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<html> <head> <title>Died on March 15th</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died on March 15th LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/062/000094777/">Henry Bessemer</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1813</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1898</tt></td> <td>Bessemer process to manufacture steel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000210488/">William D. Bloxham</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1835</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1911</tt></td> <td>Twice Governor of Florida</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/106/000159626/">Nikolai Bukharin</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1938</tt></td> <td>Soviet theoretical economist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/783/000044651/">Julius Caesar</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-100 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-44 BC</tt></td> <td>Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000131955/">Cao Cao</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>155 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-220 AD</tt></td> <td>Posthumously Emperor Wu of Wei</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/555/000278718/">Paul Cavanagh</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1964</tt></td> <td>The Scarlet Claw</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/400/000093121/">Luigi Cherubini</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1760</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1842</tt></td> <td>The Water Carrier</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000114076/">René Clair</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1981</tt></td> <td>Silent film director, Paris qui dort</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/968/000055803/">Arthur H. Compton</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1962</tt></td> <td>Discovered the Compton Effect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/129/000025054/">Joseph Coors, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2003</tt></td> <td>Ultraconservative beer baron</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/053/000162564/">Gail Davis</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1997</tt></td> <td>Annie Oakley</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000109049/">Nate Dogg</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2011</tt></td> <td>G-funk singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/979/000206361/">Rachel Field</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td>Hitty, Her First Hundred Years</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/574/000168070/">John W. Foster</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1836</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1917</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1892-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/594/000203982/">Meyer Guggenheim</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1828</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1905</tt></td> <td>Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000166445/">Tom Harmon</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1990</tt></td> <td>Winner, 1940 Heisman Trophy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/237/000163745/">Duncan Hines</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1959</tt></td> <td>Roadside gourmet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000091761/">Thora Hird</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2003</tt></td> <td>Talking Heads</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/525/000204910/">Eusebio Kino</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1645</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1711</tt></td> <td>Jesuit missionary to Mexico</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/941/000129554/">Bowie Kuhn</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2007</tt></td> <td>Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000031894/">H. P. Lovecraft</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td>The Call of Cthulhu</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000161392/">James M. Mead</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1964</tt></td> <td>US Senator from New York, 1938-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000129551/">Jack Metcalf</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2007</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Washington, 1995-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/419/000205801/">Jo Mielziner</a></td> <td><center>Designer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1976</tt></td> <td>Broadway stage designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000164526/">Frederick Mulley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1995</tt></td> <td>UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/033/000102724/">Odoacer</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 433 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-493 AD</tt></td> <td>First Barbarian King of Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000024244/">Aristotle Onassis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1975</tt></td> <td>Greek shipping tycoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/833/000100533/">John A. Pople</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2004</tt></td> <td>Quantum mechanics of molecules</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/417/000130027/">William J. Porter</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1988</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/343/000078109/">Stuart Rosenberg</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2007</tt></td> <td>Cool Hand Luke</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/666/000063477/">Gordon E. Sawyer</a></td> <td><center>unspecified</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1980</tt></td> <td>Sound for West Side Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/303/000135895/">George Sherman</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1991</tt></td> <td>Against All Flags</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/733/000024661/">Ron Silver</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2009</tt></td> <td>Wiseguy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/338/000205720/">Pinetop Smith</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1929</tt></td> <td>Inventor of Boogie-Woogie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/494/000070284/">Ann Sothern</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2001</tt></td> <td>Private Secretary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/979/000084727/">Benjamin Spock</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1998</tt></td> <td>Baby and Child Care</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/354/000098060/">James Joseph Sylvester</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1814</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1897</tt></td> <td>Studied finite analysis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/820/000169313/">Vicki Van Meter</a></td> <td><center>Aviator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1982</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2008</tt></td> <td>Child cross-country aviator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/463/000280620/">Henry Victor</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td>Freaks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/504/000114162/">Rebecca West</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1983</tt></td> <td>Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000070141/">Lester Young</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1959</tt></td> <td>Jazz tenor saxophoneist</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=106640" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/660/000001657/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/660/1657/s1657.jpg" width=128> From JFK to 9-11 </a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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