Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 11
Thursday, 19 February 2026
1919 Harald fryklof: Composer, 

1920 Julio garavito armero: Colombian astronomer (b. 1865) 

1921 Sherburne w burnham: Us astronomer (binary stars), 

1925 Andreas hallen: Composer, 

1926 John henry anderson: Cricketer (score 32 & 11 in test for s afr), 

1931 F.w. murnau: German film director (b. 1888) 

1937 Paul scheinpflug: Composer, 

1941 Walford davies: British organist/composer, 

1944 Hendrik w van loon: Neth/us radio commentator/writer, 

1947 Victor hely-hutchinson: Composer, 

1949 Juan lamonte de grignon: Composer, 

1950 Florence arliss: Actress (disraeli), 

1951 Philippe of isacker: Belgian minister, 

1952 Pierre renoir: French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885) 

1955 Alexander fleming: English bacteriologist (penicillin), 

1956 Sergey nikiforovich vasilenko: Russian opera composer, 

1957 Richard e byrd: Us, explorer (antarctica), 

1958 Ole kirk christiansen: Danish inventor of legos (b. 1891) 

1959 Haydn wood: Composer, 

1960 Roy chapman andrews: Us biologist/explorer, 

1962 Will vesper: German author (tristan und isolde), 

1963 Mahomed nissar: Cricketer (6 tests for india 1932-36, 25 wkts), 

1965 James reeb: Us vicar/civil rights activist, murdered 

1967 Geraldine farrar: Soprano/actress (such sweet compulsion), 

1969 John wyndham: [parkes lucas b harris], author (chrysalids), 

1970 Erle stanley gardner: Us writer (perry mason), 

1971 Philo t farnsworth: Us tv pioneer, 

1972 Fredric [william] brown: Sci-fi author (martians go home), 

1975 Philip bezanson: Composer, 

1977 Alberto rodriguez larreta: Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) 

1978 Claude françois: French singer (b. 1939) 

1979 Victor kilian: Actor (gentleman's agreement), 

1982 Edmund cooper: British sci-fi writer (tomorrow came), 

1984 Nakagawa soen: Zen teacher/poet, 

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