Famous People Who Died In 1915

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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1915. This list includes people like Booker T. Washington, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Frank James, Paul Ehrlich, Rupert Brooke and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, composers and spiritual & religious leaders who died in 1915. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Russia & India and many more countries.
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 1 
Booker T. Washington
(American Educator Who was the Dominant Leader of the African-American Community Between 1890 and 1915)
Booker T. Washington
27
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 5, 1856
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Westlake Corner, Virginia, United States
Died: November 14
 2 
Ellen G White
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 26, 1827
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gorham, Maine, United States
Died: July 16
 3 
Paul Ehrlich
(Scientist)
Paul Ehrlich
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: March 14, 1854
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strzelin, Poland
Died: August 20
 4 
Henry Moseley
(Physicist)
Henry Moseley
8
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 23, 1887
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died: August 10
 5 
Rupert Brooke
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 3, 1887
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rugby
Died: April 23
 6 
Alois Alzheimer
(Psychiatrist, Neuropathologist)
Alois Alzheimer
7
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 14, 1864
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marktbreit
Died: December 19
 7 
Anna Leonowens
(British Travel Writer, Educator, and Social Activist)
Anna Leonowens
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 5, 1834
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ahmednagar, India
Died: January 19
 8 
James Murray
(Lexicographer)
James Murray
3
Birthdate: February 7, 1837
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Denholm, Scotland
Died: July 26
 9 
Frederick Winslow Taylor
(American Mechanical Engineer Known for His Methods to Improve Industrial Efficiency)
Frederick Winslow Taylor
2
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: March 20, 1856
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 21
 10 
Sandford Fleming
(Scottish Canadian Engineer and Inventor of 'Worldwide Standard Time')
Sandford Fleming
0
Birthdate: January 7, 1827
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Died: July 22
 11 
Fanny Crosby
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 24, 1820
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brewster, New York, United States
Died: February 12
 12 
Joe Hill
(Songwriter, Trade unionist)
Joe Hill
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 7, 1879
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gävle
Died: November 19
 13 
Aleksandr Scriabin
(One of the Most Controversial Composer-Pianists of the Early 20th Century)
Aleksandr Scriabin
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 25, 1871
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: April 14
 14 
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(Indian Political Leader and a Social Reformer During the Indian Independence Movement)
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 9, 1866
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kothluk, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Died: February 19
 15 
Susan La Flesche Picotte
(American doctor)
Susan La Flesche Picotte
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 17, 1865
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Omaha Reservation, Nebraska, United States
Died: September 18
 16 
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: November 8, 1840
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London
Died: March 31
 17 
Edith Cavell
(British Nurse Who Saved the Lives of Soldiers from Both Sides During the First World War)
Edith Cavell
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 4, 1865
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Swardeston, Norfolk, England
Died: October 12
 18 
Robert Smalls
(Politician)
Robert Smalls
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 5, 1839
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Died: February 23
 19 
Frank James
(Outlaw)
Frank James
12
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: January 10, 1843
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Clay County, Missouri, USA
Died: February 18
 20 
Clara Immerwahr
(German Chemist)
Clara Immerwahr
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 21, 1870
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wojczyce, Poland
Died: May 2
 21 
Leo Frank
(Criminal)
Leo Frank
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 17, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cuero, Texas, United States
Died: August 17
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 22 
William Gilbert Grace
(English Amateur Cricketer)
William Gilbert Grace
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 18, 1848
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Downend, England
Died: October 23
 23 
Lawrence Hargrave
(Inventor & Explorer)
Lawrence Hargrave
2
Birthdate: January 29, 1850
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Greenwich
Died: July 14
 24 
Albert Spalding
(American Baseball Pitcher, Manager and Co-founder of 'A.G. Spalding' Sporting Goods Company)
Albert Spalding
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 2, 1849
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Illinois, United States
Died: September 9
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 25 
Fannie Farmer
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 23, 1857
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 15
 26 
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
(Grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and a poet)
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 22, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: June 15
 27 
Keir Hardie
(Former Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom (1906 - 1908))
Keir Hardie
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 15, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newhouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: September 26
 28 
Amanda Smith
(American Methodist Preacher and Former Slave Who Opened an Orphanage for African-American Girls)
Amanda Smith
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 23, 1837
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Long Green, Maryland, United States
Died: February 24
 29 
Vazha-Pshavela
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 26, 1861
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire, now Georgia
Died: July 10
 30 
Theodor Leschetizky
(Polish Pianist Known for Composing Over a Hundred Characteristic Piano Pieces)
Theodor Leschetizky
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 22, 1830
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lancut, Poland
Died: November 14
 31 
Jean-Henri Fabre
(French Entomologist Who is Widely Regarded as the Father of Modern Entomology)
Jean-Henri Fabre
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 21, 1823
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint-Leons, France
Died: October 11
 32 
Kartar Singh Sarabha
(Revolutionary)
Kartar Singh Sarabha
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 24, 1896
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Punjab, India
Died: November 16
 33 
Konstantin Makovsky
1
Birthdate: June 20, 1839
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: September 17
 34 
Carlos Finlay
(Epidemiologist)
Carlos Finlay
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 3, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Camagüey, Cuba
Died: August 20
 35 
Yane Sandanski
(National Hero in Bulgaria)
Yane Sandanski
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 18, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ottoman Empire
Died: April 22
 36 
Albert Cashier
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 25, 1843
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Clogherhead, Ireland
Died: October 10
 37 
Akaki Tsereteli
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 9, 1840
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Skhvitori, Imereti
Died: January 26
 38 
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 4, 1835
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 4
 39 
Nelson W. Aldrich
(Politician)
Nelson W. Aldrich
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 6, 1841
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Foster, Rhode Island, United States
Died: April 16
 40 
William Cornelius Van Horne
(Railroad Executive)
William Cornelius Van Horne
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 3, 1843
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Frankfort, Illinois, United States
Died: September 11
 41 
Tok Janggut
(Malay Warrior)
Tok Janggut
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1853 AD
Birthplace: Jeram, Malaysia
Died: June 25
 42 
William Shakespear
(British civil servant and explorer who mapped uncharted areas of Northern Arabia and made the first official British contact with Ibn Sa'ud, future king of Saudi Arabia)
William Shakespear
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 29, 1878
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Died: January 24
 43 
John Davis Long
(Lawyer, Politician & Writer)
John Davis Long
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: October 27, 1838
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buckfield, Maine
Died: August 28
 44 
Elbert Hubbard
1
Birthdate: June 19, 1856
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bloomington, Illinois, United States
Died: May 7
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 45 
Stephen Phillips
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 28, 1864
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oxford, England
Died: December 9
 46 
Sergey Taneyev
(Composer)
Sergey Taneyev
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 25, 1856
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vladimir, Russia
Died: June 19
 47 
Solomon Schechter
(American Rabbi, Scholar and Founder of the 'United Synagogue of America')
Solomon Schechter
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 7, 1847
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Focșani
Died: November 19
 48 
I. L. Peretz
(Author)
I. L. Peretz
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 18, 1852
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Zamosc, Poland
Died: April 3
 49 
Michel Bréal
(Philologist)
Michel Bréal
0
Birthdate: March 26, 1832
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Landau, Germany
Died: November 25
 50 
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 9, 1839
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wadsworth, Ohio, United States
Died: March 12