August 15 - Deaths

Deaths

• 423 – Honorius, Roman Emperor (b. 384)
• 465 – Libius Severus, Roman Emperor (b. 420)
• 778 – Roland, Frankish commander
• 1038 – Stephen I of Hungary (b. 975)
• 1057 – Macbeth, King of Scotland
• 1118 – Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1048)
• 1196 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
• 1274 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator (b. 1201)
• 1369 – Philippa of Hainault (b. 1314)
• 1528 – Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)
• 1552 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
• 1621 – John Barclay, Scottish poet (b. 1582)
• 1666 – Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary (b. 1591)
• 1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 – Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (b. 1656)
• 1758 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (b. 1698)
• 1799 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
• 1852 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (b. 1760)
• 1859 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1880 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (b. 1848)
• 1907 – Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
• 1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
• 1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American soldier (b. 1831)
• 1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (b. 1878)
• 1928 – Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist, co-founder of St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1931 – Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani nurse (b. 1878)
• 1934 – Leo O'Connell, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 – Will Rogers, American humorist and actor (b. 1879)
• 1935 – Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and writer (b. 1892)
• 1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general and War Minister (b. 1887)
• 1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (b. 1882)
• 1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875)
• 1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
• 1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (b. 1887)
• 1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
• 1975 – Clay Shaw, American businessman and lawyer (b. 1913)
• 1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1989 – Minoru Genda, Japanese aviator and politician (b. 1904)
• 1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek army officer (b. 1897)
• 1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter (Kino) (b. 1962)
• 1994 – Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
• 1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet (b. 1905)
• 1999 – Hugh Casson, English architect and designer (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
• 2003 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish singer-songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings) (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Semiha Berksoy, Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
• 2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941)
• 2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (b. 1931)
• 2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby player (b. 1955)
• 2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
• 2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (b. 1944)
• 2007 – John Gofman, American scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand doctor (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
• 2008 – James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German football manager and coach (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
• 2008 – Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Jerry Wexler, American music producer and journalist (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Virginia Davis, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2010 – Denis E. Dillon, American politician (b. 1933)
• 2011 – Michael Legat, English writer (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Elson Iazegi Beyruth, Brazilian footballer (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
• 2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian musician and composer (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Biff Elliot, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Carina Moberg, Swedish politician (b. 1966)
• 2012 – Mitchell Todd, Scottish rugby player (b. 1991)
• 2012 – Ray Whitney, English politician (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Arben Xhaferi, Macedonian politician and activist (b. 1948)