Died On October 15th
Discover the most famous people who died on October 15. The list includes people like Sai Baba of Shirdi, Mata Hari, Cole Porter, Andreas Vesalius, Norodom Sihanouk. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, lawyers, journalists and military leaders and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, France & India and many more countries.
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Paul Allen(Co-founder of Microsoft, Philanthropist)
Birthdate: January 21, 1953
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seattle
Died: 2018
Paul Allen was an American investor, business magnate, and philanthropist. He is credited with co-founding one of the most popular multinational technology companies in the world, Microsoft Corporation. Along with his philanthropic activities and ownership of several other companies and sporting clubs, Paul Allen had a major impact on sports, wildlife, education, arts, healthcare, community services, environmental conservation, and more.
Birthdate: October 16, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Bruno, California, United States
Died: 2023
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: January 1, 1909
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Staryi Uhryniv, Ukraine
Died: 1959
Birthdate: June 9, 1891
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Peru, Indiana, United States
Died: 1964
Singer-songwriter Cole Porter is best known for his work in the Tony-winning musical, Kiss Me, Kate and for his hit tracks Night and Day, Got You Under My Skin, and You're the Top. He also composed for movies. His marriage to Linda Lee Thomas was a cover for his homosexuality.
Birthdate: December 21, 1949
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yako, Burkina Faso
Died: 1987
Thomas Sankara, or “Africa's Che Guevara,” was a Burkinabé military leader and revolutionary who became the President of the Republic of Upper Volta after a coup in 1983, changing its name to Burkina Faso. He launched educational, ecological, and economic reforms and declared female genital mutilation and forced marriages illegal.
Birthdate: October 31, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
Died: 2012
Apart from taking over as the king of Cambodia at 18, Norodom Sihanouk had also been the country’s prime minister later. A multidimensional personality and a Khmer Rouge supporter, he had also composed a number of patriotic tracks and experimented with filmmaking, infusing Western elements into his work.
Birthdate: December 31, 1514
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: 1564
Renaissance physician Andreas Vesalius is credited with illustrating the first anatomy textbook. Born into a family of physicians, he studied at the University of Paris medical school and often dissected corpses retrieved from cemeteries. He was the first to reject Galenic anatomy and to introduce human dissection in anatomy.
Birthdate: February 4, 1746
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Belarus
Died: 1817
Tadeusz Kościuszko was a Polish-Lithuanian statesman, military leader, and military engineer. Thanks to his participation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's fight against Prussia and Russia and his role in the American Revolutionary War, Tadeusz Kościuszko is widely regarded as a national hero in the United States, Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania.
Birthdate: April 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2008
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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W. Eugene Smith
(Photographer, Photojournalist, War photographer, Journalist)
Birthdate: December 30, 1918
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wichita
Died: 1978
W. Eugene Smith was an American photojournalist whose major photo essays include photographs of the Second World War. His work, Country Doctor, which he photographed for Life magazine, is now widely regarded as the first extended editorial photo story. An organization named W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund has been established in his honor to support young photographers.
Birthdate: April 11, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States
Died: 2010
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Delphine Seyrig
(Actress and Film-Director Known for Her Role 'Colette de Montpellier' in Film ‘The Day of the Jackal’)
Birthdate: April 10, 1932
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
Died: 1990
Lebanese-born-French actress and film-director Delphine Seyrig played diverse roles in films and stage works. She garnered international recognition performing in the film Last Year at Marienbad and bolstered her career with other films like The Day of the Jackal and Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour. A prominent feminist-figure in France, Seyrig also directed films like Sois belle et tais-toi.
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Dennis Byrd
(American football player)
Birthdate: October 5, 1966
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Died: 2016
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Vincent Canby
(Journalist)
Birthdate: July 27, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: 2000
Birthplace: India
Died: 1918
Sai Baba of Shirdi was an important and influential Indian spiritual master. Identified both as a Muslim fakir and a Hindu saint, Sai Baba's teachings are still relevant among Muslim and Hindu communities around the world. While Shri Sai remains a common name for establishments in India, his temples are also located in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Australia, and Asia.
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Robert Herrick
(British Poet)
Birthdate: August 24, 1591
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1674
Best remembered for penning the lines "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may," poet Robert Herrick wrote everything from elegies to love songs and religious verse, and was inspired by English folklore. He was a true Cavalier poet, who wrote verses in support of King Charles I.
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Bruno Metsu
(Football Player)
Birthdate: January 28, 1954
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Coudekerque-Branche, France
Died: 2013
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Pierre Laval
(Prime Minister of France from 1942 to 1944)
Birthdate: June 28, 1883
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Châteldon, France
Died: 1945
Pierre Laval was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for two non-consecutive terms. A lawyer by qualification, he defended trade unions and leftists against government prosecution. As a politician, he held many governmental positions. After the liberation of France in 1944, he was arrested by the new French government and executed following a flawed trial.
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Jacqueline Roque
(Best known as the muse and second wife of Pablo Picasso)
Birthdate: February 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1986
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Herbert Henry Dow
(American Chemical Industrialist and Founder of the Multinational Conglomerate 'Dow Chemical')
Birthdate: February 26, 1866
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Belleville, Canada
Died: 1930
Herbert Henry Dow taught chemistry before venturing into a business career. Though his first company was a failure, his work impressed investors, and he was soon able to establish Dow Chemical, which supplied low-cost bromine to the US markets. He later made auto pistons out of spare magnesium.
