Famous Deaths on August 15

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1982)

Polish dramatist and writer (1930-2013)

Indian singer

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1926)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1955)

President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh

Belgian writer (1871–1969)

Belgian journalist and writer (1834-1904)

Swedish writer (1890-1961)

Argentine writer (1920-1999)

Hungarian violinist, composer, and teacher (1831–1907)

Italian sculptor, Franciscan friar and Blessed

Canadian journalist and newspaper editor (1849–1903)

Soviet chemist

Austrian journalist, poet and social activist

Polish army general

American journalist (1792–1844)

Romanian botanist (1846-1895)

Canadian historian

Bolivian politician and anthem writer

German astronomer and Jesuit missionary active in China

German publisher of the first newspaper

German astronomer (1551-1600)

Hungarian musician (ca. 1506-1576)