Famous Deaths for 22nd February 2026

556 – Maximianus of Ravenna, Byzantine bishop (Basilica San Stefano), dies at about 56 [birthdate uncertain]
1827 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter remembered for portraits of leading American Revolution figures (George Washington), dies at 85
1892 – Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (b. 1828)
1911 – William Lewis Cabell “, Old Tige” American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 84
1913 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (Mémoire sur le système primitif des voyelles dans les langues indo-européennes), dies at 55
1936 – John Hope, American educator (President of Atlanta Baptist/Morehouse College,1906-36 and Atlanta University, 1929-36), dies at 67
1980 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austria-British painter and graphic artist, dies at 93
1982 – Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan, dies at 83
1995 – Emmanuel Roblès, Algerian-French novelist and playwright (Lesson Hauteurs), dies at 80
2017 – Fritz Koenig, German sculptor (Sphere at World Trade Center), dies at 92

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