Birthdate: September 14, 1886
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died: 1910
Birthdate: November 18, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: 1988
Birthdate: October 13, 1942
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bogor, Indonesia
Died: 2008
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
Birthdate: March 23, 1917
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Derry, Ireland
Died: 1999
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
(German Gymnastics Educator)
Birthdate: August 11, 1778
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lanz, Germany
Died: 1852
Birthdate: January 12, 1937
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2014
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Danilo Kis
(Yugoslav Short Story Writer, Novelist, Translator, and Essayist)
Birthdate: February 22, 1935
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Subotica, Serbia
Died: 1989
Danilo Kis was a Yugoslav short story writer, novelist, translator, and essayist. He also contributed as a writer for magazines like Vidici and worked as a lecturer at the University of Strasbourg. Many of his works, including a novel titled Peščanik for which he won the prestigious NIN Award, have been adapted into films and TV series.
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Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
(Swiss Traveller, Geographer and Orientalist)
Birthdate: November 24, 1784
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland
Died: 1817
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Raymond Poincaré
(President of France from 1913 to 1920)
Birthdate: August 20, 1860
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bar-le-Duc, France
Died: 1934
Former French president and three-time prime minister Raymond Poincaré was a qualified lawyer and the co-founder of the Democratic Republican Alliance. He suggested a retrial in the Dreyfus Affair and was also largely responsible for France’s entry into World War II. He also introduced a highly debated denaturalization law.
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Petronilla of Aragon
(Queen)
Birthdate: June 29, 1136
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Huesca, Spain
Died: 1173
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Kenneth D. Taylor
(Canadian Diplomat Best Known for His Role in the 1979 Covert Operation Called the ‘Canadian Caper')
Birthdate: October 5, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Died: 2015
Kenneth D. Taylor was a Canadian diplomat, businessman, and educator. Taylor is best remembered for playing a major role in the 1979 rescue operation, The Canadian Caper, helping six American hostages escape from Iran. Widely regarded as the main hero of the operation, Kenneth D. Taylor was honored with the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal in 1981.
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Hans Riegel
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: March 10, 1923
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bonn, Germany
Died: 2013
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Lluís Companys
(Former President of the Government of Catalonia)
Birthdate: June 21, 1882
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: El Tarròs, Spain
Died: 1940
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Konrad Emil Bloch(German-American Biochemist Who Received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1964)
Birthdate: January 21, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nysa, Poland
Died: 2000
German American biochemist Konrad Emil Bloch, who served as Higgins Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University for nearly three decades, is best-remembered for his collaboration with German biochemist Feodor Lynen leading to discoveries relating to mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism. This led them to jointly win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964.
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James Murray
(Scottish Professional Bantamweight Boxer)
Birthdate: December 7, 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lanark, Scotland
Died: 1995
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Birthdate: November 23, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States
Died: 2013
Birthdate: July 23, 1784
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Amarapura, Mandalay city, Myanmar
Died: 1846
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Bhanu Athaiya
(Costume designer)
Birthdate: April 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, India
Died: 2020
Legendary Indian costume designer Bhanu Athaiya won India its first Oscar for her work in Gandhi. Throughout her illustrious career, she had worked with legendary directors such as Yash Chopra and Raj Kapoor. Initially a fashion magazine illustrator, she was also interested in painting but later chose fashion designing instead.
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Andrés Bello
(An Exemplary Figure in the History of Spanish American Culture Noted for His Work as a Naturalist)
Birthdate: November 29, 1781
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Caracas
Died: 1865
Regarded as the intellectual father of South America, Venezuelan-Chilean poet Andrés Bello one taught revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar and also inspired the struggle for Venezuelan independence. He established the University of Chile and also penned masterpieces such as Las Silvas Americanas. As a legislator, he inspired the Chilean Civil Code.
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Macon Bolling Allen
(First African-American lawyer and Justice of the Peace)
Birthdate: August 4, 1816
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Died: 1894
Birthdate: 1055 AD
Birthplace: Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Died: 1094
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Jason Collier
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: September 8, 1977
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, United States
Died: 2005
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Zhang Xueliang
(statesman)
Birthdate: June 3, 1901
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Haicheng, Liaoning
Died: 2001
Birthdate: January 7, 1890
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Magdeburg, Germany
Died: 1960
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Yordan Yovkov
(Bulgarian Writer Best Known for His Works: 'Legends of Stara Planina' and 'Inn at Antimovo')
Birthdate: November 9, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zheravna, Bulgaria
Died: 1937
Yordan Yovkov was a Bulgarian writer best remembered for his 1927 works, Legends of Stara Planina and Inn at Antimovo. In 1929, Yovkov was honored by the Bulgarian Academy of Science with the prestigious Cyril and Methodius Prize for Literature. Many of his works have been adapted into feature and short films.
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Theodor Boveri
(Biologist)
Birthdate: October 12, 1862
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bamberg, Germany
Died: 1915
Birthdate: 1318 AD
Birthplace: Itri, Kingdom of Naples
Died: 1389
Birthdate: 1488 AD
Birthplace: Foix, France
Died: 1536
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Juan de Valdés Leal
(Spanish Painter Known for His Dramatic, Inventive, and Often Violent Paintings)
Birthdate: May 4, 1622
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sevilla, Spain
Died: 1690
Spanish Baroque painter and the president of the Sevilla Academy, Juan de Nisa Valdés Leal is remembered for his masterpieces such as St. Andrew, Vanitas, and La Vírgen de los Plateros. Though initially characterized by his use of vibrant colors, he later dealt with macabre themes and violence.
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Arto Paasilinna
(One of Finland's Most Successful Novelists)
Birthdate: April 20, 1942
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kittilä, Finland
Died: 2018
Arto Paasilinna was a Finnish writer and comic novelist. Counted among Finland's most successful novelists, Paasilinna's works have been translated into 27 languages and sold more than seven million copies worldwide. Arto Paasilinna is credited with contributing to the increased readership rate in Finland. His best known novel The Year of the Hare has been adapted twice into feature films.