List of Famous people who died in 2015

Guy Béhart-Hasson, known as Guy Béart, was a French singer and songwriter.

Laura Antonelli was an Italian film actress, who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991.

Elisabeth Wiedemann was a German actress and best known for her role as Else Tetzlaff in Ein Herz und eine Seele.

Stephan Beckenbauer was a German footballer who played as a defender.

Samuel Osei "Sam" Sarpong Jr. was a British actor, supermodel, and musician. He performed in over sixty feature films, and fifty-five television shows, including such films as Carmen The Hip Hopera, Love Don't Cost a Thing, Keeping Up with the Steins, Anchor Baby and No Weapons, for which he won best lead actor at the San Diego Black Film Festival. He was also the host on MTV's Yo Momma for three seasons. He was one of the first black male models for designer Tommy Hilfiger and was the face of the brand for over six years.

Kim Vincent Fowley was an American record producer, singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult pop rock singles in the 1960s, and for managing the Runaways in the 1970s. He has been described as "one of the most colorful characters in the annals of rock & roll", as well as "a shadowy cult figure well outside the margins of the mainstream".

Jerome Charles Weintraub was an American film producer, talent manager and actor whose television films won him three Emmys.

Philipp Mißfelder was a German politician and a member of the German Bundestag. From January through March 2014, he served in the German government as the Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of Intersocietal Relations, Cultural and Information Policy.

Sylvie Joly was a French actress and comedian. She was best known for her roles in the films Going Places (1974) and Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978).

Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Menshov was a Soviet and Russian actor and presenter. An actor of the Moscow drama theatre Gogol, he was a Meritorious Artist of Russia (1993). For many years he was the host of the leading TV music festival Pesnya goda. People's Artist of Russia (2005).