Howard Finkel
American Hall of Fame wrestling ring announcer (WWE)Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Deaths on April 15
This archive lists notable deaths associated with April 15 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on April 15, 2026.
Alfonso Marquez
Filipino basketball playerDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
George Curtis Smith
American juristDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Francesco Di Carlo
Italian mobster (The Mafia) and pentitoDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Gil Bailey
Jamaican radio broadcasterDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Ken Walibora
Kenyan author and journalist (Siku Njema)Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Peter Phoenix
English footballer (Oldham AthleticDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Vesa Törnroos
Finnish Olympic sports shooter (2016)Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Hans Prade
Surinamese diplomat and directorDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Kishen Bholasing
Surinamese singerDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Luis Sepúlveda
Chilean writerDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Keiji Fujiwara
Japanese voice actorDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Rafik Aliev
Azerbaijani actorDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Bernard Deconinck
French track cyclistDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Gérard Mulumba Kalemba
Congolese Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Bruce Myers
British actor (The Unbearable Lightness of BeingDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
François Luc Macosso
Congolese politicianDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Donna Kauffman
American romance novelist and columnistDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Lee Konitz
American jazz composer and alto saxophonistDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Noel Starblanket
Canadian First Nations chiefDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Owen Garriott
American astronaut (Skylab 3)Died on Monday April 15th 2019
Joaquim Alberto Silva
Angolan footballerDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Jonathan Wolman
American newspaper editor (The Detroit NewsDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata
Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelateDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Gene Wolfe
American science fiction and fantasy writerDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Malky McCormick
British cartoonistDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Alexander V. Acebo
American politicianDied on Monday April 15th 2019
David Brion Davis
American historianDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Ján Starší
Slovak ice hockey player and coachDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Lloyd James
Bermudian cricketerDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet
English businessman and public servantDied on Monday April 15th 2019
LeRoy Washburn
Canadian politicianDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Paul Rawlinson
British lawyerDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Dmitri Nabokov
ussian former professional ice hockey forwardDied on Monday April 15th 2019
John MacLeod
American basketball coach (Phoenix Suns)Died on Monday April 15th 2019
Jacek Namieśnik
Polish chemistDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Huang Yihe
Chinese television directorDied on Monday April 15th 2019
S. K. Shivakumar
Indian scientistDied on Monday April 15th 2019
S. Thomas Gagliano
American politicianDied on Monday April 15th 2019
R. Lee Ermey
American soldier and actor (Full Metal Jacket)Died on Sunday April 15th 2018
Kirk Simon
American documentarianDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Judy Kennedy
American politicianDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Robert F. Gatje
American architectDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Neil Shand
British comedy writerDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Frank Skartados
American politicianDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Hu Chengzhi
Chinese palaeontologist and palaeoanthropologistDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Kimberly G. Smith
American biologistDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Hadassa Ben-Itto
Israeli judgeDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Hadassa Ben-Ato
Israeli judgeDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Edward Diego Reyes
American politicianDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Guy Lyon Playfair
British author and paranormal researcherDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Ron Cooper
English professional footballer (Peterborough United)Died on Sunday April 15th 2018
Daedra Charles
American basketball playerDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Domenico Pittella
Italian politicianDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Stefano Zappalà
Italian politicianDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Jon Michelet
Norwegian author (Orion's Belt)Died on Sunday April 15th 2018
Len Okrie
American baseball player and coachDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Vittorio Taviani
Italian film director (Padre PadroneDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
David Buckel
American lawyerDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
Doug Strickler
American lawyerDied on Sunday April 15th 2018
John Dormer
Canadian politicianDied on Saturday April 15th 2017
Geoff Grover
Australian footballer (Port Melbourne)Died on Saturday April 15th 2017
Clifton James
American actor (Live and Let DieDied on Saturday April 15th 2017
Emma Morano
Italian supercentenarianDied on Saturday April 15th 2017
Alan Henderson
Northern Irish bassist (Them)Died on Saturday April 15th 2017
Georges Rol
French Roman Catholic prelateDied on Saturday April 15th 2017
Jean Worthley
American naturalist and television presenter (Hodgepodge Lodge)Died on Saturday April 15th 2017
Gerard Washnitzer
American mathematicianDied on Saturday April 15th 2017
Norio Shioyama
Japanese animation director (Oh! Production)Died on Saturday April 15th 2017
Frederick H. Borsch
American Episcopalian prelateDied on Saturday April 15th 2017
Richard Reade
American actor (Even in My Dreams)Died on Saturday April 15th 2017
Reuben Allred
American pianistDied on Saturday April 15th 2017
Bruce Langhorne
American folk musician (Bob Dylan) and film scorer (The Hired Hand)Died on Saturday April 15th 2017
Vic Barnhart
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)Died on Saturday April 15th 2017
Henry Hillman
American venture capitalist and philanthropistDied on Saturday April 15th 2017
Orville Gilbert Brim, Jr.
American social psychologistDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Harold Shillinglaw
Australian football player and cricketerDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Guy Woolfenden
English composer and conductorDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Seth Glickenhaus
American businessman and investorDied on Friday April 15th 2016
A. A. Raiba
Indian artistDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Louis Van Geyt
Belgian politicianDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt
Swedish criminalDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Malick Sidibé
Malian photographerDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Anne Grommerch
French politicianDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Kurt Cobain
American musician who was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Died on Friday April 15th 1994
Teresa Rebull
Spanish songwriterDied on Wednesday April 15th 2015
Jean-François Paillard
French classical conductorDied on Monday April 15th 2013
Scott Miller
American singer-songwriter and musician (Game TheoryDied on Monday April 15th 2013
Dave McArtney
New Zealand musician (Hello Sailor)Died on Monday April 15th 2013
Joe Francis
American football player (Green Bay PackersDied on Monday April 15th 2013