15 August Deaths

Published : 15 Aug 2018, 11:16

Jagoroniya Desk

August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

398 – Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Lan Yan
423 – Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384)
465 – Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)
767 – Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (b. 699)[4][5]
778 – Roland, Frankish military leader
873 – Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 833)
874 – Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim
912 – Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855)
932 – Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (b. 899)
978 – Li Yu, ruler ('king') of Southern Tang
1022 – Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel
1038 – Stephen I, Hungarian king (b. 975)
1057 – Macbeth, King of Scotland
1118 – Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
1196 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
1224 – Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1198)
1257 – Saint Hyacinth of Poland
1274 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)
1275 – Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
1328 – Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1293)
1369 – Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (b. 1314)
1388 – Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (b. circa 1320)
1399 – Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (b. 1358)
1496 – Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (b. 1428)
1506 – Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
1507 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
1528 – Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
1552 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
1594 – Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)
1621 – John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
1666 – Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
1728 – Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
1758 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
1799 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
1852 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
1859 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
1907 – Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
1928 – Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
1935 – Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
1942 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
1945 – Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
1975 – Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
1975 – Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
1981 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
1981 – Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
1982 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
1982 – Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)
1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1989 – Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
1992 – Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
1994 – Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)
1997 – Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)
1999 – Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
2001 – Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
2001 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)
2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927)
2006 – Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2007 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (b. 1944)
2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
2008 – Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929)
2008 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
2011 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
2012 – Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
2012 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
2013 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)
2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
2014 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
2015 – Julian Bond, American academic and politician (b. 1940)
2015 – Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (b. 1936)
2017 – Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (b. 1925)

Source: wikipedia

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