History Deaths on March 15

Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911)

#Thora_Hird

John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)

#John_S._Paraskevopoulos

Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1926)

#Bowie_Kuhn

Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)

#Joseph_Bazalgette

Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)

#Gail_Davis

Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)

#Nikolai_Bukharin

Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a pilot's license. (b. 1914)

#Sarla_Thakral

David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936)

#David_Brenner

Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)

#Gustavo_Jiménez

Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927)

#Shoji_Nishio

Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)

#Abe_Saperstein

Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)

#Henry_Bessemer

Rebecca West, English author and critic (b. 1892)

#Rebecca_West

Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)

#Georgios_Rallis

Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet and politician (b. 1915)

#Muhammad_Jameel_Didi

Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909)

#Musashiyama_Takeshi

Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)

#Clement_Mary_Hofbauer

Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1899)

#Douglas_Abbott

Kallam Anji Reddy, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (b. 1940)

#Kallam_Anji_Reddy

Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)

#Alexej_von_Jawlensky

Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928)

#Sally_Forrest

Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)

#Hector_Rason

Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921)

#Antonino_Rocca

Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)

#Tom_Harmon

G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (b. 1956)

#G._David_Low

Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)

#Talaat_Pasha

Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910)

#Aleksandr_Ivanovich_Laktionov

Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1645)

#Eusebio_Kino

Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)

#Aristotle_Onassis

Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (b. 100 BC)

#Julius_Caesar

Walter V, Count of Brienne (b. 1275)

#Walter_V,_Count_of_Brienne

Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)

#Otto_von_Below

Tim Maia, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

#Tim_Maia

René Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

#René_Clair

Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)

#Otto_Wilhelm_Masing

Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)

#Cees_Veerman_(musician)

Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (b. 433)

#Odoacer

Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and author (b. 1921)

#Radha_Krishna_Choudhary

Nate Dogg, American rapper (b. 1969)

#Nate_Dogg

Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

#Arthur_Compton

Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic (b. 1922)

#Gaetano_Cozzi

John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)

#John_Pople

Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947)

#Clarissa_Dickson_Wright

Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)

#Giuseppe_Caspar_Mezzofanti

Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)

#Bud_Freeman

Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (b. 938)

#Romanos_II

Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesman (b. 155)

#Cao_Cao

Narayan Desai, Indian author and activist (b. 1924)

#Narayan_Desai

James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)

#James_Joseph_Sylvester

Shah Jalal, Sufi saint of Bengal (b. 1271).

#Shah_Jalal

H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)

#H._P._Lovecraft

Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937)

#Curtis_Gans

Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1951)

#Vytautas_Kernagis

Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (b. 1170)

#Isabella_of_Hainault

Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (b. 1903)

#Benjamin_Spock

Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1954)

#Mikey_Dread

Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (b. 1910)

#Bill_Pickering_(rocket_scientist)

Shannon Larratt, Canadian publisher, founded BMEzine (b. 1973)

#Shannon_Larratt

Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Washington (b. 1936)

#Booth_Gardner

Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)

#Ernst_Nobs

Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b. 1909)

#Ann_Sothern

Mike Porcaro, American bass player (b. 1955)

#Mike_Porcaro

Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)

#Tarjei_Vesaas

Everett L. Fullam, American priest and scholar (b. 1930)

#Everett_L._Fullam

Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978)

#Seru_Rabeni

Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)

#Dave_Philley

Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester (b. c. 1040)

#Ernulf

Pargal? Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 35th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1493)

#Pargal?_Ibrahim_Pasha

Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1906)

#Victor_Vasarely

Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)

#Luigi_Cherubini

Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (b. 1576)

#Countess_Louise_Juliana_of_Nassau

Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)

#Jean-Pierre_Monseré

Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927)

#Bo_Callaway

Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615)

#Salvator_Rosa

Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)

#Lester_Young

Daryl Coley, American singer and pastor (b. 1955)

#Daryl_Coley

Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (b. 1948)

Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (b. 1921)

Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (b. 1927)

Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928)

Collins Chabane, South African politician (b. 1960)

Scott Asheton, American drummer (b. 1949).

Felipe Zetter, Mexican footballer (b. 1923)

Peter Worsley, English sociologist (b. 1924)

Masamichi Noro, Japanese-French martial artist, founded Kinomichi (b. 1935)

Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (b. 1963).

Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (b. 1935)

Hardrock Gunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)

James Bonk, American chemist and academic (b. 1931)

Fran Matera, American illustrator (b. 1924)

Bernardino González Ruíz, Panamanian physician and politician, President of Panama (b. 1911)

Luis Gonzales, Filipino actor (b. 1928)

Eb Gaines, American businessman and diplomat (b. 1927)

Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (b. 1946)

Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (b. 1963)

Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)

Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)

Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (b. 1927)

Charles Harrelson, American murderer (b. 1938)

Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (b. 1918)

Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (b. 1923)

Bob Bellear, Australian engineer and judge (b. 1944)

Philippe Lemaire, French actor (b. 1927)

Paul Stojanovich, American television producer, created World's Wildest Police Videos (b. 1956)

Guy D'Artois, Canadian soldier (b. 1917)

Rahi Masoom Raza, Indian Urdu poet (b.1927)

Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958)

Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1926)

Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (b. 1897)

Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1905)

Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)

Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)

Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886)

Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)

David Pardo, Dutch rabbi and scholar (b. 1591)

Annibale Padovano, Italian organist and composer (b. 1527)

Albert of Schwarzburg, grand preceptor of the Knights Hospitaller

George I Ghisi, Triarch of Euboea, Baron of Chalandritsa, Lord of Tinos, Mykonos, Serifos and Keos

Albert Pallavicini, Margrave of Bodonitza

Thomas III d'Autremencourt, Lord of Salona, Marshal of Achaea

Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, Flemish consort and regent (b. c. 1018)

Siegfried I (the Older), German nobleman

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