Deaths on 15 February
2000s
Robert Duvall
2026
American actor and filmmaker (1931–2026)
George Armitage
2025
American film director (1942–2025)
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
2025
Portuguese sports executive (1937–2025)
Muhsin Hendricks
2025
South African gay imam (1967–2025)
Raquel Welch
2023
American actress and model (1940–2023)
Bappi Lahiri
2022
Indian singer and composer (1952–2022)
P. J. O'Rourke
2022
American political satirist and journalist (1947–2022)
Caroline Flack
2020
English radio and television presenter (1979–2020)
Lee Radziwill
2019
American socialite (1933–2019)
Stuart McLean
2017
Canadian broadcaster and storyteller
George Gaynes
2016
American actor (1917–2016)
Vanity (singer)
2016
Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (1959–2016)
Haron Amin
2015
Afghan ambassador (1969–2015)
Arnaud de Borchgrave
2015
American journalist
Steve Montador
2015
Canadian ice hockey player (1979–2015)
Thelma Estrin
2014
American computer scientist and engineer (1924–2014)
Christopher Malcolm
2014
Canadian actor and producer (1946–2014)
Sanan Kachornprasart
2013
Thai politician and military officer
Ahmed Rajib Haider
2013
Bangladeshi blogger
Cyril Domb
2012
British-Israeli physicist (1920–2012)
Jeanne M. Holm
2010
United States Air Force general
Johnny Weaver
2008
American professional wrestler (1935–2008)
Walker Edmiston
2007
American actor (1926–2007)
Ray Evans
2007
American songwriter (1915–2007)
Pierre Bachelet
2005
French singer-songwriter
Sam Francis (writer)
2005
American columnist and writer (1947–2005)
Jens Evensen
2004
Norwegian politician (1917–2004)
Howard K. Smith
2002
American news anchor
Kevin Smith (New Zealand actor)
2002
New Zealand actor and musician (1963–2002)
Angus MacLean
2000
Canadian politician
1900s
Henry Way Kendall
1999
American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Martha Gellhorn
1998
American war correspondent (1908–1998)
McLean Stevenson
1996
American actor (1927–1996)
María Elena Moyano
1992
Peruvian community organizer and activist
William Schuman
1992
American composer and arts administrator (1910-1992)
Richard Feynman
1988
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
Ethel Merman
1984
American actress and singer (1908–1984)
Mike Bloomfield
1981
American blues guitarist (1943–1981)
Karl Richter (conductor)
1981
German conductor (1926–1981)
Kurt Atterberg
1974
Swedish composer and engineer
Wally Cox
1973
American actor (1924–1973)
Hugh Dowding
1970
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1882–1970)
Antonio Moreno
1967
Spanish-American actor (1887–1967)
Gerard Antoni Ciołek
1966
Polish architect and historian (1909–1966)
Camilo Torres Restrepo
1966
Colombian revolutionary (1929–1966)
Nat King Cole
1965
American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)
Laurence Owen
1961
American figure skater (1944–1961)
Owen Richardson
1959
British physicist (1879–1959)
Vincent de Moro-Giafferi
1956
French lawyer (1878–1956)
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
1939
Russian painter
Pat Sullivan (film producer)
1933
Australian animator
Minnie Maddern Fiske
1932
American dramatist (1865–1932)
H. H. Asquith
1928
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916
Lionel Monckton
1924
British composer (1861–1924)
Theodor Escherich
1911
Austrian doctor
Lew Wallace
1905
American general, politician, and author (1827–1905)
Edward Stafford (politician)
1901
Premier of New Zealand (1819–1901)
1800s
Dimitrie Ghica
1897
Romanian politician
Gregor von Helmersen
1885
Baltic German geologist (1803–1885)
Leopold Damrosch
1885
German American conductor and composer (1832–1885)
Rayko Zhinzifov
1877
Bulgarian poet (1839–1877)
Ghalib
1869
Indian poet (1797–1869)
Mikhail Glinka
1857
Russian composer (1804–1857)
Pierre François Verhulst
1849
Belgian mathematician
Hermann von Boyen
1848
Prussian army officer
Germinal Pierre Dandelin
1847
French mathematician, soldier and professor of engineering
Henry Addington
1844
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804
Archibald Menzies
1842
Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist (1754–1842)
François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier
1839
Henry Hunt (politician)
1835
British MP and social reformer (1773–1835)
Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
1818
Prussian general (1746–1818)
Before 1800
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1781
German Enlightenment writer (1729–1781)
Mitromaras
1772
Greek rebel and pirate
Matthias Braun
1738
Czech sculptor
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
1637
Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 to 1637
Michael Praetorius
1621
German composer, organist, and music theorist (c. 1571–1621)
José de Acosta
1600
Spanish missionary and writer (d. 1600)
Giovanni II Bentivoglio
1508
Italian nobleman (1443–1508)
Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford
1417
English peer (1385–1417)
William Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
1382
14th-century British nobleman
Conrad III of Germany
1152
King of Germany from 1138 to 1152
Pope Lucius II
1145
Head of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145
Gisela of Swabia
1043
Holy Roman Empress from 1027 to 1039
Su Yugui
956
Ibn Tabataba
815
Anti-Abbasid rebel leader (died 815)
Leontius
706
Byzantine emperor from 695 to 698
Tiberius III
706
Byzantine emperor from 698 to 705
Oswiu
670
King of Bernicia (r. 642–670) and of Northumbria (r. 654–670)