Notable deaths on December 15

American judge (1926–2025)

Indian tabla player and composer (1951–2024)

Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2002 to 2004

Chinese writer

President of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013

Kenyan academic

German-British scientist and television presenter (1928–2017)

American sports reporter (1951–2016)

Israeli physicist (1917–2015)

Australian medical researcher (1929–2014)

Mexican politician

American basketball player (1967–2013)

American Christian radio broadcaster and evangelist (1921–2013)

British-American actress (1917–2013)

Argentine actress (1929–2012)

11th Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria (1952–2012)

Nigerian politician (1948–2012)

American jazz musician, arranger, and composer (1929–2011)

British and American author and journalist (1949–2011)

American filmmaker (1922–2010)

American baseball pitcher (1918–2010)

American psychoanalyst and theorist (born 1940)

African American librarian

American religious leader (1918–2009)