Discover what happened on 7 February 1915 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
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- Sandro Paparatti
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- Dagfinn Kjøllesdal (Norwegian missionary)
- Hans Pitra
- Constantin Mateescu (Romanian politician (1915-20__))
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- Elbridge Putnam Vance (mathematician)
- Sister M. Claude Lane (teacher, librarian, and archivist (1915-1974))
- Anna Krzyzanowska ((1915-1967))
- Marchese Alfonso Tacoli ((1915-1944))
- Torajiro Kataoka (Japanese water polo player)
- Charles Julian Tennyson ((1915-1945))
- Kurt Lidén (Swedish physicist)
- Walter Fritz (German singer (1915-2008))
- Karel Zeman
- Miloš Tůma
- Pranė Svičiulienė
- Angus Learmond (Guyanese cricketer)
- Anna Glaserová (holocaust victim, b. 1915-02-07)
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- Kurt Wischnitzer (Holocaust victim (born 1915))
- Evžen Heim (prisoner in Theresienstadt Ghetto, b. 1915-02-07)
- Arne Tjomsland (Norwegian wood and whaletooth cutter (1915-1970))
- Jan Hejna
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- Karl-Heinz Kirmes (first lieutenant, LXIX Army Corps (Wehrmacht))
- Józef Strzeżek
- Rudi Alt (German senior executive, “White Rose” member)
- Alfred Rosenthal
- Karel Turza
- Félix Revel
- Jock Isacowitz (South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (1915–1962))
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- August Maus (German Navy officer and World War II submarine commander (1915-1996))
- Georges-André Chevallaz (historian, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1915-2002))
- Karl-Theodor Molinari (German general (1915-1993))
- Eddie Bracken (American actor (1915–2002))
- Teoctist Arăpașu (Romanian bishop (1915–2007))
- Claudine Chomat (French politician (1915-1995))
- Georg Lehn (1915-1996 German actor)
- Stella K. Hershan (American author (1915–2014))
- Mark Clinton (Irish politician (1915–2001))
- Walter Leitner (Austrian politician (1915–2002))
- Nicolas Wyrouboff ((1915-2009))
- Carlo Felice Cillario (Italian conductor (1915-2007))
- Pepe Iglesias (Argentine comedian (1915–1991))
- Mikhail Galanin (Soviet physicist (1915-2008))
- Semyon Matveyevich Islyukov (Chuvash politician (1915–1998))
- Galina Pugachenkova (Soviet archeologist and art historian (1915-2007))
- Shaukat Khabibullin (Soviet astronomer (1915–1996))
- Bill White (Canadian composer and social justice activist)
- Bud Svendsen (American football player and coach)
- Hsiao-Lan Kuo (American meteorologist (1915-2006))
- Joseph Shallit (Science fiction and mystery writer (1915-1995))
- Sheila Kaul (Indian politician)
- Liu Jie (Chinese governor of Henan)
- Jack Smith (footballer born 1915)
- Toshinori Takemura (Japanese writer (1915–1999))
- Fumitaka Nishizawa (Japanese architect)
- Vladimír Varmuža (Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak parliament, member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Czechoslovak politician)
- Rolf Schønfeld (Norwegian painter (1915-1997))
- Boris Abramovich Burkatov
- Nedim Filipović
- Kerstin Koch (German botanist)
- Hugh Mason (English rower)
- Veniamin Kelman (Soviet physicist (1915-2008))
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- Anthony Mendleson (British costume designer (1915-1996))
- Lucien Vanopbroecke (Belgian politician (1915-1978))
- Bill Dunn (Australian rules footballer (1915-1997))
- Jack Showell (Australian rules footballer)
- Erik Stark (Swedish architect (1915-2010))
- Karel Turza
- Félix Revel
- Jock Isacowitz (South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (1915–1962))
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Deaths
- Ferenc Karsa
- Serafino Alassio (Italian composer)
- Charles Gwennou (French poet (1851-1915))
- Charles William Dymond (Archaeologist and Physician)
- Edward F. Porter (American politician (1858-1915))
- Arnold Heise (Danish historian (1837-1915))
- Lambert-Corneel De Walleff (missionary)
- Augustinus Stoffels
- Hendrik Elias de Bruyn (Dutch hydraulic engineer)
- Heinrich Schmidt (german soldier, died in WW1)