Best known
Best known
Yang Guifei
Tang dynasty imperial consort
Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani
Persian mathematician and astronomer
Vladimir the Great
Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015
Rudolf I of Germany
King of Germany from 1273 to 1291
John Ball (priest)
English rebel and priest (c. 1338–1381)
Agnes of Durazzo
Latin Empress consort of Constantinople
Yang Guifei — Tang dynasty imperial consort, who died on July 15 756.
Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani — Persian mathematician and astronomer, who died on July 15 998.
Vladimir the Great — Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015, who died on July 15 1015.
Rudolf I of Germany — King of Germany from 1273 to 1291, who died on July 15 1291.
John Ball (priest) — English rebel and priest (c. 1338–1381), who died on July 15 1381.
Agnes of Durazzo — Latin Empress consort of Constantinople, who died on July 15 1388.
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Ulrich von Jungingen26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights - 1445
Joan Beaufort, Queen of ScotsQueen of Scots from 1424 to 1437 - 1542
Lisa del GiocondoItalian noblewoman - 1544
René of ChalonPrince of Orange from 1530 to 1544 - 1571
Shimazu TakahisaDaimyo and fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan - 1609
Annibale CarracciBolognese painter - 1614
Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de BrantômeFrench historian and soldier - 1655
Girolamo RainaldiItalian architect - 1685
James Scott, Duke of MonmouthEnglish Army officer and courtier - 1750
Vasily TatishchevRussian historian and statesman - 1765
Charles-André van LooFrench painter - 1789JJacques DuphlyFrench harpsichordist and composer
- 1828
Jean-Antoine HoudonFrench sculptor - 1839
Winthrop Mackworth PraedEnglish politician and poet - 1844
Claude Charles FaurielFrench historian, philologist and critic - 1851
Anne-Marie JavouheyFrench Catholic nun and saint - 1851
Juan Felipe IbarraArgentine soldier and politician - 1857
Carl CzernyAustrian composer, teacher and pianist - 1858
Alexander Andreyevich IvanovRussian painter - 1883
General Tom ThumbAmerican circus performer - 1885
Rosalía de CastroSpanish Galician poet, writer - 1890
Gottfried KellerSwiss poet and writer - 1898
Jean-Baptiste SalpointeCatholic bishop - 1904
Anton ChekhovRussian dramatist and author - 1919
Emil FischerGerman chemist - 1929
Hugo von HofmannsthalAustrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist - 1930
Leopold AuerHungarian violinist, academic, conductor, composer, and teacher - 1930
Leonora BarryIrish-American labor activist - 1931
Ladislaus BortkiewiczRussian economist and statistician - 1932
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Cornelis Jacobus LangenhovenSouth African poet who wrote Die Stem - 1933
Irving BabbittAmerican journalist - 1933
Freddie KeppardAmerican jazz cornetist - 1940
Eugen BleulerSwiss psychiatrist - 1940
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Razor SmithEnglish cricket player - 1947
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John J. PershingUnited States Army general - 1953
Geevarghese IvaniosIndian Metropolitan Archbishop - 1957
James M. CoxAmerican politician - 1957
Vasily MaklakovRussian lawyer and politician - 1959
Ernest BlochSwiss-born American composer - 1959
Vance PalmerAustralian writer - 1960
Set PerssonSwedish Communist Leader - 1960
Lawrence TibbettAmerican opera singer - 1961
John Edward BrownleeFifth Premier of Alberta, Canada - 1961
Nina BariRussian mathematician - 1965
Francis Cherry (governor)American judge and politician - 1966SSeyfi ArkanTurkish architect
- 1969
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- 1986BBilly HaughtonAmerican racehorse trainer
- 1988
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- 1997
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- 2000
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- 2003
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- 2011
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- 2012
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- 2012
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- 2013
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- 2014
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- 2015
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- 2017
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113 people with a Wikipedia article died on July 15, including Yang Guifei, Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Vladimir the Great. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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