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In the year 1915
297 Notable deaths
Pascual Orozco
Mexican general and politician (1882–1915).
Born January 28th, 1882 in San Isidro Pascual Orozco.
Died August 30th, 1915 at 33 years old in El Paso.
Charles Frohman
American theatrical producer (1856–1915).
Born July 16th, 1860 in Sandusky.
Died May 7th, 1915 at 54 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania.
Gurajada Apparao
Telugu writer and poet (1862-1915).
Born September 21st, 1862 in Elamanchili, Rayavaram.
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).
Greene Vardiman Black
American dentistry academic.
Born August 3rd, 1836 in Winchester.
Died August 31st, 1915 at 79 years old in Chicago.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
English author (1835-1915).
Born October 4th, 1835 in London. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1915 at 79 years old in Richmond. [ref]
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 Cornelius Van Horne
American-canadian businessman and art collector (1843–1915).
Born February 3rd, 1843 in Frankfort.
Died September 11th, 1915 at 72 years old in Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal.
Solomon Schechter
Moldavian-born american rabbi and scholar (1847–1915).
Born December 7th, 1847 in Focșani.
Died November 19th, 1915 at 67 years old in New York City.
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).
Anton von Werner
German painter (1843-1915).
Born May 9th, 1843 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died January 4th, 1915 at 71 years old in Berlin.
Émile Waldteufel
French composer (1837-1915).
Born December 9th, 1837 in Strasbourg.
Died February 12th, 1915 at 77 years old in Paris.
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).
Arthur Hughes
Pre-raphaelite artist (1832-1915).
Born January 27th, 1832 in London.
Died December 22nd, 1915 at 83 years old in Kew.
Hans Gross
Austrian jurist (1847-1915).
Born December 26th, 1847 in Graz.
Died December 9th, 1915 at 67 years old in Graz.
Adolphe Pégoud
French flying ace (1889–1915).
Born June 13th, 1889 in Montferrat.
Died August 31st, 1915 at 26 years old in Petit-Croix.
Lawrence Hargrave
Australian engineer and inventor (1850–1915).
Born January 29th, 1850 in Greenwich.
Died July 14th, 1915 at 65 years old in Darlinghurst (peritonitis).
Philip Webb
English architect (1831-1915).
Born January 2nd, 1831 in Oxford. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1915 at 84 years old in Worth.
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
French painter and sculptor (1891-1915).
Born October 4th, 1891 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye.
Died June 5th, 1915 at 23 years old in Neuville-Saint-Vaast.
Yane Sandanski
Macedonian bulgarian revolutionary.
Died April 22nd, 1915 at 42 years old in Melnik. [ref]
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 (1859–1915).
Born May 23rd, 1859 in Essoyes. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1915 at 56 years old in Nice (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Nares
British naval officer and arctic explorer (1831-1915).
Born April 24th, 1831 in Monmouthshire.
Died January 15th, 1915 at 83 years old in Kingston upon Thames.
Theodor Leschetizky
Polish composer and pianist (1830–1915).
Born June 22nd, 1830 in Łańcut.
Died November 17th, 1915 at 85 years old in Dresden.
Wilhelm Windelband
German philosopher (1848–1915).
Born May 11th, 1848 in Potsdam.
Died October 22nd, 1915 at 67 years old in Heidelberg.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 297
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. Rumi