List of Famous people who died in 2015

Herschel Silverman was an American "Beat" poet. The most important influence on his writing would have been Allen Ginsberg, but he was also connected to the Deep image school of poetry and close to Theodore Enslin. Silverman received the New Jersey Council of Arts Fellowship in Poetry.

Sir Hilary Duppa Miller was a British Conservative Party politician.

General Abdelaziz Bennani was a senior Moroccan Army officer who was, between 27 July 2004 and 13 June 2014, "General Inspector of the Armed Forces", the professional head of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, succeeding General Abdelhaq Kadiri. He was the commander of the Southern Zone since the death of General Ahmed Dlimi.

Léon Mébiame was a Gabonese politician who was the 2nd Prime Minister of Gabon. From 1975 to 1990, he served as the longest-serving Prime Minister in Gabonese history, at 15 years and 17 days.

Vladimír Kobranov was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 1949 world championship. In 1950 he was imprisoned with other Czech hockey players by the communist government. His career and careers of his colleagues were ended by the communist regime. In 2009 he was introduced in the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

Sebastião do Rego Barros Netto was a Brazilian lawyer and diplomat. He served as Brazil's last Ambassador to the Soviet Union from January 26, 1990, until the country's dissolution on December 26, 1991. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, he served as Brazil's first post-Soviet Ambassador to both Russia and Ukraine from December 1991 until December 1994. His final diplomatic posting was as Ambassador to Argentina from January 26, 1999, until December 27, 2001.

Carlo Furno was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien C.S.C. was a Roman Catholic bishop.