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In the year 1915
131 Notable deaths
Gurazada Apparao
Telugu writer and poet (1862-1915).
Born September 21st, 1862 in Elamanchili.
Died November 30th, 1915 at 53 years old in Elamanchili.
James Elroy Flecker
English poet (1884-1915).
Born November 5th, 1884 in London.
Died January 3rd, 1915 at 30 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev
Russian composer, pianist, music theorist and teacher (1856–1915).
Born November 25th, 1856 in Vladimir.
Died June 19th, 1915 at 58 years old in Dyudkovo (pneumonia).
William Wallace Denslow
American illustrator and caricaturist.
Born May 5th, 1856 in Philadelphia.
Died May 27th, 1915 at 59 years old in Knickerbocker Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
President of haiti (1859-1915).
Born March 4th, 1859 in Ouanaminthe.
Died July 28th, 1915 at 56 years old in Port-au-Prince (blunt trauma).
Anthony Wilding
New zealand tennis player (1883-1915).
Born October 31st, 1883 in Christchurch.
Died May 9th, 1915 at 31 years old in Neuve-Chapelle (combat).
Adolphe Pégoud
French flying ace.
Born June 13th, 1889 in Montferrat. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1915 at 26 years old in Petit-Croix (killed in action). [ref]
Lawrence Hargrave
Australian engineer and inventor (1850–1915).
Born January 29th, 1850 in Greenwich.
Died July 14th, 1915 at 65 years old in Sydney (peritonitis).
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
French painter and sculptor (1891-1915).
Born October 4th, 1890 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye.
Died June 5th, 1915 at 24 years old in Neuville-Saint-Vaast.
Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria
Austrian archduke (1868–1915).
Born December 27th, 1868 in Vienna.
Died March 12th, 1915 at 46 years old in Munich (tuberculosis).
Aline Charigot
Model and wife of auguste renoir.
Born May 23rd, 1859 in Essoyes. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1915 at 56 years old in Nice (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Voijslav Tankošić
Serbian chetnik (1881–1915).
Born September 28th, 1880 in Ruklada.
Died November 2nd, 1915 at 35 years old in Trstenik.
Claude Maxwell MacDonald
British diplomat (1852-1915).
Born July 12th, 1852 in London.
Died September 10th, 1915 at 63 years old in London.
Tom Watson
English football manager (1859–1915).
Born April 9th, 1859 in Northumberland. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1915 at 56 years old in Merseyside. [ref]
Vazha-Pshavela
Georgian writer, poet, noble (1861-1915).
Born May 27th, 1862 in Chargali.
Died July 10th, 1915 at 53 years old in Tbilisi.
John Bunny
American actor (1863-1915).
Born September 21st, 1863 in New York City.
Died April 26th, 1915 at 51 years old in Brooklyn (nephritis).
I. L. Peretz
Yiddish language author and playwright.
Born May 30th, 1852 in Zamość. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1915 at 62 years old in Warsaw.
Otto Weddigen
German world war i u-boat commander.
Born September 15th, 1882 in Herford.
Died March 18th, 1915 at 32 years old in Pentland Firth.
Theodor Boveri
German geneticist (1862-1915).
Born October 12th, 1862 in Bamberg.
Died October 15th, 1915 at 53 years old in Würzburg.
Nadežda Petrović
Serbian artist (1873-1915).
Born October 12th, 1873 in Čačak.
Died April 3rd, 1915 at 41 years old in Valjevo (typhus).
Arisaka Nariakira
Japanese general (1852-1915).
Born April 5th, 1852 in Iwakuni.
Died January 12th, 1915 at 62 years old in Tokyo.
Carl Walther
German gunsmith (1858–1915).
Born November 22nd, 1858 in Zella-Mehlis.
Died July 9th, 1915 at 56 years old in Zella-Mehlis.
Friedrich Hasenöhrl
Austrian physicist.
Born November 30th, 1874 in Vienna.
Died October 7th, 1915 at 40 years old in Folgaria.
Tevfik Fikret
Ottoman poet (1867-1915).
Born December 26th, 1867 in Istanbul.
Died August 19th, 1915 at 47 years old in Istanbul.
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