Died on
Who died on February 24
96 figures who shaped history died on February 24.
- 96deaths
- 63events
Best known
Best known
Æthelberht of Kent
King of Kent from 589 to 616
Charles III of Naples
King of Naples (1382–1386) and Hungary
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg
Count of Württemberg
Jacques de La Palice
Marshal of France
Richard de la Pole
Pretender to the English crown (died 1525)
Properzia de' Rossi
Italian sculptor (c. 1490–1530)
Æthelberht of Kent — King of Kent from 589 to 616, who died on February 24 616.
Charles III of Naples — King of Naples (1382–1386) and Hungary, who died on February 24 1386.
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg — Count of Württemberg, who died on February 24 1496.
Jacques de La Palice — Marshal of France, who died on February 24 1525.
Richard de la Pole — Pretender to the English crown (died 1525), who died on February 24 1525.
Properzia de' Rossi — Italian sculptor (c. 1490–1530), who died on February 24 1530.
All entries
- 951LLiu Yun (governor)
- 1018
Borrell (bishop of Vic) - 1114TThomas II of YorkArchbishop of York from 1109 to 1114
- 1525
Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de BonnivetFrench soldier (c. 1488–1525) - 1563
François, Duke of GuiseFrench soldier and politician - 1580
Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of ArundelEnglish nobleman and courtier - 1588
Johann WeyerDutch physician, occultist and demonologist - 1666
Nicholas LanierEnglish musician, scenographer and painter - 1674
Prataprao GujarCommander-in-chief under Maratha Empire - 1685
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of CarlisleEnglish soldier and politician - 1704
Marc-Antoine CharpentierFrench composer - 1714
Edmund AndrosEnglish soldier and colonial governor - 1721
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and NormanbyBritish military officer, writer and politician - 1732
Francis Charteris (rake)Scottish soldier and adventurer - 1777
Joseph I of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1750 to 1777 - 1785
Carlo BuonaparteFather of Napoleon Bonaparte - 1799
Georg Christoph LichtenbergGerman scientist and satirist - 1810
Henry CavendishEnglish natural philosopher, and scientist - 1812
Étienne-Louis MalusFrench officer, engineer, physicist and mathematician - 1815
Robert FultonAmerican engineer and inventor - 1825
Thomas BowdlerEnglish physician and editor - 1856
Nikolai LobachevskyRussian mathematician - 1876
Joseph Jenkins Roberts1st and 7th president of Liberia (1848–56, 1872–76) - 1879
Shiranui KōemonJapanese sumo wrestler - 1910
Osman Hamdi BeyOttoman administrator, intellectual and artist - 1914
Joshua ChamberlainUnion Army general and Medal of Honor recipient - 1925
Hjalmar BrantingSwedish politician - 1927
Edward Marshall HallBritish barrister - 1929
André MessagerFrench composer and conductor - 1930
Hermann von IheringGerman-Brazilian zoologist - 1953
Robert M. La Follette Jr.American politician - 1953
Gerd von RundstedtGerman field marshal - 1967
Mir Osman Ali KhanLast ruler of Hyderabad, India - 1970
Conrad NagelAmerican actor - 1974
Margaret LeechAmerican historian and novelist - 1975HHans BellmerGerman artist and photographer
- 1975
Nikolai BulganinSoviet politician - 1978
Alma ThomasAmerican painter - 1982
Virginia BruceAmerican actress and singer - 1986
Rukmini Devi ArundaleIndian dancer and choreographer - 1986
Tommy DouglasPremier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 - 1990
Tony ConigliaroAmerican baseball player - 1990
Malcolm ForbesAmerican publisher - 1990
Sandro PertiniPresident of Italy from 1978 to 1985 - 1990
Johnnie RayAmerican singer and pianist - 1991
John Charles DalyAmerican journalist and game show host
- 1991
George GobelAmerican comedian and actor - 1991
Webb PierceAmerican country musician - 1993
Danny GallivanCanadian sportscaster - 1993
Bobby MooreEnglish footballer - 1994
Jean SablonFrench singer, songwriter, composer and actor - 1994
Dinah ShoreAmerican singer and actress - 1998
Antonio ProhíasCuban cartoonist - 1998
Henny YoungmanAmerican comedian - 1999
Andre DubusAmerican writer - 2000
Betty Lou BeetsAmerican murderer - 2001
Theodore MarierAmerican classical composer - 2001
Claude ShannonAmerican mathematician - 2002
Leo OrnsteinAmerican composer and pianist - 2004
John Randolph (actor)American actor - 2005CCoşkun KırcaTurkish diplomat and politician
- 2006
Octavia E. ButlerAmerican science fiction writer - 2006
Don KnottsAmerican actor and comedian
- 2006JJohn Martin (Canadian broadcaster)Founder of MuchMusic
- 2006
Dennis WeaverAmerican actor
- 2007
Bruce BennettAmerican actor and athlete - 2007
Damien NashAmerican football player - 2008
Larry NormanAmerican musician, singer, songwriter and record producer - 2010
Dawn BrancheauAmerican SeaWorld trainer - 2011
Anant PaiIndian comics artist - 2012
Agnes Allen (baseball)Baseball player - 2012
Oliver WrongAcademic nephrologist - 2013TThe VelvetsDoo-wop group from Odessa, Texas
- 2013
Con MartinIrish footballer - 2014
Franny BeecherAmerican rock and roll musician - 2014
Alexis HunterNew Zealand painter and photographer - 2014
Carlos Páez VilaróUruguayan artist - 2014
Harold RamisAmerican actor, comedian, and filmmaker - 2015
Methodius KudriakovAutocephalous Orthodox Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine
- 2015
Rakhat AliyevKazakh politician - 2016
Peter KeniloreaPrime Minister of Solomon Islands - 2016NNabil Maleh
- 2016GGeorge C. NichopoulosAmerican physician
- 2018
SrideviIndian actress - 2018
Haukur HilmarssonIcelandic activist
- 2020
Katherine JohnsonAmerican mathematician - 2021
Ronald PickupBritish actor - 2023
Edith RogerNorwegian dancer and stage director - 2024KKumar ShahaniIndian film director and screenwriter
- 2025
Roberta FlackAmerican singer
Frequently asked questions
Who died on February 24?
96 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 24, including Æthelberht of Kent, Charles III of Naples, Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on February 24?
63 documented historical events happened on February 24, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Diocletianic Persecution, the last and most severe episode of the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, began with the publication of a first edict by Roman emperor Diocletian. On the same day, in another year: Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, considered the first fully developed opera, premiered in Mantua. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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