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February 29 Deaths
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The following is a list of notable world figures who died on February 29.
| | 1528 - Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1504) |
| | 1592 - Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer |
| | 1604 - John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1530) |
| | 1744 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683) |
| | 1820 - Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743) |
| | 1868 - Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786) |
| | 1940 - Edward Frederic Benson, American writer (b. 1867) |
| | 1944 - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861) |
| | 1956 - Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (b. 1890) |
| | 1968 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886) |
| | 1980 - Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914) |
| | 1992 - Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897) |
| | 2004 - Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915) |
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