Deaths on 15 September
2000s
Tito Jackson
2024
American musician (1953–2024)
Elias Khoury
2024
Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (1948–2024)
Fernando Botero
2023
Colombian painter and sculptor (1932–2023)
Lou Angotti
2021
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1938–2021)
Ric Ocasek
2019
American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer (1944–2019)
Helen Clare
2018
English singer (1916–2018)
Harry Dean Stanton
2017
American actor (1926–2017)
Harry J. Lipkin
2015
Israeli theoretical physicist
Meir Pa'il
2015
Israeli politician (1926–2015)
Bernard Van de Kerckhove
2015
Belgian cyclist
John Anderson Jr.
2014
American politician (1917–2014)
Eugene I. Gordon
2014
American physicist
Prince Nicholas Romanov
2014
Head of the House of Romanov
Jürg Schubiger
2014
Swiss psychotherapist and writer (1936–2014)
Wayne Tefs
2014
Canadian novelist, writer, editor, critic, and anthologist (1947 – 2014)
Munzir Al-Musawa
2013
Jerry G. Bishop
2013
American broadcaster in Chicago
Gerard Cafesjian
2013
Jackie Lomax
2013
English guitarist and singer-songwriter (1944–2013)
Tibor Antalpéter
2012
Hungarian diplomat and volleyball player
Nevin Spence
2012
Rugby player
Hajra Masroor
2012
Pakistani writer (1930–2012)
Frances Bay
2011
American actress (1919–2011)
Arrow (musician)
2010
Montserratian musician (1949–2010)
Troy Kennedy Martin
2009
British screenwriter
Richard Wright (musician)
2008
English keyboardist and musician (1943–2008)
Colin McRae
2007
British rally driver (1968–2007)
Jeremy Moore
2007
British Royal Marine officer (1928–2007)
Aldemaro Romero
2007
Musical artist
Brett Somers
2007
Canadian-American actress and game-show personality (1924-2007)
Raymond Baxter
2006
English television presenter (1922–2006)
Oriana Fallaci
2006
Italian journalist (1929–2006)
Pablo Santos (actor)
2006
Mexican actor (1987–2006)
Guy Green (filmmaker)
2005
English film director and producer (1913–2005)
Sidney Luft
2005
American producer and businessman
Johnny Ramone
2004
American guitarist (1948–2004)
Walter Stewart (journalist)
2004
Garner Ted Armstrong
2003
American evangelist (1930–2003)
June Salter
2001
Australian actress (1932–2001)
1900s
Louis Rasminsky
1998
3rd governor of the Bank of Canada
Bulldog Brower
1997
American professional wrestler
Harry Calder
1995
English cricketer
Gunnar Nordahl
1995
Swedish footballer (1925–1995)
Pino Puglisi
1993
Italian Roman Catholic priest (1937–1993)
John Hoyt
1991
American actor (1905–1991)
Warner Troyer
1991
Canadian journalist (1932–1991)
Jan DeGaetani
1989
American opera singer
Olga Erteszek
1989
Polish-American undergarment designer and lingerie company owner
Robert Penn Warren
1989
American poet, novelist, and literary critic (1905–1989)
Cootie Williams
1985
American jazz, blues and R&B trumpeter (1911–1985)
Prince Far I
1983
Jamaican reggae deejay and record producer
Rafael Méndez
1981
Musical artist
Bill Evans
1980
American jazz pianist (1929–1980)
Robert Cliche
1978
Canadian lawyer, politician and judge
Edmund Crispin
1978
British composer and crime novelist (1921–1978)
Willy Messerschmitt
1978
German aircraft designer and manufacturer (1898–1978)
Franco Bordoni
1975
Italian aviator and racing car driver
Gustaf VI Adolf
1973
King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973
Ulvi Cemal Erkin
1972
Turkish composer (1906 - 1972)
Baki Süha Ediboğlu
1972
Geoffrey Fisher
1972
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961
Steve Brown (bass player)
1965
American jazz musician and string bass player (1890–1965)
Hugo Raudsepp
1952
Estonian writer and politician
André Tardieu
1945
Prime Minister of France (1876-1945)
Anton Webern
1945
Austrian composer and conductor (1883–1945)
Linnie Marsh Wolfe
1945
American librarian (1881–1945)
William B. Bankhead
1940
American politician (1874–1940)
Thomas Wolfe
1938
American novelist (1900–1938)
Milton Sills
1930
American actor (1882–1930)
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
1926
19th/20th-century German philosopher (1846–1926)
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
1921
Russian general and warlord (1886–1921)
Ernest Gagnon
1915
Canadian folk musician and composer (1834-1915)
William Wales (optician)
1907
English-American optical instrument inventor (1838–1907)
1800s
Thomas Hawksley
1893
English civil engineer (1807–1893)
Joseph Plateau
1883
Belgian physicist (1801–1883)
Charles-Amédée Kohler
1874
Swiss chocolate maker and inventor (1790–1874)
John Hanning Speke
1864
English explorer and army officer (1827–1864)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
1859
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806–1859)
Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern
1852
Baltic German philologist (1770–1852)
Pierre Baillot
1842
French violinist and composer (1771–1842)
Francisco Morazán
1842
Honduran general and politician (1792–1842)
Alessandro Rolla
1841
Italian composer (1757–1841)
François Baillairgé
1830
Canadian architect
William Huskisson
1830
British statesman, financier and MP (1770–1830)
Antoine Étienne de Tousard
1813
Gian Francesco Albani
1803
Before 1800
Abraham Clark
1794
American Founding Father and politician
Charles Theodore Pachelbel
1750
American classical composer
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
1712
British statesman (1645–1712)
George Stepney
1707
English poet and diplomat
Edmé Boursault
1701
French dramatist (1638–1701)
André Le Nôtre
1700
French landscape architect (1613–1700)
John Floyd (Jesuit)
1649
English Jesuit controversialist (1572–1649)
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
1643
English politician (1566–1643)
Thomas Overbury
1613
English poet and essayist (1581–1613)
Leonhard Rauwolf
1596
John MacMorran
1595
Merchant and Baillie of Edinburgh (1553-1595)
Isabella Jagiellon
1559
16th-century queen consort of Hungary
Catherine of Genoa
1510
Italian Catholic saint and mystic (1447-1510)
Elisabeth of Bavaria (1478–1504)
1504
German duchess (1478–1504)
John Morton (cardinal)
1500
English archbishop, administrator, and cardinal (c. 1420–1500)
Hugh Clopton
1496
Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent
1408
English nobleman
Adam Easton
1397
14th century English Cardinal
Ewostatewos
1352
Ethiopian religious leader during the early Solomonic period (1273–1352)
Dmitry of Tver
1326
Prince of Tver (1318–1326)
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
1231
Bavarian nobleman (1173–1231)
Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond
1146
Breton noble
Adelaide of Hungary (d. 1140)
1140
Duchess consort of Bohemia (1105–1140)
Ludmila of Bohemia
921
Czech saint (c. 860 – 921)