Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Apr-15

Died on This Day (Apr-15)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
  Abdoulaye Diawara Abdoulaye "Diabis" Diawara is a retired Ivorian footballer. Ivorian footballer 43 1
Atique Ahmed Atique Ahmed Atiq Ahmed is a Pakistani cricketer. He played in 25 first-class matches between 2004 and 2013. Indian MP 60 2
Lord Plumb Lord Plumb Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, DL was a British politician and farmer who went into politics as a leader of the National Farmers' Union. British politician and farmer 97 3
Vartan Gregorian Vartan Gregorian Vartan Gregorian was an Armenian-American academic, educator, and historian. President of the Carnegie Corporation 87 4
Adam Alsing Adam Alsing Rolf Adam Engelbrekt Alsing was a Swedish television and radio presenter, best known for presenting Big Brother Sweden on Kanal 5. Swedish television and radio presenter 51 5
Owen Garriott Owen Garriott Owen Kay Garriott was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983. NASA astronaut 88 6
R. Lee Ermey R. Lee Ermey Ronald Lee Ermey was an American actor and U.S. Marine drill instructor. American actor 74 7
Clifton James Clifton James George Clifton James was an American actor known for roles as a prison floorwalker in Cool Hand Luke , Sheriff J. American actor 96 8
  Guy Woolfenden Guy Anthony Woolfenden OBE was an English composer and conductor. English composer and conductor 78 9
Benjamin Hooks Benjamin Hooks Benjamin Lawson Hooks was an American civil rights leader and government official. American civil rights leader 85 15
László Tisza László Tisza László Tisza was a Hungarian-born American physicist who was Professor of Physics Emeritus at MIT. Hungarian physicist 101 16
Margaretta Scott Margaretta Scott Margaretta Mary Winifred Scott was an English stage, screen and television actress whose career spanned over seventy years. British actor 93 20
Edward Gorey Edward Gorey Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. Writer/illustrator 75 25
Greta Garbo Greta Garbo Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, sombre persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. Swedish-American film actress 84 35
Zarifa Aliyeva Zarifa Aliyeva Zarifa Aziz gizi Aliyeva was an Azerbaijani ophthalmologist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan and professor. Azerbaijani ophthalmologist 61 40
Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism , a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, as well as a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. French philosopher/writer 74 45
Richard Conte Richard Conte Nicholas Peter Conte , known professionally as Richard Conte, was an American actor. American actor 65 50
Henrietta Adler Henrietta Adler Henrietta Adler JP , known as Nettie Adler, was a British Liberal Party politician who was one of the first women to be elected to and to be able to take her seat on the London County Council. British politician 81 75
August Endell August Endell August Endell was a designer, writer, teacher, and German architect. German architect 54 100
Anton Schrötter von Kristelli Anton Schrötter von Kristelli Anton Schrötter von Kristelli was an Austrian chemist and mineralogist born in Olomouc, Moravia. Austrian chemist 72 150