List of Famous people who died in 1915

William Denis Browne

First Name William
Last Name Browne
Born on November 3, 1888
Died on June 4, 1915 (aged 26)

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.

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William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham

First Name William
Last Name Feversham
Born on January 28, 1829
Died on January 13, 1915 (aged 85)

William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham, known as The Lord Feversham between 1867 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician.

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William Henry Lynn

First Name William
Last Name Lynn
Born on January 1, 1829
Died on January 1, 1915 (aged 86)

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.

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William Walrond

First Name William
Last Name Walrond
Born on May 22, 1876
Died on November 2, 1915 (aged 39)

The Honourable William Lionel Charles Walrond was a British Conservative politician.

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Willoughby Burrell, 5th Baron Gywdyr

First Name Willoughby
Last Name Gywdyr
Born on October 26, 1841
Died on February 14, 1915 (aged 73)

Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell, 5th Baron Gwydyr, FRGS was a British Army officer and peer.

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Benedetto Lorenzelli

First Name Benedetto
Last Name Lorenzelli
Born on May 11, 1853
Died on September 15, 1915 (aged 62)

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.

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Benjamin F. Isherwood

First Name Benjamin
Last Name Isherwood
Born on October 6, 1822
Died on June 19, 1915 (aged 92)

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.

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Isidor Rosenthal

First Name Isidor
Born on July 16, 1836
Died on January 2, 1915 (aged 78)

Julius Isidor Rosenthal was a German physiologist who was a native of Labischin.

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Wendelin Förster

First Name Wendelin
Last Name Förster
Born on February 10, 1844
Died on May 18, 1915 (aged 71)

Wendelin Förster was an Austrian philologist and Romance scholar.

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Mary Harriett Blunt

First Name Mary
Last Name Blunt
Died on April 10, 1915
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