Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2015

Tenkōkō Sonoda was a Japanese politician born in Tokyo. She was a member of the Japanese Diet from 1946–1952. In 1950, she became the first woman in Japanese political history to have a baby while in office.

Jim Perry was an American-Canadian television game show host, singer, announcer, and performer in the 1970s and 1980s.

Squadron Leader John Leslie Munro, was a Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot during World War II and the last surviving pilot of the Dambusters Raid of May 1943.

Igor Konstantinovich Kashintsev was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (2003) and was awarded the Order of Friendship (2008).

Buddy Gene Emmons was an American musician who is widely regarded as the world's foremost pedal steel guitarist of his day. He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1981. Affectionately known by the nickname "Big E", Emmons' primary genre was American country music, but he also performed jazz and Western swing. He recorded with Linda Ronstadt, Gram Parsons, The Everly Brothers, The Carpenters, Roger Miller, Ernest Tubb, John Hartford, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ray Price, Judy Collins, George Strait, John Sebastian, and Ray Charles and was a widely sought session musician in Nashville and Los Angeles.

Galina Nikoláyevna Prozuménshchikova fue una nadadora soviética que se destacó en estilo pecho, aunque también ha participado en competiciones por relevo en medley. Ganó cinco medallas Olímpicas en 1964, 1968 y 1972 y cinco medallas en el Campeonato Europeo de 1966 y 1970. Su primera medalla Olímpica, el oro en 200 metros de nado pecho de 1964, fue la primera medalla dorada que obtuvo la Unión Soviética en natación. Entre 1964 y 1966, consiguió cinco récords mundiales: cuatro en 200 metros y uno en 100 metros, todas en pecho. Entre 1963 y 1972, ganó 15 títulos nacionales y consiguió 27 récords nacionales.

Paul Liao was a Taiwanese businessman. He was born in Keelung. Liao was the founder of the Breeze Group which was started as a metals trading company in 1975. He opened his first shopping mall, the Breeze Center, under the Breeze brand in 2001, and shortly afterward left the metals industry. He also owned the Howard Hotels chain located in Taiwan. Liao was named Taiwan's #33 richest person by Forbes magazine in 2009 with a net worth of $670 million. By 2014, his holdings were valued at $800 million, but Liao's rank had dropped to #46.

Mireille Ndiaye was a senior Senegalese judge of German and Togolese origin.

Peter Ian Donaldson was an English newsreader on BBC Radio 4.

Sylvia Louise Hitchcock fue una modelo, actriz y reina de belleza estadounidense.