Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 15-Aug

Died on This Day (15-Aug)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	Rita Borsellino	Rita Borsellino was an Italian Sicilian anti-Mafia activist, politician and, between 2009 and 2014, a Member of the European Parliament for the Democratic Party.	Italian anti-Mafia activist	73	2
	Dalian Atkinson	Dalian Robert Atkinson was an English footballer who played as a striker.	English footballer	48	4
	Timothy Cathcart	Timothy Cathcart was a Northern Irish rally driver from Enniskillen who was killed at the 2014 Todds Leap , a round of the 2014 British Rally Championship season, after his car, a Citroën DS3 R3T left the road and crashed near Fivemiletown.	Northern Irish rally driver	20	6
	Harry Harrison	Harry Max Harrison was an American science fiction author, known mostly for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! .	American science fiction writer	87	8
	Ahmad Alaadeen	Ahmad Alaadeen was a jazz saxophonist and educator whose career spanned over six decades.	American saxophonist	76	10
	Haim Yosef Zadok	Haim Yosef Zadok was an Israeli jurist and politician.	Israeli politician	88	18
	John Cameron Swayze	John Cameron Swayze was an American news commentator and game show panelist during the 1940s and 1950s who later became best known as a product spokesman.	American news presenter and reporter	89	25
	Robert Maxwell	James Robert Maxwell was an American runner. He competed at the 1928 Olympics in the 400 m hurdles, but failed to reach the final.	American hurdler	83	35
	Mujibur Rahman	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib, was a Bangladeshi politician, statesman and Founding Father of Bangladesh who served as the first President and later as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 17 April 1971 until his assassination on 15 August 1975.	President of Bangladesh	55	45
	John D. Imboden	John Daniel Imboden , American lawyer, Virginia state legislator, and a Confederate army general.	Confederate Army general	72	125

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	Paul Oliver	Paul Hereford Oliver MBE was an English architectural historian and writer on the blues and other forms of African-American music.	British architectural historian	90	3
	Julian Bond	Horace Julian Bond was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer.	American social activist	75	5
	Rosalia Mera	Rosalía Mera Goyenechea was a Spanish businesswoman and entrepreneur.	World's richest woman	69	7
	Rick Rypien	Richard Joseph Rypien was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who spent parts of six seasons in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks.	Canadian ice hockey player	27	9
	Min Thu Wun	Thiri Pyanchi Min Thu Wun was a Burmese poet, writer and scholar who helped launch a new age literary movement called Khit-San in Burma.	Burmese poet	95	16
	Edward Walker	Edward Craven Walker was a British inventor, who invented the psychedelic Astro lamp, also known as the lava lamp.	British inventor	82	20
	Viktor Tsoi	Viktor Robertovich Tsoi was a Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music.	Soviet actor	28	30
	Imru Haile Selassie	Leul Ras Imru Haile Selassie, CBE was an Ethiopian noble, soldier, and diplomat.	Ethiopian prince	87	40
	Korechika Anami	Korechika Anami was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II who was War Minister during the surrender of Japan.	Japanese general	58	75
	Edward Antill	Edward Antill was a colonial plantation owner, attorney, and early politician in the Province of New Jersey.	American winemaker	69	250