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Born in 1915

948 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Jean Bastien
association football coach, association football player
1915–1969 · aged 54
June 21 · 1915
Source: Archives Nationales d'Outre-mer
Monique de la Bruchollerie
musician, music educator
1915–1972 · aged 57
April 20 · 1915
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées
Pierre Chevalier
film director, screenwriter
1915–2005
March 23 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Karl Krolow
essayist, translator
1915–1999 · aged 84
March 11 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Alastair Bradley Martin*
art collector, tennis player
Date disputed
March 11 · 1915
Source: Find a Grave
Fernando Claudín
historian, journalist
1915–1990 · aged 74
August 21 · 1915
No external source identified
Herma Bauma
handball player, javelin thrower
1915–2003 · aged 88
January 23 · 1915
No external source identified
Juan Marvezy
association football player
1915–1971
November 16 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Georg Richter
film actor, actor
1915–1972 · aged 56
December 27 · 1915
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Toivo Kärki
accordionist, composer
1915–1992 · aged 76
December 3 · 1915
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Lars Ahlin
novelist, writer
1915–1997
April 4 · 1915
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Maria Corti
literary critic, writer
1915–2002 · aged 86
September 7 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Jacinto Barquín
association football player
111 years old
September 3 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Lu Jiaxi
politician, chemist
1915–2001 · aged 85
October 26 · 1915
No external source identified
Krum Milev
association football coach, association football player
1915–2000 · aged 84
June 11 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Lennart Strandberg
sprinter
1915–1989 · aged 74
March 26 · 1915
No external source identified
Frank Riley
science fiction writer, writer
1915–1996 · aged 80
June 8 · 1915
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Valentina Ivashova
film actor, actor
1915–1991 · aged 75
July 12 · 1915
Source: IMDb
Evald Okas
art educator, graphic artist
1915–2011 · aged 95
November 28 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Jan Říha
association football player
1915–1995 · aged 80
November 11 · 1915
No external source identified
Robin Montgomerie-Charrington
engineer, Formula One driver
1915–2007 · aged 91
June 23 · 1915
No external source identified
Ion Bogdan
association football player, association football coach
1915–1992 · aged 77
March 6 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
David Vincent Hooper
chess player, writer
1915–1998 · aged 82
August 31 · 1915
Source: Open Library
Kenneth O. May
historian of science, university teacher
1915–1977 · aged 62
July 8 · 1915
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Wilhelm Simetsreiter
association football player
1915–2001 · aged 86
March 16 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Aníbal Ciocca
association football player
1915–1981 · aged 66
July 23 · 1915
No external source identified
Takeshi Kamo
association football player
1915–2004 · aged 89
February 8 · 1915
No external source identified
Elli Parvo*
film actor, actor
Date disputed
October 17 · 1915
Source: filmportal.de
Adonias Filho
essayist, novelist
1915–1990 · aged 74
November 27 · 1915
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Vadim Shefner*
writer, translator
Date disputed
January 12 · 1915
Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century
Karl Maramorosch
botanist, virologist
1915–2016 · aged 101
January 16 · 1915
Source: SNAC
María Silva Cruz
anarcho-syndicalist
1915–1936 · aged 21
April 20 · 1915
No external source identified
Jean Despeaux
boxer, actor
1915–1989 · aged 73
October 22 · 1915
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Mario Pretto
association football player, association football coach
1915–1984 · aged 68
October 7 · 1915
No external source identified
Arthur Owen
Formula One driver, engineer
1915–2002 · aged 87
March 23 · 1915
No external source identified
Mack Hellings
engineer, racing driver
1915–1951 · aged 36
September 14 · 1915
No external source identified
Milan Antolković
association football player, table tennis player
1915–2007 · aged 91
September 27 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen
actor
1915–1982 · aged 66
September 22 · 1915
Source: IMDb
Max Fishman
composer
1915–1985 · aged 69
December 12 · 1915
No external source identified
Argemiro
association football player
1915–1975 · aged 60
June 3 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Flaminio Piccoli
politician
1915–2000 · aged 84
December 28 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Franco Andreoli
association football player, association football coach
1915–2009 · aged 93
December 2 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Nikolai Kryukov
actor
1915–1993 · aged 77
July 8 · 1915
No external source identified
Pablo Palazuelo*
graphic artist, painter
Date disputed
October 8 · 1915
Source: Find a Grave
Osvaldo Miranda
actor, television actor
1915–2011 · aged 95
November 3 · 1915
Source: cinenacional.com
Alice T. Schafer
mathematician, university teacher
1915–2009 · aged 94
June 18 · 1915
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Gamar Almaszadeh
ballet teacher, choreographer
1915–2006 · aged 91
March 10 · 1915
Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online
Ludwig Fischer
Formula One driver, engineer
1915–1991 · aged 75
December 17 · 1915
No external source identified
Dario Mangiarotti
fencer
1915–2010 · aged 94
December 18 · 1915
No external source identified
Hans-Joachim Hannemann
rower
1915–1989 · aged 73
April 5 · 1915
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Javier Barros Sierra
politician, writer
1915–1971 · aged 56
February 25 · 1915
No external source identified
George Worth
fencer
1915–2006 · aged 90
April 1 · 1915
No external source identified
Nadezhda Fedutenko
military personnel
1915–1978 · aged 62
September 30 · 1915
No external source identified
Helmut Radach
rower
1915–1999 · aged 84
February 1 · 1915
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Shu Xiuwen
politician, actor
1915–1969
1915
No external source identified
Mitchell Kowal
actor, television actor
1915–1971 · aged 55
August 21 · 1915
Source: IMDb
Peter Lindgren
actor
1915–1981 · aged 65
December 13 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Paul Wolf
swimmer
1915–1972 · aged 56
October 5 · 1915
No external source identified
Jan Hanuš
editor, music arranger
1915–2004 · aged 89
May 2 · 1915
Source: Czech National Authority Database
John Loaring
athletics competitor
1915–1969 · aged 54
August 3 · 1915
No external source identified
Shozo Makino
swimmer
1915–1987 · aged 71
May 15 · 1915
No external source identified
Jadwiga Andrzejewska
actor, film actor
1915–1977 · aged 62
March 30 · 1915
Source: e-teatr.pl
Jean Sauvagnargues
foreign minister, diplomat
1915–2002 · aged 87
April 2 · 1915
Source: Munzinger Personen
Mario Inchausti
association football coach, association football player
1915–2006 · aged 90
June 3 · 1915
No external source identified
Reizo Koike
swimmer
1915–1998 · aged 82
December 12 · 1915
No external source identified
Olive McKean
swimmer, coach
1915–2006 · aged 90
August 10 · 1915
No external source identified
Hans Quest
voice actor, stage actor
1915–1997 · aged 81
August 20 · 1915
Source: Discogs
Regina Ghazaryan
painter
1915–1999 · aged 84
April 17 · 1915
No external source identified
Tova Berlinski
painter
1915–2022 · aged 106
April 20 · 1915
No external source identified
Elso Sterrenberg Barghoorn
botanical collector, university teacher
1915–1984 · aged 68
June 30 · 1915
Source: geosociety.org
Augusto Ruschi
botanist, naturalist
1915–1986 · aged 70
December 12 · 1915
No external source identified
Manuel Tuñón de Lara
historian, university teacher
1915–1997 · aged 81
September 8 · 1915
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Ljubo Vučković
political commissar
1915–1976 · aged 61
February 4 · 1915
No external source identified
Kaku Takagawa
Go professional
1915–1986 · aged 71
September 21 · 1915
Source: bingoweiqi.com
Roberto Irañeta
association football player
1915–1992
March 21 · 1915
Source: FBref
Mareta West
astronomer
1915–1998 · aged 83
August 9 · 1915
No external source identified
Mahir Domi
albanologist, classical philologist
1915–2000
March 12 · 1915
No external source identified
Gheorghe Rășinaru
association football player
1915–1994
February 10 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Orazio Mariani
sprinter
1915–1981 · aged 66
January 21 · 1915
No external source identified
Manus Vrauwdeunt
association football coach, association football player
1915–1982 · aged 67
April 29 · 1915
Source: FBref
Franz Bartl
handball player
1915–1941 · aged 26
January 7 · 1915
No external source identified
Jules Bigot
association football player, association football coach
1915–2007 · aged 92
October 22 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Fetislyam Abilov
military officer, tractor driver
1915–2005 · aged 90
March 15 · 1915
No external source identified
Leonardo Navarro
association football player
1915–2000
1915
No external source identified
Emmanuel Aznar
association football player
1915–1970 · aged 54
December 23 · 1915
No external source identified
Vasily Azhayev
prose writer, writer
1915–1968 · aged 53
February 12 · 1915
No external source identified
Joana Raspall i Juanola
novelist, writer
1915–2013 · aged 98
July 1 · 1915
Source: IMDb
Émile Masson Jr.
sport cyclist
1915–2011 · aged 95
September 1 · 1915
Source: Dictionnaire des Wallons
Kurt Svanström
association football player
1915–1996 · aged 80
March 24 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Gianni Leoni
motorcycle racer
1915–1951 · aged 36
March 1 · 1915
No external source identified
René Taton
university teacher, mathematician
1915–2004 · aged 89
April 4 · 1915
Source: general catalog of BnF
Klement Steinmetz
association football player
1915–2001 · aged 86
March 23 · 1915
No external source identified
Marga Faulstich
chemist
1915–1998 · aged 82
June 16 · 1915
Source: Nazi Party Membership Database Lookup
Ramón Piñeiro López
writer, politician
1915–1990 · aged 75
May 31 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Rudolf Eckstein
rower
1915–1993 · aged 78
January 1 · 1915
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Simo Puupponen
journalist, writer
1915–1967
October 23 · 1915
No external source identified
Visvaldis Melderis
basketball player
1915–1944 · aged 29
January 19 · 1915
Source: FIBA database
Arthur Tyler
bobsledder
1915–2008 · aged 93
July 26 · 1915
No external source identified
Christine Busta
writer, lyricist
1915–1987 · aged 72
April 23 · 1915
Source: Handbuch der österreichischen Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorinnen
Irma Christenson
actor
1915–1993 · aged 78
January 14 · 1915
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Arie de Winter
association football player
1915–1983 · aged 67
August 28 · 1915
Source: nha.blob.core.windows.net
Heinz Körvers
athlete, handball player
1915–1942 · aged 27
July 3 · 1915
Source: Integrated Authority File
Aldo Bini
racing automobile driver, sport cyclist
1915–1993 · aged 77
July 30 · 1915
No external source identified
Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley
university teacher, physicist
1915–2017 · aged 102
March 4 · 1915
No external source identified
Hermien Dommisse
film actor, actor
1915–2010 · aged 94
October 27 · 1915
No external source identified
Josef Hasenöhrl
soldier, rower
1915–1945 · aged 29
May 5 · 1915
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Michael Walford
cricketer, field hockey player
1915–2002 · aged 86
November 27 · 1915
Source: The Peerage
Conxa Pérez Collado
trade unionist
1915–2014 · aged 98
October 17 · 1915
No external source identified
Evelyn Pinching
alpine skier
1915–1988 · aged 73
March 18 · 1915
No external source identified
Richard Depoorter
sport cyclist
1915–1948 · aged 33
April 29 · 1915
No external source identified
Dora Beregi
table tennis player
1915–2011 · aged 95
August 8 · 1915
No external source identified
Nicolaas Cortlever
chess player
1915–1995 · aged 79
June 14 · 1915
Source: chessgames.com
Ottorino Quaglierini
rower
1915–1992 · aged 77
May 18 · 1915
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Ole Berntsen
sailor
1915–1996 · aged 81
January 22 · 1915
Source: Find a Grave
Oddmund Andersen
association football player
1915–1999 · aged 83
December 21 · 1915
Source: historical register of persons
Gisela von Collande
film actor, stage actor
1915–1960
February 5 · 1915
Source: IMDb
Violet Webb
hurdler
1915–1999 · aged 84
February 3 · 1915
No external source identified
Ludwig Schweickert
amateur wrestler
1915–1943 · aged 28
April 26 · 1915
No external source identified
Maro Marġaryan
poet, writer
1915–1999
December 22 · 1915
Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia
Haim Alexander
composer, pianist
1915–2012 · aged 96
August 9 · 1915
Source: Musicalics
Gustav Fischer
dressage rider
1915–1990 · aged 75
November 8 · 1915
No external source identified
Mathias Clemens
sport cyclist
1915–2001 · aged 86
August 8 · 1915
No external source identified
John Rodgers
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1915–1997 · aged 81
October 9 · 1915
No external source identified
Paolo Moffa
screenwriter, film editor
1915–2005
December 16 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Árpád Lengyel
swimmer
1915–1993 · aged 78
April 11 · 1915
No external source identified
Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen
poet, writer
1915–1985 · aged 69
September 5 · 1915
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Andreas Cappelen
diplomat, lawyer
1915–2008 · aged 93
January 31 · 1915
Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1973)
Claudio Vacca
association football player, association football coach
1915–1985 · aged 69
October 24 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Sylvain Grysolle
sport cyclist
1915–1985 · aged 69
December 12 · 1915
No external source identified
Heinrich Angst
bobsledder
1915–1989 · aged 74
August 29 · 1915
No external source identified
Isaac Oceja
association football coach, association football player
1915–2000 · aged 85
May 29 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Vladimir Mikhailovich Yurovsky
composer, pianist
1915–1972 · aged 56
March 20 · 1915
No external source identified
Hellmuth Marx
painter, sculptor
1915–2002 · aged 86
June 17 · 1915
Source: Integrated Authority File
Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1915–2016 · aged 100
October 19 · 1915
No external source identified
Ödön Gróf
swimmer, massage therapist
1915–1997 · aged 81
April 15 · 1915
No external source identified
Gösta Frändfors
amateur wrestler
1915–1973 · aged 57
November 25 · 1915
No external source identified
Bruno Boni
rower
1915–2003 · aged 87
May 13 · 1915
Source: World Rowing athlete database
María Telo
jurist, feminist
1915–2014 · aged 98
October 8 · 1915
Source: El País
Sei Fuwa
association football player
111 years old
July 2 · 1915
No external source identified
Anna Andreyeva
shot putter
1915–1997
June 27 · 1915
No external source identified
Sergei Solovyov
association football coach, association football player
1915–1967 · aged 51
March 9 · 1915
No external source identified
Roman Tikhomirov
musician, film director
1915–1984 · aged 69
July 20 · 1915
No external source identified
Harry Larsen
rower
1915–1974 · aged 58
September 4 · 1915
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Hans Edmund Wolters
biologist, ornithologist
1915–1991 · aged 76
February 11 · 1915
No external source identified
Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug
sport shooter
1915–1993 · aged 78
March 22 · 1915
Source: historical register of persons
Hans Schnitger
field hockey player
1915–2013 · aged 97
August 5 · 1915
No external source identified
Håkan Lidman
athletics competitor
1915–2000 · aged 85
January 31 · 1915
No external source identified
Mildred Fizzell
sprinter
1915–1993 · aged 78
June 12 · 1915
No external source identified
Robert Dorgebray
sport cyclist
1915–2005 · aged 89
October 16 · 1915
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
John Sturrock
rower
1915–1974 · aged 59
March 20 · 1915
Source: Sports-Reference.com

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