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History Births on April 15


Willie Mason
Willie Mason, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player

#Willie_Mason

Samantha Fox
Samantha Fox, English singer-songwriter and actress

#Samantha_Fox

Joice Mujuru
Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwean politician

#Joice_Mujuru

Willie Davis (baseball)
Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (d. 2010)

#Willie_Davis_(baseball)

Brian Pothier
Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player

#Brian_Pothier

Billy Yates (American football)
Billy Yates, American football player

#Billy_Yates_(American_football)

Walt Hazzard
Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach (d. 2011)

#Walt_Hazzard

Matt Cardle
Matt Cardle, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Matt_Cardle

Howard Berman
Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician

#Howard_Berman

Raül López
Raül López, Spanish basketball player

#Raül_López

Christopher Brown (museum director)
Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic

#Christopher_Brown_(museum_director)

Stanley Bruce
Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)

#Stanley_Bruce

Sarah Teichmann
Sarah Teichmann, German-American biophysicist and immunologist

#Sarah_Teichmann

Lita Grey
Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995)

#Lita_Grey

Antonio Cromartie
Antonio Cromartie, American football player

#Antonio_Cromartie

Denis Shapovalov
Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player

#Denis_Shapovalov

Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player

#Ilya_Kovalchuk

Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2012)

#Elizabeth_Catlett

Phil Mogg
Phil Mogg, English singer-songwriter and musician (UFO)

#Phil_Mogg

Tom Kane
Tom Kane, American voice actor

#Tom_Kane

Nikolay Gumilyov
Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1921)

#Nikolay_Gumilyov

John L. Phillips
John L. Phillips, American captain and astronaut

#John_L._Phillips

Hans Conried
Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982)

#Hans_Conried

Anthony Green (musician)
Anthony Green, American singer-songwriter

#Anthony_Green_(musician)

Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Seth_Rogen

Kim Min-kyo
Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director

#Kim_Min-kyo

Richard von Weizsäcker
Richard von Weizsäcker, German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany (d. 2015)

#Richard_von_Weizsäcker

Chris Tillman
Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher

#Chris_Tillman

Theo Osterkamp
Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot (d. 1975)

#Theo_Osterkamp

Catherine I of Russia
Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)

#Catherine_I_of_Russia

Robert Sibbald
Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer (d. 1722)

#Robert_Sibbald

Lee Kernaghan
Lee Kernaghan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Lee_Kernaghan

Nikolay Semyonov
Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)

#Nikolay_Semyonov

Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1971)

#Nikita_Khrushchev

Wilhelm Busch
Wilhelm Busch, German poet, painter, and illustrator (d. 1908)

#Wilhelm_Busch

John Lloyd (journalist)
John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author

#John_Lloyd_(journalist)

Patrick Carney
Patrick Carney, American drummer, musician, and producer (The Black Keys)

#Patrick_Carney

Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith, African-American singer and actress (d. 1937)

#Bessie_Smith

Pedro Delgado
Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster

#Pedro_Delgado

Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress

#Claudia_Cardinale

Heloise (columnist)
Heloise, American journalist and author

#Heloise_(columnist)

Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright (d. 1929)

#Bliss_Carman

Robert Lacroix
Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic

#Robert_Lacroix

Jimmy Waite
Jimmy Waite, Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach

#Jimmy_Waite

Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru (d. 1539)

#Guru_Nanak

Dara Torres
Dara Torres, American swimmer and journalist

#Dara_Torres

Arturo Gatti
Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (d. 2009)

#Arturo_Gatti

Émile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (d. 1917)

#Émile_Durkheim

William Champ
William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1892)

#William_Champ

Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter

#Josiane_Balasko

Dudu Cearense
Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer

#Dudu_Cearense

Dzhokhar Dudayev
Dzhokhar Dudayev, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 1996)

#Dzhokhar_Dudayev

Mott Green
Mott Green, American businessman (d. 2013)

#Mott_Green

Hermann Grassmann
Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician (d. 1877)

#Hermann_Grassmann

Ed O'Brien
Ed O'Brien, English guitarist

#Ed_O'Brien

Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor

#Marty_Wilde

William Cullen
William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1790)

#William_Cullen

Sudarsan Pattnaik
Sudarsan Pattnaik, Indian sculptor

#Sudarsan_Pattnaik

Danny Pino
Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter

#Danny_Pino

Pete Rouse
Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff

#Pete_Rouse

Angelo DiGeorge
Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (d. 2009)

#Angelo_DiGeorge

Robert Lefkowitz
Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Robert_Lefkowitz

Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

#Tomas_Tranströmer

Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1783)

#Leonhard_Euler

James Kee
James Kee, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)

