April 15 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 1053 – Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)
  • 1220 – Adolf of Altena, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 1157)
  • 1415 – Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian (b. 1355)
  • 1446 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (b. 1377)
  • 1610 – Robert Parsons, English priest (b. 1546)
  • 1621 – John Carver, English merchant, first governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1576)
  • 1632 – George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician and colonizer (b. 1580)
  • 1641 – Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)
  • 1652 – Patriarch Joseph, Russian religious leader
  • 1659 – Simon Dach, German poet (b. 1605)
  • 1704 – Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (b. 1628)
  • 1719 – Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
  • 1754 – Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)
  • 1761 – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)
  • 1761 – William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer (b. 1696)
  • 1764 – Madame de Pompadour, French court, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1721)
  • 1764 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (b. 1679)
  • 1765 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist and writer (b. 1711)
  • 1788 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
  • 1793 – Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian missionary and geographer (b. 1718)
  • 1804 – Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)
  • 1854 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)
  • 1861 – Sylvester Jordan, German politician and lawyer (b. 1792)
  • 1865 – Abraham Lincoln, American politician, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
  • 1888 – Matthew Arnold, English poet (b. 1822)
  • 1889 – Father Damien, Flemish missionary (b. 1840)
  • 1898 – Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader
  • 1912 – Victims of the RMS Titanic disaster
    • Edward Smith, English navy officer and captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)
    • Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (b. 1872)
    • William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor and first officer (b. 1873)
    • Wallace Hartley, English violinist (b. 1878)
    • James Paul Moody, English sixth officer (b. 1887)
    • Jack Phillips, British wireless telegraphist (b. 1887)
    • John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor and writer (b. 1864)
    • Thomas Andrews, Irish businessman and shipbuilder (b. 1873)
    • Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and mystery writer (b. 1875)
    • John Thayer, American cricket player (b. 1862)
    • William T. Stead English author and journalist (b. 1849)
    • Isidor Straus co-owner of Macy's department store and former Congressman from New York (b. 1845) and his wife Ida (b. 1849)
    • Benjamin Guggenheim American businessman (b. 1865)
  • 1917 – János Murkovics, Slovene writer and teacher (b. 1839)
  • 1927 – Gaston Leroux, French writer (b. 1868)
  • 1938 – César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (b. 1892)
  • 1942 – Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (b. 1880)
  • 1943 – Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (b. 1882)
  • 1944 – Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Soviet general (b. 1901)
  • 1945 – Hermann Florstedt, German Nazi leader (b. 1895)
  • 1948 – Radola Gajda, Czech military commander and politician (b. 1892)
  • 1949 – Wallace Beery, American actor (b. 1885)
  • 1957 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
  • 1962 – Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
  • 1962 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and writer (b. 1911)
  • 1963 – Edward Greeves, Australian footballer (b. 1903)
  • 1967 – Totò, Italian comedian, actor, writer, singer, and songwriter (b. 1898)
  • 1969 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (b. 1887)
  • 1970 – Ripper Collins, American baseball player (b. 1904)
  • 1971 – Dan Reeves, American football team owner (b. 1912)
  • 1971 – Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)
  • 1974 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)
  • 1975 – Richard Conte, American actor (b. 1910)
  • 1980 – Raymond Bailey, American actor (b. 1904)
  • 1980 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
  • 1982 – Arthur Lowe, British actor (b. 1915)
  • 1983 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1892)
  • 1983 – John Engstead, American photographer (b. 1909)
  • 1984 – Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)
  • 1984 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (b. 1925)
  • 1986 – Jean Genet, French author (b. 1910)
  • 1988 – Kenneth Williams, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
  • 1988 – Youri Egorov, Soviet pianist (b. 1954)
  • 1989 – Nesuhi Ertegün, American record executive (b. 1917)
  • 1989 – Charles Vanel, French actor (b. 1892)
  • 1989 – Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician (b. 1915)
  • 1990 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (b. 1905)
  • 1992 – Otis Barton, American diver (b. 1899)
  • 1993 – Leslie Charteris, Singapore author (b. 1907)
  • 1993 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist (b. 1908)
  • 1994 – John Curry, English figure skater (b. 1949)
  • 1995 – Harry Shoulberg, American painter (b. 1903)
  • 1998 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (b. 1925)
  • 1999 – Harvey Postlethwaite, British engineer and race car designer (b. 1944)
  • 2000 – Edward Gorey, American illustrator (b. 1925)
  • 2001 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Ramones and Sniper) (b. 1951)
  • 2002 – Damon Knight, American author (b. 1922)
  • 2002 – Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and United States Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917)
  • 2003 – Reg Bundy, British drag queen, actor, and dancer (b. 1941)
  • 2003 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (b. 1941)
  • 2004 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer and musician (b. 1950)
  • 2004 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (b. 1934)
  • 2005 – John Fred, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
  • 2007 – Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
  • 2008 – Sean Costello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1979)
  • 2008 – Benoît Lamy, Belgian director (b. 1945)
  • 2008 – Krister Stendahl, Swedish theologian and bishop (b. 1921)
  • 2009 – Ed Blake, American baseball player (b. 1925)
  • 2009 – Clement Freud, British writer and broadcaster (b. 1924)
  • 2009 – László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1907)
  • 2010 – Jack Herer, American author and cannabis activist (b. 1939)
  • 2011 – Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian activist (b. 1975)
  • 2012 – Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (b. 1968)

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