List of Famous people who died in 2015

Bernard d'Espagnat was a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Wigner-d'Espagnat inequality is partially named after him.

Claudio Baggini was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.

Graham Leggat was a Scottish international footballer.

Aleš Veselý was a Czech sculptor. He was born in Cáslav. From 1952 to 1958, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. At the end of the 1950, he was part of the art movement known as the Czech Abstraction. More recently, he worked on monumental sculptures, often connected with a specific landscape. He sculpted in welded metal, exploring the tension of the masses and the activity of the elementary forces contained in the material.

Howard Russell Pawley was a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th Premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988. Prior to his premiership, Pawley served in various ministerial positions after his tenure in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello was an Ecuadorian Catholic bishop.

Robert Willard Farquhar was an American mission design specialist who worked for NASA. He designed halo orbits and was involved in a number of spaceflight missions.

Ricardo dos Santos was a Brazilian surfer. Dos Santos reached the quarterfinals at the 2012 Billabong Pro event in Tahiti in defeating among others Kelly Slater. At the aforementioned Tahitian tourney he was also presented with the Andy Irons award, bestowed upon the event's most determined competitor. He reached a career high Association of Surfing Professionals QS ranking of 62 in 2011.

Germán Enrique Centeno Reneau, known as “Quique” Renau was a Honduran football player.

Harold Edward James Aldridge was an Australian-British writer and journalist. His World War II despatches were published worldwide and he was the author of over 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction works, including war and adventure novels and books for children.