History Deaths on July 15

Catherine of Henneberg, German ruler (b. c. 1334)

#Catherine_of_Henneberg

James M. Cox, American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (b. 1870)

#James_M._Cox

Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)

#Leopold_Auer

Annibale Carracci, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1560)

#Annibale_Carracci

Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and academic (b. 1880)

#Ernest_Bloch

Edward Perl, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1926)

#Edward_Perl

William, Duke of Austria

#William,_Duke_of_Austria

John T. Riedl, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1962)

#John_T._Riedl

Bonaventure, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1221)

#Bonaventure

Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)

#Wenceslao_Vinzons

Vasily Maklakov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869)

#Vasily_Maklakov

Lisa del Giocondo, subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa (b. 1479)

#Lisa_del_Giocondo

Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French soldier, historian, and author (b. 1540)

#Pierre_de_Bourdeille,_seigneur_de_Brantôme

Elisabeth Welch, American actress and singer (b. 1904)

#Elisabeth_Welch

Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)

#Marie-Victorin_Kirouac

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Dutch-English general and politician, Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull (b. 1649)

#James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth

Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897)

#Set_Persson

General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)

#General_Tom_Thumb

Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

#Paul_Gallico

Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (b. 1802)

#Winthrop_Mackworth_Praed

Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1686)

#Vasily_Tatishchev

Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)

#Juan_Felipe_Ibarra

Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)

#Francis_Cherry_(governor)

Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)

#Carl_Czerny

Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)

#Alexander_Andreyevich_Ivanov

King Eric II of Norway (b. c. 1268)

#Eric_II_of_Norway

Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)

#Ladislaus_Bortkiewicz

Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b.1918)

#Robert_Wadlow

Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (b. 1953)

#Roberto_Bolaño

Yang Guifei, consort of Xuan Zong (b. 719)

#Yang_Guifei

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler, German landowner and politician (b. 1928)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_Schnitzler

Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)

#Charles-André_van_Loo

John Ball, English Lollard priest

#John_Ball_(priest)

John Edward Brownlee, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Alberta (b. 1884)

#John_Edward_Brownlee

Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)

#Cornelis_Jacobus_Langenhoven

Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)

#Robert_A._Roe

Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)

#Rosalía_de_Castro

Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)

#Girolamo_Rainaldi

Martin Landau, American film and television actor (b. 1928)

#Martin_Landau

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 29th President of Mexico, 1964-1970 (b. 1911)

#Gustavo_Díaz_Ordaz

Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1360)

#Ulrich_von_Jungingen

György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972)

#György_Kolonics

Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)

#Laurie_Cunningham

Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (b. 1986)

#Meskerem_Legesse

Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)

#Eugen_Bleuler

Vladimir the Great, Grand prince of Kievan Rus' (b. c. 958)

#Vladimir_the_Great

Vance Palmer, Australian author and critic (b. 1885)

#Vance_Palmer

Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (b. 1772)

#Claude_Charles_Fauriel

Michael Bruce, Scottish poet and composer (b. 1746)

#Michael_Bruce_(poet)

Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896)

#Lawrence_Tibbett

Rudolf I of Germany (b. 1218)

#Rudolf_I_of_Germany

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and academic (b. 1942)

#Alireza_Shapour_Shahbazi

Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)

#Anton_Chekhov

Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)

#Gottfried_Keller

Razor Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)

#Razor_Smith

Omar Abu Risha, Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th Syrian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1910)

#Omar_Abu_Risha

Agnes of Durazzo, titular Latin empress consort of Constantinople (d. 1313)

#Agnes_of_Durazzo

Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)

#Bahíyyih_Khánum

Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)

#Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal

Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (d. 1825)

#Jean-Baptiste_Salpointe

Zaim Top?i?, Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (b. 1920)

#Zaim_Top?i?

Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)

#Jean-Antoine_Houdon

Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese daimy? (b. 1514)

#Shimazu_Takahisa

Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (b. 1917)

#Celeste_Holm

John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)

#John_J._Pershing

Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (b. 1922)

#Hammer_DeRoburt

Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (b. 1933)

Aubrey Morris, British actor (b. 1926)

Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1916)

Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (b. 1938)

Saúl Lara, Spanish footballer (b. 1982)

James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (b. 1918)

Óscar Acosta, Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)

Noël Lee, Chinese-American pianist and composer (b. 1924)

Earl Gros, American football player (b. 1940)

Tom Greenwell, American lawyer and judge (b. 1956)

Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)

Ninos Aho, Syrian-American poet and activist (b. 1945)

Yoichi Takabayashi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1931)

David Fraser, English general (b. 1920)

Grant Feasel, American football player (b. 1960)

Tsilla Chelton, Israeli-French actress (b. 1919)

Boris Cebotari, Moldovan footballer (b. 1975)

Googie Withers, British-Australian actress (b. 1917)

James E. Akins, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (b. 1926)

Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937)

C. Balasingham, Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (b. 1917)

Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer and educator (b. 1925)

S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960)

Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (b. 1946)

Justinas Lagunavi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1924)

Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960)

#Chingiz_Mustafayev

Bert Convy, American actor, singer, and game show host (b. 1933)

Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916)

Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (b. 1906)

Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)

Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)

Frédéric Dorion, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1898)

Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (b. 1933)

Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944)

Seyfi Arkan, Turkish architect (b. 1903)

Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)

Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893)

Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)

Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)

Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1715)

René of Châlon (b. 1519)

Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland

Ab? al-Waf?' B?zj?n?, Persian mathematician and astronomer (b. 940)