Died On April 15th
Discover the most famous people who died on April 15. The list includes people like Abraham Lincoln, Pol Pot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Greta Garbo, John Jacob Astor IV. Famous personalities featured on this list, include poets, political leaders, actors and sailors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, France & Italy and many more countries.
Abraham Lincoln12 February 1809, American
American President.
Pol Pot19 May 1925, Cambodian
Dictator, War Criminal
Jean-Paul Sartre21 June 1905, French
Philosopher
Greta Garbo18 September 1905, Swedish, American
Film actress
Joey Ramone19 May 1951, American
Lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones
John Jacob Astor IV13 July 1864, American
Businessman
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon27 November 1635, French
Louis XIV of France's Wife
Tommy Cooper19 March 1921, British
Comedian
Kenneth Williams22 February 1926, British
Comedian
Emma Morano29 November 1899, Italian
Supercentenarian
Joe Masseria17 January 1887, Italian, American
Mafia Boss
Wallace Beery01 April 1885, American
Actor
Matthew Arnold24 December 1822, British
Poet
Isidor Straus06 February 1845, American
Businessman
Edward Gorey22 February 1925, American
Mikhail Lomonosov19 November 1711, Russian
Scientist, Poet, Geologist, Astronomer
William Thomas Stead05 July 1849, British
Journalism
Anna Ancher18 August 1859, Danish
Painter
Hu Yaobang20 November 1915, Taiwanese
Politician
Corrie ten Boom15 April 1892
Writer, Autobiographer
Stavros Niarchos03 July 1909, Greek
Shipowner, Entrepreneur, Art collector
Pedro Infante18 November 1917, Mexican
Actor, Singer, Film actor, Carpenter
Filippo Brunelleschi1377 AD, Italian
Designer
Thomas Andrews07 February 1873, British
Marine architect, Entrepreneur, Designer,
Father Damien03 January 1840, American
Saint
Jonathan Crombie12 October 1966, Canadian
Actor
William McMaster Murdoch28 February 1873, British
Chief mate
Fritz Haarmann25 October 1879, German
Serial killer
Byron White08 June 1917, American
Officer, Lawyer, Judge, Politician
Raymond Bailey06 May 1904, American
Actor
Jean Genet19 December 1910, French
Writer, Playwright, Poet, Film director,
Richard Conte24 March 1910, American
Actor
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Manuel Roxas01 January 1892, Filipino
Politician, Autobiographer, University teacher
Clement Freud24 April 1924, German, British
Politician
Giovanni Gentile29 May 1875, Italian
Empress Suiko0554 AD, Japanese
Monarch
Gaston Leroux06 May 1868, French
Journalist, Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Totò15 February 1898, Italian
Comedian
Robert Musil06 November 1880, Austrian
Writer, Librarian, Novelist, Playwright,
Henry Tingle Wilde21 September 1872, British
Chief mate
Roxelana1502 AD, Ukrainian
Jacques Futrelle09 April 1875, American
American journalist
Bruno Bauer06 September 1809, German
Philosopher, Theologian, Historian
César Vallejo16 March 1892, Peruvian
Poet, Writer, Playwright, Translator, Journalist
Emma Willard23 February 1787, American
American activist
Oliver Evans13 September 1755, American
Inventor
William Empson27 September 1906, British
Literary critic, Poet, Writer
Hubert Robert22 May 1733, French
Curator, Painter
Fernand de Brinon26 August 1885, French
Journalist, Socialite, Lawyer
John Tuzo Wilson24 October 1908, Canadian
Geologist, Geophysicist, University teacher
Olga Lengyel19 October 1908, Hungarian
Writer
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin16 December 1901, Russian, Russian
Military commander
Henry Beston01 June 1888, American
Writer, Children's writer
Edward Smith27 January 1850, British
Lhendup Dorji06 October 1935, Bhutanese
Prime Minister
Jack Phillips11 April 1887, British
radiotelegraphist
Felice Leonardo09 March 1915, Italian
Theologian, Catholic priest
Cornelia ten Boom15 April 1892, Dutch
Ğabdulla Tuqay26 April 1886, Russian
Poet