Deaths on 15 July
2000s
Peter R. de Vries
2021
Dutch investigative journalist and reporter (1956–2021)
Martin Landau
2017
American actor (1928–2017)
Masahiko Aoki
2015
Japanese economist (1938–2015)
Wan Li
2015
Chinese Communist Party leader (1916–2015)
Aubrey Morris
2015
British actor (1926–2015)
Dave Somerville
2015
Musical artist
Óscar Acosta
2014
Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat
James MacGregor Burns
2014
American historian and political scientist (1918–2014)
Edward Perl
2014
American neuroscientist
Robert A. Roe
2014
American politician (1924–2014)
Ninos Aho
2013
Assyrian poet and activist (1945–2013)
Henry Braden
2013
American politician (1944–2013)
Tom Greenwell
2013
American judge
Earl Gros
2013
American football player (1940–2013)
Noël Lee
2013
American classical composer
Meskerem Legesse
2013
Ethiopian runner
John T. Riedl
2013
American computer scientist
Boris Cebotari
2012
Moldovan footballer (1975–2012)
Tsilla Chelton
2012
French actress (1919–2012)
Grant Feasel
2012
American football player (1960–2012)
David Fraser (British Army officer)
2012
British Army general (1920–2012)
Celeste Holm
2012
American stage, film and television actress (1917–2012)
Yoichi Takabayashi
2012
Japanese film director
Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler
2011
German landowner, business manager and politician (1928–2011)
Googie Withers
2011
British actress and entertainer (1917–2011)
James E. Akins
2010
American diplomat (1926–2010)
György Kolonics
2008
Hungarian canoeist (1972–2008)
Robert H. Brooks
2006
American businessman
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
2006
Iranian archaeologist (1942–2006)
Roberto Bolaño
2003
Chilean writer (1953–2003)
Elisabeth Welch
2003
American singer, actress, and entertainer (1904–2003)
C. Balasingham
2001
Louis Quilico
2000
Canadian opera singer (1925–2000)
1900s
S. Shanmuganathan (Sri Lankan politician)
1998
Sri Lankan Tamil politician and MP (1960–1998)
Justinas Lagunavičius
1997
Lithuanian basketball player (1924–1997)
Gianni Versace
1997
Italian fashion designer (1946–1997)
Hammer DeRoburt
1992
President of Nauru (1922–1992)
Chingiz Mustafayev (journalist)
1992
Azerbaijani journalist
Bert Convy
1991
American actor, singer, game show panelist and host (1933–1991)
Zaim Topčić
1990
Yugoslav and Bosnian writer
Margaret Lockwood
1990
British actress (1916–1990)
Omar Abu Risha
1990
Syrian poet and diplomat
Laurie Cunningham
1989
English footballer (1956–1989)
Eleanor Estes
1988
American children's writer and librarian
Billy Haughton
1986
American racehorse trainer
Bill Justis
1982
American saxophonist and composer (1926–1982)
Frédéric Dorion
1981
Canadian politician
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
1979
President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970
Donald Mackay (anti-drugs campaigner)
1977
Australian activist and murder victim (1933–1977)
Paul Gallico
1976
American writer and journalist (1897–1976)
Suicide of Christine Chubbuck
1974
First suicide on live television
Grace Hutchins
1969
American labor reformer, researcher, journalist, activist and communist
Seyfi Arkan
1966
Turkish architect (1903–1966)
Francis Cherry (governor)
1965
American politician and judge (1908–1965)
John Edward Brownlee
1961
Fifth Premier of Alberta, Canada (1883–1961)
Nina Bari
1961
Russian mathematician
Set Persson
1960
Swedish Communist Leader
Lawrence Tibbett
1960
American opera singer (1896–1960)
Ernest Bloch
1959
Swiss-born American composer (1880–1959)
Vance Palmer
1959
Australian writer
James M. Cox
1957
American politician (1870–1957)
Vasily Maklakov
1957
Russian lawyer and politician (1869–1957)
Geevarghese Ivanios (Syro-Malankara)
1953
Indian Metropolitan Archbishop (1882–1953)
John J. Pershing
1948
American army officer (1860–1948)
Walter Donaldson (songwriter)
1947
American writer and publisher of popular songs (1893–1947)
Razor Smith
1946
English cricket player
Marie-Victorin Kirouac
1944
Canadian French botanist (1885–1944)
Wenceslao Vinzons
1942
Filipino politician and activist
Eugen Bleuler
1940
Swiss psychiatrist (1857–1939)
Robert Wadlow
1940
Tallest person in recorded history (1918–1940)
Irving Babbitt
1933
American journalist
Freddie Keppard
1933
American jazz cornetist (1890-1933)
Bahíyyih Khánum
1932
Daughter of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
1932
South African poet who wrote Die Stem (1873–1932)
Ladislaus Bortkiewicz
1931
Russian economist and statistician
Leopold Auer
1930
Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor, composer, and teacher (1845–1930)
Leonora Barry
1930
Irish-American labor activist
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
1929
Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)
Emil Fischer
1919
German chemist (1852–1919)
Anton Chekhov
1904
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
1800s
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe
1898
Catholic bishop (1825–1898)
Gottfried Keller
1890
Swiss poet and writer
Rosalía de Castro
1885
Spanish Galician poet, writer (1837–1885)
General Tom Thumb
1883
American circus performer (1838–1883)
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov
1858
Russian painter
Carl Czerny
1857
Austrian composer, teacher and pianist (1791–1857)
Anne-Marie Javouhey
1851
French Roman Catholic saint
Juan Felipe Ibarra
1851
Argentine soldier and politician
Claude Charles Fauriel
1844
French historian, philologist and critic (1772–1844)
Winthrop Mackworth Praed
1839
English politician and poet
Jean-Antoine Houdon
1828
18th and 19th-century French artist
Before 1800
Jacques Duphly
1789
French harpsichordist and composer
Charles-André van Loo
1765
French painter (1705–1765)
Vasily Tatishchev
1750
Russian historian and statesman (1686–1750)
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
1685
English Army officer and courtier (1649–1685)
Girolamo Rainaldi
1655
Italian architect (1570–1655)
Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme
1614
French historian and soldier (1540–1614)
Annibale Carracci
1609
Bolognese painter (1560–1609)
Shimazu Takahisa
1571
Daimyo and fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan
René of Chalon
1544
Prince of Orange from 1530 to 1544
Lisa del Giocondo
1542
Italian noblewoman (1479–1542)
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
1445
Queen of Scots from 1424 to 1437
Ulrich von Jungingen
1410
26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1407–1410)
William, Duke of Austria
1406
Duke of Austria from 1386 to 1406
Catherine of Henneberg
1397
Agnes of Durazzo
1388
Latin Empress consort of Constantinople
John Ball (priest)
1381
English rebel and priest (c. 1338–1381)
Eric II of Norway
1299
King of Norway from 1280 to 1299
Rudolf I of Germany
1291
King of Germany from 1273 to 1291
Bonaventure
1274
Italian theologian (1221–1274)
Vladimir the Great
1015
Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015
Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani
998
Persian mathematician and astronomer (940–998)
Yang Guifei
756
Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)