Famous Deaths on August 15, Who Died on August 15
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1022 | Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel |
| 1038 | Stephen I, Hungarian king (b. 975) |
| 1057 | Macbeth, King of Scotland |
| 1118 | Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048) |
| 1196 | Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) |
| 1224 | Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1198) |
| 1257 | Saint Hyacinth of Poland |
| 1274 | Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201) |
| 1275 | Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice |
| 1328 | Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1293) |
| 1369 | Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (b. 1314) |
| 1388 | Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (b. circa 1320) |
| 1399 | Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (b. 1358) |
| 1496 | Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (b. 1428) |
| 1506 | Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445) |
| 1507 | John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439) |
| 1528 | Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485) |
| 1552 | Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477) |
| 1594 | Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558) |
| 1621 | John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582) |
| 1666 | Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591) |
| 1714 | Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654) |
| 1728 | Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656) |
| 1758 | Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698) |
| 1799 | Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729) |
| 1844 | José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733) |
| 1852 | Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760) |
| 1859 | Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777) |
| 1907 | Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831) |
| 1909 | Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866) |
| 1917 | Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831) |
| 1925 | Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878) |
| 1935 | Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898) |
| 1936 | Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871) |
| 1942 | Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892) |
| 1945 | Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887) |
| 1951 | Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882) |
| 1953 | Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875) |
| 1962 | Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940) |
| 1967 | René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898) |
| 1971 | Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887) |
| 1975 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920) |
| 1981 | Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895) |
| 1982 | Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905) |
| 1989 | Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904) |
| 1990 | Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962) |
| 1992 | Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947) |
| 1994 | Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929) |
| 1995 | John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906) |
| 1997 | Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905) |
| 1999 | Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910) |
| 2000 | Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (b. 1915) |
| 2001 | Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970) |
| 2004 | Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) |
| 2005 | Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927) |
| 2006 | Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931) |
| 2007 | Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (b. 1944) |
| 2008 | Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929) |
| 2011 | Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984) |
| 2012 | Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956) |
| 2013 | Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944) |
| 2014 | Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909) |
| 2015 | Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (b. 1940) |
| 2017 | Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (b. 1925) |
| 2020 | Robert Trump, American real-estate developer, business executive (b. 1948)[41] |
| 2021 | Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945) |
| 398 | Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Later Yan |
| 423 | Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384) |
| 465 | Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420) |
| 767 | Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (b. 699)[32] |
| 778 | Roland, Frankish military leader |
| 873 | Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 833) |
| 874 | Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim |
| 912 | Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855) |
| 932 | Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (b. 899) |
| 986 | Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot |
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