| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1915 | 
| Number: | 5 - 1 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | William Henry  Bragg | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1862 | 
| Year, Death: | 1942 | 
| University: | University of London | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | William Lawrence   Bragg | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1890 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| University: | Victoria University of Manchester | 
| City: | Manchester | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Max  von Laue | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1879 | 
| Year, Death: | 1960 | 
| University: | Frankfurt am Main | 
| City: | Frankfurt am Main | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Henry A Bumstead | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: Either M. von Laue alone or a division between M. von Laue, W.H. Bragg and W.L. Bragg.
Second choice: M. Planck (see entry 5-2, 1915). | 
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