The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2015.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
July 2015
1
Nasser al-Hafi, Egyptian lawyer and politician, MP (since 2012), shot. Cecil, 13, Zimbabwean protected lion, shot. David P. Craig, 95, Australian chemist. Curly Moe, 53, Canadian professional wrestler, liver cancer. Val Doonican, 88, Irish singer and television presenter. N. Ganesan, 82, Singaporean football administrator. Edward Greenfield, 86, English music critic and broadcaster. Theo Hendriks, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1994–1998). Lawrence Herkimer, 89, American cheerleading innovator, heart failure. Jens S. Jensen, 69, Swedish photographer. Aleksandr Kochetkov, 81, Russian football player and coach. Robert La Caze, 98, French-born Moroccan racing driver. Red Lane, 76, American country singer and songwriter ("'Til I Get It Right"), cancer. Mike Lesser, 71, British mathematical philosopher and political activist, asphyxiation. Miloslava Misáková, 93, Czech Olympic gymnast (1948). Shlomo Moussaieff, 90, Israeli diamond merchant and antique collector. Hans Muller, 78, Dutch Olympic water polo player (1960, 1964). Charles Notcutt, 81, British horticulturalist. Czesław Olech, 84, Polish mathematician. Overdose, 10, Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse, horse colic. Víctor de la Peña Pérez, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Requena (1987–2005). Sergio Sollima, 94, Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face, Sandokan, The Big Gundown). Dan Williams, 73, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 2010), leukemia. Sir Nicholas Winton, 106, British humanitarian, organised rescue of 669 children as part of Kindertransport, respiratory failure. Russell Wood, 85, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
2
David Aronson, 91, Lithuanian-born American painter, pneumonia and heart failure. Slavko Avsenik, 85, Slovene composer and musician. Roy C. Bennett, 96, American songwriter. Jim Bradley, 94, Scottish-born Australian athletics coach. Frank Callaway, 69, Australian judge. Sir Ronald Davison, 94, New Zealand judge, Chief Justice (1978–1989). Julius Duscha, 90, American journalist (The Washington Post). Petro Korol, 74, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1976). Tom Longo, 73, American football player (New York Giants), mesothelioma. Charlie Sanders, 68, American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions), cancer. Bob Smalhout, 87, Dutch anesthesiologist and politician. Waldo Vieira, 73, Brazilian spiritualist. Jim Weaver, 70, American football player (Penn State) and coach (Iowa State), Virginia Tech Hokies Director of Athletics (1997–2014), Parkinson's disease. John Whitman, 71, American businessman and investment banker, First Gentleman of New Jersey (1994–2001), complications from a brain injury. Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Mexican news anchor, stroke.
3
Steven Benson, 63, American convicted murderer, stabbed. Diana Douglas, 92, Bermudian-American actress (The Indian Fighter, Days of Our Lives, Planes, Trains and Automobiles), cancer. Goran Gogić, 29, Serbian footballer. Agop Jack Hacikyan, 83, Canadian author and academic. Ralph Lamb, 88, American lawman, Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada (1961–1978), depicted in Vegas, complications from surgery. Arturo Longton, 67, Chilean politician, Governor of Marga Marga Province (2010–2012). Humphrey Mwanza, 66, Zambian politician, member of the National Assembly for Solwezi West (since 2006), complications from surgery. Boyd K. Packer, 90, American apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President of the Quorum of the Twelve (since 2008). Amanda Peterson, 43, American actress (Can't Buy Me Love, Explorers), drug overdose. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, 73, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2005–2007), heart attack. Odd Seim-Haugen, 78, Norwegian barrister and sports official. Jacques Sernas, 89, Lithuanian-born French actor (Helen of Troy, The Dirty Game, Midas Run). Charanjit Singh, 75, Indian musician, cardiac arrest. Gary Smith, 74, American business analyst, pneumonia. György Szabad, 90, Hungarian politician and historian, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1994). Wayne Townsend, 89, American politician, Indiana State Senator (1970–1986). Phil Walsh, 55, Australian football player (Collingwood, Richmond, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Adelaide), stabbed. John A. Williams, 89, American writer. Franz-Josef Wolfframm, 80, German footballer. Peter Záboji, 72, Hungarian angel investor and entrepreneur.