Historical Deaths for Tomorrow

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - June 15, 2026

1849 James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 53

1952 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70

1389 Lazar I, Serbian prince, dies in battle

1987 J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies

1557 Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies

1993 Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered

1986 K K Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter

1989 Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54

1994 Kristen Pfaff, US bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24

1702 Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies

1996 Fitzroy Maclean, the original James Bond, dies at 85

1996 Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast, dies at 77

1893 Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer/conductor (B nk B n), dies at 82

1942 Vera Figner, writer, dies

1968 Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48

1383 Johannes Cantacuzenus, Byzantium emperor(1341-54)/monk, dies at с90

1703 Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58

1858 Ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63

1875 Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72

1389 Murad I, Osmaans sultan, dies in battle

1381 Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London

1856 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73

1962 Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84

1993 Vera, scarf/linen designer, dies of cardiac arrest at 87

1895 Richard Genee, composer, dies at 72

1987 Walter W Heller, US economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 71

1914 A G Steel, cricketer (13 Tests, 29 wkts, Eng capt 1886), dies

1994 Nadia Gray, actress (La Dolce Vita, Naked Summer), dies at 70

1967 Edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69

1865 Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide

1996 Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician, dies at 88

1865 Jakob Zeugheer, composer, dies at 61

1982 Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist, dies at 56

1923 Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies

1814 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84

1978 Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83

1397 Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity

1831 Peter Fuchs, composer, dies at 78

1985 Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies

1958 Fran‡ois de Vries, economist, dies at 74

1760 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69

1996 Ella Fitzgerald, singer, dies at 78

1246 Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25

1982 Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90

1889 Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39

1708 Romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62

1979 Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67

1989 Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63

1984 Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78

1995 Charles Bennett, screenwriter, dies at 95

0948 Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies

1934 Alfred Bruneau, composer, dies at 77

1985 Percy Fender, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 380 runs 29 wkts), dies

1907 William Le Baron Jenney, US architect, dies

1938 Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58

1992 Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies

1992 Eddie Lopat, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73

1828 Brizio Petrucci, composer, dies at 91

1337 Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies

0923 Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle

0991 Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies

1467 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70

1341 Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies

1994 David Lawson, executed in NC (wanted execution shown on Donahue)

1666 Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies

1888 Frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Emperor/king of Prussia, dies

1677 Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67

1772 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77

1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German African expl/gov East-Africa, dies

1869 Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60

1969 Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies

1943 Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies

1968 Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88

1984 Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82

1993 John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76

1580 Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70

1920 Michel-Gaston Carraud, composer, dies at 55

1836 Th‚odore Dotrenge, South Netherland orangist, dies at about 74

1844 Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66

1839 Hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41

1994 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68

1845 Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 60

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