List of Famous people who died in 1915
William Denis Browne
William Charles Denis Browne, primarily known as Billy to family and as Denis to his friends, was a British composer, pianist, organist and music critic of the early 20th century. He and his close friend, poet Rupert Brooke, were commissioned into the Royal Naval Division together shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Denis Browne was killed in action during the Gallipoli Campaign.
William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham
William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham, known as The Lord Feversham between 1867 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician.
William Henry Lynn
William Henry Lynn (1829–1915) was an Irish-born architect with a practice in Belfast and the north of England. He is noted for his Ruskinian Venetian Gothic public buildings, which include Chester Town Hall and Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall.
William Walrond
The Honourable William Lionel Charles Walrond was a British Conservative politician.
Willoughby Burrell, 5th Baron Gywdyr
Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell, 5th Baron Gwydyr, FRGS was a British Army officer and peer.
Benedetto Lorenzelli
Benedetto Lorenzelli was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Studies from 1914 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1907.
Benjamin F. Isherwood
Benjamin Franklin Isherwood was an engineering officer in the United States Navy during the early days of steam-powered warships. He served as a ship's engineer during the Mexican–American War, and after the war did experimental work with steam propulsion. Rising to the rank of rear admiral, as Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy during the Civil War, he helped to found the Navy's Bureau of Steam Engineering.
Isidor Rosenthal
Julius Isidor Rosenthal was a German physiologist who was a native of Labischin.
Wendelin Förster
Wendelin Förster was an Austrian philologist and Romance scholar.