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History Births on May 15


Michael Brantley
Michael Brantley, American baseball player

#Michael_Brantley

Debendranath Tagore
Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)

#Debendranath_Tagore

Graeham Goble
Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

#Graeham_Goble

David Krumholtz
David Krumholtz, American actor

#David_Krumholtz

Maria Theresia von Paradis
Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)

#Maria_Theresia_von_Paradis

Vasilis Kikilias
Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician

#Vasilis_Kikilias

L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum, American novelist (d. 1919)

#L._Frank_Baum

Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress

#Madhuri_Dixit

Justin Morneau
Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player

#Justin_Morneau

Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic (d. 2015)

#Ulrich_Beck

Jacek Krzynówek
Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer

#Jacek_Krzynówek

Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster

#Emmitt_Smith

Ioannis Psycharis
Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)

#Ioannis_Psycharis

Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)

#Joseph_Cotten

Andrei Eshpai
Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2015)

#Andrei_Eshpai

Williamina Fleming
Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)

#Williamina_Fleming

Segundo Castillo
Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer

#Segundo_Castillo

Beau Scott
Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player

#Beau_Scott

Adam Moffat
Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer

#Adam_Moffat

Ralph Steadman
Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator

#Ralph_Steadman

Max Frisch
Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)

#Max_Frisch

Mohamed Brahmi
Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)

#Mohamed_Brahmi

Danny Alexander
Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

#Danny_Alexander

Lisa Curry
Lisa Curry, Australian swimmer

#Lisa_Curry

Karin Krog
Karin Krog, Norwegian singer

#Karin_Krog

Jim Bacon
Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)

#Jim_Bacon

Andreas Loverdos
Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour

#Andreas_Loverdos

Ezekiel Hart
Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)

#Ezekiel_Hart

Caroline Thomson
Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster

#Caroline_Thomson

Adolfo Bautista
Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer

#Adolfo_Bautista

Ida Rhodes
Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986)

#Ida_Rhodes

Herta Oberheuser
Herta Oberheuser, German physician (d. 1978)

#Herta_Oberheuser

Mark Fayne
Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player

#Mark_Fayne

Louis Siminovitch
Louis Siminovitch, Canadian biologist and academic

#Louis_Siminovitch

Frank L. Culbertson Jr.
Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut

#Frank_L._Culbertson_Jr.

Frank de Boer
Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager

#Frank_de_Boer

Andy Murray
Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player

#Andy_Murray

Jordan Eberle
Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jordan_Eberle

Robert Royal
Robert Royal, American football player

#Robert_Royal

Levi Lincoln Sr.
Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General (d. 1820)

#Levi_Lincoln_Sr.

Rob Bowman (director)
Rob Bowman, American director and producer

#Rob_Bowman_(director)

Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)

#Pierre_Curie

Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (d. 1940)

#Mikhail_Bulgakov

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French noble (d. 1707)

#Sébastien_Le_Prestre_de_Vauban

Ron Simmons
Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler

#Ron_Simmons

Mary F. Lyon
Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist (d. 2014)

#Mary_F._Lyon

Élie Metchnikoff
Élie Metchnikoff, Russian zoologist (d. 1916)

#Élie_Metchnikoff

Laura Harvey
Laura Harvey, English football coach

#Laura_Harvey

Charles E. Rosendahl
Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral (d. 1977)

#Charles_E._Rosendahl

Ahmet Zappa
Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer

#Ahmet_Zappa

Ray Lewis
Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster

#Ray_Lewis

Sigizmund Levanevsky
Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (d. 1937)

#Sigizmund_Levanevsky

Chris Masoe
Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player

#Chris_Masoe

Carl Sanders
Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (d. 2014)

#Carl_Sanders

Arthur Schnitzler
Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)

#Arthur_Schnitzler

Jeremy Hawkins
Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jeremy_Hawkins

James Mason
James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)

#James_Mason

John Storey (politician)
John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1921)

#John_Storey_(politician)

Sophie Raworth
Sophie Raworth, English journalist and broadcaster

#Sophie_Raworth

Xavier Herbert
Xavier Herbert, Australian author (d. 1984)

