In the year 1915
297 Notable deaths
Emil Rathenau
German businessman (1838-1915).
Born December 11th, 1838 in Berlin.
Died June 20th, 1915 at 76 years old in Berlin (diabetes).
Helen McNicoll
Canadian artist (1879-1915).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Toronto.
Died June 27th, 1915 at 35 years old in Swanage.
Akaki Tsereteli
Georgian writer (1840-1915).
Born June 21st, 1840 in Skhvitori.
Died February 8th, 1915 at 74 years old in Sachkhere.
Wyndham Halswelle
British athlete and soldier (1882–1915).
Born May 30th, 1882 in London.
Died March 31st, 1915 at 32 years old in Neuve-Chapelle.
Józef Brandt
Polish painter (1841-1915).
Born February 11th, 1841 in Szczebrzeszyn.
Died June 12th, 1915 at 74 years old in Radom.
Jerzy Żuławski
Polish philosopher, writer, poet and playwright of the young poland period (1874–1915).
Born July 14th, 1874 in Glinik, Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
Died August 9th, 1915 at 41 years old in Dębica (typhus).
Anne Whitney
American sculptor (1821-1915).
Born September 2nd, 1821 in Watertown.
Died January 23rd, 1915 at 93 years old in Boston.
Abigail Scott Duniway
American suffragist, writer, journalist, pioneer (1834–1915).
Born October 22nd, 1834 in Groveland. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1915 at 80 years old in Portland.
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]
William Wallace Denslow
American illustrator and caricaturist (1856–1915).
Born May 25th, 1856 in Philadelphia.
Died May 27th, 1915 at 59 years old in Knickerbocker Hospital (pneumonia).
Anna Bartlett Warner
American hymnwriter (1820-1915).
Born August 31st, 1827 in Long Island. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1915 at 87 years old in Highland Falls. [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.
Julius von Payer
Austrian mountain climber, painter, arctic explorer and nobleman (1841-1915).
Born September 2nd, 1842 in Teplice.
Died August 30th, 1915 at 72 years old in Bled (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Paul Scheerbart
German writer (1863-1915).
Born January 8th, 1863 in Gdańsk.
Died October 15th, 1915 at 52 years old in Berlin.
Michel Bréal
French philologist (1832–1915).
Born March 26th, 1832 in Landau in der Pfalz.
Died November 25th, 1915 at 83 years old in boulevard Saint-Michel. [ref]
Ignatius Maloyan
Armenian catholic archbishop, martyr and saint.
Born April 15th, 1869 in Mardin.
Died June 11th, 1915 at 46 years old in Diyarbakır (gunshot wound).
Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski
Polish painter (1849-1915).
Born October 11th, 1849 in Suwałki.
Died February 16th, 1915 at 65 years old in Munich.
Frederick Stark Pearson
United states electrical engineer (1861–1915).
Born July 30th, 1861 in Lowell.
Died May 7th, 1915 at 53 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania.
Andrew L. Harris
44th governor of ohio (1835–1915).
Born November 17th, 1835 in Butler County.
Died September 13th, 1915 at 79 years old in Eaton.
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]
Benjamin Franklin Tracy
American politician (1830–1915).
Born April 26th, 1830 in Apalachin.
Died August 9th, 1915 at 85 years old in Tioga County.
Guillermo Billinghurst
President of peru (1851-1915).
Born July 27th, 1851 in Arica. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1915 at 63 years old in Iquique. [ref]
Stanisław Witkiewicz
Polish artist, writer and architect (1851-1915).
Born May 21st, 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.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel