History Deaths on October 15

Matti Wuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)

#Matti_Wuori

Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)

#Carlo_Gambino

Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927)

#Edie_Adams

Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)

#Lipót_Fejér

Zden?k Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)

#Zden?k_Fibich

Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)

#Mata_Hari

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (b. 1892)

#Kaikhosru_Shapurji_Sorabji

W. Eugene Smith, American photojournalist (b. 1918)

#W._Eugene_Smith

Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1922)

#Norodom_Sihanouk

Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)

#Stanley_Ketchel

Hermann Göring, German general and politician (b. 1893)

#Hermann_Göring

Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)

#Rudy_Minarcin

Erol Günayd?n, Turkish actor and screenwriter (b. 1933)

#Erol_Günayd?n

Hans Riegel, German businessman (b. 1923)

#Hans_Riegel

Nate Huffman, American basketball player (b. 1975)

#Nate_Huffman

Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)

#Apostolos_Nikolaidis_(athlete)

Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)

#Géraud_de_Cordemoy

Lambert of Italy (b. 880)

#Lambert_of_Italy

Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)

#Mildred_Fay_Jefferson

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)

#Karl_Philipp,_Prince_of_Schwarzenberg

Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)

#Pierre_Laval

Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)

#Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi

Pope Urban VI (b. 1318)

#Pope_Urban_VI

Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)

#Raymond_Poincaré

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (d. 1686)

#Magnus_Gabriel_De_la_Gardie

Sergei Filippenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1971)

#Sergei_Filippenkov

Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Spanish emir (b. 844)

#Abdullah_ibn_Muhammad_al-Umawi

Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1261)

#Walter_de_Stapledon

Pat Ward, American lawyer and politician (b. 1957)

#Pat_Ward

Faz?l Hüsnü Da?larca, Turkish soldier and poet (b. 1914)

#Faz?l_Hüsnü_Da?larca

Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935.)

#Danilo_Kiš

Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)

#Robert_Tiernan

Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)

#Ivan_Dmitriev

Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1891)

#Abraham_Fraenkel

Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)

#Herbert_Henry_Dow

Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591)

#Robert_Herrick_(poet)

Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (b. 1443)

#Gilbert,_Count_of_Montpensier

Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (b. 1934)

#Sarah_Kofman

Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)

#Pat_O'Brien_(actor)

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)

#Nathaniel_Dance-Holland

Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (b. 1891)

#Cole_Porter

Josef Locke, British-Irish soldier, policeman, tenor and actor (b. 1917)

#Josef_Locke

Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)

#Juan_de_Valdés_Leal

Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (b. 1908)

#Horton_Smith

Al-Mu'tamid, Muslim caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate

#Al-Mu'tamid

Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)

#Samuel_Greig

Petronilla of Aragon (b. 1135)

#Petronilla_of_Aragon

Neill Sheridan, American baseball player (b. 1921)

#Neill_Sheridan

Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)

#Sergey_Vyazmitinov

Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)

#Lluís_Companys

Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)

#Henry_I,_Duke_of_Burgundy

Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (b. 1922)

#Jack_Narz

Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)

#Gilbert_Arthur_à_Beckett

Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909)

#Stepan_Bandera

Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890)

#Clara_Kimball_Young

Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)

#Dolores_Jiménez_y_Muro

Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)

#Claude_Cheysson

Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)

#Alfred_Moore

Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1953)

#Paul_Allen

Andreas Vesalius, Belgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (b. 1514)

#Andreas_Vesalius

Hedwig of Silesia, Polish saint (b. 1174)

#Hedwig_of_Silesia

Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)

#Tadeusz_Ko?ciuszko

Johnny Sheffield, American actor (b. 1931)

#Johnny_Sheffield

Cancio Garcia, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1937)

#Cancio_Garcia

Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914)

#Fumio_Hayasaka

Konrad Emil Bloch, Polish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

#Konrad_Emil_Bloch

Rudolf of Rheinfelden (b. 1025)

#Rudolf_of_Rheinfelden

Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)

#Edythe_Chapman

Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1876)

#Frederick_Montague,_1st_Baron_Amwell

Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1931)

#Giovanni_Reale

Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (b. 1950)

Tyrone Young, American football player (b. 1960)

Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1934)

Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)

Ji?í Reynek, Czech poet and graphic designer (b. 1929)

Gloria Lynne, American singer (b. 1931)

Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (b. 1947)

Donald Bailey, American drummer (b. 1933)

Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist and academic (b. 1953)

Betty Driver, English actress, singer, and author (b. 1920)

Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)

Heinz Versteeg, Dutch-German footballer (b. 1939)

Piet Boukema, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1933)

Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)

Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919)

Vincent Canby, American journalist and critic (b. 1924)

Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1976)

Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967)

Ayd?n Say?l?, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913)

Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (b. 1932)

Donald Wandrei, American author and poet (b. 1908)

Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)

Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)

Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)

Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)

Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (b. 1908)

Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907)

Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)

Marie Valois, French princess (b. 1344)

Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow

Abd-al-Rahman III, caliph of Córdoba

Rhazes, Persian polymath (b. 864)

Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria