Famous Deaths on 15 Jul

Famous Deaths on 15 Jul

1085 - Robert Guiscard, duke of Apulia (b. c.1015)
1262 - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222)
1274 - Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (b. 1221)
1291 - Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1218)
1381 - John Ball, English priest
1406 - Duke William of Austria (b. c.1370)
1410 - Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (killed in battle) (b. 1360)
1521 - Juan Ponce de León, Spanish Explorer (b. 1458)
1544 - René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519)
1571 - Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)
1609 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1560)
1614 - Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer (b. c.1540)
1655 - Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)
1685 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of England (b. 1649)
1750 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1765 - Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
1767 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746)
1789 - Jacques Duphly, French composer (b. 1715)
1828 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
1839 - Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet (b. 1802)
1844 - Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772)
1857 - Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
1885 - Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)
1890 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. 1819)
1898 - Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825)
1904 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)
1919 - Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1929 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. 1874)
1930 - Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1845)
1931 - Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868)
1932 - Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African politician and writer (b. 1873)
1933 - Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (b. 1865)
1933 - Freddie Keppard, American musician (b. 1890)
1940 - Robert Pershing Wadlow, American--at 8 ft. 11.1 in, the tallest human ever known (b. 1918)
1942 - Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (bayoneted to death) (b. 1910)
1944 - Marie-Victorin, French Canadian Christian Brother and botanist (b. 1885)
1946 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1947 - Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
1948 - John J. Pershing, U.S. general (b. 1860)
1953 - Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882)
1957 - James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870)
1957 - Vasily Maklakov, Russian orator and liberal politician (b. 1869)
1958 - Julia Lennon, mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
1959 - Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (b. 1880)
1960 - Lawrence Tibbett, American opera singer and actor (b. 1896)
1960 - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (b. 1897)
1961 - John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
1965 - Francis Cherry, American politician (b. 1908)
1974 - Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter (b.1944)
1979 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (b. 1911)
1982 - Bill Justis, American musician and producer (b. 1926)
1986 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (b. 1923)
1989 - Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
1990 - Margaret Lockwood, British actress (b. 1916)
1991 - Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933)
1992 - Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan's most noted journalist (b. 1960)
1992 - Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
1993 - Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (b. 1973)
1993 - David Brian, American actor (b. 1914)
1996 - Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964)
1997 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946)
2000 - Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (b. 1925)
2003 - Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (b. 1953)
2003 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920)
2006 - Robert H. Brooks, founder of Hooters of America (b. 1937)
2008 - Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist, Olympics medalist. (b. 1972)