Famous Deaths on May 15, Who Died on May 15
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1036 | Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (b. 1008) |
| 1157 | Yuri Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1099) |
| 1174 | Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (b. 1118) |
| 1175 | Mleh, prince of Armenia |
| 1268 | Peter II, count of Savoy (b. 1203) |
| 1461 | Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter (b. c. 1410) |
| 1464 | Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 1436) |
| 1470 | Charles VIII, king of Sweden (b. 1409) |
| 1585 | Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1535) |
| 1609 | Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (b. 1557) |
| 1615 | Henry Bromley, English politician (b. 1560) |
| 1634 | Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585) |
| 1698 | Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) |
| 1699 | Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631) |
| 1700 | John Hale, American minister (b. 1636) |
| 1740 | Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680) |
| 1773 | Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710) |
| 1845 | Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800) |
| 1879 | Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803) |
| 1886 | Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830) |
| 1914 | Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863) |
| 1919 | Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888) |
| 1926 | Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850) |
| 1928 | Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845) |
| 1935 | Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878) |
| 1937 | Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864) |
| 1945 | Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881) |
| 1948 | Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886) |
| 1954 | William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893) |
| 1955 | Harry J. Capehart, American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (b. 1881)[38][39] |
| 1956 | Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886) |
| 1957 | Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920) |
| 1963 | John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884) |
| 1964 | Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879) |
| 1965 | Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887) |
| 1967 | Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882) |
| 1969 | Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890) |
| 1971 | Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900) |
| 1978 | Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894) |
| 1980 | Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910) |
| 1982 | Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) |
| 1984 | Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912) |
| 1985 | Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947) |
| 1986 | Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958) |
| 1989 | Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908) |
| 1991 | Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956) |
| 1993 | Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933) |
| 1994 | Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905) |
| 1995 | Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928) |
| 1996 | Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910) |
| 1998 | Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944) |
| 2003 | June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929) |
| 2006 | Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (b. 1961) |
| 2007 | Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (b. 1933) |
| 2008 | Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956) |
| 2009 | Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) |
| 2010 | Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987) |
| 2012 | Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928) |
| 2013 | Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946) |
| 2014 | Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940) |
| 2015 | Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914) |
| 2020 | Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (b. 1933) |
| 2021 | Oliver Gillie, British journalist and scientist (b. 1937) |
| 2022 | Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950) |
| 392 | Valentinian II, Roman emperor (b. 371) |
| 558 | Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk (b. 476) |
| 884 | Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 830) |
| 913 | Hatto I, German archbishop (b. 850) |
| 926 | Zhuang Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 885) |
| 973 | Byrhthelm, bishop of Wells |
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