People who died on October 15

2003

Bertram N. Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: July 15, 1918 ; d: October 15, 2003)
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Ben Metcalfe (d: October 15, 2003)
   ► Biography of Ben Metcalfe

2001

Zhang Xueliang (d: October 15, 2001)
   ► Biography of Zhang Xueliang

2000

Konrad Emil Bloch (d: October 15, 2000)
   ► Biography of Konrad Emil Bloch

1988

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (d: October 15, 1988)
   ► Biography of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

1964

Cole Porter, composer and lyricist (b: June 9, 1891 ; d: October 15, 1964)
   ► Biography of Cole Porter

1960

Clara Kimball Young, American actress (b: September 6, 1890 ; d: October 15, 1960)
   ► Biography of Clara Kimball Young

1946

Hermann Göring, Nazi official (b: January 12, 1893 ; d: October 15, 1946)
   ► Biography of Hermann Göring

1945

Pierre Laval (d: October 15, 1945)
   ► Biography of Pierre Laval

1917

Mata Hari, Dutch spy (b: August 7, 1876 ; d: October 15, 1917)
   ► Biography of Mata Hari

1900

Zden?k Fibich, Czech composer (b: December 21, 1850 ; d: October 15, 1900)
   ► Biography of Zden?k Fibich

1891

Gilbert Arthur a Beckett (d: October 15, 1891)
   ► Biography of Gilbert Arthur a Beckett

1880

Victorio (d: October 15, 1880)
   ► Biography of Victorio

1820

Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (b: April 18, 1771 ; d: October 15, 1820)
   ► Biography of Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg

1811

Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b: May 8, 1735 ; d: October 15, 1811)
   ► Biography of Nathaniel Dance-Holland

1730

Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b: March 5, 1658 ; d: October 15, 1730)
   ► Biography of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac

1715

Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b: May 29, 1675 ; d: October 15, 1715)
   ► Biography of Humphry Ditton

1582

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (b: March 28, 1515 ; d: October 15, 1582)
   ► Biography of Teresa of Avila

1564

Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (b: December 31, 1514 ; d: October 15, 1564)
   ► Biography of Vesalius

1389

Pope Urban VI (d: October 15, 1389)
   ► Biography of Pope Urban VI

1002

Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (d: October 15, 1002)
   ► Biography of Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy

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