#Xavier_Herbert

Cecilia Malmström
Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade

#Cecilia_Malmström

René Goupil
René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (d. 1642)

#René_Goupil

Clarence Dutton
Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)

#Clarence_Dutton

Richard J. Daley
Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)

#Richard_J._Daley

Brian Eno
Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

#Brian_Eno

Kevin Von Erich
Kevin Von Erich, American football player and wrestler

#Kevin_Von_Erich

Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Frank_Wilczek

Ruth Marcus (journalist)
Ruth Marcus, American journalist

#Ruth_Marcus_(journalist)

Sérgio Jimenez
Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian race car driver

#Sérgio_Jimenez

Turk Broda
Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)

#Turk_Broda

Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)

#Joseph_Wiseman

Anna Maria Alberghetti
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer

#Anna_Maria_Alberghetti

Birdy (singer)
Birdy, English singer-songwriter

#Birdy_(singer)

Viktor Vasnetsov
Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1926)

#Viktor_Vasnetsov

Trini Lopez
Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor

#Trini_Lopez

Mr Probz
Mr Probz, Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer

#Mr_Probz

Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas

#Kathleen_Sebelius

Patrice Evra
Patrice Evra, French footballer

#Patrice_Evra

Cristiane Rozeira
Cristiane, Brazilian footballer

#Cristiane_Rozeira

Ersan ?lyasova
Ersan ?lyasova, Turkish basketball player

#Ersan_?lyasova

Alison Jackson
Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter

#Alison_Jackson

Michel Audiard
Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (d. 1985)

#Michel_Audiard

Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1643)

#Claudio_Monteverdi

Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State

#Madeleine_Albright

Josh Beckett
Josh Beckett, American baseball player

#Josh_Beckett

Frank Hornby
Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano (d. 1936)

#Frank_Hornby

Layal Abboud
Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer

#Layal_Abboud

Dorothy Shirley
Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator

#Dorothy_Shirley

David Adams (baseball)
David Adams, American baseball player

#David_Adams_(baseball)

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British judge (d. 1689)

#George_Jeffreys,_1st_Baron_Jeffreys

Dimitris Plapoutas
Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician (d. 1864)

#Dimitris_Plapoutas

Doug Lowe (Australian politician)
Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania

#Doug_Lowe_(Australian_politician)

Tyler Walker (baseball)
Tyler Walker, American baseball player

#Tyler_Walker_(baseball)

Hideki Irabu
Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)

#Hideki_Irabu

Lee Jong-hyun
Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist

#Lee_Jong-hyun

Jusuf Kalla
Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia

#Jusuf_Kalla

Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach

#Rimas_Kurtinaitis

Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark

#Lars_Løkke_Rasmussen

Meg Gardiner
Meg Gardiner, American-English author and academic

#Meg_Gardiner

Juan José Ibarretxe
Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician

#Juan_José_Ibarretxe

Luis Monti
Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)

#Luis_Monti

Ousmane Dembélé
Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer

#Ousmane_Dembélé

Lainie Kazan
Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer

#Lainie_Kazan

Khaosai Galaxy
Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer and politician

#Khaosai_Galaxy

Chazz Palminteri
Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Chazz_Palminteri

Norrie Paramor
Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)

#Norrie_Paramor

Brian Dozier
Brian Dozier, American baseball player

#Brian_Dozier

Matthew Sadler
Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author

#Matthew_Sadler

Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic

#Diana_Liverman

Desmond Howard
Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster

#Desmond_Howard

Albert Dubout
Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 1976)

#Albert_Dubout

Michael Dexter
Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic

#Michael_Dexter

Matthias Zurbriggen
Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)

#Matthias_Zurbriggen

Beverly Jo Scott
Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter

#Beverly_Jo_Scott

Maximilian Hell
Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)

#Maximilian_Hell

Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes, American businessman (d. 2017)

#Roger_Ailes

Prescott Bush
Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)

#Prescott_Bush

Simen Agdestein
Simen Agdestein, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player

#Simen_Agdestein

Rhonda Burchmore
Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer

#Rhonda_Burchmore

Edu Gaspar
Edu Gaspar, Brazilian footballer

#Edu_Gaspar

John Lanchbery
John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)

