July 15 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1085 – Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer (b. 1015)
• 1262 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1222)
• 1274 – Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (b. 1221)
• 1291 – Rudolph I of Germany (b. 1218)
• 1381 – John Ball, English priest (b. 1338)
• 1406 – William, Duke of Austria (b. 1370)
• 1410 – Ulrich von Jungingen, German knight (b. 1360)
• 1521 – Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1458)
• 1544 – René of Châlon (b. 1519)
• 1571 – Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)
• 1609 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1560)
• 1614 – Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer (b. 1540)
• 1655 – Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)
• 1685 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (b. 1649)
• 1750 – Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
• 1765 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
• 1767 – Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746)
• 1789 – Jacques Duphly, French composer (b. 1715)
• 1828 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
• 1839 – Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet (b. 1802)
• 1844 – Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772)
• 1857 – Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
• 1871 – Tad Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1858)
• 1885 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. 1819)
• 1898 – Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American Archbishop (d. 1825)
• 1904 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. 1874)
• 1930 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1845)
• 1930 – Rudolph Schildkraut, Istanbul-American actor (b. 1862)
• 1931 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868)
• 1931 – Eduardo Camet, Argentine fencer (b. 1876)
• 1932 – Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African politician and writer (b. 1873)
• 1933 – Irving Babbitt, American critic (b. 1865)
• 1933 – Freddie Keppard, American cornetist (b. 1890)
• 1940 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
• 1940 – Donald Calthrop, English actor (b. 1888)
• 1940 – Robert Wadlow, American tallest person in the world (b. 1918)
• 1942 – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (b. 1910)
• 1944 – Marie-Victorin, Canadian botanist (b. 1885)
• 1946 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1947 – Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
• 1948 – John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)
• 1953 – Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian bishop, founder of the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)
• 1957 – James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870)
• 1957 – Vasily Maklakov, Russian politician (b. 1869)
• 1958 – Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
• 1959 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (b. 1880)
• 1959 – Vance Palmer, Australian novelist and critic (b. 1885)
• 1960 – Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897)
• 1960 – Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896)
• 1961 – John Edward Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
• 1964 – Thomas Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1885)
• 1965 – Francis Cherry, American politician (b. 1908)
• 1974 – Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944)
• 1977 – Donald Mackay, Australian activist (b. 1933)
• 1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1911)
• 1982 – Bill Justis, American musician, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)
• 1986 – Billy Haughton, American driver and trainer (b. 1923)
• 1989 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
• 1990 – Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933)
• 1992 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan politician, 1st President of Nauru (b. 1922)
• 1992 – Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960)
• 1993 – David Brian, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Bobby Kent, American murder victim (b. 1973)
• 1996 – Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964)
• 1997 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (b. 1946)
• 2000 – Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (b. 1953)
• 2003 – Tex Schramm, American businessman and manager (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937)
• 2008 – György Kolonics, Hungarian canoer (b. 1972)
• 2008 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (b. 1970)
• 2009 – Natalya Estemirova, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
• 2010 – James E. Akins, American politician (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Googie Withers, English actress (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Boris Cebotari, Moldovan footballer (b. 1975)
• 2012 – Tsilla Chelton, French actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Grant Feasel, American football player (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, Spanish bishop (b. 1930)
• 2012 – David Fraser, English army officer (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Celeste Holm, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Yoichi Takabayashi, Japanese director (b. 1931)