List of Famous people who died in 2015

Fang Jing was an anchorwoman of China Central Television (CCTV). She hosted several programs including the prime-time military program Defense Watch. In 2009 she came under suspicion of spying for Taiwan.

Shunsuke Tsurumi was a Japanese philosopher, historian, and sociologist.

Elsie Tu, GBM, CBE, known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was an English-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995.

Cocoa Fujiwara was a Japanese manga artist and illustrator from Fukuoka Prefecture. Her debut was with a work called Calling, which she made when she was only fifteen. She chose not to go to high school so that she could draw manga. Fujiwara was a fan of RPGs such as Final Fantasy, which shows in her works. She was also good friends of Jun Mochizuki and Yana Toboso.

Viktor Ivanovich Korshunov was a Russian actor and People's Artist of the USSR.

Claude Dauphin was a French billionaire businessman and executive chairman of Trafigura Beheer BV, a company specialising in commodity trading. In addition to being one of the company's founding partners, Dauphin had previously served as Trafigura's chairman and CEO. In March 2013 his net wealth was estimated at $1 billion by Forbes. Dauphin died from cancer in a hospital in Barrancabermeja at the age of 64 after a two-year struggle with lung cancer.

Gunther Glomb was a German football manager who last worked as head coach of the Thailand national football team.

Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych was a Ukrainian politician and Member of Parliament. He was the son of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

George Edwin Mueller, was an American electrical engineer who was an associate administrator at NASA who headed the Office of Manned Space Flight from September 1963 until December 1969. Hailed as one of NASA's "most brilliant and fearless managers", he was instrumental in introducing the all-up testing philosophy for the Saturn V launch vehicle, which ensured the success of the Apollo program in landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth by the end of 1969. Mueller also played a key part in the design of Skylab, and championed the space shuttle's development, which earned him the nickname, "the father of the space shuttle."

Antoine Lahad was the leader of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) from 1984 until 2000, when the army withdrew from Southern Lebanon and was dissolved.