Deaths on 15 June
2000s
James Kent (chef)
2024
American chef (1979–2024)
Matija Sarkic
2024
English-born Montenegrin footballer (1997–2024)
Glenda Jackson
2023
English actress and politician (1936–2023)
Franco Zeffirelli
2019
Italian filmmaker (1923–2019)
Jacques Bergerac
2014
French actor, businessman and executive (1927–2014)
Heinz Flohe
2013
German footballer (1948-2013)
José Froilán González
2013
Argentine racing driver (1922–2013)
Dennis O'Rourke
2013
Australian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker
Kenneth G. Wilson
2013
American theoretical physicist (1936–2013)
Phillip D. Cagan
2012
American economist
Barry MacKay (tennis)
2012
American tennis player, tournament director and broadcaster
Israel Nogueda Otero
2012
Mexican politician and economist
Jerry Tubbs
2012
American football player (1935–2012)
Bill Haast
2011
American snake enthusiast
Ray Getliffe
2008
Canadian ice hockey player
Hugo Corro
2007
Argentine boxer
Raymond Devos
2006
Belgian comedian
Herb Pearson
2006
New Zealand cricketer (1910–2006)
Suzanne Flon
2005
French actress (1918–2005)
Ahmet Piriştina
2004
Turkish politician (1952–2004)
Hume Cronyn
2003
Canadian actor and writer (1911–2003)
Choi Hong-hi
2002
South Korean general and martial artist (1918–2002)
Henri Alekan
2001
French cinematographer
Jules Roy
2000
French writer
1900s
Omer Côté
1999
Canadian politician (1906–1999)
Ella Fitzgerald
1996
American jazz singer (1917–1996)
Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet
1996
Scottish soldier, writer and politician
Dick Murdoch
1996
American professional wrestler (1946-1996)
John Vincent Atanasoff
1995
American computer pioneer (1903–1995)
Manos Hatzidakis
1994
Greek composer (1925–1994)
John Connally
1993
American politician (1917–1993)
James Hunt
1993
British racing driver (1947–1993)
Chuck Menville
1992
American screenwriter (1940–1992)
Brett Whiteley
1992
Australian artist (1939–1992)
Happy Chandler
1991
American politician and baseball commissioner (1898–1991)
W. Arthur Lewis
1991
Saint Lucian economist and Nobel laureate (1915–1991)
Maurice Bellemare
1989
Canadian politician
Ray McAnally
1989
Irish actor (1926–1989)
Andy Stanfield
1985
American athletics competitor (1927–85)
Meredith Willson
1984
American composer, conductor, musical arranger, and bandleader (1902–1984)
Jimmy Dykes
1976
American baseball player, coach, and manager (1896–1976)
Wendell Meredith Stanley
1971
American biochemist, virologist, and Nobel laureate (1904–1971)
Sam Crawford
1968
American baseball player and coach (1880–1968)
Wes Montgomery
1968
American jazz guitarist (1923–1968)
Tatu Kolehmainen
1967
Finnish long-distance runner
Alfred Cortot
1962
French pianist (1877–1962)
Giulio Cabianca
1961
Italian racing driver (1923–1961)
Peyami Safa
1961
Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist (1899-1961)
Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein
1945
Austro-Hungarian diplomat
Otfrid Foerster
1941
German neurologist and neurosurgeon
Evelyn Underhill
1941
English writer, theologian, retreat leader and pacifist (1875–1941)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1938
German expressionist painter (1880–1938)
Alfred Bruneau
1934
French composer (1857–1934)
Kristian Birkeland
1917
Norwegian scientist (1867–1917)
1800s
Unryū Kyūkichi
1890
Japanese sumo wrestler
Mihai Eminescu
1889
Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850–1889)
Frederick III, German Emperor
1888
German Emperor in 1888
Franjo Krežma
1881
Croatian violinist and composer (1862–1881)
Ary Scheffer
1858
Dutch-French painter (1795–1858)
James K. Polk
1849
President of the United States from 1845 to 1849
Thomas Campbell (poet)
1844
Scottish poet (1777–1844)
Before 1800
Louis-Claude Daquin
1772
French composer (1694–1772)
James Short (mathematician)
1768
Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments
Henry Sacheverell
1724
English clergyman and Tory sympathiser (1674–1724)
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
1614
English aristocrat and courtier
Tamás Bakócz
1521
15th/16th-century Hungarian archbishop and statesman
Philip the Good
1467
Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467
John, Duke of Berry
1416
Member of French nobility (1340–1416)
Lazar of Serbia
1389
Medieval Serbian ruler (1329–1389)
Murad I
1389
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1362 to 1389
Miloš Obilić
1389
Legendary Serbian knight
John VI Kantakouzenos
1383
Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354
Matthew Asen Kantakouzenos
1383
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
John Cavendish
1381
English judge
Wat Tyler
1381
Leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt (1341 or c. 1320 – 1381)
Andronikos III Palaiologos
1341
Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341
Angelo da Clareno
1337
Italian priest
Frederick II, Duke of Austria
1246
Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 to 1246
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1189
12th-century military commander in the Minamoto clan of feudal Japan
Magnus Erlingsson
1184
King of Norway from 1161 to 1184
Emperor Go-Sanjō
1073
Emperor of Japan from 1068 to 1073
Theophanu
991
Holy Roman Empress from 973 to 983
Adalbert (bishop of Passau)
970
Eadburh of Winchester
960
Anglo-Saxon nun and daughter of King Edward the Elder
Murong Yanchao
952
Chinese general
Romanos I Lekapenos
948
Byzantine emperor from 920 to 944
Robert I of France
923
King of West Francia from 922 to 923