Deaths Died in January 2015
Amparo Baró
Spanish actress (Siete mesas de billar francés) · 29 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 29
Suraj Abdurrahman
Nigerian army officer · 28 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 28 · Other
Henk Faanhof
Dutch Olympic (1948) and professional road bicycle racer · 27 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 27 · Other
Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan
Pakistani businesswoman and politician · 26 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 26 · Khan
Stig Bergling
Swedish secret service officer convicted of treason; Parkinson's disease and lung ailment · 24 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 24
Jalynn Bennett
Canadian consultant and corporate director · 23 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 23 · Other
Pauline Yates
English actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) · 21 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 21
Lawrence Hogben
New Zealand meteorologist and naval officer · 20 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 20 · Other
Anne Kirkbride
British actress (Coronation Street) · 19 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 19
Bill Sykes
English author and chaplain · 17 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 17
Joseph Mukasa Zuza
Malawian Roman Catholic prelate · 15 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 15 · Other · Zuza
Alan Hirschfield
American film executive · 15 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 15 · Other
Bill Dodd
English footballer (Burnley F.C.) · 14 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 14
H. Wesley Kenney
American television director and producer (General Hospital · 13 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 13 · Kenney
Chashi Nazrul Islam
Bangladeshi filmmaker (Ora Egaro Jon) · 11 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 11 · Islam · Other
Marko Marin
Slovenian theatre director and art historian · 10 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 10
Jorgelina Aranda
Argentine model and actress (Il Gaucho) · 10 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 10
Rod Taylor
Australian actor (The Time Machine · 07 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 7
Subhas Anandan
Indian-born Singaporean lawyer · 07 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 7
Bernard Williams
British film producer (A Clockwork Orange · 04 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 4
Gasan Magomedov
Russian footballer (Anzhi-2) · 04 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 4
Bernice Madigan
American supercentenarian · 03 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 3 · Other
István Pásztor
Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952) · 02 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 2
Matthew Franjola
American journalist (Associated Press) and photographer · 01 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 1
Robert Blees
American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana) · 31 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 31
Harold Hassall
English footballer (Bolton Wanderers) · 30 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 30
Maurizio Arcieri
Italian singer (The New Dada · 29 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 29
Larry Winters
American professional wrestler and trainer · 27 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 27
Suzette Haden Elgin
American science fiction author and linguist · 27 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 27 · Elgin
Stephen R. Johnson
American television and music video director ("Sledgehammer") · 26 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 26 · Johnson · Other
Godfrey Kalimugogo
Ugandan writer · 25 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 25
Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade
Somali politician and rebel soldier · 24 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 24 · Habsade
Frank Sims
American baseball broadcaster · 23 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 23
Ernie Banks
American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs) · 23 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 23
Marcus Borg
American Biblical scholar and theologian (Jesus Seminar) · 21 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 21
Melvin Gordon
American business executive · 20 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 20 · Other
Vladimir Kesarev
Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow) · 19 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 19
Milt Schoon
American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins) · 18 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 18
Greg Plitt
American fitness trainer (Work Out) and actor (Grudge Match · 17 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 17
Faith Seidenberg
American attorney and civil rights activist · 16 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 16
Bob Wilson
American sportscaster (Boston Bruins) · 15 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 15 · Other
Anita Ekberg
Swedish-Italian actress (La Dolce Vita · 11 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 11
Junior Malanda
Belgian footballer (VfL Wolfsburg · 10 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 10
John Angus
New Zealand children's rights advocate · 10 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 10 · Other
Michel Jeury
French science fiction author · 09 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 9
Peter Hill
English footballer (Coventry City) · 08 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 8
Herb Simpson
American baseball player (Seattle Steelheads) · 07 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 7
Thunder Rumble
American Thoroughbred racehorse · 06 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 6 · Other
Vadim Glovatsky
Kazakhstani ice hockey player (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) · 05 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 5
René Vautier
French film director (Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès) · 04 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 4
Azizullah Lodin
c. 75 · 04 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 4 · Other
Donna Douglas
American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies · 01 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 1
Vasco Bendini
Italian informalist painter · 31 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 31
Kenji Goto
Japanese journalist and ISIS hostage · 30 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 30 · Gotō
Katharine Worth
British drama academic · 28 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 28 · Katharine,
Gunnar Christie Wasberg
Norwegian non-fiction writer · 27 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 27 · Wasberg
Howard C. Hawkins
American bicycle tool manufacturer (Park Tool) · 26 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 26 · Hawkins · Other
Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet
South African businessman and winemaker · 24 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 24 · Baronet · Other
Jackie Selebi
South African police officer · 23 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 23 · Other
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Saudi royal · 23 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 23 · Arabia · Other
Marshall Schlom
American script supervisor (Psycho · 21 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 21 · Other
George Atkins
American football player (Detroit Lions) · 21 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 21
Edgar Froese
German musician (Tangerine Dream) · 20 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 20
Arthit Kamlang-ek
Thai general · 19 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 19 · Other
Tony Ridler
Welsh darts player · 16 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 16
Ervin Drake
American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year" · 15 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 15
Bob Boyd
American basketball coach (USC Trojans) · 14 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 14
Sir Jack Hayward
English businessman · 13 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 13 · Hayward · Other
John Hill
American game designer · 12 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 12 · Other