History Deaths on September 15

Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1519)

#Isabella_Jagiellon

Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)

#Franco_Bordoni

Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)

#Constans_II

Thomas Overbury, English poet and author (b. 1581)

#Thomas_Overbury

Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)

#Pierre_Baillot

Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (b. 1752)

#Antoine_Étienne_de_Tousard

Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)

#Robert_Penn_Warren

Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)

#Harry_J._Lipkin

Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)

#Cootie_Williams

Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)

#Garner_Ted_Armstrong

Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)

#Geoffrey_Fisher

John Morton, English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)

#John_Morton_(cardinal)

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)

#Sidney_Godolphin,_1st_Earl_of_Godolphin

William Huskisson, English financier and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1770)

#William_Huskisson

Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)

#Eugene_I._Gordon

Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)

#Hugh_Clopton

Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)

#Willy_Messerschmitt

John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)

#John_Anderson_Jr.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)

#Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel

Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)

#Anton_Webern

Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, English soldier (b. 1100)

#Alan,_1st_Earl_of_Richmond

Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)

#Bill_Evans

Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)

#Oriana_Fallaci

Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)

#Milton_Sills

Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)

#Edmé_Boursault

Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)

#Gerard_Cafesjian

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, English-Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)

#Richard_Boyle,_1st_Earl_of_Cork

Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)

#Ulvi_Cemal_Erkin

Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)

#Thomas_Wolfe

John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)

#John_Hoyt

John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)

#John_Hanning_Speke

Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)

#Jeremy_Moore

Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)

#Joseph_Plateau

Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)

#Francisco_Morazán

Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)

#Richard_Wright_(musician)

Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)

#Bernard_Van_de_Kerckhove

Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)

#Leonhard_Rauwolf

Adam Easton, English cardinal

#Adam_Easton

Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (b. 1926)

#Harry_Dean_Stanton

André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)

#André_Tardieu

Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)

#Roman_von_Ungern-Sternberg

Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)

#Abraham_Clark

Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)

#Aldemaro_Romero

Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)

#Rudolf_Christoph_Eucken

Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)

#Johann_Karl_Simon_Morgenstern

Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)

#Gian_Francesco_Albani

Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)

#Dmitry_of_Tver

Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)

#Thomas_Hawksley

Saint Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)

#Catherine_of_Genoa

George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)

#George_Stepney

Ludmila of Bohemia, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)

#Ludmila_of_Bohemia

Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)

#Gunnar_Nordahl

André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)

#André_Le_Nôtre

Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)

#Colin_McRae

François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)

#François_Baillairgé

Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)

#Meir_Pa'il

Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)

#Steve_Brown_(bass_player)

Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)

#Linnie_Marsh_Wolfe

Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)

#Alessandro_Rolla

Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)

#Hugo_Raudsepp

Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)

#Jürg_Schubiger

Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)

#Johnny_Ramone

Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)

#Olga_Erteszek

William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)

#William_B._Bankhead

Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)

Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)

Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)

Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (b. 1936)

Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)

Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)

Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Hungarian Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (b. 1930)

Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)

Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)

Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)

Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)

Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)

Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)

Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)

Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)

June Salter, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)

Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)

Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (b. 1933)

Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)

Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)

Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)

Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)

Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)

Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)

Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (b. 1921)

Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)

Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)

Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)

Baki Süha Edibo?lu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)

Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)

Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1690)

John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)

Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1384)

Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)

Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)

Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia