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