List of Famous people who died in 2015
Tomás Torres Mercado
Tomás Torres Mercado was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) who is currently serving as Federal Deputy for the 2012-2015 period.
Bárbara Gil
Bárbara Gil was a Mexican film and television actress.
Marianne Dickerson
Marianne Dickerson was a female long-distance runner from the United States.
Jiří Paďour
Jiří Paďour O.F.M. Cap. was Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Prague from 1996 to 2001, and the Bishop of České Budějovice from 2002–2014.
Kurt Oppelt
Kurt Oppelt was an Austrian figure skater who is best known for his career in pair skating. With Sissy Schwarz, he is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1956 World champion, the 1956 European champion, and a five-time Austrian national champion (1952–56).
Norman W. Moore
Norman Winfrid Moore was a British conservationist and author who worked extensively on studies of dragonflies and their habitats and was one of the first people to observe and warn of the adverse effects of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides on wildlife. The Independent described him in his obituary as one of the most influential figures in nature conservation in the second half of the 20th century.
Jean-Luc Sassus
Jean-Luc Sassus was a French international footballer who played as a defender. He died of a heart attack on 22 May 2015.
Johan Ferner
Johan Martin Ferner was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Elisabeth X at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, together with Finn Ferner, Erik Heiberg, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen. He was married to Princess Astrid, the sister of King Harald V of Norway. He was also the brother-in-law of Princess Ragnhild.
Fleming Mackell
Fleming David Mackell was a Canadian ice hockey forward.
Ana Hatherly
Ana Hatherly was a Portuguese academic, poet, visual artist, essayist, film maker, painter and writer. She was considered one of the pioneers of experimental poetry and literature movement in Portugal.