list of deaths in 2015
This is a chronologically ordered list of notable deaths in 2015. See also list of deaths in 2016.
January
2- Jimmy Dickens
- Al Bendich
- Stéphane Charbonnier
- Rod Taylor
- Andraé Crouch
- Brian Clemens
- Francesco Rosi
- Anita Ekberg
- Vernon Mountcastle
- John Bayley
- Ervin Drake
- Jean Lindenmann
- Faten Hamama
- Peter Wallenberg
- Edgar Froese
- Melvin Jay Gordon
- Vince Camuto
- Joe Franklin
- Demis Roussos
- Rod McKuen
- Carl Djerassi
- Geraldine McEwan
- Lizabeth Scott
- Richard von Weizsäcker
February
3- Martin John Gilbert
- Charlie Sifford
- Billy Casper
- John Wesley Baldwin
- Kenji Ekuan
- Jerry Tarkanian
- John Piña Craven
- Louis Jourdan
- Michele Ferrero
- Lesley Gore
- Clark Terry
- Boris Nemtsov
March
1- Orrin Keepnews
- Bettina Graziani
- William Dickey King
- Edward Cardinal Egan
- Albert Maysles
- Yoshihiro Tatsumi
- Sam Simon
- Florence Arthaud
- James Molyneaux
- Camille Muffat
- Claude Sitton
- Willie T. Barrow
- Xu Caiho
- Samuel Charters
- Sashimani Devi
- Eva Burrows
- Jackie Trent
- Steven Dean Smith
- Roger Laurance Mayer
- John Renbourn
- Miroslav Ondricek
- Gene Saks
April
1- Cynthia Lennon
- Sarah Brady
- Barbara Bergmann
- Eugene Louis Faccuito
- T.H. Tsien
- Sheila Kitzinger
- Thelma Coyne Long
- Raymond Carr
May
2- Johnny Gimble
- Bob Belden
June
1July
5August
1- Al Arbour
September
19October
2- Paul Prudhomme
- Jack Bruce