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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer.
Notable Deaths on July 15
1904 — Anton Chekhov
Russian playwright and short story writer (born 1860)
July 15 has 113 recorded notable deaths across history, from 756 to 2021. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
113 source records
756 – 2021
Today in history
Major events on July 15
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- 2006 Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched. Source
- 1975 Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets. Source
- 1955 Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. Source
- 1920 Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite. Source
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John J. Pershing served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920.
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Rudolf of Habsburg (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was a German nobleman and the first member of the House of Habsburg to become King of the Romans, reigning from 1273 until his death.
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One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940), The Man in Grey (1943), and The Wicked Lady (1945).
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Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome.
More major people who died on July 15
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1948
John J. Pershing
American general (born 1860)
John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles.
1291
Rudolf I of Germany (born 1218)
Rudolf of Habsburg (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was a German nobleman and the first member of the House of Habsburg to become King of the Romans, reigning from 1273 until his death.
1990
Margaret Lockwood
English actress (born 1916)
Margaret Mary Day Lockwood was a British actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940), The Man in Grey…
1609
Annibale Carracci
Italian painter and illustrator (born 1560)
Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome.
1932
Bahíyyih Khánum
Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (born 1846)
Bahíyyih Khánum was the only daughter of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum.
2000
Louis Quilico
Canadian opera singer and educator (born 1925)
Louis Quilico, was a Canadian opera singer. One of the leading dramatic baritones of his day, he was an ideal interpreter of the great Italian and French composers, especially Giuseppe Verdi.
1933
Irving Babbitt
American scholar, critic, and academic (born 1865)
Irving Babbitt was an American academic and literary critic, noted for his founding role in a movement that became known as the New Humanism, a significant influence on literary discussion and conservative thought in…
2006
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
Iranian archaeologist and academic (born 1942)
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a prominent Persian archaeologist, Iranologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology. Shahbazi got a BA degree in and an MA degree in East Asian archaeology from SOAS.
1932
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
South African poet and politician (born 1873)
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history.
1946
Razor Smith
English cricketer and coach (born 1877)
William Charles "Razor" Smith was a Surrey slow bowler. Nicknamed "Razor" because of his extreme thinness, Smith was a frail man and prone to serious injury; he could rarely get through a full season's cricket, but when…
2014
Edward Perl
American neuroscientist and academic (born 1926)
Edward Roy Perl was an American neuroscientist whose research focused on neural mechanisms of and circuitry involved in somatic sensation, principally nociception.
2012
Celeste Holm
American actress and singer (born 1917)
Celeste Holm was an American actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950).
1885
Rosalía de Castro
Spanish author and poet (born 1837)
María Rosalía Rita de Castro, was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism.
1969
Grace Hutchins
American labor reformer and researcher (born 1885)
Grace Hutchins was an American labor reformer and researcher, journalist, political activist and communist.
1940
Eugen Bleuler
Swiss psychiatrist and physician (born 1857)
Paul Eugen Bleuler was a Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist most notable for his influence on modern concepts of mental illness.
1957
James M. Cox
American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (born 1870)
James Middleton Cox was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. representative from Ohio.
1960
Lawrence Tibbett
American singer and actor (born 1896)
Lawrence Mervil Tibbett was an American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality. A baritone with large, deep, and dark-timbred voice.
1942
Wenceslao Vinzons
Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1910)
Wenceslao "Bintao" Quinito Vinzons Sr. was a Filipino patriot and leader of the Philippine armed resistance against the Japanese invasion in World War II.
1957
Vasily Maklakov
a Russian lawyer and politician (born 1869)
Vasily Alekseyevich Maklakov was a Russian student activist, a trial lawyer and liberal parliamentary deputy, an orator, and one of the leaders of the Constitutional Democratic Party, notable for his advocacy of a…