Some notable celebrities who have died in the past 15 years (from late 2010 to August 2025)

include Robin Williams (2014), Alan Rickman (2016), George Michael (2016), Carrie Fisher (2016), Matthew Perry (2023), James Earl Jones (2024), Chadwick Boseman (2020), Amy Winehouse (2011), Whitney Houston (2012), Paul Walker (2013), David Bowie (2016), Prince (2016), Chester Bennington (2017), Anthony Bourdain (2018), and Naya Rivera (2020).
Here is a more comprehensive list by year:
2011
Amy Winehouse - Singer and songwriter
Steve Jobs - Co-founder of Apple
2012
Whitney Houston - Singer and actress
Neil Armstrong - First man on the moon
2013
Paul Walker - Actor, known for the Fast & Furious series
James Gandolfini - Actor, known for The Sopranos
2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Actor
Robin Williams - Actor and comedian
Joan Rivers - Comedian and television host
2015
Leonard Nimoy - Actor, known for Star Trek
Christopher Lee - Actor
B.B. King - Blues musician
2016
David Bowie - Singer
Prince - Musician
George Michael - Singer
Alan Rickman - Actor
Carrie Fisher - Actress, known for Star Wars
Alan Thicke - Actor
Anton Yelchin - Actor
2017
Chester Bennington - Singer, Linkin Park
2018
Anthony Bourdain - Chef and television personality
Aretha Franklin - Singer
2019
Luke Perry - Actor
Cameron Boyce - Actor
2020
Chadwick Boseman - Actor, known for Black Panther
Naya Rivera - Actress, known for Glee
Grant Imahara - Television host, MythBusters
2022
Aaron Carter - Singer
Kevin Conroy - Voice actor, known as Batman
2023
Matthew Perry - Actor, known for Friends
2024
James Earl Jones - Actor
Liam Payne - Singer, One Direction