Famous Deaths on October 15, Who Died on October 15
Here is a list who died on October 15. Famous deaths for the 15th of October. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on October 15. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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Who died on October 15?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1002 | Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946) |
| 1080 | Rudolf of Rheinfelden (b. 1025) |
| 1173 | Petronilla of Aragon (b. 1135) |
| 1240 | Razia Sultana, sultan of Delhi (b. 1205) |
| 1243 | Hedwig of Silesia, Polish saint (b. 1174) |
| 1326 | Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1261) |
| 1385 | Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow |
| 1389 | Pope Urban VI (b. 1318) |
| 1404 | Marie Valois, French princess (b. 1344) |
| 1496 | Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (b. 1443) |
| 1564 | Andreas Vesalius, Belgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (b. 1514) |
| 1674 | Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591) |
| 1684 | Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626) |
| 1690 | Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622) |
| 1715 | Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675) |
| 1788 | Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735) |
| 1810 | Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755) |
| 1811 | Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735) |
| 1817 | Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746) |
| 1819 | Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744) |
| 1820 | Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771) |
| 1837 | Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760) |
| 1838 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist (b. 1802) |
| 1891 | Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837) |
| 1900 | Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850) |
| 1910 | Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886) |
| 1917 | Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876) |
| 1918 | Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838) |
| 1925 | Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?) |
| 1930 | Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866) |
| 1934 | Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860) |
| 1940 | Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882) |
| 1945 | Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883) |
| 1946 | Hermann Göring, German general and politician (b. 1893) |
| 1948 | Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) |
| 1955 | Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914) |
| 1958 | Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907) |
| 1959 | Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909) |
| 1960 | Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890) |
| 1963 | Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908) |
| 1964 | Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891) |
| 1965 | Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891) |
| 1966 | Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876) |
| 1968 | Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909) |
| 1976 | Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902) |
| 1978 | W. Eugene Smith, American photojournalist (b. 1918) |
| 1980 | Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900) |
| 1987 | Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949) |
| 1988 | Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (b. 1892) |
| 1989 | Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935) |
| 1990 | Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (b. 1932) |
| 1993 | Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913) |
| 1994 | Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (b. 1934) |
| 1995 | Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967) |
| 1999 | Josef Locke, British-Irish soldier, policeman, tenor and actor (b. 1917) |
| 2000 | Konrad Emil Bloch, Polish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) |
| 2001 | Chang Hsüeh-liang, Chinese general and warlord (b. 1901) |
| 2003 | Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919) |
| 2004 | Per Højholt, Danish poet (b. 1928) |
| 2005 | Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977) |
| 2007 | Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933) |
| 2008 | Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927) |
| 2009 | Heinz Versteeg, Dutch-German footballer (b. 1939) |
| 2010 | Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912) |
| 2011 | Betty Driver, English actress, singer, and author (b. 1920) |
| 2012 | Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920) |
| 2013 | Donald Bailey, American drummer (b. 1933) |
| 2014 | Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1931) |
| 2015 | Sergei Filippenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1971) |
| 2017 | Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (b. 1950) |
| 2018 | Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, owner of the Seattle Seahawks (b. 1953) |
| 2021 | David Amess, British politician, member of Parliament for Southend West (b. 1952) |
| 412 | Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria |
| 898 | Lambert of Italy (b. 880) |
| 912 | Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish emir (b. 844) |
| 925 | Rhazes, Persian polymath (b. 864) |
| 961 | Abd-al-Rahman III, caliph of Córdoba |
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