List of Famous people who died in 2015

Albert Aarons was an American jazz trumpeter.

Dejan Brđović was a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills, nicknamed the father of the pill.

Georgy Ivanovich Drozd was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor, member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. People's Artist of Ukraine (1999).

Aurora Venturini was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, poet, translator and essayist.

Ernst Willy Larsen was a Norwegian athlete, who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He represented Ranheim IL.

Susumu Yokota was a Japanese composer. He released several albums under pseudonyms including Stevia, Ebi, and others.

Sir Bob Alexander Hepple, QC FBA was a South African-born academic and leader in the fields of labour law, equality and human rights.

James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife was a British landowner, farmer and peer. He was the grandson of Louise, Princess Royal, a daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. As a female-line great-grandson of a British sovereign, he did not carry out royal or official duties or receive any funds from the Civil List. He was the second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and King Harald V of Norway. Through his maternal grandfather, he was also a descendant of King William IV and Dorothea Jordan.

Ali Salem, also transliterated Ali Salim, was an Egyptian playwright, author, and political commentator known for controversially endorsing cooperation with Israel. The Los Angeles Times once described him as "a big, loud man known for his satiric wit".