Notable Deaths on August 15th
August 15th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
69 |
Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered |
423 |
Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies |
778 |
Roland, Frankish commander |
1038 |
Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies |
1040 |
King Duncan I of Scotland killed in battle at ca. 39 years |
1057 |
Macbeth, King of Scots, slain by son of King Duncan |
1118 |
Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies |
1196 |
Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) |
1274 |
Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201) |
1369 |
Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England |
1464 |
Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58 |
1528 |
Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485) |
1552 |
Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477) |
1576 |
Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies |
1600 |
Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 |
1615 |
Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies |
1619 |
Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Kraków, dies |
1621 |
John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582) |
1666 |
Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies |
1714 |
Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) |
1725 |
Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 |
1728 |
Marin Marais, composer, dies at 72 |
1728 |
Marin Marais, Tous les matins du monde |
1729 |
Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64 |
1758 |
Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 |
1798 |
Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 |
1799 |
Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729) |
1807 |
Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 |
1848 |
Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 |
1852 |
Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 |
1853 |
Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 |
1864 |
Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies |
1880 |
Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848) |
1901 |
Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 |
1907 |
Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 |
1909 |
Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866) |
1909 |
Euclides da Cunha, The Battle of Canudos |
1914 |
Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28] |
1915 |
Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched |
1917 |
Thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (b. 1831) |
1918 |
Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64 |
1925 |
Konrad Mägi, Estonian artist (b. 1878) |
1928 |
Einar Forchhammer, Min ven privatdetektiven |
1931 |
Ruth Fuller Golden, Pegeen |
1932 |
Carl Goetz, Pandora's Box |
1935 |
Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75 |
1935 |
Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36 |
1935 |
Will Rogers, humorist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55 |
1935 |
Wiley Post, Air Hawks |
1935 |
Will Rogers, Judge Priest |
1935 |
Stanislawa Przybyszewska, Danton |
1936 |
Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 |
1936 |
Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer, dies at 76 |
1936 |
Grazia Deledda, La grazia |
1936 |
John B. O'Brien, The Second Mrs. Roebuck |
1936 |
Henry Lytton, The Mikado |
1938 |
Ben Hendricks Jr., Rain |
1939 |
Federico Gamboa, Latino Bar |
1940 |
Gene Morgan, Blonde Venus |
1941 |
Annie Vernay, The Mayor's Dilemma |
1942 |
John L. Hobble, Daddies |
1943 |
Frank Stanmore, An Odd Freak |
1944 |
Wolf Helldorf, |
1945 |
Korechika Anami, Japanese War Minister (b. 1887) |
1949 |
Rastko Petrovic, Sabinjanke |
1950 |
Wilhelm Birch, Lykken |
1951 |
Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69 |
1953 |
Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875) |
1955 |
Nascimento Fernandes, Os Crimes de Diogo Alves |
1956 |
Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83 |
1958 |
William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65 |
1958 |
Anna Le Sueur, Breakfast in Hollywood |
1958 |
Big Bill Broonzy, The Terminal |
1958 |
Jack Cole, Plastic Man in 'Puddle Trouble' |
1959 |
Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist (b. 1901) |
1960 |
Mark Barron, Gentlemen of the Press |
1962 |
Lei Feng, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940) |
1962 |
Dan Bain, |
1963 |
John Powell, composer, dies at 80 |
1964 |
