Deaths on 15 January
2000s
Paul Danan
2025
English actor and television personality (1978–2025)
David Lynch
2025
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
Melba Montgomery
2025
American country music singer-songwriter (1938–2025)
Linda Nolan
2025
Irish singer and actress (1959–2025)
Alexa McDonough
2022
Canadian politician (1944–2022)
Rocky Johnson
2020
Canadian professional wrestler (1944–2020)
Lloyd Cowan
2020
British athlete and coach (1962–2021)
Carol Channing
2019
American actress (1921–2019)
Ida Kleijnen
2019
Dutch chef (1936–2019)
Dolores O'Riordan
2018
Irish musician (1971–2018)
Jimmy Snuka
2017
Fijian-American professional wrestler (1943–2017)
Francisco X. Alarcón
2016
American poet
Ken Judge
2016
Australian rules footballer, born 1958
Manuel Velázquez
2016
Spanish footballer
Ervin Drake
2015
American songwriter (1919–2015)
Kim Fowley
2015
American record producer and songwriter (1939–2015)
Ray Nagel
2015
American football player, coach, and administrator (1927–2015)
Curtis Bray
2014
American football player and coach (1970–2014)
John Dobson (amateur astronomer)
2014
American amateur astronomer
Roger Lloyd-Pack
2014
English actor (1944–2014)
Nagisa Ōshima
2013
Japanese filmmaker (1932–2013)
John Thomas (athlete)
2013
American high jumper
Ed Derwinski
2012
American politician (1926–2012)
Manuel Fraga
2012
Spanish politician (1922–2012)
Carlo Fruttero
2012
Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor
Samuel Jaskilka
2012
United States Marine Corps general
Ib Spang Olsen
2012
Danish children's illustrator and writer (1921–2012)
Hulett C. Smith
2012
American politician (1918–2012)
Nat Lofthouse
2011
English footballer (1925–2011)
Pierre Louis-Dreyfus
2011
French soldier and businessman
Susannah York
2011
English film, stage and television actress (1939–2011)
Lincoln Verduga Loor
2009
Ecuadorian journalist and politician
Robert V. Bruce
2008
American historian
Brad Renfro
2008
American actor (1982–2008)
Awad Hamed al-Bandar
2007
Iraqi chief judge during the presidency of Saddam Hussein
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
2007
Iraqi Mukhabarat leader (1951–2007)
James Hillier
2007
Canadian-American scientist and inventor (1915–2007)
Pura Santillan-Castrence
2007
Bo Yibo
2007
Chinese politician (1908–2007)
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
2006
Emir of Kuwait from 1977 to 2006
Victoria de los Ángeles
2005
Spanish opera singer (1923–2005)
Walter Ernsting
2005
German writer (1920–2005)
Elizabeth Janeway
2005
American novelist
Ruth Warrick
2005
American singer, actress and activist (1916–2005)
Olivia Goldsmith
2004
American novelist (1949–2004)
Doris Fisher (songwriter)
2003
American singer and songwriter (1915–2003)
Michael A. Bilandic
2002
American politician and judge
Eugène Brands
2002
Dutch painter
Jeanne Voltz
2002
American food journalist and cookbook author
Leo Marks
2001
British cryptographer and writer (1920–2001)
Georges-Henri Lévesque
2000
Canadian priest and sociologist (1903–2000)
1900s
Betty Box
1999
British film producer (1915–1999)
Gulzarilal Nanda
1998
Indian politician and economist (1898–1998)
Junior Wells
1998
American blues singer and harmonica player (1934–1998)
Les Baxter
1996
American composer and conductor (1922–1996)
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
1996
King of Lesotho (1966–90; 1995–96)
György Cziffra
1994
Hungarian pianist and composer
Harry Nilsson
1994
American singer-songwriter (1941–1994)
Harilal Upadhyay
1994
Gujarati author (1916–1994)
Sammy Cahn
1993
American lyricist, songwriter, musician (1913–1993)
Gordon Jackson (actor)
1990
Scottish actor (1923–1990)
Peggy van Praagh
1990
British ballerina and dance educator (1910-1990)
