History Deaths on January 15

Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)

#Henri_Braconnot

Rudolph of France (b. 880)

#Rudolph_of_France

Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (b. 1943)

#Manuel_Velázquez

Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

#Seán_MacBride

Galba, Roman emperor (b. 3 BC)

#Galba

Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)

#Fanny_Kemble

Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1934)

#Junior_Wells

Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (b. 1919)

#Ervin_Drake

Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)

#Giovanni_Battista_Sammartini

Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)

#Henry_H._Arnold

Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)

#Anton_Holban

Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923)

#Victoria_de_los_Ángeles

Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)

#Coleman_Francis

Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)

#Ray_Bolger

Carlo Fruttero, Italian journalist and author (b. 1926)

#Carlo_Fruttero

Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)

#Karl_Liebknecht

Dolores O'Riordan, Irish pop singer (b. 1971)

#Dolores_O'Riordan

Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)

#Jack_Teagarden

John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)

#John_Cosin

Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916)

#Harilal_Upadhyay

Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917)

#Lincoln_Verduga_Loor

Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)

#Mathew_Brady

John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)

#John_Landen

Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)

#Dru_Drury

Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868)

#Ernest_Swinton

Hulett C. Smith, American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1918)

#Hulett_C._Smith

Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)

#Arnold_Janssen

James Hillier, Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (b. 1915)

#James_Hillier

Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (b. 1943)

#Jimmy_Snuka

Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)

#Eliza_McCardle_Johnson

Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1916)

#Ruth_Warrick

Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)

#Modest_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky

Bo Yibo, Chinese commander and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1908)

#Bo_Yibo

Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)

#Sammy_Cahn

Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)

#Josephus_Daniels

Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)

#Henry_Forster,_1st_Baron_Forster

Catherine Carey, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (b. 1524)

#Catherine_Carey

John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915)

#John_Dobson_(amateur_astronomer)

Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1897)

#Harold_D._Cooley

Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)

#Anton_Bernolák

Francisco X. Alarcón, American poet and educator (b. 1954)

#Francisco_X._Alarcón

Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)

#Daisy_Ashford

Ib Spang Olsen, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921)

#Ib_Spang_Olsen

Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)

#Paolo_Sarpi

Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (b. 1493)

#Nicolaus_Olahus

Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)

#Rosa_Luxemburg

Susannah York, English actress and activist (b. 1939)

#Susannah_York

Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)

#Shepperd_Strudwick

Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)

#Emma,_Lady_Hamilton

Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)

#Leopold_Damrosch

Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921)

#Carol_Channing

Samuel Jaskilka, American general (b. 1919)

#Samuel_Jaskilka

Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (b. 475)

#Íte_of_Killeedy

Ed Derwinski, American soldier and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (b. 1926)

#Ed_Derwinski

Murad III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)

#Murad_III

Antonios Georgantas, Greek revolutionary and politician (b. 1799)

#Antonios_Georgantas

George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)

#George_Thorn

Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)

#Moshoeshoe_II_of_Lesotho

Berengaria of Barcelona, queen consort of Castile (b. 1116)

#Berengaria_of_Barcelona

Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1939)

#Kim_Fowley

Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)

#Walter_Ernsting

Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898)

#Armin_Öpik

Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)

#Isaac_Nathan

Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (b. 793)

#Theophylact_(son_of_Michael_I)

Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (b. 1927)

#Ray_Nagel

Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)

#Wilhelm_Wirtinger

David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)

#David_Burliuk

Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)

#Massimo_d'Azeglio

Faz?l Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906)

#Faz?l_Küçük

Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1898)

#Gulzarilal_Nanda

William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)

#William_T._Piper

Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)

#Ned_Hanlon_(politician)

John Thomas, American high jumper (b. 1941)

#John_Thomas_(athlete)

George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)

#George_Cope_(artist)

Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)

Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)

Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (b. 1970)

Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932)

Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (b. 1922)

Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (b. 1908)

Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)

Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)

Robert V. Bruce, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)

Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino educator and diplomat (b. 1905)

Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951)

Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi lawyer and judge (b. 1945)

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926)

Elizabeth Janeway, American author and critic (b. 1913)

Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)

Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)

Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)

Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)

Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)

Betty Box, English composer and producer (b. 1915)

Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)

Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921)

Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910)

Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1923)

Red Smith, American journalist (b. 1905)

Graham Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1922)

Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1901)

Frank Clement, English race car driver (b. 1886)

Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)

Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)

Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b. 1900)

Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)

Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)

Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)

Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noblewoman (b. 1520)

Wang Jingchong, Chinese general

Chak Tok Ich'aak I, Mayan ruler