winning comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, originating in a series of television commercial advertising campaigns, and later growing into a film and television franchise. He played Jed Clampett in the 1993 The Beverly Hillbillies film adaptation, and also covered a song for the film titled "Hot Rod Lincoln". He voiced Slinky Dog in the first two films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–1999). He died of lung cancer on February 10, 2000, leaving two posthumous releases, Daddy and Them and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

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10/02/1997

Brian Connolly, Scottish musician (born 1945)

Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and known for his charismatic stage presence and distinctive voice.

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10/02/1995

Paul Monette, American author, poet, and activist (born 1945)

Paul Landry Monette was an American author, poet, and activist best known for his books about gay relationships. In 1992, he won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.

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10/02/1993

Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (born 1929)

Frederick Cossom Hollows was a New Zealand–Australian ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for people in Australia and many other countries through initiatives such as The Fred Hollows Foundation.

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10/02/1992

Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (born 1921)

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history.

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10/02/1979

Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1910)

Edvard Kardelj, also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans, and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II. During the war, Kardelj was one of the leaders of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People and a Slovene Partisan. After the war, he was a federal political leader in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He led the Yugoslav delegation in peace talks with Italy over the border dispute in the Julian March.

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10/02/1975

Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (born 1910)

Nikos Kavvadias was a Greek poet, writer and a sailor by profession. He used his travels around the world, the life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people, outside the boundaries of reality. His poems are widely regarded as belonging to symbolism, and he has been characterized by some as a poète maudit.

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10/02/1967

Dionysios Kokkinos, Greek historian and author (born 1884)

Dionysios Kokkinos was a Greek historian, journalist, academic and writer.

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10/02/1966

Billy Rose, American composer and songwriter (born 1899)

Billy Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman, lyricist and columnist. For years both before and after World War II, Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with shows such as Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt (1931), Jumbo (1935), Billy Rose's Aquacade (1937), and Carmen Jones (1943). As a lyricist, he is credited with many songs, notably "Don't Bring Lulu" (1925), "Tonight You Belong to Me" (1926), "Me and My Shadow" (1927), "More Than You Know" (1929), "Without a Song" (1929), "It Happened in Monterrey" (1930), and "It's Only a Paper Moon" (1933).

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10/02/1960

Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (born 1898)

Aloysius Viktor Stepinac was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church. Made a cardinal in 1953, Stepinac served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 until his death.

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10/02/1957

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (born 1867)

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series Little House on the Prairie, published between 1932 and 1943, which was based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.

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10/02/1956

Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (born 1872)

Leonora Speyer, Lady Speyer, was an American poet and violinist.

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Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1882)

Emmanouil Tsouderos was a Greek politician and statesman who served as the internationally recognized Prime Minister of Greece from 1941 to 1944 as head of the Greek government-in-exile during the Second World War. He resigned in 1944, following a mutiny in the exiled armed forces.

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10/02/1950

Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (born 1872)

Marcel Israël Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and anthropology. Today, he is perhaps better recognised for his influence on the latter discipline, particularly with respect to his analyses of topics such as magic, sacrifice and gift exchange in different cultures around the world. Mauss had a significant influence upon Claude Lévi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology. His most famous work is The Gift (1925).

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10/02/1945

Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1878)

Anacleto Díaz was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

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10/02/1944

E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (born 1870)

Eugène Michel Antoniadi was a Greek-French astronomer. He is known for creating the Antoniadi scale as well as for his observations of the planets, and was a major opponent of the notion of Martian canals. He created some of the most detailed maps of Mars at the time, and many features on the planet are still known by the names he suggested. He also created the first map of Mercury, though it turned out to be incorrect.

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10/02/1939

Pope Pius XI (born 1857)

Pope Pius XI was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of Vatican City upon its creation on 11 February 1929.

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10/02/1932

Edgar Wallace, English author and screenwriter (born 1875)

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction.

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10/02/1928

José Sánchez del Río, Mexican martyr and saint (born 1913)

José Luis "Joselito" Sánchez del Río was a Mexican Cristero put to death by soldiers of Mexican Army because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. His death was seen as a largely political venture on the part of government officials in their attempt to stamp out dissent and crush religious freedom in the area.

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10/02/1923

Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German experimental physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays. In 1901, Röntgen became the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him." The element roentgenium is named in his honor.

