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In the year 1915
297 Notable deaths
Booker T. Washington
African-american educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915).
Born April 5th, 1856 in Hale's Ford. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1915 at 59 years old in Tuskegee (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Leo Frank
American factory superintendent and lynching victim (1884–1915).
Born April 17th, 1884 in Cuero.
Died August 17th, 1915 at 31 years old in Marietta (lynching).
Porfirio Díaz
President of mexico (1830–1915).
Born September 15th, 1830 in Oaxaca.
Died July 2nd, 1915 at 84 years old in Paris.
Robert Smalls
American politician and former slave (1839-1915).
Born April 5th, 1839 in Beaufort.
Died February 23rd, 1915 at 75 years old in Beaufort.
Ellen G. White
American author, co-founder of the seventh-day adventist church (1827–1915).
Born November 26th, 1827 in Gorham.
Died July 16th, 1915 at 87 years old in Elmshaven.
Frederick Winslow Taylor
American mechanical engineer (1856–1915).
Born March 20th, 1856 in Germantown.
Died March 21st, 1915 at 59 years old in Philadelphia.
Edith Cavell
British nurse (1865-1915).
Born December 4th, 1865 in Swardeston.
Died October 12th, 1915 at 49 years old in Schaerbeek (gunshot wound).
Frank James
American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber (1843-1915).
Born January 10th, 1843 in Kearney.
Died February 18th, 1915 at 72 years old in Kearney (myocardial infarction).
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915).
Died February 19th, 1915 at 48 years old in Pune. [ref]
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
American philanthropist, schoolteacher (1839-1915).
Born September 9th, 1839 in Wadsworth.
Died March 12th, 1915 at 75 years old in Kykuit.
Anna Leonowens
British educator and writer (1831-1915).
Born November 6th, 1834 in Ahilyanagar. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1915 at 80 years old in Montreal.
Alexander Scriabin
Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915).
Born January 6th, 1872 in Moscow.
Died April 27th, 1915 at 43 years old in Moscow (sepsis).
Fanny Crosby
19th century christian hymnist.
Born March 24th, 1820 in Brewster. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1915 at 94 years old in Bridgeport.
Rupert Brooke
English poet (1887–1915).
Born August 3rd, 1887 in Rugby.
Died April 23rd, 1915 at 27 years old in Aegean Sea (sepsis).
Paul Ehrlich
Jewish-german physician and scientist (1854-1915).
Born March 14th, 1854 in Strzelin.
Died August 20th, 1915 at 61 years old in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (stroke).
Henry Moseley
English physicist.
Born November 23rd, 1887 in Weymouth.
Died August 10th, 1915 at 27 years old in Gallipoli (gunshot wound).
Keir Hardie
Scottish socialist and labour leader (1856–1915).
Born August 15th, 1856 in Newhouse.
Died September 26th, 1915 at 59 years old in Glasgow (stroke).
W. G. Grace
English amateur cricketer (1848-1915).
Born July 18th, 1848 in Downend.
Died October 23rd, 1915 at 67 years old in Mottingham (myocardial infarction).
Sandford Fleming
Scottish-born canadian engineer and inventor (1827-1915).
Born January 7th, 1827 in Kirkcaldy.
Died July 22nd, 1915 at 88 years old in Halifax.
Alois Alzheimer
German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (1864–1915).
Born June 14th, 1864 in Marktbreit.
Died December 19th, 1915 at 51 years old in Wrocław (rheumatic fever).
James Murray
British lexicographer and philologist, primary editor of the oxford english dictionary (1837–1915).
Born February 7th, 1837 in Roxburghshire.
Died July 26th, 1915 at 78 years old in Oxford.
Sergei Witte
Russian statesman and first prime minister of the russian empire (1849-1915).
Born June 17th, 1849 in Tbilisi.
Died March 13th, 1915 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
British banker and politician (1840–1915).
Born November 8th, 1840 in London.
Died March 31st, 1915 at 74 years old in London.
Elbert Green Hubbard
American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher.
Born June 19th, 1856 in Bloomington.
Died May 7th, 1915 at 58 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania (drowning). [ref]
Mary Mitchell Slessor
(1848-1915) scottish presbyterian missionary.
Born December 2nd, 1848 in Aberdeen.
Died January 13th, 1915 at 66 years old in Calabar.
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown