July 15 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1085 – Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer (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, King of the Romans (b. 1218)
• 1381 – John Ball, English priest (b. 1338)
• 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, Dutch 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 King 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)
• 1871 – Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (b. 1858)
• 1885 – Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. 1819)
• 1898 – Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-born American Catholic prelate, the first Bishop of Arizona and the second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825)
• 1904 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. 1874)
• 1930 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1845)
• 1930 – Rudolph Schildkraut, Istanbul born American actor (b. 1930)
• 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 Jazz cornetist (b. 1890)
• 1940 – Robert Wadlow, American; at 8 ft. 11.1 in, the tallest person ever known (b. 1918)
• 1942 – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (bayoneted to death) (b. 1910)
• 1944 – Marie-Victorin, French Canadian De La Salle 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 – Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian Christian Bishop, founder of the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)
• 1957 – James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870)
• 1957 – Vasily Maklakov, Russian orator and liberal politician (b. 1869)
• 1958 – Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
• 1959 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (b. 1880)
• 1959 – Vance Palmer, Australian novelist, dramatist, essayist and critic (b. 1885)
• 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, American television news reporter (b. 1944)
• 1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1911)
• 1982 – Bill Justis, American trumpet and saxophone player 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, Azerbaijani journalist (b. 1960)
• 1992 – Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
• 1993 – David Brian, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Bobby Kent, American murder victim (b. 1973)
• 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, American founder of Hooters of America (b. 1937)
• 2008 – Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist (b. 1972)
• 2008 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (b. 1970)
• 2009 – Natalya Estemirova, Russian activist (b. 1958)
• 2010 – James E. Akins, American diplomat and advisor to Richard Nixon (b. 1926)