List of Famous people who died in 2015

Olene Walker was an American politician who served as the 15th governor of Utah. She was sworn into office on November 5, 2003, shortly before her 73rd birthday, as Utah's first female governor. She was also the first female Lieutenant Governor of Utah. She was a member of the Republican Party.

Marcelo Luis Manuel Moren Brito was a Chilean retired Army colonel and former agent of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the defunct Chilean secret police, during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990. During the rule of Dictator Augusto Pinochet, Moren Brito, who was nicknamed "el Coronta" and "el Ronco," was the chief of operations at DINA, as well as the head of the Villa Grimaldi, DINA's feared detention center in Peñalolén, where thousands of political prisoners were interrogated and tortured. He was a member of a death squad of Chilean Army officers who carried out the 1973 Caravan of Death, in which at least 75 individuals in military custody were executed, including the singer Víctor Jara.

Csaba Fenyvesi was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.

Louis Jung was a French politician who was a Senator and later the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Gennadi Vengerov was a Soviet, Russian and German film and theatre actor, narrator and voice over talent.

Annemarie Bostroem was a German poet, playwright, and lyricist. She lived most recently in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood of Berlin.

Jorge de la Rúa was an Argentine lawyer and former Government employee. He was a brother of former President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa and was his Minister of Justice from 2000 until his brother's resignation.

Gerhard Emmanuel "Gerry" Lenski, Jr. was an American sociologist known for contributions to the sociology of religion, social inequality, and introducing the ecological-evolutionary theory. He spent much of his career as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he served as chair of the Department of Sociology, 1969–72, and as chair of the Division of Social Sciences, 1976-78.

Diana Sacayán was an Argentinian LGBT activist. She worked for the legal and human rights of transgender people in Argentina.

Wei Jianxing was a senior leader in the Communist Party of China, most active during the 1980s and 1990s. He successively held a number of important offices, including member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party Secretary of Beijing and the chairman of All-China Federation of Trade Unions.