1915

1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.

 Events 
 January 26 - President Woodrow Wilson says yes to making Rocky Mountain National Park.
 February 8 - The Birth of a Nation is released.
 April 24 – The Armenian genocide begins.
 May 23 - The Italian Campaign of World War I begins.
 November 17 - Morocco starts using its current flag.

 Births 

 January 
 February 1 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000)

 February 

 March 

 April 
 April 21 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (d. 2001)
 April 27 – Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (d. 1984)

 May 
 May 6 – Orson Welles, American movie director, screenwriter and actor (d. 1985)

 June 
 June 4 – Modibo Keïta, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977)
 June 28 – David Honeyboy Edwards, American blues guitarist and singer

 July 
 July 28 - Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician (d. 1998)

 August 
 August 29 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)

 September 
 September 6 – Franz Josef Strauß, German politician (d. 1988)

 October 
 October 24 – Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)

 November 
 November 25 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean ruler (d. 2006)

 December 
 December 12 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
 December 19 – Édith Piaf, French singer (d. 1963)

 Deaths 
 April 27 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b. 1872)
 November 14 – Booker T. Washington, American inventor, educator, and writer (b. 1856)