#John_Lanchbery

Paul Samuelson
Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)

#Paul_Samuelson

Michael William Balfe
Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor (d. 1870)

#Michael_William_Balfe

Juan Almonte
Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (d. 1869)

#Juan_Almonte

Kate Bornstein
Kate Bornstein, American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist

#Kate_Bornstein

Rod Smith (wide receiver)
Rod Smith, American football player

#Rod_Smith_(wide_receiver)

William D. Byron
William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1941)

#William_D._Byron

Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player

#Leonardo_Mayer

Tania Cagnotto
Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver

#Tania_Cagnotto

Eddy Arnold
Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)

#Eddy_Arnold

Stella Maxwell
Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model

#Stella_Maxwell

Jimmy Wilde
Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)

#Jimmy_Wilde

Rafael Pérez (baseball)
Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player

#Rafael_Pérez_(baseball)

José Nepomuceno
José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema (d. 1959)

#José_Nepomuceno

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer

#Mapou_Yanga-Mbiwa

Jakucho Setouchi
Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese nun and author

#Jakucho_Setouchi

Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (d. 1581)

#Maria_of_Austria,_Duchess_of_Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (d. 2004)

#Richard_Avedon

Don Nelson
Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach

#Don_Nelson

André Abujamra
André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#André_Abujamra

Ales Michalevic
Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician

#Ales_Michalevic

Dwayne De Rosario
Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player

#Dwayne_De_Rosario

John Smoltz
John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster

#John_Smoltz

George Brett
George Brett, American baseball player and coach

#George_Brett

Mark Kennedy (footballer, born 1976)
Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer

#Mark_Kennedy_(footballer,_born_1976)

Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Mike_Oldfield

Pope Innocent XIII
Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)

#Pope_Innocent_XIII

Lois Johnson
Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

#Lois_Johnson

Veronica Campbell-Brown
Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter

#Veronica_Campbell-Brown

Don Bragg
Don Bragg, American pole vaulter

#Don_Bragg

Ronald de Boer
Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager

#Ronald_de_Boer

Ben Wallace (politician)
Ben Wallace, English captain and politician

#Ben_Wallace_(politician)

Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer

#Jamie-Lynn_Sigler

Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (d. 1859)

#Klemens_von_Metternich

Sejong the Great
Sejong the Great, Korean king (d. 1450)

#Sejong_the_Great

Athene Donald
Athene Donald, English physicist and academic

#Athene_Donald

Matías Fernández
Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer

#Matías_Fernández

Mireille Darc
Mireille Darc, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)

#Mireille_Darc

Constance Cummings
Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (d. 2005)

#Constance_Cummings

Jeff Deslauriers
Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jeff_Deslauriers

Hendrick de Keyser
Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch sculptor and architect born in Utrecht (d. 1621)

#Hendrick_de_Keyser

Peter Shaffer
Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016)

#Peter_Shaffer

Scott Laird, English footballer
Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
Thomas Brown, American football player
Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower
Denis Onyango, Ugandan goalkeeper
Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
Samantha Noble, Australian actress
Zara Phillips, English horse rider
Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist
Ryan Max Riley, American skier
Daniel Caines, English sprinter
Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician
Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach
Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
David Charvet, French actor and singer
Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author
Ji?í N?mec, Czech footballer
Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player
Giselle Fernández, Mexican-American television journalist.
R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician
Luis Pérez-Sala, Spanish race car driver
Jason Graae, American musical theater actor
Kevin Greenaugh, American nuclear engineer
Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster
Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
Jim Simons, American golfer (d. 2005)
Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic
Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball player
Thadeus Nguy?n V?n Lý, Vietnamese priest and activist
Jerry Quarry, American boxer (d. 1999)
Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress
Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press (d. 2006)
Nancy Garden, American author (d. 2014)
Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (d. 2003)
Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (d. 1977)
Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer
Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor
Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971)
Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (d. 2013)
Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015)
Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (d. 2014)
Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (d. 1993)
Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (d. 2006)
Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2000)
Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003)
Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (d. 1931)
Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film (d. 1970)
Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999)
Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
Arletty, French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)
Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (d. 1980)
Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
Samuel Carter, Early English railway solicitor and MP (d. 1878)