Otto Tober, Der Schatz |
1966 |
Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64 |
1966 |
Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64 |
1966 |
Seena Owen, actress/writer (Queen Kelly), dies at 71 |
1967 |
René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 68 |
1968 |
Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84 |
1969 |
Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 |
1970 |
Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66 |
1971 |
Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 |
1972 |
Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89 |
1973 |
Hanns Ernst Jäger, Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg |
1974 |
Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 |
1974 |
Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered |
1975 |
Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 |
1975 |
Clay Shaw, alleged John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracist & businessman (b. 1913) |
1976 |
Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 |
1978 |
Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80 |
1978 |
Alice La Mont, Satan Met a Lady |
1978 |
Celeste Savoi, The Reckless Moment |
1978 |
Dwight Marfield, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
1979 |
Derek N. Twist, Police Dog |
1980 |
Emil Fenyö, Vörösbegy |
1980 |
Svend Hansson, Johnny Larsen |
1981 |
Carol Ryrie Brink, All I Desire |
1981 |
John Reese, Charley Varrick |
1981 |
Augusto Galli, Sei tu l'amore |
1982 |
Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903) |
1982 |
Ernie Bushmiller, Archie's TV Funnies |
1982 |
George Brasno, Charlie Chan at the Circus |
1983 |
Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42 |
1983 |
Benjamin V Cohen, US author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88 |
1983 |
James Warwick, The Dark Past |
1983 |
Al Kilgore, The World of Hans Christian Andersen |
1983 |
Anthony Costello, Night Moves |
1983 |
Newt Jones, Alice in Wonderland |
1983 |
Marc Porel, Don't Torture a Duckling |
1984 |
Bobbi Campbell, |
1984 |
Norman Petty, Almost Famous |
1984 |
Grethe Hoffenblad, Seksdagesløbet |
1984 |
Guy Lacourt, Therese and Isabelle |
1984 |
Hilde Maroff, Das Erwachen des Weibes |
1985 |
Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 |
1985 |
Jane Patten, Bar Buckaroos |
1985 |
Wolfgang Ruß-Bovelino, Das vierte Gebot |
1985 |
Don Rush, Fright Night |
1985 |
Lester Cole, Blood on the Sun |
1985 |
Benny Bjerregaard, Jeppe på bjerget |
1985 |
Ernst Mattishent, Die Fuchsjagd |
1986 |
Waldon O. Watson, Psycho |
1986 |
Ivan Lukinsky, Derevenskiy detektiv |
1986 |
John Trevelyan, Freedom to Love |
1986 |
André Legrand, Kreutzer Sonata |
1986 |
Augustín Kubán, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians |
1987 |
Shukur Burkhanov, The Sword and the Dragon |
1987 |
Safet Pasalic, To |
1987 |
Ubaldo Ragona, The Last Man on Earth |
1988 |
Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 |
1988 |
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash |
1988 |
Ray Buchanan, US blues gitarist, dies at about 48 |
1988 |
Christine Nelson, Send Me No Flowers |
1988 |
Ronald Stein, The Terror |
1988 |
Emma Rosa Vincenti, El hijo de Angela Maria |
1988 |
Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt, Filmstudie |
1989 |
F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies |
1989 |
Ira Senz, The Sleeping City |
1989 |
Mladen Prebil, Time of the Gypsies |
1989 |
Samuel Herrera, Border Incident |
1989 |
Minoru Genda, Banzai! Japan: 1931-1942 |
1989 |
Richard Warren, The Inquisitive Giant |
1989 |
Bill Farnum, Mush and Milk |
1990 |
Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66 |
1990 |
Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962) |
1990 |
Zofia Grabowska, Glos serca |
1990 |
J.J. Barry, This Is Spinal Tap |
1990 |
Eva Nil, Human Clay |
1990 |
Viktor Tsoy, Premiya Muz-TV 2007 |
1990 |
Lew DeWitt, Pulp Fiction |
1990 |
Jimmy Carruthers, No Trespassers |
1990 |
Nina Bara, Missile to the Moon |
1991 |
Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 |
1991 |
Charles La Franchise, Lou Mallory |
1991 |
Bogomil Simeonov, Earth |
1991 |
Jack Stoutenburg, The Singing Fool |
1991 |
Mervyn Nelson, Some of My Best Friends Are |
1991 |
Marietta Tree, John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick |
1991 |
Waldemar Brøgger, This Can't Happen Here |
1992 |
Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies |
1992 |
Giorgio Perlasca, Italian anti-fascist (saved 5,200 Jews), dies |
1992 |
