Notable deaths on July 15

Dutch investigative journalist and reporter (1956–2021)

American actor (1928–2017)

British actor (1926–2015)

Canadian singer (1933–2015)

Japanese economist (1938–2015)

Chinese Communist Party leader (1916–2015)

American neuroscientist

American historian and political scientist (1918–2014)

Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat

American politician (1924–2014)

American football player (1940–2013)

American politician (1944–2013)

American computer scientist

Ethiopian runner

Assyrian poet and activist (1945–2013)

American classical composer

American judge

Moldovan footballer (1975–2012)

American stage, film and television actress (1917–2012)

British Army general (1920–2012)

American football player (1960–2012)

French actress (1919–2012)

Japanese film director

German landowner, business manager and politician (1928–2011)