Died On August 15th
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Discover the most famous people who died on August 15. The list includes people like Rene Magritte, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Will Rogers, Paul Signac, Jacques Vergès. Famous personalities featured on this list, include composers, actors, artists and soldiers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, Hungary & Sweden and many more countries.
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Birthdate: November 4, 1879
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
Died: 1935
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Rene Magritte(Belgian Surrealist Artist, Who Became Well Known for Creating a Number of Witty and Thought-Provoking Images)
Birthdate: November 21, 1898
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lessines, Belgium
Died: 1967
Birthdate: March 5, 1970
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Southington, Connecticut, United States
Died: 2013
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Gerd Müller(One of the Greatest Football Goal Scorers of All Time)
Birthdate: November 3, 1945
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nördlingen, Germany
Died: 2021
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: March 17, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tungipara, Bangladesh
Died: 1975
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James Dougherty(American Police Officer and First Husband of Actress Marilyn Monroe)
Birthdate: April 12, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Texas, United States
Died: 2005
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Viktor Tsoi(Soviet Singer-Songwriter and Co-Founder of the Rock Band 'Kino')
Birthdate: June 21, 1962
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1990
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: January 14, 1940
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: 2015
Birthdate: January 10, 1917
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 2008
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Paul Signac(French Neo-Impressionist Painter Who Developed the Painting Technique Called 'Pointillism')
Birthdate: November 11, 1863
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1935
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Wiley Post(Native American Aviator Who Completed the First Solo Flight around the World)
Birthdate: November 22, 1898
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Grand Saline, Texas, United States
Died: 1935
Birthdate: June 26, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lake Dick, Arkansas, United States
Died: 1958
Birthdate: March 17, 1913
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kentwood, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1974
Birthdate: April 4, 1906
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Died: 1995
Birthdate: January 14, 1919
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: 1996
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Ibn Hazm(muhaddith, writer, philosopher)
Birthdate: November 7, 0994
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Córdoba
Died: 1064
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Joseph Joachim(Violinist Known for His Interpretations of Works of Bach, Mozart & Beethoven)
Birthdate: June 28, 1831
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kittsee, Austria
Died: 1907
Birthdate: January 27, 1941
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2016
Birthdate: 1048 AD
Birthplace: Constantinople, Turkey
Died: 1118
Birthdate: October 28, 1550
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rostkowo, Poland
Died: 1568
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Grazia Deledda(Italian Author and Winner of 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature)
Birthdate: September 27, 1871
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nuoro, Italy
Died: 1936
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Roland(Frankish Military Leader Under Charlemagne)
Birthdate: 0736 AD
Birthplace: Spain
Died: 0778
Birthdate: September 9, 0384
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Constantinople
Died: 0423
Birthdate: 0975 AD
Birthplace: Esztergom, Hungary
Died: 1038
Birthdate: October 15, 1947
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kuwait
Died: 2013
Birthdate: May 16, 1984
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Blairmore, Canada
Died: 2011
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: June 24, 1313
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Valenciennes, France
Died: 1369
Birthdate: 1297 AD
Birthplace: Senieji Trakai, Lithuania
Died: 1382
Birthdate: July 8, 1960
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Trpanj, Croatia
Died: 2000
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Paul Lukas(Hungarian Actor Best Known for His Performance in the Film 'Watch on the Rhine')
Birthdate: May 26, 1894
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1971
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: January 28, 1944
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Died: 2013
Birthdate: March 5, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ubon Ratchathani
Died: 2013
Birthdate: November 1, 1920
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Died: 2010
Birthdate: 0420 AD
Birthplace: Lucania
Died: 0465
Birthdate: August 8, 1930
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tungipara, Bangladesh
Died: 1975
Birthdate: May 31, 1656
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1728
Birthdate: February 4, 1875
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Freising
Died: 1953
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Artur Schnabel(Composer and pedagogue known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician)
Birthdate: April 17, 1882
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lipnik, Poland
Died: 1951
Birthdate: May 16, 1902
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sosnowiec, Poland
Died: 1966
Birthdate: July 6, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Linköping, Sweden
Died: 1982
Birthdate: December 18, 1905
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1944
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Paul Anderson(American Weightlifter and Two-Time National Champion in Olympic Weightlifting)
Birthdate: October 17, 1932
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Toccoa, Georgia, United States
Died: 1994
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: 1005 AD
Birthplace: Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: 1057
Birthdate: February 3, 1816
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1853
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Johan Gadolin(Finnish Physicist, Chemist, and Mineralogist Who Achieved Popularity for His Description of Yttrium)
Birthdate: June 5, 1760
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Turku, Finland
Died: 1852
Birthdate: 1428 AD
Birthplace: Toledo, Spain
Died: 1496
Birthdate: October 3, 1875
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Guadalajara, Mexico
Died: 1964
Birthdate: July 25, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Died: 2013
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: June 29, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Borzęcin, Poland
Died: 2013
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Sune Bergström(Swedish Biochemist Who Shared the 1982 Nobel Prize in Medicine for His Work on Prostaglandins and Related Substances)
Birthdate: January 10, 1916
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 2004