List of Famous people who died in 2015

Franz "Franzl" Lang, known as the Yodel King, was an alpine yodeller from Bavaria, Germany. Lang also sang and played the guitar and the accordion and appeared in several German films. Lang's genre is German folk music; he typically sang in the Bavarian dialect of the rural Alpine regions.

Pietro Ingrao was an Italian politician, journalist who participated in the resistance movement. For many years he was a senior figure in the Italian Communist Party (PCI).

Christine Arnothy was a Budapest-born French writer. She has written numerous books, including J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir (1955). She married Claude Bellanger (1909–1978).

Lin Rong-san was a Taiwanese politician, publisher and businessman. He was the founder of Union Bank of Taiwan, and the publisher of Liberty Times and Taipei Times.

Erik De Vlaeminck was a Belgian cyclist who became cyclo-cross world-champion seven times, a record equalled only by Marianne Vos.

Jaime García Morey better known as Jaime Morey was a Spanish singer from Alicante, best known for representing Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh with the song "Amanece". He finished 10th in a field of 18.

Dorete Bloch, married name Dorete Bloch Danielsen, was a Danish zoologist, former director of Náttúrugripasavnið, editor of Fróðskaparrit and author of numerous books on the animals and plants of the Faroe Islands.

Herbert "Happi" Prikopa was an Austrian television presenter, conductor, operatic tenor, actor, composer, writer, pianist and cabaret artist.

Michiko "Miki" Suwa Gorman was an American marathon runner of Japanese ancestry. Gorman did not begin running competitively until she was in her mid-30s, but rapidly emerged as one of the elite marathoning women of the mid-1970s. She is the only woman to win both the Boston and New York City marathons twice and is the first of only two woman runners to win both marathons in the same year.

Lilian Camberabero was a French rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half. He was the brother of fellow rugby international player Guy Camberabero.