List of Famous people who died in 2015

Jean Evelyn Nidetch was an American business entrepreneur who was the founder of the Weight Watchers organization.

Grace Lee Whitney was an American actress and singer. She played Janice Rand on the original Star Trek television series and subsequent Star Trek films.

Fernando Rocha Brant was a Brazilian poet, lyricist and journalist, born in Caldas, Minas Gerais.

Darren Majian Shahlavi, sometimes credited as Shahlavi, was an English actor, martial artist and stuntman. His surname is of Persian origin. He is best known for his role as Taylor "The Twister" Miller in the 2010 film Ip Man 2.

Richard Ducommun was a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer.

Jacques Israelievitch, CM was a French violinist, and one of Canada's foremost chamber musicians.

Amâncio d'Alpoim Miranda "Pancho" Guedes was a Portuguese architect, sculptor and painter. An archetype Eclectic Modernist born in Lisbon, Portugal, he spent much of his life in Portuguese Mozambique from when he was 7 years old. In East Africa he produced the designs for hundreds of buildings, many of them in the city of Lourenço Marques (Maputo).

Deng Liqun was a Chinese politician and theorist who was one of the leading figures of the Communist Party of China during the 1980s, most well known for his involvement with the party's propaganda work. Deng was born in Guidong County, Hunan province, and joined the Communist Party in 1936. He came from an intellectual family and joined the party out of intellectual commitment. He was often referred to as "Little Deng", to be distinguished from Deng Xiaoping, the "Old Deng".

Cheng Siwei was a Chinese economist, chemical engineer and politician. He was the Chairman of China Soft Science Research Association; President of the Chinese Society for Management Modernization; Director of the Research Center on Fictitious Economy and Data Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Dean of the School of Management of the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Honorary President of East China University of Science and Technology.

Faith Susan Alberta Watson, better known as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian film and television actress.