August 15th
165 Notable deaths
René Léonard
Racing driver.
Born June 23rd, 1889 in Pau. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1965 at 76 years old in Saint-Gratien. [ref]
Walther von Wartburg
Swiss philologist and lexicographer (1888–1971).
Born May 18th, 1888 in Riedholz. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1971 at 83 years old in Basel. [ref]
Lionello Venturi
Italian art historian.
Born April 25th, 1885 in Modena. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1961 at 76 years old in Rome. [ref]
Sif Ruud
Swedish actress.
Born May 6th, 1916 in Stockholm.
Died August 15th, 2011 at 95 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Olga Orozco
Argentine writer (1920-1999).
Born March 17th, 1920 in Toay.
Died August 15th, 1999 at 79 years old in Buenos Aires (cardiovascular disease).
Nigar Shikhlinskaya
The first azerbaijani nurse of the red cross (1878–1931).
Born March 21st, 1878 in Tbilisi.
Died August 15th, 1931 at 53 years old in Baku.
Imre Komora
Hungarian association football player (1940–2024).
Born June 5th, 1940 in Budapest.
Died August 15th, 2024 at 84 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Tom Taylor
Canadian soccer player (1880-1945).
Born December 4th, 1880 in Galt.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 64 years old in Winnipeg.
Pierre Boutroux
French mathematician and historian of science (1880–1922).
Born December 6th, 1880 in Paris.
Died August 15th, 1922 at 41 years old in Paris.
George A. Kennedy
American sinologist.
Born May 17th, 1901 in Zhejiang.
Died August 15th, 1960 at 59 years old in San Francisco.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 165
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard