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In the year 1915
694 Notable birthdays
Margaret Walker
American poet and writer (1915-1998).
Born July 7th, 1915 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1998 at 83 years old in Chicago (breast cancer). [ref]
Evgeny Lifshitz
Soviet physicist (1915-1985).
Born February 21st, 1915 in Kharkiv.
Died October 29th, 1985 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Else Krüger
Martin bormann's secretary (1915–2005).
Born February 9th, 1915 in Hamburg.
Died January 24th, 2005 at 89 years old in Germany. [ref]
Harry Bertoia
Italian-american artist and designer (1915–1978).
Born March 10th, 1915 in Arzene. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1978 at 63 years old in Barto (lung cancer). [ref]
Joe Gordon
American baseball player and coach (1915–1978).
Born February 18th, 1915 in Los Angeles.
Died April 14th, 1978 at 63 years old in Sacramento.
Alberto Burri
Italian painter and sculptor (1915-1995).
Born March 12th, 1915 in Città di Castello. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1995 at 79 years old in Nice. [ref]
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer.
Born June 28th, 1915 in Shaw. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2011 at 96 years old in Chicago (heart failure). [ref]
Arthur Rothstein
American photojournalist (1915–1985).
Born July 17th, 1915 in Manhattan, New York City. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1985 at 70 years old in New Rochelle. [ref]
Mario Del Monaco
Italian opera singer.
Born July 27th, 1915 in Florence. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1982 at 67 years old (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Santiago Carrillo
Spanish politician (1915–2012).
Born January 18th, 1915 in Gijón.
Died September 18th, 2012 at 97 years old in Madrid (heart failure). [ref]
Piet de Jong
Prime minister of the netherlands (1915–2016).
Born April 3rd, 1915 in Apeldoorn.
Died July 27th, 2016 at 101 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Joan Woodbury
American actress (1915-1989).
Born December 17th, 1915 in Los Angeles.
Died February 22nd, 1989 at 73 years old in Desert Hot Springs (disease).
Syl Apps
Canadian ice hockey player and politician (1915-1998).
Born January 18th, 1915 in Paris.
Died December 24th, 1998 at 83 years old in Kingston.
Nancy Bird Walton
Australian aviator (1915-2009).
Born October 16th, 1915 in Kew.
Died January 13th, 2009 at 93 years old in Sydney.
Noël Browne
Irish politician (1915-1997).
Born December 20th, 1915 in Waterford.
Died May 21st, 1997 at 81 years old in Baile na hAbhann.
George Hogg
British adventurer.
Born February 22nd, 1915 in Harpenden.
Died July 22nd, 1945 at 30 years old in Gansu (tetanus).
Joyce Redman
Anglo-irish actress (1915-2012).
Born December 9th, 1915 in Gosforth.
Died May 10th, 2012 at 96 years old in Pembury (pneumonia). [ref]
Albert Hourani
British historian (1915–1993).
Born March 31st, 1915 in Manchester.
Died January 17th, 1993 at 77 years old in Oxford.
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah
Pakistani diplomat (1915-2000).
Born July 22nd, 1915 in Kolkata.
Died December 11th, 2000 at 85 years old in Karachi.
Georges Guétary
French singer and actor (1915–1997).
Born February 8th, 1915 in Alexandria.
Died September 13th, 1997 at 82 years old in Mougins (myocardial infarction).
Nicholas Metropolis
Greek american physicist.
Born June 11th, 1915 in Chicago.
Died October 17th, 1999 at 84 years old in Los Alamos.
Jean Stafford
American short story writer and novelist (1915-1979).
Born July 1st, 1915 in Covina.
Died March 26th, 1979 at 63 years old in White Plains. [ref]
Alvin M. Weinberg
American nuclear physicist (1915–2006).
Born April 20th, 1915 in Chicago.
Died October 18th, 2006 at 91 years old in Oak Ridge. [ref]
Yitzhak Zuckerman
Polish jewish resistance fighter, survivor of the warsaw ghetto uprising (1915-1981).
Born December 13th, 1915 in Vilnius.
Died June 17th, 1981 at 65 years old in Lohamei HaGeta'ot.
Lucy Dawidowicz
Writer, historian (1915-1990).
Born June 16th, 1915 in New York City.
Died December 5th, 1990 at 75 years old in New York City (disease).
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