Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 15
Thursday, 23 October 2025
1857 On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
1864 Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies
1869 Death of Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796) on this day in history.
1885 On February - 15 leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52
1887 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on February - 15.
1896 On this day in history e J Nicholson, writer, dies
1902 Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68 on February - 15.
1903 On this day in history julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69
1905 Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1910 Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51 on February - 15.
1911 On February - 15 death of theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)
1916 On February - 15 nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73
1917 On February - 15 charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60
1919 Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66 on February - 15.
1921 Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1922 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36 on this day in history.
1923 On this day in history josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69
1924 Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1928 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 on February - 15.
1932 Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1933 On February - 15 death of anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami
1939 On February - 15 foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47
1942 On February - 15 guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91
1943 On this day in history william Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73
1955 S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1959 Owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1961 On February - 15 jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59
1962 Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1964 Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22 on this day in history.
1965 On February - 15 nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49
1966 Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies on February - 15.
1967 Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79 on February - 15.
1968 On February - 15 little Walter, rocker, dies at 37
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