In the year 1915
118 Notable deaths
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.
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).
Guillermo Billinghurst
President of peru (1851-1915).
Born July 27th, 1851 in Arica.
Died June 28th, 1915 at 63 years old in Iquique.
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]
Daniel Varujan
Armenian poet (1884-1915).
Born April 20th, 1884 in Dörteylül.
Died August 26th, 1915 at 31 years old in Çankırı (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). [ref]
Emil Lask
German philosopher.
Born September 25th, 1875 in Wadowice. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1915 at 39 years old in Galicia. [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.
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]
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]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 118
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld