History Births on June 15

Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach

#Mike_Holmgren

John Horner, American paleontologist and academic

#Jack_Horner_(paleontologist)

Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player

#Mike_Delany

Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)

#Cornelis_de_Witt

François Blondel, French architect (d. 1686)

#François_Blondel

Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer

#Edison_Toloza

Satya Pal Jain, Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India

#Satya_Pal_Jain

Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal

#Robert_Sarah

Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player

#Trevor_Plouffe

Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman (d. 1605)

#Elizabeth_Knollys

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1907)

#Edvard_Grieg

Emily Harman, American tennis player

#Emily_Harman

Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (d. 2018)

#Nini_Theilade

Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter

#Yulia_Nestsiarenka

Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1994)

#Erik_Erikson

Nadine Coyle, Irish singer

#Nadine_Coyle

Cédric Pioline, French tennis player

#Cédric_Pioline

Justin Leonard, American golfer

#Justin_Leonard

Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1883)

#Josiah_Henson

Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China

#Xi_Jinping

Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)

#Herbert_A._Simon

Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach

#Žan_Tabak

James Maloney, Australian rugby league player

#James_Maloney_(rugby_league)

Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter

#Dafne_Schippers

Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

#Karim_Massimov

Irfan Hadži?, Bosnian footballer

#Irfan_Hadži?

Wilbert Awdry, English author, co-created Thomas the Tank Engine (d. 1997)

#Wilbert_Awdry

Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (d. 1704)

#Hiob_Ludolf

Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player

#Eva_Hrdinová

François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)

#François-Xavier_Garneau

Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)

#Benjamin_Wright_Raymond

John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat

#John_E._McLaughlin

Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian

#Paul_Rusesabagina

Bryan Clauson, American racing driver (d. 2016)

#Bryan_Clauson

Leah Remini, American actress and producer

#Leah_Remini

Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1826)

#Franz_Danzi

Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1944)

#Harry_Langdon

Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1814)

#Georg_Joseph_Vogler

Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (d. 2016)

#Miriam_Defensor_Santiago

Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (d. 1715)

#Bernard_Lamy

Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager

#Dusty_Baker

Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (d. 2015)

#Mario_Cuomo

Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist

#Yevgeny_Kiselyov

Neal Adams, American illustrator

#Neal_Adams

Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer

#Abdur_Razzak_(cricketer)

Stephen Lloyd, Kenyan-English businessman and politician

#Stephen_Lloyd

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (d. 1712)

#Sidney_Godolphin,_1st_Earl_of_Godolphin

Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

#Marcel_Pronovost

Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)

#Erroll_Garner

Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (d. 1921)

#Ramón_López_Velarde

Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician

#Adam_Smith_(politician)

Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2015)

#Demis_Roussos

David Bayssari, Australian rugby league player

#David_Bayssari

Michèle Laroque, French actress, producer, and screenwriter

#Michèle_Laroque

Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)

#Hugo_Pratt

Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)

#Ezer_Weizman

Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager

#Michael_Doleac

John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer

#John_Paintsil

Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano

#Andrea_Rost

Simon Callow, English actor and director

#Simon_Callow

Hédi Fried, Swedish author and psychologist

#Hédi_Fried

Ji?í Ryba, Czech decathlete

#Ji?í_Ryba

Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (d. 1591)

#Richard_Grenville

Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor

#Ice_Cube

Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (d. 1955)

#Margaret_Abbott

Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla

#Alan_Huckle

Madison Kocian, American gymnast

#Madison_Kocian

Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996)

#Lash_LaRue

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark

#Poul_Nyrup_Rasmussen

Andy Pettitte, American baseball player

#Andy_Pettitte

Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster

#Oliver_Kahn

Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)

#Horacio_Salgán

Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)

#Víctor_Cabedo

Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)

#Léon_Degrelle

Courteney Cox, American actress and producer

#Courteney_Cox

Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999)

#Saul_Steinberg

Gabriele Sforza, Archbishop of Milan (d. 1457)

#Gabriele_Sforza

Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer

#Helen_Hunt

Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (d. 1855)

#Thomas_Mitchell_(explorer)

Luke Hodge, Australian footballer

#Luke_Hodge

Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (d. 1984)

#Yuri_Andropov

Jake Busey, American actor, musician, and film producer

#Jake_Busey

Wade Boggs, American baseball player

#Wade_Boggs

Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (d. 1827)

#Kobayashi_Issa

William Levada, American cardinal

#William_Levada

David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)

#David_Rose_(songwriter)

Marc Brickman, American lighting and production designer

#Marc_Brickman

Chris Morris, English actor, satirist, director, and producer

#Chris_Morris_(satirist)

Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (d. 1989)

#Olga_Erteszek

Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

#Waylon_Jennings

Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland

#Henry_McLeish

Jim Belushi, American actor

#Jim_Belushi

Aurora Aksnes, Norwegian singer-songwriter

#Aurora_(singer)

Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (d. 1945)

