In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Grace Emily Akinyi Ogot
Kenyan politician and writer (1930-2015).
Born May 15th, 1930 in Kisumu. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2015 at 84 years old in Nairobi Hospital.
Sabeen Mehmud
Pakistani human rights activist (1974–2015).
Born June 20th, 1975 in Karachi.
Died April 24th, 2015 at 39 years old in Karachi (gunshot wound).
Miriam Schapiro
Canadian artist (1923-2015).
Born November 15th, 1923 in Toronto. [ref]
Died June 20th, 2015 at 91 years old in Hampton Bays. [ref]
Chris Welp
German basketball player (1964–2015).
Born January 2nd, 1964 in Delmenhorst.
Died March 1st, 2015 at 51 years old in Puget Sound (heart failure).
Olene S. Walker
Utah politician (1930-2015).
Born November 15th, 1930 in Ogden.
Died November 28th, 2015 at 85 years old in Salt Lake City (stroke).
Wang Dongxing
Former vice chairman of the chinese communist party (1916-2015).
Born January 1st, 1916 in Yiyang County. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2015 at 99 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Elena Obraztsova
Soviet and russian opera singer (1939–2015).
Born July 7th, 1939 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2015 at 75 years old in Leipzig (cancer).
Jacques Sernas
Lithuanian french actor and screenwriter (1925-2015).
Born July 30th, 1925 in Kaunas.
Died July 3rd, 2015 at 89 years old in Rome. [ref]
Eduardo Bonvallet
Chilean footballer (1955-2015).
Born January 13th, 1955 in Santiago.
Died September 18th, 2015 at 60 years old in Santiago (suicide). [ref]
Friedrich L. Bauer
German computer scientist (1924–2015).
Born June 10th, 1924 in Regensburg.
Died March 26th, 2015 at 90 years old [ref]
Claudia Alexander
American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015).
Born May 30th, 1959 in Vancouver. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2015 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (breast cancer). [ref]
Nate Huffman
American basketball player (1975–2015).
Born April 2nd, 1975 in Battle Creek.
Died October 15th, 2015 at 40 years old in Battle Creek (cancer). [ref]
Gus Savage
American politician.
Born October 30th, 1925 in Detroit.
Died October 31st, 2015 at 90 years old in Olympia Fields. [ref]
Louise Suggs
American golfer (1923-2015).
Born September 7th, 1923 in Atlanta.
Died August 7th, 2015 at 91 years old in Sarasota. [ref]
Valentin Rasputin
Soviet and russian writer (1937-2015).
Born March 15th, 1937 in Ust'-Uda.
Died March 15th, 2015 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Tatu Vanhanen
Finnish political scientist (1929-2015).
Born April 17th, 1929 in Ozyorskoye.
Died August 22nd, 2015 at 86 years old in Nurmijärvi. [ref]
Andriy Kuzmenko
Ukrainian singer and actor (1968-2015).
Born August 17th, 1968 in Sambir.
Died February 2nd, 2015 at 46 years old in Kryvyi Rih Raion (traffic collision).
Ihab Hassan
American literary theorist (1925–2015).
Born October 17th, 1925 in Cairo.
Died September 10th, 2015 at 89 years old in Milwaukee. [ref]
Dick Nanninga
Dutch footballer (1949–2015).
Born January 17th, 1949 in Groningen.
Died July 21st, 2015 at 66 years old in Maaseik (diabetes). [ref]
William Wakefield Baum
American catholic cardinal (1926–2015).
Born November 21st, 1926 in Dallas.
Died July 23rd, 2015 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C..
Alexander Rich
American biologist (1924–2015).
Born November 15th, 1924 in Hartford.
Died April 27th, 2015 at 90 years old in Boston.
Philippe Honoré
French cartoonist.
Born November 25th, 1941 in Vichy.
Died January 7th, 2015 at 73 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Mile Mrkšić
Croatian serb war criminal.
Born July 20th, 1947 in Gvozd.
Died August 16th, 2015 at 68 years old in Lisbon.
Bob Kauffman
American basketball player and coach (1946–2015).
Born July 13th, 1946 in Brooklyn.
Died July 27th, 2015 at 69 years old in Lilburn. [ref]
Pedro Lemebel
Chilean writer (1952–2015).
Born November 21st, 1952 in Santiago.
Died January 22nd, 2015 at 62 years old in Santiago (laryngeal cancer).
Deaths 576 to 600 of 1235
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci