15 September Deaths

September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 107 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

Deaths

668 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)
921 – Ludmila of Bohemia, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
1140 – Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
1146 – Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, English soldier (b. 1100)
1231 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
1326 – Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)
1352 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
1397 – Adam Easton, English cardinal
1408 – Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1384)
1496 – Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)
1500 – John Morton, English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)
1504 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)
1510 – Saint Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)
1559 – Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1519)
1596 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
1613 – Thomas Overbury, English poet and author (b. 1581)
1643 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, English-Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
1649 – John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
1700 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)
1701 – Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
1707 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
1712 – Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)
1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
1794 – Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
1803 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
1813 – Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (b. 1752)
1830 – François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
1830 – William Huskisson, English financier and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1770)
1841 – Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
1842 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
1842 – Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)
1852 – Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
1864 – John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
1883 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
1893 – Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
1915 – Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
1921 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
1926 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
1930 – Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
1938 – Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
1940 – William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
1945 – André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
1945 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
1945 – Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
1952 – Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
1965 – Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
1972 – Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
1972 – Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
1972 – Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
1973 – Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
1973 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)
1975 – Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
1978 – Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
1978 – Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
1980 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1981 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
1983 – Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
1985 – Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
1989 – Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)
1989 – Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
1989 – Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)
1991 – John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
1991 – Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
1993 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
1995 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
1995 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
1998 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
2001 – June Salter, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
2003 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
2004 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
2004 – Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
2005 – Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
2005 – Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
2006 – Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)
2006 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
2006 – Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
2007 – Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
2007 – Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
2007 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
2007 – Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
2008 – Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
2009 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
2010 – Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
2011 – Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
2012 – Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Hungarian Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
2012 – Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
2013 – Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
2013 – Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (b. 1936)
2013 – Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
2013 – Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
2014 – John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)
2014 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
2014 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)
2014 – Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
2014 – Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)
2015 – Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2015 – Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
2015 – Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)

Source: wikipedia