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10/02/1920

Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia (born 1832)

Henry Bull Templer Strangways was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.

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10/02/1918

Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman sultan (born 1842)

Abdülhamid II or Abdul Hamid II was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a period of decline with rebellions, and presided over an unsuccessful war with the Russian Empire (1877–78), the loss of Egypt, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Tunisia, and Thessaly from Ottoman control (1877–1882), followed by a successful war against Greece in 1897, though Ottoman gains were tempered by subsequent Western European intervention.

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Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1833)

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta was an Italian journalist, nationalist, revolutionary soldier and later a pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. He adopted the motto In varietate unitas! which later inspired the motto of the European Union.

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10/02/1917

John William Waterhouse, English painter (born 1849)

John William Waterhouse was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. His paintings are known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology, Arthurian legend, and the works of William Shakespeare. A high proportion depict a single young and beautiful woman in a historical costume and setting, though there are some ventures into Orientalist painting and genre painting, still mostly featuring women.

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10/02/1913

Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek long jumper (born 1888)

Konstantinos "Kostis" Tsiklitiras was a Greek athlete and Olympic champion.

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10/02/1912

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (born 1827)

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, was an English surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Lister revolutionised the craft of surgery by the use of close anatomical observation, in the same manner that John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery.

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10/02/1906

Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (born 1827)

Ezra Butler Eddy was a Canadian businessman and political figure. Born in Vermont, Eddy moved to Canada, where he founded the E. B. Eddy Company, which produced matches and related wood products, later diversifying into pulp and paper and expanding to become a major manufacturer. Eddy later became a politician, serving as mayor of Hull, Quebec and as a Quebec legislator.

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10/02/1904

John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (born 1844)

John A. Roche was an American politician from Illinois who served as Mayor of Chicago from 1887 to 1889. He was the 30th mayor of the city.

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10/02/1891

Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (born 1850)

Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. She was a pioneer of equality for women in mathematics. Kovalevskaya was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics, in the modern sense of that term, the first woman in Europe in modern times appointed to a full professorship in mathematics, as well as one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor. According to historian of science Ann Hibner Koblitz, Kovalevskaya was "the greatest known woman scientist before the twentieth century".

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10/02/1887

Ellen Wood, English author (born 1814)

Ellen Wood , better known as Mrs. Henry Wood, was an English novelist. She is best remembered for her 1861 novel East Lynne. Many of her books sold well internationally and were widely read in the United States. In her time, she surpassed Charles Dickens in fame in Australia.

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10/02/1879

Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (born 1808)

Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870. He earned a living producing caricatures and cartoons in newspapers and periodicals such as La Caricature and Le Charivari, for which he became well known in his lifetime and is still remembered today. He was a republican democrat, who satirized and lampooned the monarchy, aristocracy, clergy, politicians, the judiciary, lawyers, police, detectives, the wealthy, the military, the bourgeoisie, as well as his countrymen and human nature in general.

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10/02/1865

Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1804)

Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz, usually cited as Emil Lenz or Heinrich Lenz in some countries, was a Russian physicist of Baltic German descent who is most noted for formulating Lenz's law in electrodynamics in 1834.

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10/02/1857

David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (born 1770)

David Thompson was a British fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer, known to some native people as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer". Over Thompson's career, he travelled 90,000 kilometres (56,000 mi) across North America, mapping 4.9 million square kilometres of the continent along the way. For this historic feat, Thompson has been described as the "greatest practical land geographer that the world has produced".

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10/02/1854

José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general (born 1792)

José Joaquín Antonio Florencio de Herrera y Ricardos was a Mexican statesman who served as president of Mexico three times, and as a general in the Mexican Army during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848.

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10/02/1846

Maria Aletta Hulshoff, Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (born 1781)

Maria Aletta Hulshoff was a Dutch Patriot, feminist and pamphleteer.

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10/02/1837

Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (born 1799)

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.

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10/02/1831

Peter Heywood, British naval officer (born 1772)

Peter Heywood was a Royal Navy officer who was on board HMS Bounty during the mutiny of 28 April 1789. He was later captured in Tahiti, tried and condemned to death as a mutineer, but subsequently pardoned. He resumed his naval career and eventually retired with the rank of post-captain, after 29 years of honourable service.

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10/02/1829

Pope Leo XII (born 1760)

Pope Leo XII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death in February 1829.

