Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 15 June today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for June 15
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on June 15
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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) |
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