#James_Kee

Pietro Cataldi
Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1626)

#Pietro_Cataldi

Susanne Bier
Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter

#Susanne_Bier

Emma Watson
Emma Watson, English actress

#Emma_Watson

Fruit Chan
Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter

#Fruit_Chan

James J. Jeffries
James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter (d. 1953)

#James_J._Jeffries

Maisie Williams
Maisie Williams, English actress

#Maisie_Williams

René Pleven
René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1993)

#René_Pleven

Francis X. DiLorenzo
Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop (d. 2017)

#Francis_X._DiLorenzo

Harry Edward
Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter (d. 1973)

#Harry_Edward

Claudius Salmasius
Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar (d. 1653)

#Claudius_Salmasius

Roy Clark
Roy Clark, American musician and television personality (d. 2018)

#Roy_Clark

Clark McConachy
Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (d. 1980)

#Clark_McConachy

Ryan Hamilton
Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ryan_Hamilton

James Foster (cricketer, born 1980)
James Foster, English cricketer

#James_Foster_(cricketer,_born_1980)

James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer (d. 1862)

#James_Clark_Ross

Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer

#Luis_Fonsi

Hso Khan Pha
Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician (d. 2016)

#Hso_Khan_Pha

Karel Kroupa
Karel Kroupa, Czech football player

#Karel_Kroupa

Leander Dendoncker
Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer

#Leander_Dendoncker

Robert Walser (writer)
Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (d. 1956)

#Robert_Walser_(writer)

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1329)

#Frederick_IV,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Milton Bradley (baseball)
Milton Bradley, American baseball player

#Milton_Bradley_(baseball)

Kevin Lowe
Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

#Kevin_Lowe

Martin Pedersen (cyclist)
Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist

#Martin_Pedersen_(cyclist)

Alfred S. Bloomingdale
Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982)

#Alfred_S._Bloomingdale

John Williams (actor)
John Williams, English-American actor (d. 1983)

#John_Williams_(actor)

Sylvain Marveaux
Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer

#Sylvain_Marveaux

Blake Ayshford
Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player

#Blake_Ayshford

Joe Davis
Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)

#Joe_Davis

Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician (d. 1997)

#Miguel_Najdorf

Frankie Poullain
Frankie Poullain, Scottish bass player and songwriter

#Frankie_Poullain

Steve Williams (rower)
Steve Williams, English rower

#Steve_Williams_(rower)

Ida Freund
Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (d. 1914)

#Ida_Freund

Alice Braga
Alice Braga, Brazilian actress

#Alice_Braga

Henry IV of England
Henry IV of England (d. 1413)

#Henry_IV_of_England

Linda Perry
Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer (4 Non Blondes)

#Linda_Perry

Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright

#Benjamin_Zephaniah

Nawal El Moutawakel
Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician

#Nawal_El_Moutawakel

Maximilian Kronberger
Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (d. 1904)

#Maximilian_Kronberger

Jeromy Burnitz
Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player

#Jeromy_Burnitz

Mike Quinn
Mike Quinn, American football player

#Mike_Quinn

Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist

#Carol_W._Greider

Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)

#Thomas_Szasz

Brian Muir (sculptor)
Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer

#Brian_Muir_(sculptor)

Charles Willson Peale
Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (d. 1827)

#Charles_Willson_Peale

Steven Defour
Steven Defour, Belgian footballer

#Steven_Defour

Cristina Husmark Pehrsson
Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security

#Cristina_Husmark_Pehrsson

K?stutis Šeštokas
K?stutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player

#K?stutis_Šeštokas

A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)

#A._Philip_Randolph

Georgy Beregovoy
Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)

#Georgy_Beregovoy

Gaius Maecenas
Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (d. 8 BC)

#Gaius_Maecenas

Daniel Paille
Daniel Paille, Canadian ice hockey player

#Daniel_Paille

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland

#Vigdís_Finnbogadóttir

David Hamilton (photographer)
David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director (d. 2016)

#David_Hamilton_(photographer)

Alberto Breccia
Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 1993)

#Alberto_Breccia

Alla Pugacheva
Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer-songwriter and actress

#Alla_Pugacheva

Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994)

#Kim_Il-sung

Sulo Bärlund
Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter (d. 1986)

#Sulo_Bärlund

Marsha Ivins
Marsha Ivins, American engineer and astronaut

#Marsha_Ivins

Avital Ronell
Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic

#Avital_Ronell

Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and producer (d. 1995)

#Elizabeth_Montgomery

Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal (d. 1675)

#Francesco_Maria_Brancaccio

Dawn Wright
Dawn Wright, American geographer and oceanographer

#Dawn_Wright

Georg Kolbe
Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (d. 1947)

