Deaths Month: February 2016
Fernando Cardenal
Nicaraguan priest · 20 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 20 · Other
Fred V. Cherry
American military pilot · 16 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 16 · Cherry · Other
Vi Subversa
singer and guitarist of British anarcho-punk band Poison Girls · 19 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 19
Samuel Willenberg
Polish-born Israeli sculptor and painter · 19 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 19
Umberto Eco
Italian philosopher and novelist (The Name of the Rose) · 19 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 19
Rosario Ferré
Puerto Rican writer · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18
Janet Watson
American choreographer (Big River) · 08 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 8 · Other
Tony Phillips
American baseball player (Oakland Athletics · 17 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 17
Jim Davenport
American baseball player (San Francisco Giants) · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18
Tom Mullica
American comedy magician · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18 · Other
Harper Lee
American author (To Kill a Mockingbird) (death reported on this date) · 19 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 19
Mildred Shapley Matthews
American science writer · 11 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 11 · Matthews
Keith Jeffery
Northern Irish historian · 12 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 12
Hans Posthumus
Dutch football player (Feyenoord · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 15
Johnny Miller
English footballer (Ipswich) · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18
Michael Jaharis
American businessman and philanthropist · 17 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 17 · Other
Paul Gordon
American musician (New Radicals · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18
Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar
Indian religious scholar · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18 · Musliyar
Virgil Jester
American baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves) · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 15
Martin Jensen
Norwegian triple jumper · 12 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 12 · Other
Abdul Rahman Al-Hanaqtah
62–63 · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · Al-Hanaqtah · February 15 · Other
Angela Raiola
American television personality (Mob Wives) · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18 · Other
Arumugam Vijiaratnam
Singaporean athlete · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18
Mitchell Higginbotham
American World War II veteran · 14 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 14 · Other
Abdul Rashid Khan
Indian Hindustani musician · 18 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 18 · Khan
Eugenio Carmi
Italian abstract painter and sculptor · 16 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 16
Andy Ganteaume
Trinidadian cricket player (West Indies) · 17 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 17
Buckner Fanning
American Southern Baptist pastor · 14 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 14 · Other
Rusty Fairly
American college baseball coach · 13 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 13
Jesús Barrero
Mexican actor and voice actor (Saint Seiya · 17 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 17
Ronnie Blackman
English footballer (Reading) · 17 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 17
Peter Wood
English theatre director · 11 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 11 · Other
Philip A. Kuhn
British-born American sinologist · 11 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 11 · Other · Kuhn
Alexa McAllister
American reality television contestant (The Bachelor) · 16 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 16 · Other
Gregorio Garavito Jiménez
Colombian Roman Catholic prelate · 16 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 16 · Jiménez · Other
Elias P. Demetracopoulos
Greek journalist and activist · 17 February 2016 · Demetracopoulos · February 2016 · February 17 · Elías
Lucien Acou
Belgian racing cyclist and coach · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 15
Arman Manaryan
Iranian-born Armenian film director · 16 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 16
George Gaynes
American Actor. Known for roles in the Police Academy series · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 15
Mircea Costache II
Romanian handball player (World Champion in 1961) · 16 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 16
Paul Bannon
Irish footballer (Carlisle United · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 15
Carlos Quintero Arce
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 15 · Other · Arce
Edwin McDonough
American actor (Kinsey · 09 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 9
Leo Van Munching Jr.
Dutch-born American entrepeneur (Heineken) · 14 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 14 · Munching · Other
Lewis Feild
American rodeo cowboy · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 15 · Other
Dag Gundersen
Norwegian linguist and lexicographer · 02 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 2
Eddie Barry
American ice hockey player (Boston Bruins) · 12 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 12
Vanity
American singer (Vanity 6) · 15 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 15
Kenny Easterday
American actor and "man with half a body" due to sacral agenesis · 12 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 12
Yannis Kalaitzis
Greek cartoonist and caricaturist · 12 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 12
Michael Hanlon
British science journalist · 09 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 9
Steven Stucky
American classical music composer · 14 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 14