Marie Paxton, entertainer, dies after brief illness |
1992 |
Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies |
1992 |
Osamu Inaba, Japanese min of justice, dies |
1992 |
Anda Calugareanu, An Orphan Boy Loved an Orphan Girl |
1992 |
Marie Paxton, Ouanga |
1993 |
Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 |
1993 |
Paul Busch, Wings of Desire |
1993 |
Nathán Pinzón, Historias que el diablo me contó |
1993 |
Lode Van Beek, Episode #2.11 |
1993 |
Ellis St. Joseph, Flesh and Fantasy |
1994 |
Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80 |
1994 |
Simon R Naoli, Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28 |
1994 |
Wout Wagtmans, cyclist (Rome-Naples-Rome 1957), dies at 64 |
1994 |
Shepherd Mead, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
1994 |
Syd Dale, The Sixth Sense |
1994 |
Julie Warren, The Devil and Miss Jones |
1994 |
Paul Anderson, Episode #7.25 |
1994 |
Joe Palma, Guns a Poppin! |
1994 |
Sergio Canali, French Lieutenant's Boys |
1995 |
Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77 |
1995 |
Humphrey Sims Moore, pacifist/journalist, dies at 86 |
1995 |
Ismay Thomas, teacher, dies at 74 |
1995 |
Robert Pickering, Guiding Light |
1995 |
Francine Pyne, The Man Trap |
1995 |
Michael A. Hess, Redistricting Litigation |
1995 |
John Cameron Swayze, The Town That Refused to Die |
1995 |
Jurgen Schneider, The Turning Point |
1995 |
Tommy Gallagher, Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's |
1996 |
Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 |
1996 |
Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver, dies at 93 |
1996 |
Masao Maruyama, social scientist, dies at 82 |
1996 |
Tony Martinelli, The Shakiest Gun in the West |
1996 |
Lisskulla Jobs, Episode #1.19 |
1996 |
Sven Lasta, Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh |
1996 |
Jean-Pierre Maurin, Doudou perdu |
1996 |
Albert Osswald, Episode dated 14 December 1968 |
1996 |
Liesel Christ, Die fünf Frankfurter |
1996 |
Joe Seneca, Crossroads |
1996 |
Hajdana Bulajic, We Are Not Angels |
1996 |
Borislav Boyadzhiev, Lyubovnoto lyato na edin lyokhman |
1996 |
Julia English, Fragments |
1997 |
Zoltán Galabárdi, I'll Go to the Minister |
1997 |
Glenn Corbett, The Violent Years |
1997 |
Vadim Kurchevskiy, My Green Crocodile |
1997 |
Ray Heatherton, Episode dated 28 February 1955 |
1998 |
Georges Strouvé, Once More |
1998 |
Vince Cannon, End of the Curse |
1999 |
Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and artist (b. 1910) |
2000 |
Freddie Stewart, Campus Sleuth |
2000 |
Ena Begovic, Glembajevi |
2000 |
Denis Marion, L'espoir |
2000 |
Terri Gardner, Sweet Dreams |
2000 |
Michael Keatering, Eves on Skis |
2000 |
Robert Swink, Roman Holiday |
2001 |
Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972) |
2001 |
Raymond Edward Johnson, Mr. Bell |
2001 |
Joseph M. Khoury, |
2001 |
Charline Flanders, Football Romeo |
2001 |
Baron De Beer, Bananas |
2002 |
George Rosner, The Americano |
2002 |
Bill Gordon, Star Maps |
2002 |
Yuriy Yakovlev, Tuvalu |
2002 |
Henry Batista, The Caine Mutiny |
2003 |
Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957) |
2003 |
Roy Neal, Cry Terror! |
2003 |
Janny Brandes-Brilslijper, The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank |
2003 |
Gina Gianetti, All American Girls |
2003 |
Tito Junco, The Last Supper |
2004 |
Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910) |
2004 |
Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941) |
2004 |
Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1916) |
2004 |
Charles Eaton, The Ghost Talks |
2004 |
Lum York, Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues |
2004 |
Jan Padkowski, Umarli rzucaja cien |
2005 |
Laura Carli, L'ultima cifra |
2005 |
Jerry Hackady, There Was an Old Woman |
2005 |
Ion Shkurya, Zhdite nas na rassvete |
2005 |
James Dougherty, Marilyn's Man |
2005 |
Herta Ware, Cruel Intentions |
2006 |
Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori queen (b. 1931) |
2006 |
Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player |
2006 |
Doug White, American news anchor |
2006 |
Faas Wilkes, Dutch international footballer |
2006 |
Rudi Stern, Haití: Killing the Dream |
2006 |
Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu, Waka Huia |
2006 |
Svetozar Rusakov, Tretiy vypusk |
2007 |
Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor, (b. 1944) |
2007 |
John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918) |
2007 |
Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand bush walker (b. 1908) |
2007 |
Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925) |
2007 |
Grzegorz Wozniak, Colonel Wolodyjowski |
2007 |
Joel Silveira, Moleque Tião |
2007 |
Anthony Carras, The Comedy of Terrors |
2007 |
Liam Rector, The First Amendment Project: Poetic License |
2007 |
John W. Gofman, We Are the Guinea Pigs |
2007 |
Jem Ong Woo, Yorktown: In Temporary Command |
2007 |
John Wallowitch, Blood |
2007 |
Max Roach, The Notorious Bettie Page |
2007 |
Claes Esphagen, Jerusalem |
2007 |
Grigori Nikulin, Khleb - imya sushchestvitelnoe |
2007 |
Kazimierz Debicki, Kamienne niebo |
2007 |
Tim Susco, The Woodsman |
2007 |
Georgi Drumev, Breakfast on the Grass |
2008 |
Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues" |
2008 |
James Orthwein, American businessman |
2008 |
Leroy Sievers, American journalist |
2008 |
Vic Toweel, South African boxer, bantamweight world champion |
2008 |
Leonard Hirschfield, David and Lisa |
2008 |
Héléna Bossis, Le destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin |
2008 |
Molly McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire |
2008 |
Leroy Sievers, First Arab Israeli Plane Hijacking |
2008 |
Tomislav Pinter, The Meeting Point |
2008 |
Jerry Wexler, Forrest Gump |
2008 |
Helena Kulovaara, Huone puutalossa |
2008 |
Martin Brushane, Episode #1.8 |
2009 |
Virginia Davis, Three on a Match |
2009 |
Pablo Antoñana, Secrets of the Heart |
2009 |
John Stroud, Pilot |
2009 |
Sammy Petrillo, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla |
2009 |
Gordon Bond, Fiddler on the Roof |
2009 |
Jim Dickinson, Streets of Fire |
2009 |
Freddy Willenbucher, Un été alsacien |
2009 |
Konstancja Tulewicz, Teddy Bear |
2009 |
Florin Bogardo, The Graduates |
2009 |
Kenneth Alton, Kronos |
2009 |
Everett King, Peace for a Gunfighter |
2009 |
Héctor Gómez, El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime) |
2009 |
Andre Prokovsky, Episode dated 28 April 1963 |
2009 |
Shûe Matsubayashi, The Imperial Navy |
2009 |
Miles Middough, Deliverance |
2009 |
Carlos Gómez, La burrerita de Ypacaraí |
2009 |
Bela Jurdová, Today for the Last Time |
2010 |
Dan Avey, Ring of Passion |
2010 |
Laura D'Angelo, Last Stop on the Night Train |
2010 |
Robert Wilson, The Gap Band/The Superiors/Domino Theory |
2010 |
Helga Holdhus, Episode #1.3 |
2010 |
Harrison 'Buzz' Price, Walt: The Man Behind the Myth |
2010 |
Richard Malek, A Coven of Killers |
2010 |
James J. Kilpatrick, 60 Minutes |
2010 |
Joe Brown, The Best World Series |
2011 |
Rick Rypien, Canadian hockey player (b. 1984) |
2011 |
Marie Dolezel, Swiss Miss |
2011 |
Vasilis Andreopoulos, The Baldheaded Agent and the Land of Destruction Mission |
2011 |
Noel Collins, The Executioner |
2011 |
Jerzy Nitecki, Jovita |
2011 |
Morgan Sterne, Sinners Go to Hell |
2011 |
Sif Ruud, Wild Strawberries |
2012 |
Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, American author, dies at 87 |
2012 |
Louise Arthur, The People's Choice |
2012 |
Biff Elliot, The Enemy Below |
2012 |
Lyudmila Dolgorukova, Day Watch |
2012 |
Altamiro Carrilho, Viva Volta |
2012 |
Jeffery Boswall, Escape to Nature |
2012 |
Sérgio Silva, Noite de São João |
2012 |
Bill Youngdahl, A Time for Burning |
2012 |
Bob Birch, Elton John: The Red Piano |
2012 |
Harry Harrison, Soylent Green |
2012 |
Müsfik Kenter, Time to Love |
2012 |
Mark L. Rosen, Spice World |
2013 |
Slawomir Mrozek, Revolución |
2013 |
Rosalía Mera, Atlas de geografía humana |
2013 |
Behn Cervantes, Memories of Old Manila |
2013 |
August Schellenberg, The New World |
2013 |
Jörg Pleva, Das Millionenspiel |
2013 |
Gerry Arbeid, Canadian Bacon |
2013 |
Jane Harvey, Episode dated 12 November 1962 |
2013 |
Jacques Vergès, Terror's Advocate |
2013 |
Lisa Robin Kelly, Days of Our Lives |
2014 |
Licia Albanese, Follies in Concert |
2014 |
Hannes Hüttner, The Flight |
2014 |
Peter McAlevey, Radio Flyer |
2014 |
Sulejman Kupusovic, Memoari porodice Milic |
2014 |
Jay Adams, Ray |
2014 |
John Blake Jr., Small Wonders |
2014 |
Jerry Lumpe, Game 7 |
2015 |
Rolf Henniger, Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried |
2015 |
Hamid Gul, |
2015 |
Danny Sembello, Bad Boys |
2015 |
Julian Bond, Ray |
2015 |
Max Greger, Es spielt für Sie... |
2015 |
Malcolm Craddock, Sharpe's Company |
2016 |
Na Muthukumar, national award-winning Tamil film lyricist, dies aged 41 |
2016 |
Barbara Gibb, mother of the Bee Gees, dies at 95 |
2016 |
Yiddish theater icon Fyvush Finkel dies aged 93 |
2017 |
Olympic cycling champ Stephen Wooldridge dies, aged 39 |
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