#Georg_Kolbe

Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician

#Jeffrey_Archer

Woolly Wolstenholme
Woolly Wolstenholme, English singer and keyboard player (d. 2010)

#Woolly_Wolstenholme

Neville Marriner
Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor (d. 2016)

#Neville_Marriner

Keith Acton
Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Keith_Acton

Johann Friedrich Fasch
Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (d. 1758)

#Johann_Friedrich_Fasch

Christian V of Denmark
Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)

#Christian_V_of_Denmark

Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter

#Emma_Thompson

Johannes Stark
Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

#Johannes_Stark

Robert Mills (physicist)
Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (d. 1999)

#Robert_Mills_(physicist)

Tom Heaton
Tom Heaton, English footballer

#Tom_Heaton

Arshile Gorky
Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1948)

#Arshile_Gorky

Jean Moréas
Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (d. 1910)

#Jean_Moréas

Nikolaas Tinbergen
Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)

#Nikolaas_Tinbergen

Raymond Poulidor
Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist

#Raymond_Poulidor

Penelope Coelen
Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World

#Penelope_Coelen

Karl Turner (British politician)
Karl Turner, English lawyer and politician

#Karl_Turner_(British_politician)

Michael Aubrey
Michael Aubrey, American baseball player

#Michael_Aubrey

Harold Washington
Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1987)

#Harold_Washington

Andrés D'Alessandro
Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentinian footballer

#Andrés_D'Alessandro

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist (d. 1844)

#Étienne_Geoffroy_Saint-Hilaire

Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (d. 1975)

#Thomas_Hart_Benton_(painter)

Tim Corcoran (pitcher)
Tim Corcoran, American baseball player

#Tim_Corcoran_(pitcher)

Tim Thomas (ice hockey)
Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player

#Tim_Thomas_(ice_hockey)

David Omand
David Omand, English civil servant and academic

#David_Omand

William Forgan Smith
William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland (d. 1953)

#William_Forgan_Smith

Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chris_Stapleton

Henry James
Henry James, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1916)

#Henry_James

Aida Mollenkamp
Aida Mollenkamp, American chef and author

#Aida_Mollenkamp

Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer, guitarist, and producer

#Dave_Edmunds

Cam Janssen
Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player

#Cam_Janssen

Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1519)

#Leonardo_da_Vinci

Kenneth Bloomfield
Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant

#Kenneth_Bloomfield

Manoj Prabhakar
Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

#Manoj_Prabhakar

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer and academic (d. 1864)

#Friedrich_Georg_Wilhelm_von_Struve

Tadeusz Kutrzeba
Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)

#Tadeusz_Kutrzeba

William Crowther (Australian politician)
William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1885)

#William_Crowther_(Australian_politician)

Kenneth Lay
Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006)

#Kenneth_Lay

Michael Ansara
Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (d. 2013)

#Michael_Ansara

Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach

#Michael_Cooper

Jean Danjou
Jean Danjou, French captain (d. 1863)

#Jean_Danjou

Nicolas Chopin
Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator (d. 1844)

#Nicolas_Chopin

Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (d. 2014)
Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer
Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer
Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
Josia Thugwane, South African runner
Jason Sehorn, American football player
Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
Philippe Carbonneau, French rugby player
Chris Huffins, American decathlete and coach
Kaisa Roose, Estonian pianist and conductor
Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan-French runner
Ben Clarke, English rugby player and coach
Kevin Stevens, American ice hockey player
Andre Joubert, South African rugby player
Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist
Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician
Tony Jones, English snooker player
Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (d. 1997)
Kym Gyngell, Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter
Stuart Prebble, English journalist and producer
Amy Wright, American actress
Craig Zadan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (d. 2003)
Lois Chiles, American model and actress
Martin Broughton, English businessman
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (d. 2006)
Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician
P?nar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic
Tim Lankester, English economist and academic
Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker (d. 2009)
Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer (d. 2008)
Georges Descrières, French actor (d. 2013)
Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (d. 2015)
Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2008)
Rikki Fulton, Scottish comedian (d. 2004)
M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1980)
Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (d. 2009)
Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (d. 1966)
Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (d. 1981)
Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1999)
Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic (d. 2013)
Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007)
Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998)
eden ahbez, Scottish-American songwriter and recording artist (d. 1995)
Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1986)
Abigail Mejia, Dominican feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator (d. 1941)
Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith, Nazi resister, and author (d. 1983)
Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye (d. 1976)
Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (d. 1980)
George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist (d. 1954)
Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company Ltd (d. 1919)
Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1691)
Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader (d. 1606)
John Paston, English noble (d. 1479)