Did you know
Marco Pantani is the second to last rider and one of only eight to ever win the Tour de France – Giro d'Italia double, doing so in 1998.
Notable Deaths on February 14
2004 — Marco Pantani
Italian cyclist (born 1970)
February 14 has 110 recorded notable deaths across history, from 269 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
110 source records
269 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on February 14
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1947 The act abolishing all noble ranks and related styles comes into force in Hungary. Source
- 2005 YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos. Source
- 2000 The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. Source
- 1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London. Source
Did you know
Reluctantly taking the job in 1974, he built on the foundations laid by his predecessor Bill Shankly and went on to become the most successful English manager in history.
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Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6.
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During the 1950s he was also a key member of the Hungary national team known as the Golden Team.
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On 3 July, 1753, he formally gave up his practice as a barrister, and embarked on a series of lectures on English law, the first of their kind.
More major people who died on February 14
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1996
Bob Paisley
English footballer and manager (born 1919)
Robert Paisley was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time.
269
Saint Valentine
Roman saint
Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6.
2002
Nándor Hidegkuti
Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1922)
Nándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC.
1780
William Blackstone
English jurist and politician (born 1723)
Sir William Blackstone was an English jurist, justice, and Tory politician most noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, which became the best-known description of the doctrines of the English common law.
1714
Maria Luisa of Savoy
queen of Spain (born 1688)
Princess Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy, nicknamed La Savoyana, was Queen of Spain by marriage to King Philip V.
1948
Mordecai Brown
American baseball player and manager (born 1876)
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, nicknamed "Three Finger Brown" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager during the first two decades of the 20th century.
1942
Adnan Saidi
Malayan lieutenant (born 1915)
Adnan bin Saidi was a Malayan military officer who served under the 1st Malaya Infantry Brigade within the Malaya Command during the Second World War.
2013
Glenn Boyer
American historian and author (born 1924)
Glenn G. Boyer was a controversial author who published three books and a number of articles about Wyatt Earp and related figures in the American Old West.
1986
Edmund Rubbra
English composer and conductor (born 1901)
Edmund Rubbra was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras.
1923
Charles Henry Turner
American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist (born 1867)
Charles Henry Turner was an American zoologist, entomologist, educator, and comparative psychologist, known for his studies on the behavior of insects, particularly bees and ants.
1010
Fujiwara no Korechika
Japanese nobleman (born 974)
Fujiwara no Korechika , the second son of Michitaka, was a kugyo of the Heian period. His mother was Takashina no Takako, also known as Kō-no-Naishi (高内侍).
1937
Erkki Melartin
Finnish composer (born 1875)
Erkki Gustaf Melartin was a Finnish composer, conductor, and teacher of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods.
2026
Tom Noonan
American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1951)
Thomas Patrick Noonan was an American actor, director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in The Monster Squad (1987), Cain in RoboCop 2 (1990),…
1994
Christopher Lasch
American historian and critic (born 1932)
Robert Christopher Lasch was an American historian and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester.
2006
Lynden David Hall
English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1974)
Lynden David Hall was an English singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who emerged during the late 1990s as part of the neo soul movement.
2016
Eric Lubbock
4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (born 1928)
Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970.
1009
Bruno of Querfurt
German missionary bishop
Bruno of Querfurt, O.S.B. Cam., also known as Brun, was a Christian missionary, bishop, Camaldolese monk and martyr.
1959
Baby Dodds
American drummer (born 1898)
Warren "Baby" Dodds was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is regarded as one of the best jazz drummers of the pre-big band era.
1922
Heikki Ritavuori
Finnish lawyer and politician (born 1880; assassinated)
Heikki Ritavuori was a Finnish lawyer, a politician from the National Progressive Party, a member of the Parliament of Finland and Minister of the Interior. He was the closest colleague of President K. J.