Died On September 15th

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Discover the most famous people who died on September 15. The list includes people like Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Richard Wright (Musician), Bill Evans, Anton Webern, John Hanning Speke. Famous personalities featured on this list, include soldiers, journalists, physicists and civil engineers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, Germany & Italy and many more countries.
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 1 
Harry Dean Stanton
(Actor, Musician and Singer Known for His Films: ‘Cool Hand Luke’, ‘Kelly's Heroes’ and ‘Dillinger’)
Harry Dean Stanton
19
Birthdate: July 14, 1926
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: West Irvine, Kentucky, United States
Died: 2017
 2 
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(Civil Engineer)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
12
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: April 9, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Portsmouth, England
Died: 1859
 3 
Richard Wright (Musician)
(One of the Founders of the Progressive Rock Band ‘Pink Floyd’)
Richard Wright (Musician)
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 28, 1943
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hatch End, Middlesex, England
Died: 2008
 4 
Johnny Ramone
(Guitarist)
Johnny Ramone
7
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 8, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2004
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 5 
Bill Evans
(American Jazz Pianist Known for Lush Harmonies and Lyrical Improvisation)
Bill Evans
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 16, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1980
 6 
Sidney Luft
(American Businessman and Third Husband of Actress and Singer Judy Garland)
Sidney Luft
2
Birthdate: November 2, 1915
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2005
 7 
Ric Ocasek
(Primary Co-Lead Vocalist of the Rock Band ‘The Cars’)
Ric Ocasek
6
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 23, 1944
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 8 
Colin McRae
(Scottish Rally Driver: The First British Driver to Win the World Rally Championship Drivers' Title)
Colin McRae
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 5, 1968
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lanark, Scotland
Died: 2007
 9 
Frances Bay
(Actress)
Frances Bay
2
Birthdate: January 23, 1919
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mannville, Alberta, Canada
Died: 2011
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 10 
Joseph Plateau
(Belgian Physicist & Mathematician - One of the First People to Demonstrate the Illusion of a Moving Image)
Joseph Plateau
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 14, 1801
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brussels
Died: 1883
 11 
Moana Pozzi
(Actress)
Moana Pozzi
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 27, 1961
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Genoa, Italy
Died: 1994
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 12 
Thomas Clayton Wolfe
(An Important Writer in Modern American Literature and One of the First Masters of Autobiographical Fiction)
Thomas Clayton Wolfe
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 3, 1900
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Died: 1938
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 13 
Anton Webern
(Austrian Composer Best Known for Extending the '12-Tone Technique' Method of Musical Composition)
Anton Webern
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 3, 1883
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1945
 14 
John Hoyt
(Actor)
John Hoyt
1
Birthdate: October 5, 1905
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bronxville, New York, United States
Died: 1991
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 15 
Virginia Gregg
1
Birthdate: March 6, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Harrisburg, Illinois, United States
Died: 1986
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 16 
Albert Moses
1
Birthdate: December 19, 1937
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kandy, Sri Lanka
Died: 2017
 17 
Leah Bracknell
0
Birthdate: July 12, 1964
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Died: 2019
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 18 
Willy Messerschmitt
(Aeronautical engineer, Engineer, University teacher)
Willy Messerschmitt
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: June 26, 1898
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Frankfurt
Died: 1978
 19 
Alfred Blalock
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: April 5, 1899
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Culloden, Georgia, United States
Died: 1964
 20 
John Hanning Speke
(Discoverer of the source of the Nile)
John Hanning Speke
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 4, 1827
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Somerset
Died: 1864
 21 
Francisco Morazán
(Politician)
Francisco Morazán
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 3, 1792
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Died: 1842
 22 
Oriana Fallaci
(Italian Journalist Famous for Her Aggresive Interviews of World Leaders During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s)
Oriana Fallaci
2
Birthdate: June 29, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: 2006
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 23 
Constans II
(Emperor)
Constans II
2
Birthdate: November 7, 0630
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Constantinople
