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Fyodor Dostoyevsky's most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), The Adolescent (1875) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880).
Notable Deaths on February 9
1881 — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (born 1821)
February 9 has 90 recorded notable deaths across history, from 966 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
90 source records
966 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on February 9
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1932 Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law. Source
- 1907 The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Source
- 1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama. Source
- 1978 The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Source
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Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator.
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James William Fulbright was an American politician, academic, and statesman who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1945 until his resignation in 1974.
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Percy Faith became a staple of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s.
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Jules Michelet was a French historian and writer, best known for his multi-volume work Histoire de France, which chronicles the history of France from its earliest origins to the French Revolution.
More major people who died on February 9
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1989
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (born 1928)
Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator.
1995
J. William Fulbright
American lawyer and politician (born 1905)
James William Fulbright was an American politician, academic, and statesman who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1945 until his resignation in 1974.
1976
Percy Faith
Canadian composer and conductor (born 1908)
Percy Faith was a Canadian-American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards.
1874
Jules Michelet
French historian, philosopher, and academic (born 1798)
Jules Michelet was a French historian and writer, best known for his multi-volume work Histoire de France, which chronicles the history of France from its earliest origins to the French Revolution.
2022
Johnny Raper
Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1939)
John William Raper was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach.
1857
Dionysios Solomos
Greek poet and translator (born 1798)
Dionysios Solomos was a Greek poet from Zakynthos, who is considered to be Greece's national poet.
2013
Keiko Fukuda
Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (born 1913)
Keiko Fukuda was a Japanese-American martial artist. She was the highest-ranked female judoka in history, holding the rank of 9th dan from the Kodokan (2006), and 10th dan from USA Judo and from the United States Judo…
1935
Bob Diry
Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (born 1884)
Robert "Bob" Diry was an Austrian middleweight world champion 1908 in wrestling.
1978
Costante Girardengo
Italian cyclist and coach (born 1893)
Costante Girardengo was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport.
2007
Hank Bauer
American baseball player and manager (born 1922)
Henry Albert Bauer was an American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He played with the New York Yankees (1948–1959) and Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961); he batted and threw right-handed.
1135
Tai Zong
Chinese emperor (born 1075)
Emperor Taizong of Jin, personal name Wuqimai, sinicised name Wanyan Sheng, was the second emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China. His era name was "Tianhui" (天會).
1709
François Louis
Prince of Conti (born 1664)
François Louis de Bourbon, le Grand Conti, was a French nobleman who held the title Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother, Louis Armand de Bourbon, in 1685.
1981
Bill Haley
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)
William John Clifton Haley was an American rock and roll musician.
2007
Ian Richardson
Scottish actor (born 1934)
Ian William Richardson CBE was a Scottish actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Conservative politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC Television trilogy House of Cards (1990–1995), as well as Bill Haydon in Tinker…
1995
Kalevi Keihänen
Finnish entrepreneur (born 1924)
Åke Kalevi Keihänen was a Finnish travel agency entrepreneur, director of Keihäsmatkat and a groundbreaking figure in Finnish tourism.
1588
Álvaro de Bazán
1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (born 1526)
Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, was a Spanish admiral and nobleman.
1906
Paul Laurence Dunbar
American author, poet, and playwright (born 1872)
Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1199
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Japanese shōgun (born 1147)
Minamoto no Yoritomo was a samurai, daimyo and the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first shogun in the history of Japan to hold de-facto power over Japan.
1619
Lucilio Vanini
Italian physician and philosopher (born 1585)
Lucilio Vanini, who, in his works, styled himself Giulio Cesare Vanini, was an Italian philosopher, physician and free-thinker, who was one of the first significant representatives of intellectual libertinism.