Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 15 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 15
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 15
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 933 | Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (b. 867) |
| 1025 | Basil II, Byzantine emperor (b. 958) |
| 1072 | Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan (b. 1029) |
| 1161 | Wanyan Liang, Chinese emperor (b. 1122) |
| 1230 | Ottokar I, duke of Bohemia (b. 1155) |
| 1283 | Philip I, Latin emperor (b. 1243) |
| 1343 | Hasan Kucek, Chopanid prince (b. c. 1319) |
| 1467 | Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, archbishop and regent of Sweden (b. 1417) |
| 1574 | Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524) |
| 1598 | Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Dutch nobleman (b. 1540) |
| 1673 | Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (b. 1623) |
| 1675 | Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632) |
| 1683 | Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593) |
| 1688 | Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634) |
| 1698 | Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636) |
| 1715 | George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642) |
| 1753 | Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694) |
| 1792 | Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756) |
| 1812 | Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745) |
| 1817 | Federigo Zuccari, astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples (b. 1783) |
| 1819 | Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749) |
| 1855 | Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803) |
| 1878 | Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811) |
| 1890 | Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831) |
| 1943 | Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904) |
| 1944 | Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904) |
| 1947 | Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863) |
| 1950 | Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875) |
| 1958 | Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) |
| 1962 | Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899) |
| 1965 | M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903) |
| 1966 | Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897) |
| 1968 | Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (b. 1899) |
| 1969 | Karl Theodor Bleek, German lawyer and politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898) |
| 1971 | Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886) |
| 1974 | Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 1977 | Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893) |
| 1978 | Chill Wills, American actor (b. 1903) |
| 1980 | Peter Gregg, American race car driver (b. 1940) |
| 1984 | Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (b. 1904) |
| 1985 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian physician and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900) |
| 1986 | Serge Lifar, Russian-French ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1905) |
| 1989 | Edward Underdown, English actor and jockey (b. 1908) |
| 1991 | Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (b. 1915) |
| 1993 | William Dale Phillips, American chemist and engineer (b. 1925) |
| 2000 | Haris Brkić, Bosnian-Serbian basketball player (b. 1974) |
| 2003 | Vincent Apap, Maltese sculptor (b. 1909) |
| 2004 | Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan educator and politician, Speaker of the Nauru Parliament (b. 1943) |
| 2005 | Heinrich Gross, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (b. 1914) |
| 2006 | Clay Regazzoni, Swiss race car driver (b. 1939) |
| 2007 | Julia Carson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938) |
| 2008 | León Febres Cordero, Ecuadorian engineer and politician, 46th President of Ecuador (b. 1931) |
| 2009 | Eliza Atkins Gleason, American librarian (b. 1909) |
| 2010 | Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
| 2011 | Bob Brookmeyer, American trombone player and composer (b. 1929) |
| 2012 | Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (b. 1952) |
| 2013 | Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (b. 1921) |
| 2014 | Donald Metcalf, Australian physiologist and immunologist (b. 1929) |
| 2015 | Harry Zvi Tabor, English-Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1917) |
| 2016 | Craig Sager, American sports journalist (b. 1951) |
| 2017 | Heinz Wolff, scientist and TV presenter (b. 1928) |
| 2018 | Eryue He, Chinese historical fiction writer (b.1945) |
| 2020 | Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1952) |
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