Died: 0668
 24 
Cootie Williams
(Trumpeter)
Cootie Williams
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 10, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Died: 1985
 25 
Frederick Timmins De Cordova
(Television Director)
Frederick Timmins De Cordova
0
Birthdate: October 27, 1910
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: 2001
 26 
Koos de la Rey
(Military officer)
Koos de la Rey
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 22, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Doornfontein, Winburg, South Africa
Died: 1914
 27 
Arrow
(Musician, Singer-songwriter)
Arrow
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 16, 1949
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Montserrat, West Indies
Died: 2010
 28 
Abe Saffron
(Hotelier, nightclub owner and property developer)
Abe Saffron
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 6, 1919
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 2006
 29 
Momcilo Krajisnik
(Bosnian Serb Political Leader Who was Found Guilty of Committing Crimes Against Humanity During the Bosnian War)
Momcilo Krajisnik
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 20, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: 2020
 30 
Maria Beatrice of Savoy
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 6, 1792
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia
Died: 1840
 31 
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
(Anticommunist general in the Russian Civil War and then an independent warlord who intervened in Mongolia against China)
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
3
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: January 10, 1886
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: 1921
 32 
Kirin Kiki
(Japanese Actress Who Worked in Japanese Films and Television)
Kirin Kiki
0
Birthdate: January 15, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2018
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
John Beverley Nichols
0
Listed In:
Birthdate: September 9, 1898
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: 1983
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 13, 1566
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Canterbury, England
Died: 1643
 35 
Abraham Clark
(Politician, Lawyer)
Abraham Clark
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 15, 1726
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Elizabeth
Died: 1794
James Allen Ward
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 14, 1919
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Whanganui
Died: 1941
 37 
Adem Mikullovci
(Former Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo)
Adem Mikullovci
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 21, 1937
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vučitrn, Albanian Kingdom (today Kosovo)
Died: 2020
 38 
Alexander McDonnell
(Chess player)
Alexander McDonnell
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 22, 1798
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: 1835
 39 
Duchenne de Boulogne
(Photographer, Neurologist, Physician)
Duchenne de Boulogne
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 17, 1806
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Boulogne-sur-Mer
Died: 1875
 40 
José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
(Spanish Scientist, Psychiatrist, and Educator)
José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 8, 1915
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ronda
Died: 2011
 41 
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
(2nd President of Iceland)
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 13, 1894
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kóranesi á Mýrum, Iceland
Died: 1972
 42 
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
(King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973)
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
3
Birthdate: November 11, 1882
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 1973
 43 
Brett Somers
(Game-Show Personality Best Known as a Panelist on the Game Show 'Match Game’)
Brett Somers
27
Birthdate: July 11, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Miramichi, Canada
Died: 2007
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 44 
Mala Zimetbaum
(First woman to escape from Auschwitz)
Mala Zimetbaum
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 26, 1918
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brzesko, Poland
Died: 1944
 45 
Herman Gorter
(Dutch Poet)
Herman Gorter
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 26, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wormerveer, Netherlands
Died: 1927
 46 
Troy Kennedy Martin
(Screenwriter)
Troy Kennedy Martin
0
Birthdate: February 15, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Died: 2009
Sir Guy Green
0
Listed In:
Birthdate: November 5, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Frome
Died: 2005
 48 
John Desmond Bernal
(Physicist, Philosopher, Inventor, University teacher, Philosopher of science)
John Desmond Bernal
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 10, 1901
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nenagh
Died: 1971
 49 
William H. Crawford
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 24, 1772
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia, United States
Died: 1834
 50 
Warwick Estevam Kerr
(Geneticist, Entomologist, Agricultural engineer)
Warwick Estevam Kerr
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: September 9, 1922
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Santana do Parnaíba, São Paulo, Brazil
Died: 2018