#Kesago_Nakajima

Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jesse_Bélanger

Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati (d. 1831)

#Martin_Baum

Steve Walsh, American rock singer-songwriter and musician (Kansas)

#Steve_Walsh_(musician)

Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager

#Michael_Laudrup

David Lyons, Australian rugby player

#David_Lyons_(rugby_union,_born_1980)

Billy Martin, American guitarist, songwriter, and illustrator

#Billy_Martin_(guitarist)

Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (d. 2017)

#Johnny_Hallyday

William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)

#William_B._Ogden

John Redwood, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales

#John_Redwood

Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (d. 2002)

#Elena_Nikolaidi

Tim Lincecum, American baseball player

#Tim_Lincecum

Predrag Koraksi? Corax, Serbian political caricaturist

#Predrag_Koraksi?_Corax

Julia Fischer, German violinist and pianist

#Julia_Fischer

Pia Miranda, Australian actress

#Pia_Miranda

Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman

#Lakshmi_Mittal

Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)

#Archduke_Ernest_of_Austria

Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1831)

#Johann_Gottlieb_Friedrich_von_Bohnenberger

Julie Hagerty, American model and actress

#Julie_Hagerty

Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

#Noddy_Holder

Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute

#Ward_Connerly

Katie Chapman, English footballer

#Katie_Chapman

Eileen Davidson, American model and actress

#Eileen_Davidson

Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)

#Alberto_Sordi

Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (d. 1542)

#Lisa_del_Giocondo

Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer

#Mohamed_Salah

Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (d. 2012)

#Erland_Josephson

Vincent Janssen, Dutch footballer

#Vincent_Janssen

Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel

#Lawrence_Wilkerson

François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (d. 1975)

#François_Tombalbaye

Brad Gillis, American guitarist

#Brad_Gillis

Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Lance_Parrish

Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (d. 1981)

#Mohammad-Ali_Rajai

Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet (d. 1868)

#Adah_Isaacs_Menken

Jeremy Reed, American baseball player

#Jeremy_Reed

Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter

#Russell_Hitchcock

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (d. 1809)

#Antoine_François,_comte_de_Fourcroy

Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996)

#Beverley_Whitfield

Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2017)

#Ninian_Stephen

Christian Rahn, German footballer

#Christian_Rahn

Raimonds V?jonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia

#Raimonds_V?jonis

Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (d. 1828)

#Rachel_Jackson

Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer

#Wilfred_Bouma

Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer

#Neil_Patrick_Harris

Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)

#Thomas_Huckle_Weller

Inaki Williams, Basque footballer

Kanna Arihara, Japanese singer

Micha? Kopczy?ski, Polish footballer

Ani Mija?ika, Croatian tennis player

Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer

Mauro Rizzo, Italian footballer

Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer

Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Craig Dietrich, Digital artist, scholar, and educator

Charles Zwolsman, Jr., Dutch race car driver

Zach Day, American baseball player

Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach

Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player

Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano

Christian Bauman, American soldier and author

Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer

Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player

Idalis DeLeón, American singer and actress

Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer

Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower

Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Marina Azyabina, Russian hurdler

Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (d. 2012)

Scott Norton, American wrestler

Dave McAuley, Irish boxer and sportscaster

Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player and coach

Alan Brazil, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

Riccardo Paletti, Italian race car driver (d. 1982)

Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Zde?ka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower and shot putter

Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player

Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator

Eje Elgh, Swedish race car driver and sportscaster

Vilma Bardauskien?, Lithuanian long jumper

Vance A. Larson, American painter (d. 2000)

Jane Amsterdam, American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc., New York Post)

Deney Terrio, American choreographer and host of the television musical variety series Dance Fever

Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician

U?ur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor

Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 2000)

John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist (d. 1984)

Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic

Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (d. 2006)

Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media

Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)

Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach

Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter

Ruby Nash Garnett, American R&B singer (Ruby & the Romantics)

Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (d. 1999)

Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (d. 2013)

David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician

Brian Sewell, English art dealer and critic (d. 2015)

Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal

Miguel Méndez, American author and academic (d. 2013)

Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (d. 1978)

Ross Andru, American illustrator (d. 1993)

Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (d. 1975)

Attilâ ?lhan, Turkish poet, author, and critic (d. 2005)

Richard Baker, English journalist and author (d. 2018)

Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (d. 1999)

Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (d. 2012)

Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (d. 2008)

Keith Andrews, American racing driver (d. 1957)

Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)

Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (d. 2006)

Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)

James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator (d. 1975)

Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (d. 1985)

Elmar Lohk, Russian-Estonian architect (d. 1963)

Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996)

Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984)

Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (d. 1986)

Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1947)

Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor (d. 1981)

Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic (d. 1977)

Frank Clement, British racing driver (d. 1970)

Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (d. 1987)

Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (d. 1950)

Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (d. 1902)

David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic (d. 1841)

Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1796)

Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright (d. 1635)

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1536)

Edward, the Black Prince of England (d. 1376)