2015 deaths

American politician (1924–2015)

Bosnian singer-songwriter

American composer and conductor (1925–2015)

American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer (1931–2015)

Canadian singer (1926-2015)

American actor (1929–2015)

Prime Minister of Turkey (1923–2015)

English historian (1936-2015)

British philologist and classical scholar (1937–2015)

Screenwriter, Film director (1937-2015)

Indian architect and urban planner (1930–2015)

German type-designer, calligrapher, author and artist (1918–2015)

Yugoslav long-distance runner

American Catholic cardinal (1932–2015)

Czech cameraman (1934-2015)

American basketball coach (1931–2015)

American writer (1945-2015)

American musician (1920–2015)

American baseball player and coach

Soviet and Russian composer (1925—2015)

120th Patriarch of the Church of the East (1935–2015)

Yugoslavian rower (1930-2015)

Catholic cardinal (1918-2015)

Argentine rower (1928-2015)

French rugby union footballer, and racecar driver

German football player and coach (1961–2015)

Hungarian fencer and Olympic champion

Italian actor (1931-2015)

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

Egyptian author and novelist (1945–2015)

Indian artist, illustrator and cartoonist

British historian and orientalist (1928–2015)

American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)

French singer (1930-2015)

Australian-British writer, journalist

Kayahan Açar (29 March 1949 – 3 April 2015) was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Kayahan released a number of compact cassettes, CDs and albums and had major singles. He represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim".

American actor (1957–2015)

French politician (1927–2015)

Native American rights activist, musician, poet, and actor (1946-2015)

Australian cinematographer (1956–2015)

Belgian cyclist (1945–2015)

Bulgarian politician (1927-2015)

American environmentalist

Kenyan politician and writer (1930-2015)

German computer scientist (1924–2015)

President of Panama (1937-2015)

American actress (1913–2015)

Swedish footballer (1929-2015)

American actor (1931–2015)

Norwegian businessman and yachter (1927–2015)

British politician and barrister (1939–2015)

German classical philologist and religious scholar (1931–2015)

South African racing driver

Russian politician (1947-2015)

English footballer (1935-2015)

American basketball player and coach (1927-2015)

Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (1995–2003)

Puerto Rican actress and former Warhol superstar (1946–2015)

American actor (1938–2015)

American singer (1932-2015)