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In the year 1915
131 Notable deaths
Remy de Gourmont
French writer (1858–1915).
Born April 4th, 1858 in Bazoches-au-Houlme.
Died September 27th, 1915 at 57 years old in rue de la Convention.
Helen McNicoll
Canadian artist (1879-1915).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Toronto.
Died June 27th, 1915 at 35 years old in Swanage.
Wyndham Halswelle
British athlete.
Born May 30th, 1882 in London.
Died March 31st, 1915 at 32 years old in Neuve-Chapelle.
Jerzy Żuławski
Polish philosopher, writer, poet and playwright of the young poland period.
Born July 14th, 1874 in Glinik, Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
Died August 9th, 1915 at 41 years old in Dębica (typhus).
John White Alexander
American illustrator (1856-1915).
Born October 7th, 1856 in Allegheny. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1915 at 58 years old in New York City. [ref]
Friedrich Loeffler
German bacteriologist (1852-1915).
Born June 24th, 1852 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died April 9th, 1915 at 62 years old in Berlin.
François Faber
Luxembourgian racing cyclist (1887–1915).
Born January 26th, 1887 in Aulnay-sur-Iton.
Died May 9th, 1915 at 28 years old in Mont-Saint-Éloi.
Paul Scheerbart
German writer (1863-1915).
Born January 8th, 1863 in Gdańsk.
Died October 15th, 1915 at 52 years old in Berlin.
Ignatius Maloyan
Armenian catholic archbishop, martyr and saint.
Born April 19th, 1869 in Mardin.
Died June 11th, 1915 at 46 years old in Diyarbakır (gunshot wound).
Frederick Stark Pearson
United states electrical engineer.
Born July 3rd, 1861 in Lowell.
Died May 7th, 1915 at 53 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania.
Eugène Jansson
Swedish painter (1862-1915).
Born March 18th, 1862 in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1915 at 53 years old in Skara (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Guillermo Billinghurst
President of peru (1851-1915).
Born July 27th, 1851 in Arica.
Died June 28th, 1915 at 63 years old in Iquique.
Stanisław Witkiewicz
Polish artist, writer and architect (1851-1915).
Born May 8th, 1851 in Pašiaušė. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1915 at 64 years old in Lovran (tuberculosis). [ref]
Oswald Külpe
German philosopher (1862-1915).
Born August 3rd, 1862 in Kandava.
Died December 30th, 1915 at 53 years old in Munich.
Gaston Méliès
French film director (1852–1915).
Born February 12th, 1852 in Paris.
Died April 9th, 1915 at 63 years old in Ajaccio (foodborne illness).
Krikor Zohrab
Writer, politician and opinion journalist (1861-1915).
Born June 26th, 1861 in Beşiktaş. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1915 at 54 years old in Şanlıurfa (Armenian genocide).
Karl Staaff
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1860-1915).
Born January 21st, 1860 in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1915 at 55 years old in Engelbrekt church parish (pneumonia, arteriosclerosis, stomatitis). [ref]
Daniel Varujan
Armenian poet (1884-1915).
Born April 20th, 1884 in Dörteylül.
Died August 26th, 1915 at 31 years old in Çankırı (Armenian Genocide).
Frank Bramley
British post-impressionist painter of the newlyn school (1857-1915).
Born May 6th, 1857 in Sibsey. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1915 at 58 years old in Chalford. [ref]
Emil Lask
German philosopher (1875–1915).
Born September 25th, 1875 in Wadowice.
Died May 26th, 1915 at 39 years old in Mala Turia.
August Stramm
German poet.
Born July 29th, 1874 in Münster. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1915 at 41 years old in Kobryn (killed in action). [ref]
Elmer Booth
American actor (1882-1915).
Born December 9th, 1882 in Los Angeles.
Died June 16th, 1915 at 32 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision).
Christian Wilhelm Allers
German painter and illustrator (1857-1915).
Born August 6th, 1857 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1915 at 58 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Isaac Rice
German american musicologist, lawyer, inventor and capitalist, and chess writer (1850-1915).
Born February 22nd, 1850 in Wachenheim.
Died November 2nd, 1915 at 65 years old in New York City.
James Richardson Spensley
English footballer (1867-1915).
Born May 17th, 1867 in Stoke Newington.
Died November 10th, 1915 at 48 years old in Mainz.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 131
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine