Notable Deaths on February 22

99 people 556 – 2026

February 22 has seen 99 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 556 – 2026. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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S. Rajaratnam

2006 — S. Rajaratnam

Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (born 1915)

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He served as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1965 until 1980, and subsequently as the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980 to 1985

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Alongside his foreign affairs portfolio, he also served as Minister for Culture from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Labour from 1968 to 1971, Deputy Prime Minister from 1980 to 1985 and Senior Minister from 1985 to 1988

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Rajaratnam, was a Singaporean statesman, journalist and diplomat

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Rajaratnam was pivotal in establishing Singapore's foreign policy framework during its early years of sovereignty, helping to secure the nation's position on the global stage in its early years

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Throughout his entire political career, he represented the constituency of Kampong Glam


Maximianus
Maximianus
Bishop of Ravenna (born 499)
Maximianus of Ravenna, or Maximian was bishop of Ravenna in Italy. Ravenna was then the capital of the Byzantine Empire's territories in Italy, and Maximianus's role may have included secular political functions.
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556
Sabinian
Pope of the Catholic Church
Pope Sabinian was the bishop of Rome from 13 September 604 to his death on 22 February 606. His pontificate occurred during the Eastern Roman domination of the papacy. He was the fourth former apocrisiarius to…
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606
Sicga
Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide
Sicga was a nobleman in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
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793
Wang
Chinese Empress dowager
Empress Dowager Wang, formally Empress Gongxi, known during her lifetime at times as Empress Dowager Baoli (寶曆太后) then as Empress Dowager Yi'an (義安太后), was an empress dowager of the Chinese Tang dynasty. She was the…
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845
Guo Wei
Guo Wei
Chinese Emperor (born 904)
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954
Otto
Duke of Burgundy (born 944)
Otto of Burgundy was Duke of Burgundy from 956 to his death.
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965
García I
King of Pamplona
García Sánchez I, was the king of Pamplona from 925 until his death in 970. He was the second king of the Jiménez dynasty, succeeding his father when he was merely six years old.
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970
Lambert
Count of Chalon (born 930)
Lambert of Chalon was the count of Chalon from 956 to 978, and viscount of Autun.
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978
Arnulf III
Count of Flanders
Arnulf III was Count of Flanders from 1070 until his death at the Battle of Cassel in 1071.
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1071
Peter Damian
Peter Damian
Italian cardinal
Peter Damian was an Italian reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of Paradiso as a great predecessor of Francis of Assisi and he was…
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1072
John of Fécamp
Italian Benedictine abbot
John of Fécamp, was an Italian-Norman Benedictine who was the most widely read of early medieval spiritual writers before the Imitation of Christ became popular, during a period called the Golden Age of Monasticism and…
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1079
Roger Borsa
Roger Borsa
King of Sicily (born 1078)
Roger Borsa was the Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria and effective ruler of southern Italy from 1085 until his death.
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1111
Margaret of Cortona
Margaret of Cortona
Italian penitent (born 1247)
Margaret of Cortona was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonised in 1728.
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1297
David II
David II
King of Scotland (born 1324)
David II was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371. Upon the death of his father, Robert the Bruce, David succeeded to the throne at the age of five and was crowned at Scone in November 1331, becoming the…
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1371
William Douglas
8th Earl of Douglas (born 1425)
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale was a late Medieval Scottish nobleman, Lord of Galloway, and Lord of the Regality of Lauderdale, and the most powerful magnate in Southern Scotland. He was…
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1452
Gerhard VI
Gerhard VI
German nobleman (born 1430)
Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg was a Count of Oldenburg and regent of Bad Zwischenahn in 1440–1482.
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1500
Henry
Henry
Duke of Cornwall (born 1511)
Henry, Duke of Cornwall was the first living child of King Henry VIII of England and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and though his birth was celebrated as that of the heir apparent, he died within weeks. His death…
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1511
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian cartographer and explorer (born 1454)
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom America is named.
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1512
Olivier van Noort
Olivier van Noort
Dutch explorer (born 1558)
Olivier van Noort was a Dutch merchant captain and the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world.
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1627
Jean Chapelain
Jean Chapelain
French poet and critic (born 1595)
Jean Chapelain was a French poet and critic during the Grand Siècle, best known for his role as an organizer and founding member of the Académie française. Chapelain acquired considerable prestige as a literary critic,…
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1674
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Notable deaths

Who died on February 22?

S. Rajaratnam — Singaporean politician (1915–2006)

Death year2006
Known forRajaratnam, was a Singaporean statesman, journalist and diplomat
Deaths on this date99 (556 – 2026)

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