Deaths on 15 August
2000s
Peter Marshall (entertainer)
2024
American game show host, performer, singer (1926–2024)
Gerd Müller
2021
German footballer (1945–2021)
Robert Trump
2020
American businessman (1948–2020)
Gunnar Birkerts
2017
American architect
Julian Bond
2015
American politician and activist (1940–2015)
Hamid Gul
2015
Pakistani director of Intelligence (1936–2015)
Licia Albanese
2014
Italian-born American operatic soprano (1909–2014)
Rosalía Mera
2013
Spanish businesswoman (1944–2013)
Sławomir Mrożek
2013
Polish playwright (1930–2013)
Marich Man Singh Shrestha
2013
Former Prime Minister of Nepal
August Schellenberg
2013
Canadian actor (1936–2013)
Bob Birch
2012
American musician (1956–2012)
Altamiro Carrilho
2012
Musical artist
Harry Harrison (writer)
2012
American science fiction author (1925–2012)
Rick Rypien
2011
Canadian ice hockey player (1984–2011)
Mary Catherine Lamb
2009
American artist (1949–2009)
Vic Toweel
2008
South African boxer
Jerry Wexler
2008
American music producer, journalist (1917–2008)
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
2007
Musical artist
John Gofman
2007
American scientist
Geoffrey Orbell
2007
New Zealand doctor and naturalist
Sam Pollock
2007
Canadian sports executive (1925–2007)
Te Atairangikaahu
2006
Māori Queen from 1966 to 2006
Rick Bourke
2006
Australian rugby league footballer
Faas Wilkes
2006
Dutch footballer (1923–2006)
Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana
2005
Sune Bergström
2004
Swedish biochemist (1916–2004)
Amarsinh Chaudhary
2004
Indian politician
Yavuz Çetin
2001
Turkish musician
Richard Chelimo
2001
Kenyan long-distance runner
Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist)
2001
Ukrainian Soviet and Ukrainian computer scientist
Lancelot Ware
2000
English lawyer and biochemist (1915–2000)
1900s
Hugh Casson
1999
British architect (1910–1999)
Ida Gerhardt
1997
Dutch poet and classicist
John Cameron Swayze
1995
American news commentator and game show panelist (1906–1995)
Wout Wagtmans
1994
Dutch cyclist
Linda Laubenstein
1992
American medical researcher (1947–1992)
Viktor Tsoi
1990
Soviet musician and actor (1962–1990)
Minoru Genda
1989
Japanese aviator (1904–1989)
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos
1989
Greek general and diplomat (1897–1989)
Ernie Bushmiller
1982
American cartoonist (1905–1982)
Jock Taylor
1982
British sidecar racer
Hugo Theorell
1982
Swedish biochemist
Carol Ryrie Brink
1981
American novelist (1895-1981)
Jørgen Løvset
1981
Norwegian gynaecologist (1986–1981)
Raymond A. Palmer
1977
American editor and novelist (1910–1977)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
1975
Bangladeshi revolutionary and statesman (1920–1975)
Harun Karadeniz
1975
Clay Shaw
1974
American businessman acquitted of involvement in JFK assassination (1913–1974)
Paul Lukas
1971
Hungarian-American actor (1894–1971)
René Magritte
1967
Belgian painter (1898–1967)
Lei Feng
1962
Chinese soldier (1940–1962)
Ludwig Prandtl
1953
German physicist (1875–1953)
Artur Schnabel
1951
Austrian pianist (1882–1951)
Korechika Anami
1945
Japanese general (1887–1945)
Fred Hockley
1945
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant, Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot (1923–1945)
Mahadev Desai
1942
Personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi
Grazia Deledda
1936
Italian writer (1871–1936)
Wiley Post
1935
20th-century American aviator
Will Rogers
1935
American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)
Paul Signac
1935
French painter (1863–1935)
Anatole von Hügel
1928
Austrian anthropologist (1854–1928)
Konrad Mägi
1925
Estonian painter
Thomas J. Higgins
1917
Euclides da Cunha
1909
Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer
Joseph Joachim
1907
Hungarian violinist, composer, and teacher (1831–1907)
1800s
Nathaniel Claiborne
1859
American politician (1777–1859)
Johan Gadolin
1852
Finnish chemist (1760–1852)
José María Coppinger
1844
Spanish soldier
Before 1800
Giuseppe Parini
1799
Italian poet (1729–1799)
Pierre Bouguer
1758
French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1698–1758)
Marin Marais
1728
French composer and viol player (1656–1728)
Constantin Brâncoveanu
1714
Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714
Johann Adam Schall von Bell
1666
German Jesuit astronomer active in China (1591–1666)
John Barclay (poet)
1621
Scottish writer
Thomas Kyd
1594
16th-century English dramatist
Hermann of Wied
1552
Roman Catholic archbishop (1477–1552)
Odet de Foix, Viscount of Lautrec
1528
French military leader
John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
1507
Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Alexander Agricola
1506
Netherlandish composer (1457/8–1506)
Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile
1496
Queen of Castile and León from 1447 to 1454
Ide Pedersdatter Falk
1399
Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio
1388
Czech theologian and philosopher
Philippa of Hainault
1369
Queen of England from 1328 to 1369
Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty)
1328
Mongol Khan and Emperor of Yuan Dynasty from 1323 to 1328
Lorenzo Tiepolo
1275
Doge of Venice from 1268 to 1275
Robert de Sorbon
1274
13th century French theologian, founder of the Sorbonne college
Hyacinth of Poland
1257
Polish Dominican priest and missionary
Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant
1224
Duchess consort of Brabant
Conrad II, Duke of Swabia
1196
German nobleman (1172–1196)
Alexios I Komnenos
1118
Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118
Macbeth, King of Scotland
1057
Scottish king from 1040 to 1057
Stephen I of Hungary
1038
King of Hungary from 1000/1001 to 1038; Catholic saint
Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos
1022
Byzantine aristocrat and magnate (965–1022)
Minnborinus of Cologne
986
Irish abbot and saint active in Germany
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
978
Chinese ruler of Southern Tang from 961 to 976
Bulcsú (chieftain)
955
10th-century Magyar chieftain and military leader
Lehel
955
Magyar chieftain (died 955)
Súr (chieftain)
955
10th-century Magyar chieftain and military leader
Ma Xisheng
932
Ruler of Ma Chu from 930 to 932
Han Jian (Zhenguo warlord)
912
Altfrid
874
Emperor Yizong of Tang
873
Emperor of Tang China from 859 to 873
Roland
778
Frankish military leader under Charlemagne
AD 767
767
Calendar year
Theodotus of Amida
698
Syriac Orthodox monk and bishop
Libius Severus
465
Western Roman emperor from 461 to 465
Honorius
423
Western Roman emperor from 393 to 423
Lan Han
398
Emperor of Later Yan