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Died on February 14th
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| William Blackstone |
Judge |
10-Jul-1723 |
14-Feb-1780 |
Commentaries on the Laws of England |
| Mordecai Brown |
Baseball |
19-Oct-1876 |
14-Feb-1948 |
Three Finger Brown |
| James Cook |
Explorer |
27-Oct-1728 |
14-Feb-1779 |
Explorer of the South Pacific |
| Vincent Crane |
Musician |
21-May-1943 |
14-Feb-1989 |
Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown keyboardist |
| John Dickinson |
Politician |
8-Nov-1732 |
14-Feb-1808 |
Founder of Dickinson College |
| Dolly the sheep |
Oddity |
5-Jul-1996 |
14-Feb-2003 |
World's first cloned mammal |
| Joel Dorius |
Educator |
4-Jan-1919 |
14-Feb-2006 |
Professor fired for gay porn arrest |
| Adolph Dubs |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1920 |
14-Feb-1979 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79 |
| John Ehrlichman |
Government |
20-Mar-1925 |
14-Feb-1999 |
Watergate criminal, served time |
| Doug Fieger |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Aug-1952 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Lead singer of The Knack |
| Dick Francis |
Novelist |
31-Oct-1920 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Dead Cert |
| Vito Genovese |
Criminal |
27-Nov-1897 |
14-Feb-1969 |
Genovese crime family |
| Gwilym Lloyd George |
Politician |
4-Dec-1894 |
14-Feb-1967 |
UK Home Secretary, 1954-57 |
| Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
| Rafik Hariri |
Head of State |
1-Nov-1944 |
14-Feb-2005 |
Billionaire, Lebanese Prime Minister |
| David Hilbert |
Mathematician |
23-Jan-1862 |
14-Feb-1943 |
Hilbert Space |
| Seth Holt |
Film Director |
1923 |
14-Feb-1971 |
The Nanny |
| Julian Huxley |
Biologist |
22-Jun-1887 |
14-Feb-1975 |
Evolutionary biologist |
| Karl Jansky |
Astronomer |
22-Oct-1905 |
14-Feb-1950 |
Radio waves from outer space |
| Andrew Koenig |
Actor |
17-Aug-1968 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Growing Pains |
| Christopher Lasch |
Author |
1-Jun-1932 |
14-Feb-1994 |
The Culture of Narcissism |
| Frederick Loewe |
Composer |
10-Jun-1901 |
14-Feb-1988 |
My Fair Lady |
| Johnny Longden |
Jockey |
14-Feb-1907 |
14-Feb-2003 |
Winner, 1943 Triple Crown |
| Reginald Maudling |
Politician |
7-Mar-1917 |
14-Feb-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1970-72 |
| John McCone |
Government |
4-Jan-1902 |
14-Feb-1991 |
CIA Director, 1961-65 |
| Lee Patterson |
Actor |
31-Mar-1929 |
14-Feb-2007 |
One Life to Live |
| King Richard II |
Royalty |
6-Jan-1367 |
14-Feb-1400 |
King of England 1377-99 |
| Sig Ruman |
Actor |
11-Oct-1884 |
14-Feb-1967 |
Stalag 17 |
| Elmore Y. Sarles |
Politician |
15-Jan-1859 |
14-Feb-1929 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1905-07 |
| George Shearing |
Jazz Musician |
13-Aug-1919 |
14-Feb-2011 |
George Shearing Quintet |
| William T. Sherman |
Military |
8-Feb-1820 |
14-Feb-1891 |
Marched to the Sea |
| McLean Stevenson |
Actor |
14-Nov-1929 |
14-Feb-1996 |
Lt. Col. Henry Blake on M*A*S*H |
| Douglas Stewart |
Playwright |
6-May-1913 |
14-Feb-1985 |
Fire in the Snow |
| Piero Umiliani |
Composer |
17-Jul-1926 |
14-Feb-2001 |
Mah Na Mah Na |
| Jean Wallace |
Actor |
12-Oct-1923 |
14-Feb-1990 |
The Big Combo |
| P. G. Wodehouse |
Author |
15-Oct-1881 |
14-Feb-1975 |
Jeeves novels |
| Yang Zhiya |
Criminal |
c. 1968 |
14-Feb-2004 |
Chinese serial killer, charged 65 murders |
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