February 15th
163 Notable deaths
Camilo Torres
Colombian theologian (1929-1966).
Born February 3rd, 1929 in Bogotá. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1966 at 37 years old in San Vicente de Chucurí. [ref]
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara
Indonesian statesman and economist (1911–1989).
Born February 28th, 1911 in Bantam Residency.
Died February 15th, 1989 at 77 years old in Jakarta.
Leopoldo Luque
Argentine footballer.
Born May 3rd, 1949 in Santa Fe.
Died February 15th, 2021 at 71 years old in Mendoza (COVID-19). [ref]
Henry Way Kendall
American physicist.
Born December 9th, 1926 in Boston.
Died February 15th, 1999 at 72 years old in Wakulla County (drowning).
Owen Willans Richardson
British physicist (1879-1959).
Born April 26th, 1879 in Dewsbury.
Died February 15th, 1959 at 79 years old in Alton.
Maribel Vinson
Figure skater (1911-1961).
Born October 12th, 1911 in Winchester.
Died February 15th, 1961 at 49 years old in Kampenhout.
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
Russian painter.
Born November 5th, 1878 in Khvalynsk. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1939 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Henry Rono
Kenyan distance runner.
Born February 12th, 1952 in Rift Valley Province.
Died February 15th, 2024 at 72 years old in Nairobi. [ref]
William Christian Bullitt, Jr.
American diplomat.
Born January 25th, 1891 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1967 at 76 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (leukemia).
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz
French resistance member (1920-2002).
Born October 25th, 1920 in Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2002 at 81 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 163
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir