actor and director (b. 1938) 2011 – Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975) 2012 – Paul Bogart, American director and producer (b. 1919) 2012 – Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (b. 1968) 2013 – Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930) 2013 – Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1946) 2013 – Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (b. 1928) 2014 – John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919) 2014 – Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (b. 1935) 2015 – Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1966) 2015 – Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1928) 2017 – Clifton James, American actor (b. 1920) 2017 – Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (b. 1899) 2018 – R. Lee Ermey, American actor (b. 1944) 2018 – Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1929) 2022 – Bilquis Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist and wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi (b. 1947) 2022 – Henry Plumb, British politician and farmer (b. 1925) 2022 – Liz Sheridan, American actress (b. 1929) Holidays and observances Christian feast day: Abbo II of Metz Father Damien (The Episcopal Church) Hunna Paternus of Avranches April 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Sun (North Korea) Father Damien Day (Hawaii) Hillsborough Disaster Memorial (Liverpool, England) Jackie Robinson Day (United States) National American Sign Language Day (United States) Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year; India) Tax Day, the official deadline for filing an individual tax return (or requesting an extension). (United States, Philippines) Universal Day of Culture World Art Day References External links BBC: On This Day Historical Events on April 15 Days of the year April