In the year 1915
297 Notable deaths
Jatindranath Mukherjee
Bengali revolutionary (1879-1915).
Born December 7th, 1879 in Kushtia District, Bengal Presidency.
Died September 10th, 1915 at 35 years old in Odisha, Balasore, British Raj (shootout).
Kartar Singh Sarabha
Indian revolutionary (1896-1915).
Born May 24th, 1896 in Punjab, Ludhiana.
Died November 16th, 1915 at 19 years old in Lahore, Punjab (hanging to death).
Béla Kiss
Hungarian serial killer (1877–1915).
Born July 28th, 1877 in Budapest.
Died February 5th, 1915 at 37 years old in Valjevo. [ref]
Saitō Hajime
Japanese swordsman (1844–1915).
Born February 18th, 1844 in Edo.
Died September 28th, 1915 at 71 years old in Tokyo (peptic ulcer disease).
Anthony Comstock
American morals critic (1844–1915).
Born March 7th, 1844 in New Canaan.
Died September 21st, 1915 at 71 years old in Summit.
Charles Tupper
6th prime minister of canada (1821-1915).
Born July 2nd, 1821 in Amherst.
Died October 30th, 1915 at 94 years old in Bexleyheath.
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Omaha native american, physician, and reformer (1865-1915).
Born June 17th, 1865 in Omaha Reservation.
Died September 18th, 1915 at 50 years old in Walthill.
Clara Immerwahr
German chemist (1870-1915).
Born June 21st, 1870 in Wojczyce.
Died May 2nd, 1915 at 44 years old in Dahlem (gunshot wound).
Joe Hill
Swedish-american labor activist, songwriter, and member of the industrial workers of the world.
Born October 7th, 1879 in Gävle Parish. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1915 at 36 years old in Salt Lake City (gunshot wound).
Adèle Hugo
2nd daughter of victor hugo (1830–1915).
Born August 24th, 1830 in Paris.
Died April 21st, 1915 at 84 years old in Suresnes.
Upendra Kishore Ray Choudhury
Bengali artist (1863-1915).
Born May 10th, 1863 in Mymensingh District.
Died December 20th, 1915 at 52 years old in Giridih.
Nelson W. Aldrich
American politician (1841-1915).
Born November 6th, 1841 in Foster.
Died April 16th, 1915 at 73 years old in New York City.
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia
Russian grand prince (1858-1915).
Born August 22nd, 1858 in Strelna.
Died June 15th, 1915 at 56 years old in Pavlovsk.
Walter Crane
British artist (1845-1915).
Born August 15th, 1845 in Liverpool.
Died March 14th, 1915 at 69 years old in Horsham.
Albert Spalding
American pitcher, manager, and business executive (1850–1915).
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Byron. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1915 at 65 years old in San Diego.
Morgan Robertson
American writer (1861–1915).
Born September 30th, 1861 in Oswego.
Died March 24th, 1915 at 53 years old in Atlantic City (drug overdose).
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
Irish republican brotherhood member, editor (1831-1915).
Born September 10th, 1831 in Rosscarbery.
Died June 29th, 1915 at 83 years old in Staten Island.
William Willett
Proponent of british summer time (1856–1915).
Born August 10th, 1856 in Farnham.
Died March 4th, 1915 at 58 years old in Chislehurst (influenza).
Carlos Juan Finlay
Cuban physician discoverer of means of transmission of yellow fever through biological vector (1833–1915).
Born December 3rd, 1833 in Camagüey.
Died August 20th, 1915 at 81 years old in Havana (stroke).
Jean-Henri Fabre
French entomologist and author (1823-1915).
Born December 21st, 1823 in Saint-Léons. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1915 at 91 years old in Sérignan-du-Comtat. [ref]
Nagakura Shinpachi
Japanese swordsman (1839–1915).
Died January 5th, 1915 at 75 years old in Otaru (dental caries).
Fannie Farmer
American chef (1857–1915).
Born March 23rd, 1857 in Boston.
Died January 15th, 1915 at 57 years old in Boston.
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
American author and historian (1835–1915).
Born May 27th, 1835 in Boston.
Died May 20th, 1915 at 79 years old in Washington, D.C..
Armand Peugeot
French industrialist, pioneer of the automobile industry and the founder of the french firm peugeot (1849–1915).
Born June 18th, 1849 in Valentigney. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1915 at 65 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Konstantin Makovsky
Russian painter (1839-1915).
Born July 2nd, 1839 in Moscow. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1915 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
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The idea is to die young as late as possible. Ashley Montagu