September 15 - Deaths

Deaths

• 668 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)
• 921 – Ludmila of Bohemia, Bohemian martyr and saint (b. 860)
• 1231 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
• 1326 – Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)
• 1352 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)
• 1500 – John Morton, English archbishop (b. 1420)
• 1596 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
• 1613 – Thomas Overbury, English poet (b. 1581)
• 1643 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (b. 1566)
• 1649 – John Floyd, English preacher (b. 1572)
• 1700 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)
• 1701 – Edmé Boursault, French playwright (b. 1638)
• 1707 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
• 1712 – Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (b. 1645)
• 1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1690)
• 1794 – Abraham Clark, American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1725)
• 1803 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
• 1805 – Christopher Gadsden, American soldier and politician (b. 1724)
• 1830 – François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
• 1830 – William Huskisson, English politician (b. 1770)
• 1835 – Sarah Knox Taylor, American wife of Jefferson Davis (b. 1814)
• 1841 – Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
• 1842 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
• 1842 – Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
• 1864 – John Hanning Speke, English army officer and explorer (b. 1827)
• 1883 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 – Jumbo, African elephant (b. 1861)
• 1893 – Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 – Ernest Gagnon, Canadian composer and organist (b. 1834)
• 1921 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 – Milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1938 – Thomas Wolfe, American author (b. 1900)
• 1940 – William B. Bankhead, American politician (b. 1874)
• 1944 – Walter Middelberg, Dutch rower (b. 1875)
• 1945 – André Tardieu, French politician, 102nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1965 – Steve Brown, American bassist (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1890)
• 1972 – Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop (b. 1887)
• 1973 – Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
• 1978 – Robert Cliche, Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921)
• 1978 – Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Tommy Leonetti, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)
• 1980 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1981 – Harold Bennett, English actor (b. 1899)
• 1981 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player (b. 1906)
• 1983 – Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
• 1985 – Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
• 1989 – Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)
• 1989 – Olga Erteszek, American fashion designer (b. 1916)
• 1989 – Robert Penn Warren, American poet, author, and critic (b. 1905)
• 1991 – John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1993 India ; Shibam saha,west bangal ,kolkata,, indian blues guitarist
• 1993 – Pino_Puglisi, Italian priest (b. 1937)
• 1995 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
• 1995 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish football player (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
• 2001 – June Salter, Australian actress (b. 1932)
• 2001 – Balbir Singh Sodhi, Indian murder victim (b. 1949)
• 2003 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Jack Brymer, English clarinet player (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (The Ramones) (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Guy Green, English cinematographer and director (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Sidney Luft, American director (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Raymond Baxter, English television host (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987)
• 2007 – Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
• 2007 – Jeremy Moore, English military commander (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Stavros Paravas, Greek actor (b. 1935)
• 2008 – Richard Wright, English keyboard player and songwriter (Pink Floyd) (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
• 2010 – Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth, Welsh politician (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Frances Bay, Canadian actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (b. 1964)
• 2012 – James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Olga Ferri, Argentine dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Jean-Louis Heinrich, French footballer (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Arthur Magugu, Kenyan politician (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Pierre Mondy, French actor and director (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Paul Okesene, Samoan rugby player (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Stephen Paul, American physicist (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Nevin Spence, Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
• 2012 – K. S. Sudarshan, Indian nationalist (b. 1931)