2015: The Year in People

Generation Alpha · Year of the Goat 🐐 · Born in 2015 turn 11 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$2.43

Median home

$171,900

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$8.43

US population

7.38B

US president

Barack Obama

Top song

"Uptown Funk" — Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars

Top film

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Top TV show

Sunday Night Football

Best Picture

Spotlight

In the news: Paris climate agreement; same-sex marriage legalized in the US

What happened in 2015

2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.

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Born in 2015

1 people in our data · most viewed first

Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)

b. 2015 · May 2

British princess

Died in 2015

Christopher Lee1922–2015 · English actor and singer
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam1931–2015 · President of India from 2002 to 2007
Jules Bianchi1989–2015 · French racing driver
Melissa Mathison1950–2015 · American screenwriter
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia1924–2015 · King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015
Anne Meara1929–2015 · American comedian and actress
Geoffrey Lewis (actor)1935–2015 · American actor
Dick Van Patten1928–2015 · American actor
Beau Biden1969–2015 · American politician and lawyer
Cilla Black1943–2015 · English singer and media personality
B. B. King1925–2015 · American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
Lesley Gore1946–2015 · American singer