Seán MacBride
1988
Irish Republican activist, politician, and diplomat (1904–1988)
Ray Bolger
1987
American actor (1904–1987)
Fazıl Küçük
1984
Turkish Cypriot politician (1906–1984)
Armin Öpik
1983
Estonian paleontologist
Shepperd Strudwick
1983
American actor (1907–1983)
Red Smith (sportswriter)
1982
American sportswriter (1905–1982)
Graham Whitehead
1981
British racing driver (1922–1981)
Harold D. Cooley
1974
American politician
Coleman Francis
1973
American actor (1919–1973)
Ivan Petrovsky
1973
Soviet mathematician (1901–1973)
Daisy Ashford
1972
English writer
Frank Clement (racing driver)
1970
British racing driver
William T. Piper
1970
American airplane manufacturer and businessman
Bill Masterton
1968
Canadian ice hockey player (1938–1968)
David Burliuk
1967
Russian artist, poet and publicist (1882–1967)
Jack Teagarden
1964
American jazz trombonist and singer (1905–1964)
Yos Sudarso
1962
Indonesian naval officer (1925–1962)
Regina Margareten
1959
Hungarian-American entrepreneur
Yves Tanguy
1955
French surrealist painter (1990–1955)
Ned Hanlon (politician)
1952
Australian politician
Ernest Swinton
1951
British Army general, author (1868–1951)
Nikolai Vekšin
1951
Estonian sailor
Henry H. Arnold
1950
American general (1886–1950)
Josephus Daniels
1948
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862–1948)
Wilhelm Wirtinger
1945
Austrian mathematician (1865–1945)
Kullervo Manner
1939
Finnish politician (1880–1939)
Anton Holban
1937
Romanian writer (1902–1937)
Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
1936
British politician and cricketer
George Cope (artist)
1929
American painter (1855–1929)
Enrico Toselli
1926
Italian composer
Karl Liebknecht
1919
German socialist politician (1871–1919)
Rosa Luxemburg
1919
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1916
Russian writer
Arnold Janssen
1909
German-Dutch Catholic priest (1837–1909)
George Thorn
1905
Australian politician
1800s
Mathew Brady
1896
American photographer (1822–1896)
Fanny Kemble
1893
English actress and writer (1809–1893)
Carl Georg von Wächter
1880
German jurist (1797–1880)
Eliza McCardle Johnson
1876
First Lady of the United States from 1865 to 1869
Massimo d'Azeglio
1866
Italian statesman, novelist, and painter (1798–1866)
Isaac Nathan
1864
English composer (1792–1864)
Henri Braconnot
1855
French chemist and pharmacist
Jiang Zhongyuan
1854
Qing dynasty politician (1812–1854)
Emma, Lady Hamilton
1815
Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765–1815)
Anton Bernolák
1813
Slovak linguist and priest (1762–1813)
Dru Drury
1804
British entomologist (1725–1804)
Before 1800
John Landen
1790
English mathematician (1719–1790)
William Alexander, Lord Stirling
1783
American Continental Army general (1726–1783)
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
1775
Italian composer (1700-1775)
Philip Warwick
1683
English writer and politician
John Cosin
1672
English Bishop
Paolo Sarpi
1623
Venetian Servite friar, historian, statesman and scientist (1552–1623)
Martha Leijonhufvud
1584
Swedish noblewoman (1520–1584)
Catherine Carey
1569
Daughter of Mary Boleyn and lady of Queen Elizabeth I of England
Nicolaus Olahus
1568
Roman Catholic archbishop (1493–1568)
Adriana of Nassau-Siegen
1477
German countess (1449–1477)
Berengaria of Barcelona
1149
Queen of León and Castile from 1128 to 1149
Wang Jingchong (Five Dynasties)
950
Chinese official and general (died 950)
Rudolph of France
936
King of West Francia from 923 to 936
Theophylact (son of Michael I)
849
Byzantine co-emperor from 811 to 813
Íte of Killeedy
570
Irish saint
Chak Tok Ichʼaak I
378
Ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal
AD 69
69
Calendar year