Famous Deaths on June 15, Who Died on June 15
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1073 | Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034) |
| 1184 | Magnus Erlingsson, King of Norway (b. 1156) |
| 1189 | Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) |
| 1246 | Frederick II, Duke of Austria (b. 1219) |
| 1337 | Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of Fraticelli (b. 1247) |
| 1341 | Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1297) |
| 1381 | John Cavendish, English lawyer and judge (b. 1346) |
| 1383 | John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1292) |
| 1389 | Lazar of Serbia (b. 1329) |
| 1416 | John, Duke of Berry (b. 1340) |
| 1467 | Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396) |
| 1521 | Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1442) |
| 1614 | Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1540) |
| 1724 | Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (b. 1674) |
| 1768 | James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710) |
| 1772 | Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (b. 1694) |
| 1844 | Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777) |
| 1849 | James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795) |
| 1858 | Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795) |
| 1881 | Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (b. 1862) |
| 1888 | Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831) |
| 1889 | Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850) |
| 1890 | Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822) |
| 1917 | Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867) |
| 1934 | Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857) |
| 1938 | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880) |
| 1941 | Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873) |
| 1945 | Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat |
| 1961 | Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923) |
| 1962 | Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877) |
| 1967 | Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885) |
| 1968 | Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880) |
| 1971 | Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) |
| 1976 | Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896) |
| 1984 | Meredith Willson, American playwright, composer, and conductor (b. 1902) |
| 1985 | Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (b. 1927) |
| 1989 | Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1912) |
| 1991 | Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1898) |
| 1992 | Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940) |
| 1993 | John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1917) |
| 1994 | Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1925) |
| 1995 | John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (b. 1903) |
| 1996 | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (b. 1917) |
| 1999 | Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1906) |
| 2000 | Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1907) |
| 2001 | Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909) |
| 2002 | Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (b. 1918) |
| 2003 | Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (b. 1911) |
| 2004 | Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (b. 1952) |
| 2005 | Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918) |
| 2006 | Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (b. 1922) |
| 2008 | Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914) |
| 2011 | Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (b. 1910) |
| 2012 | Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (b. 1927) |
| 2013 | Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (b. 1948) |
| 2014 | Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (b. 1927) |
| 2015 | Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (b. 1917) |
| 2016 | Lois Duncan, American author (b. 1934) |
| 2018 | Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American Blues guitarist (b. 1929) |
| 2019 | Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (b. 1923) |
| 923 | Robert I of France (b. 866) |
| 948 | Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. c. 870) |
| 952 | Murong Yanchao, Chinese general |
| 960 | Eadburh of Winchester, English princess and saint |
| 970 | Adalbert, bishop of Passau |
| 991 | Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 960) |
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