List of Famous People who Died in 2015 (German)
| Full Name | Age | Died | Known For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Probst | 83 | 2015-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski | 82 | 2015-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 | East politician |
| Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski | 82 | 2015-06-21T00:00:00+00:00 | East politician |
| Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover | 77 | 2015-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover | 77 | 2015-07-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Alfred Eick | 99 | 2015-04-12T00:00:00+00:00 | U-boat commander |
| Anna Levinson | 76 | 2015-05-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Zoologist |
| Arnold Schütz | 80 | 2015-04-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (Werder Bremen) |
| Astrid Gräfin von Hardenberg | 89 | 2015-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Baroness |
| Bernd Dost | 75 | 2015-02-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist |
| Charlotte Klamroth | 111 | 2015-05-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Supercentenarian |
| Chris Welp | 51 | 2015-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Basketball player (Washington Huskies) |
| Dieter Medicus | 86 | 2015-06-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Jurist |
| Dieter Medicus | 86 | 2015-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 | Jurist |
| Dietrich Haugk | 90 | 2015-06-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Film director and voice actor |
| Dietrich Haugk | 90 | 2015-07-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Film director and voice actor |
| Doris Schoettler-Boll | 70 | 2015-01-29T00:00:00+00:00 | Artist |
| Edgar Froese | 70 | 2015-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Musician (Tangerine Dream) |
| Egon Adler | 77 | 2015-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Cyclist |
| Egon Horst | 76 | 2015-02-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (Schalke 04) |
| Elisabeth Bing | 100 | 2015-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Physical therapist |
| Elisabeth Wiedemann | 89 | 2015-05-27T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress |
| Ernst Träger | 88 | 2015-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Judge |
| Erwin Waldner | 82 | 2015-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (VfB Stuttgart) |
| Frei Otto | 89 | 2015-03-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Architect and structural engineer |
| Friedrich L. Bauer | 90 | 2015-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Computer scientist |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker (de) | 86 | 2015-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker (de) | 86 | 2015-07-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist |
| Fritz J. Raddatz | 83 | 2015-02-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Feuilletonist |
| Fritz Pott | 75 | 2015-01-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player and coach |
| Gabriele Wohmann | 83 | 2015-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Gabriele Wohmann | 83 | 2015-06-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Gerald Götting | 91 | 2015-05-19T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Gerhard A. Ritter | 86 | 2015-06-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Historian |
| Gerhard A. Ritter | 86 | 2015-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Historian |
| Günter Asser | 89 | 2015-03-23T00:00:00+00:00 | Mathematician |
| Günter Grass | 87 | 2015-04-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Novelist (The Tin Drum) |
| Hannes Baldauf | 76 | 2015-02-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player and coach |
| Hans F. Zacher | 86 | 2015-02-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Academic |
| Hans Jürgen Teuteberg | 85 | 2015-02-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Historian |
| Hans-Jochen Tschiche (de) | 85 | 2015-07-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Hans-Jochen Tschiche (de) | 85 | 2015-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Harald Seeger | 93 | 2015-05-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (1. FC Union Berlin) and manager |
| Harry Rowohlt | 70 | 2015-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Harry Rowohlt | 70 | 2015-07-15T00:00:00+00:00 | Author |
| Heino Kleiminger | 76 | 2015-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock) |
| Heinrich Windelen | 93 | 2015-02-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Heinz Weifenbach | 75 | 2015-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 | Ice hockey executive |
| Helmut Dietl | 70 | 2015-03-30T00:00:00+00:00 | Film director (Schtonk!) |
| Hermann Schweppenhäuser | 87 | 2015-04-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Philosopher |
| Hermann Zapf | 96 | 2015-07-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Typeface designer (Optima) |
| Hermann Zapf | 96 | 2015-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Typeface designer (Optima) |
| Horst Borcherding | 84 | 2015-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (Saarland national team) |
| Horst Brandstätter | 81 | 2015-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Company owner |
| Horst Brandstätter | 81 | 2015-07-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Company owner |
| Horst Buhtz | 91 | 2015-03-22T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player (Torino) and manager |
| Hubert Markl | 76 | 2015-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 | Biologist |
| James Last | 86 | 2015-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Composer and big band leader |
| James Last | 86 | 2015-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Composer and big band leader |
| Johanna Klink | 112 | 2015-02-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Supercentenarian |
| Julius Ludorf | 95 | 2015-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player and coach |
| Karina Kraushaar | 43 | 2015-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Actress |
| Karl Josef Becker | 86 | 2015-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic theologian |
| Klaus Basikow | 77 | 2015-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Football player and manager |
| Klaus Bednarz | 72 | 2015-04-14T00:00:00+00:00 | Journalist and writer |
| Klaus Tschira | 74 | 2015-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Physicist and entrepreneur |
| Manfred Müller | 88 | 2015-05-20T00:00:00+00:00 | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Manfred Wagner | 76 | 2015-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer (1860 Munich) |
| Margit Nünke | 84 | 2015-01-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Fashion model |
| Martin Krampen | 86 | 2015-06-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Semiotician |
| Martin Krampen | 86 | 2015-07-18T00:00:00+00:00 | Semiotician |
| Martin Petzoldt | 68 | 2015-03-13T00:00:00+00:00 | Theologian |
| Matthias Kuhle | 67 | 2015-04-25T00:00:00+00:00 | Geographer |
| Max Mangold | 92 | 2015-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Linguist |
| Michel Scheuer | 87 | 2015-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Sprint canoer |
| Niels Hansen | 90 | 2015-01-05T00:00:00+00:00 | Diplomat |
| Odo Marquard | 87 | 2015-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Philosopher |
| Otto Carius | 92 | 2015-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 | World War II tank commander |
| Otto Kinne | 91 | 2015-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 | Marine biologist |
| Paul Ambros | 82 | 2015-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Hall of Fame ice hockey player (EV Füssen) |
| Paul Ambros | 82 | 2015-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 | Hall of Fame ice hockey player (EV Füssen) |
| Peter Kruse | 60 | 2015-07-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Psychologist |
| Peter Kruse | 60 | 2015-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 | Psychologist |
| Rainer Riehn | 73 | 2015-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Composer and conductor |
| Rainer Riehn | 73 | 2015-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Composer and conductor |
| Richard von Weizsäcker | 94 | 2015-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| Roland Gerber | 61 | 2015-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 | Football coach and player |
| Sascha Weidner | 40 | 2015-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 | Artist |
| Udo Lattek | 80 | 2015-01-31T00:00:00+00:00 | Football coach (Bayern Munich) |
| Ulrich Beck | 70 | 2015-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Sociologist |
| Walter Burkert | 84 | 2015-03-11T00:00:00+00:00 | Academic and author (Homo Necans) |
| Walter Schuck | 94 | 2015-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 | WWII fighter ace |
| Waltraud Falk | 85 | 2015-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Economist |
| Wilhelm Baumann | 89 | 2015-02-16T00:00:00+00:00 | Politician |
| William Röttger | 66 | 2015-02-28T00:00:00+00:00 | Label manager |
| Wolfgang Fikentscher | 86 | 2015-03-12T00:00:00+00:00 | Jurist |
| Wolfgang Jeschke | 78 | 2015-07-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Science fiction author (The Last Day of Creation) |
| Wolfgang Jeschke | 78 | 2015-06-10T00:00:00+00:00 | Science fiction author (The Last Day of Creation) |
| Wolfram Wuttke | 53 | 2015-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 | Footballer |