GROUPS
Famous People Who Died on February 3
FEATURED VIDEO
Featured People
See all Famous People Who Died on February 3 (11)
-
Ritchie Valens
- In these groups:
- Aviation Accident Victims
- Name Changers
- Famous People Who Died in Accidents
Ritchie Valens
Songwriter, Singer / 1941 - 1959
Mexican-American musician Ritchie Valens is best known for his hit "La Bamba." His successful career was cut short when he died in a plane crash at age 17.
-
Johannes Gutenberg
- In these groups:
- Famous Inventors
- Famous People Named Johannes
- Famous Germans
Johannes Gutenberg
Inventor / 1395 - 1468
German inventor Johannes Gutenberg developed a method of printing from movable type. He printed the first book via movable type, the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible.
-
Buddy Holly
- In these groups:
- Aviation Accident Victims
- The Ed Sullivan Show Guests
- Musical Monikers
Buddy Holly
Singer / 1936 - 1959
Buddy Holly was a singer/songwriter whose records, conveying a sense of the wide-open spaces of West Texas and unstoppable joie de vivre, remain vital today.
-
Woodrow Wilson
- In these groups:
- Famous Irish-Americans
- Nobel Peace Prize Winners
- Who Is On Your Money
Woodrow Wilson
Educator, U.S. President / 1856 - 1924
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. resident, led America through World War I and crafted the Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," the last of which was creating a League of Nations to ensure world peace. Wilson also created the Federal Reserve and signed the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote.
-
Belle Starr
- In these groups:
- Wild West
- Famous Aquarians
- Famous People Who Were Murdered
Belle Starr
Criminal / 1848 - 1889
Outlaw Belle Starr (1848-1889) declared herself the "bandit queen" for her career as a cattle and horse rustler in Texas and Oklahoma.
-
J. P. Richardson
- In these groups:
- Famous People Who Died in Accidents
- Famous Scorpios
- Famous Singers
Similar Groups
- Famous People Who Died on January 3
- Famous People Who Died on March 3
- Famous People Who Died on April 3
- Famous People Who Died on May 3
- Famous People Who Died on June 3
- Famous People Who Died on July 3
- Famous People Who Died on August 3
- Famous People Who Died on September 3
- Famous People Who Died on October 3
- Famous People Who Died on November 3
profile name: Ritchie Valens profile occupation: Songwriter, Singer
profile id: 9342186
profile name: Buddy Holly profile occupation: Singer
profile id: 9534272
profile name: Woodrow Wilson profile occupation: Educator, U.S. President
profile id: 9323828
profile name: Johannes Gutenberg profile occupation: Inventor
profile id: 9492533
profile name: Belle Starr profile occupation: Criminal
profile id: 20730865
profile name: J. P. Richardson profile occupation: Songwriter, Singer
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Other groups you may
be interested in
-
Frightening Fathers
12 people in this group
-
Commoners to Royals
Commoners to Royals
View groupJudging by the reported one billion people who tuned in to watch the royal wedding of commoner Kate Middleton to Prince William in April 2011, it's safe to say we have a collective fascination with pomp and circumstance—particularly when we feel the princess being feted is 'just like us.' The transformation of an ordinary person into a royal is the stuff of fairy tales, but it does come true for a few lucky mortals. Some of the most visible and well-liked royals are commoners who married into their regal title. Here are some of the individuals who made the ultimate transformation.
6 people in this group
-
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- In this group:
- John Lennon
- Yoko Ono
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
View groupYoko Ono met John Lennon in 1966 during a preview of Ono's art exhibition at a London gallery. The began an affair a year later and, after Cynthia Lennon filed for divorce, married in 1969. In addition to collaborating on numerous recordings, including Two Virgins and "Give Peace a Chance," the couple held "Bed-ins for Peace" to protest the Vietnam War. After the Beatles's breakup, they moved to New York, where their son, Sean Ono Lennon, was born in 1975. Lennon was shot and killed outside their apartment building on December 8, 1980. In his memory, Ono founded the Strawberry fields Memorial in Central Park, the John Lennon Museum in her hometown of Saitama, Japan, and the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland.
2 people in this group

June Carter Cash
Famous Fiction Authors
Angelina Jolie
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived


