Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Aug-15

Died on This Day (Aug-15)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
BeatKing BeatKing American rapper 39 1
Ada Deer Ada Deer Ada Deer is a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and a Native American advocate, scholar and civil servant. Native American advocate 88 2
  Hugo Lusardi Hugo Américo Lusardi Morínigo was a Paraguayan professional footballer who played as midfielder. Paraguayan footballer 39 3
Gerd Muller Gerd Muller Gerhard "Gerd" Müller was a German professional footballer. German footballer 75 4
Robert Trump Robert Trump Robert Stewart Trump was an American businessman and investor. Younger brother of Donald Trump 71 5
Rita Borsellino Rita Borsellino Rita Borsellino was an Italian Sicilian anti-Mafia activist, politician and, between 2009 and 2014, a Member of the European Parliament for the Democratic Party. Italian anti-Mafia activist 73 7
Paul Oliver Paul Oliver Paul Hereford Oliver MBE was an English architectural historian and writer on the blues and other forms of African-American music. British architectural historian 90 8
Dalian Atkinson Dalian Atkinson Dalian Robert Atkinson was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. English footballer 48 9
Julian Bond Julian Bond Horace Julian Bond was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. American social activist 75 10
Ahmad Alaadeen Ahmad Alaadeen Ahmad Alaadeen was an American jazz saxophonist and educator whose career spanned over six decades. American saxophonist 76 15
Jim Dickinson Jim Dickinson James Luther Dickinson was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the band Mud Boy and the Neutrons, based in Memphis, Tennessee. American musician 67 16
Edward Walker Edward Walker Edward Craven Walker was a British inventor, who invented the psychedelic Astro lamp, also known as the lava lamp. British inventor 82 25
John Cameron Swayze John Cameron Swayze John Cameron Swayze was an American news commentator and game show panelist during the 1940s and 1950s who later became best known as a product spokesman. American news presenter and reporter 89 30
Viktor Tsoi Viktor Tsoi Viktor Robertovich Tsoi was a Soviet singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian-language music. Soviet actor 28 35
Robert Maxwell Robert Maxwell James Robert Maxwell was an American runner. He competed at the 1928 Olympics in the 400 m hurdles, but failed to reach the final. American hurdler 83 40
Imru Haile Selassie Imru Haile Selassie Leul Ras Imru Haile Selassie, CBE was an Ethiopian noble, soldier, and diplomat. Ethiopian prince 87 45
Mujibur Rahman Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu , was a Bengali politician, parliamentarian, diarist, and the founding leader of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. President of Bangladesh 55 50
Cyril Tenison White Cyril Tenison White Cyril Tenison White was an Australian botanist. Australian botanist 59 75
Adam Beck Adam Beck Sir Adam Beck was a Canadian politician and hydroelectricity advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. Canadian politician 68 100
Robert Stephen Hawker Robert Stephen Hawker Robert Stephen Hawker was a British Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian and reputed eccentric, known to his parishioners as Parson Hawker. British writer 71 150