Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 15 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 15
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 15
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 0069 | Galba, Roman emperor (b. 3 BC) |
| 570 | Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (b. 475) |
| 849 | Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (b. 793) |
| 936 | Rudolph of France (b. 880) |
| 950 | Wang Jingchong, Chinese general |
| 1149 | Berengaria of Barcelona, queen consort of Castile (b. 1116) |
| 1568 | Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (b. 1493) |
| 1569 | Catherine Carey, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (b. 1524) |
| 1584 | Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noblewoman (b. 1520) |
| 1623 | Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552) |
| 1672 | John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594) |
| 1683 | Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609) |
| 1775 | Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700) |
| 1790 | John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719) |
| 1804 | Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725) |
| 1813 | Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762) |
| 1815 | Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761) |
| 1855 | Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780) |
| 1864 | Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792) |
| 1876 | Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810) |
| 1880 | Carl Georg von Wächter, German jurist (b. 1797) |
| 1893 | Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809) |
| 1896 | Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822) |
| 1905 | George Thorn, Australian politician, sixth Premier of Queensland (b. 1838) |
| 1909 | Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837) |
| 1916 | Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850) |
| 1919 | Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871) |
| 1926 | Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883) |
| 1929 | George Cope, American painter (b. 1855) |
| 1936 | Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, seventh Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866) |
| 1937 | Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902) |
| 1939 | Kullervo Manner, Finnish Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guards (b. 1880) |
| 1945 | Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865) |
| 1948 | Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862) |
| 1950 | Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886) |
| 1951 | Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868) |
| 1952 | Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887) |
| 1955 | Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b. 1900) |
| 1959 | Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863) |
| 1964 | Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905) |
| 1967 | David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882) |
| 1968 | Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938) |
| 1970 | Frank Clement, English race car driver (b. 1886) |
| 1972 | Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881) |
| 1973 | Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919) |
| 1974 | Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1897) |
| 1981 | Graham Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1922) |
| 1982 | Red Smith, American journalist (b. 1905) |
| 1983 | Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898) |
| 1984 | Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906) |
| 1987 | Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904) |
| 1988 | Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for External Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) |
| 1990 | Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1923) |
| 1993 | Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913) |
| 1994 | Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921) |
| 1996 | Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (b. 1922) |
| 1998 | Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1898) |
| 1999 | Betty Box, English film producer (b. 1915) |
| 2000 | Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903) |
| 2001 | Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
| 2002 | Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923) |
| 2003 | Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915) |
| 2004 | Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949) |
| 2005 | Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923) |
| 2006 | Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926) |
| 2007 | Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi lawyer and judge (b. 1945) |
| 2008 | Robert V. Bruce, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923) |
| 2009 | Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917) |
| 2011 | Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (b. 1925) |
| 2012 | Ed Derwinski, American soldier and politician, first United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (b. 1926) |
| 2013 | Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932) |
| 2014 | Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (b. 1970) |
| 2015 | Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (b. 1919) |
| 2016 | Francisco X. Alarcón, American poet and educator (b. 1954) |
| 2017 | Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (b. 1943) |
| 2019 | Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921) |
| 2020 | Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944) |
| 2022 | Alexa McDonough, first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. |
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