Notable deaths on February 1

American baseball commissioner (1938–2025)

President of Germany from 2004 to 2010

Canadian Catholic bishop (1924–2022)

American actor and comedian (1977–2021)

Musical artist

English actor and songwriter (1936–2019)

English comedian (1961–2019)

American football player and coach (1959–2019)

Belarusian-American rocket scientist

Ugandan musician (1983–2018)

British broadcaster and actor (1926–2017)

Guatemalan military officer and politician

Italian pianist (1925–2015)

American animator and voice actor (1981–2015)

German football player and coach (1935–2015)

Spanish football player and manager (1938–2014)

Swiss actor, filmmaker, and theatre director (1930–2014)

American poet (1946–2014)

Russian military official (1917–2014)

American singer-songwriter (1947–2013)

Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989

American politician (1918–2013)

Indian painter (1928–2013)

American TV host and producer (1936–2012)