Deaths on 15 March
2000s
Wings Hauser
2025
American actor (1947β2025)
Nita Lowey
2025
American politician (1937β2025)
Rajnikumar Pandya
2025
Indian Gujarati-language writer
Barbara Maier Gustern
2022
American vocal coach (1935β2022)
Vittorio Gregotti
2020
Italian architect (1927β2020)
Larry DiTillio
2019
American writer and game designer
Sylvia Anderson
2016
British producer (1927β2016)
Asa Briggs
2016
English historian (1921β2016)
Seru Rabeni
2016
Fiji international rugby union player
Collins Chabane
2015
South African politician (1960β2015)
Robert Clatworthy (sculptor)
2015
British sculptor and art teacher (1928β2015)
Sally Forrest
2015
American actress (1928β2015)
Curtis Gans
2015
American activist and writer (1937-2015)
Mike Porcaro
2015
American bassist (1955β2015)
Scott Asheton
2014
American drummer (1949β2014)
David Brenner
2014
American comedian and actor (1936β2014)
Bo Callaway
2014
American businessman and politician (1927β2014)
Clarissa Dickson Wright
2014
English television cook (1947β2014)
Booth Gardner
2013
Governor of Washington from 1985 to 1993
Terry Lightfoot
2013
British jazz clarinettist and bandleader (1935β2013)
Leverne McDonnell
2013
Australian actress
Peter Worsley
2013
British sociologist and anthropologist (1924β2013)
Mervyn Davies (rugby union)
2012
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player
Dave Philley
2012
American baseball player (1920β2012)
Nate Dogg
2011
American singer and rapper (1969β2011)
Smiley Culture
2011
British reggae singer and DJ (1963β2011)
Kazim al-Samawi
2010
Iraqi poet and journalist (1925β2010)
Ron Silver
2009
American actor and activist (1946β2009)
Mikey Dread
2008
Jamaican musician (1954β2008)
G. David Low
2008
American astronaut (1956β2008)
Sarla Thukral
2008
Pioneer Indian woman pilot (1914β2008)
Charles Harrelson
2007
American hitman (1938β2007)
Stuart Rosenberg
2007
American film and television director
Georgios Rallis
2006
Greek politician (1918β2006)
Red Storey
2006
Canadian athlete, referee, broadcaster (1918β2006)
Otar Korkia
2005
Georgian basketball player and coach
Philippe Lemaire
2004
French actor (1927β2004)
Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)
2004
New Zealand-born aerospace engineer
John Pople
2004
British theoretical chemist (1925β2004)
Thora Hird
2003
British actress (1911β2003)
Paul Stojanovich
2003
American television producer (1956β2003)
Ann Sothern
2001
American actress (1909β2001)
1900s
Benjamin Spock
1998
American pediatrician, political activist, and writer (1903β1998)
Gail Davis
1997
American actress and horseback rider
Victor Vasarely
1997
Hungarian-French artist
Bud Freeman
1991
American jazz musician (1906β1991)
Farzad Bazoft
1990
Iranian journalist (1958β1990)
Tom Harmon
1990
American football player and broadcaster
Dmitri Polyakov
1988
Soviet major general and spy (1921β1988)
Alan A. Freeman
1985
British record producer (1920β1985)
Rebecca West
1983
British author and journalist (1892β1983)
RenΓ© Clair
1981
French filmmaker and writer (1898β1981)
Philip Testa
1981
American mobster (1924β1981)
Hubert Aquin
1977
Quebec novelist and intellectual (1929β1977)
Antonino Rocca
1977
Italian professional wrestler
Aristotle Onassis
1975
Greek business magnate (1906β1975)
Tarjei Vesaas
1970
Norwegian writer (1897β1970)
Miles Malleson
1969
English actor (1888β1969)
Abe Saperstein
1966
Harlem Globetrotters founder and first coach (1902β1966)
Arthur Compton
1962
American physicist (1892β1962)
Lester Young
1959
American jazz saxophonist (1909β1959)
Imanuel Lauster
1948
German engineer
Rachel Field
1942
American novelist and poet (1894β1942)
Alexej von Jawlensky
1941
Russian-born German painter (1864β1941)
H. P. Lovecraft
1937
American writer (1890β1937)
Hector Rason
1927
Australian politician (1858β1927)
Sam Dreben
1925
US Army soldier and mercenary
Talaat Pasha
1921
Turkish Ottoman politician (1874β1921)
1800s
Henry Bessemer
1898
English inventor (1813β1898)
James Joseph Sylvester
1897
English mathematician (1814β1897)
Joseph Bazalgette
1891
British civil engineer (1819β1891)
Johan Jakob Nervander
1848
Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (1805β1848)
Luigi Cherubini
1842
Italian composer (1760β1842)
Clement Mary Hofbauer
1820
Austrian Redemptorist and saint
Before 1800
Eusebio Kino
1711
German-Italian Jesuit missionary (1645β1711)
Salvator Rosa
1673
Italian painter, poet and printmaker (1615 β1673)
Annibale Padovano
1575
Italian composer
PargalΔ± Ibrahim Pasha
1536
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1523 to 1536
Walter V, Count of Brienne
1311
Duke of Athens (c. 1275 β 1311)
Isabella of Hainault
1190
Queen of France from 1180 to 1190
Ernulf
1124
French Benedictine monk (1040β1124)
Siegfried I the Elder, Count of Walbeck
990
German count (d. 990)
Romanos II
963
Byzantine emperor from 959 to 963
Odoacer
493
Ruler of Italy (c. 433 β 493)
Cao Cao
220
Chinese warlord and statesman (155β220)
Julius Caesar
-44
Roman general and dictator (100β44 BC)