List of Famous people who died in 1915

Michel Jules Alfred Bréal, French philologist, was born at Landau in Rhenish Palatinate. He is often identified as a founder of modern semantics.

Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin was a Russian mathematician.

Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, 2nd Baronet, known as Sir Arthur Guinness, Bt, between 1868 and 1880, was an Irish businessman, politician, and philanthropist, best known for giving St Stephen's Green back to the people of Dublin.

Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild was a British banker and politician from the wealthy international Rothschild family.

Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, was a British barrister, politician and judge who served in many high political and judicial offices.

Frederick William Seward was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who twice served as the Assistant Secretary of State. The son of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, he served as Assistant Secretary from 1861 to 1869 under both Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and then from 1877 to 1879 in the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes.

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet,, commonly known as Sir Fowell Buxton, was the Governor of South Australia from 29 October 1895 until 29 March 1899. He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a British MP and social reformer, and the son of Sir Edward North Buxton, also an MP.