Famous Deaths on April 15, Who Died on April 15
Here is a list who died on April 15. Famous deaths for the 15th of April. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on April 15. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
Famous people who died in April 15th?
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Who died on April 15?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1053 | Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001) |
| 1136 | Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (b. 1094) |
| 1220 | Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (b. 1157) |
| 1237 | Richard Poore, English ecclesiastic |
| 1415 | Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (b. 1355) |
| 1446 | Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1377) |
| 1502 | John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange (b. 1443) |
| 1558 | Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. c. 1500) |
| 1578 | Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German nobleman (b. 1509)[37] |
| 1610 | Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (b. 1546) |
| 1632 | George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580) |
| 1652 | Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch |
| 1659 | Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605) |
| 1754 | Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676) |
| 1757 | Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (b. 1673) |
| 1761 | Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682) |
| 1764 | Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1679) |
| 1765 | Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711) |
| 1788 | Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711) |
| 1793 | Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718) |
| 1854 | Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773) |
| 1861 | Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792) |
| 1865 | Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809) |
| 1888 | Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822) |
| 1889 | Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840) |
| 1898 | Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician |
| 1912 | Victims of the Titanic disaster: |
| 1917 | János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839) |
| 1927 | Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868) |
| 1938 | César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892) |
| 1942 | Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880) |
| 1943 | Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882) |
| 1944 | Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901) |
| 1945 | Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895) |
| 1948 | Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892) |
| 1949 | Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885) |
| 1962 | Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880) |
| 1963 | Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903) |
| 1966 | Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan |
| 1967 | Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898) |
| 1971 | Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915) |
| 1979 | David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1912) |
| 1980 | Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (b. 1904) |
| 1982 | Arthur Lowe, English actor (b. 1915) |
| 1984 | Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921) |
| 1986 | Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1910) |
| 1988 | Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
| 1989 | Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1915) |
| 1990 | Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (b. 1905) |
| 1993 | Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (b. 1907) |
| 1998 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912) |
| 1999 | Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944) |
| 2000 | Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925) |
| 2001 | Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951) |
| 2002 | Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922) |
| 2004 | Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934) |
| 2007 | Brant Parker, American illustrator (b. 1920) |
| 2008 | Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (b. 1921) |
| 2009 | Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1924) |
| 2010 | Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939) |
| 2011 | Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975) |
| 2012 | Paul Bogart, American director and producer (b. 1919) |
| 2013 | Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930) |
| 2014 | John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1966) |
| 2017 | Clifton James, American actor (b. 1920) |
| 2018 | R. Lee Ermey, American actor (b. 1944) |
| 2022 | Bilquis Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist and wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi (b. 1947) |
| 628 | Suiko, emperor of Japan (b. 554) |
| 943 | Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (b. 920) |
| 956 | Lin Yanyu, Chinese court official and eunuch |
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