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10/02/1782

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and author (born 1702)

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger was a German Lutheran theologian and theosopher.

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10/02/1755

Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (born 1689)

Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, intellectual, historian, and political philosopher.

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10/02/1752

Henriette of France, French Princess (born1727)

Henriette of France was a French princess, a fille de France. She was the second child of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska, and the twin of Louise Élisabeth of France. She was also considered the favorite daughter of the royal couple and was known for her sweet and gentle personality.

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10/02/1686

William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (born 1605)

Sir William Dugdale was an English antiquary and herald. As a scholar he was influential in the development of medieval history as an academic subject.

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10/02/1660

Judith Leyster, Dutch painter (born 1609)

Judith Jans Leyster was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, portraits, and still lifes. Her work was highly regarded by her contemporaries but largely forgotten after her death. Her entire oeuvre came to be attributed to Frans Hals or to her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer. In 1893, she was rediscovered and scholars began to attribute her works correctly.

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10/02/1576

Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar, translator, and academic (born 1532)

Wilhelm Xylander was a German classical scholar and humanist. He served as rector of Heidelberg University in 1564.

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10/02/1567

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1545)

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley was King of Scotland as the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 29 July 1565 until his murder. Darnley had one child with Mary, James VI of Scotland and I of England. Less than a year after the birth of his son, Darnley was murdered at Kirk o' Field in 1567. Many contemporary narratives describing his life and death refer to him as simply Lord Darnley, his title as heir apparent to the Earldom of Lennox.

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10/02/1526

John V, Count of Oldenburg, German noble (born 1460)

John V, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst was a member of the House of Oldenburg. He was the ruling Count of Oldenburg from 1500 to 1526. His parents were Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg and Adelheid of Tecklenburg.

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10/02/1524

Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (born 1468)

Catherine of Saxony, a member of the House of Wettin, was the second wife of Sigismund, Archduke of Austria and Regent of Tyrol.

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10/02/1471

Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (born 1413)

Frederick II of Brandenburg, nicknamed "the Iron" and sometimes "Irontooth" (Eisenzahn), was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, and was a member of the House of Hohenzollern.

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10/02/1346

Blessed Clare of Rimini (born 1282)

Clare of Rimini was an Italian holy woman who was beatified.

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10/02/1307

Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (born 1265)

Öljeyitü Khan, born Temür, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzong of Yuan, was the second emperor of the Yuan dynasty of China, ruling from 10 May 1294 to 10 February 1307. Apart from being the Emperor of China, he is considered as the sixth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire. He was an able ruler of the Yuan dynasty, and his reign established the patterns of power for the next few decades.

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10/02/1306

John "the Red" Comyn, Scottish nobleman

John Comyn III of Badenoch, nicknamed the Red, was a leading Scottish baron and magnate who played an important role in the First War of Scottish Independence. He served as Guardian of Scotland after the forced abdication of his uncle, King John Balliol, in 1296, and for a time commanded the defence of Scotland against English attacks. Comyn was stabbed to death by Robert the Bruce before the altar at the church of the Greyfriars at Dumfries.

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10/02/1280

Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (born 1202)

Margaret, often called Margaret of Constantinople, ruled as Countess of Flanders during 1244–1278 and Countess of Hainaut during 1244–1253 and 1257–1280. She was the younger daughter of Count Baldwin IX and Marie of Champagne.

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10/02/1242

Emperor Shijō of Japan (born 1231)

Emperor Shijō was the 87th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1232 through 1242.

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10/02/1163

Baldwin III of Jerusalem (born 1130)

Baldwin III was the king of Jerusalem from 1143 until his death. Although he only took up sole rule in 1152 and died young, he was the longest-reigning of the 12th-century kings of Jerusalem. He expanded the borders of the kingdom, paved the way for the later kings' attempts to conquer Egypt, and acted as the defender of the other crusader states in the Levant.

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10/02/1127

William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (born 1071)

William IX was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101.

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10/02/0547

Scholastica, Christian nun

Scholastica was an Italian Christian consecrated virgin and the sister of Benedict of Nursia. She is traditionally regarded as the foundress of the Benedictine nuns. Scholastica is honored as a saint of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Anglican Communion. She was born in Italy, and a ninth-century tradition makes her the twin sister of Benedict. Her feast day is 10 February.

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