History Births on October 15

Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (d. 1741)
#Elisabeth_Therese_of_Lorraine
Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (d. 2012)
#Mickey_Baker

John Alexander MacPherson, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Victoria (d. 1894)
#John_Alexander_MacPherson

Christian Allen, American video game designer
#Christian_Allen

Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
#Todd_Solondz

Linda Lavin, American actress and singer
#Linda_Lavin

James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (d. 1902)
#James_Tissot

Larry Miller, American actor and screenwriter
#Larry_Miller_(comedian)

Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
#Agustín_García_Calvo

Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer
#Anthony_Joshua

Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1990)
#Edwin_O._Reischauer

Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (d. 2008)
#Lindsay_Thompson

Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania
#Sali_Berisha

A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Dutch author
#A._F._Th._van_der_Heijden

Trent Zimmerman, Australian politician
#Trent_Zimmerman

Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player
#Jesse_Levine

Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
#Ed_McBain
Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007)
#Nellie_Lutcher

Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer (d. 2018)
#Penny_Marshall

Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869)
#Alexander_Dreyschock

Masato Kawabata, Japanese race car driver
#Masato_Kawabata

FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (d. 2000)
#FM-2030

Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager
#Stanley_Menzo

Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
#Patricio_Urrutia

Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (d. 2007)
#Mohammed_Zahir_Shah

Mariano Herencia Zevallos, Interim President of Peru (d. 1873)
#Mariano_Herencia_Zevallos

Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984)
#Michel_Foucault

Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
#Richard_Carpenter_(musician)

Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter and actress
#Jaci_Velasquez

Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (d. 1771)
#Marie-Marguerite_d'Youville

Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director
#Victor_Banerjee

Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper
#Lil'_Kleine

Matt Keeslar, American actor
#Matt_Keeslar

Francisco Largo Caballero, Spanish politician and trade unionist (d. 1946)
#Francisco_Largo_Caballero

Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
#Mario_Puzo

P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (d. 1975)
#P._G._Wodehouse

Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
#Honoré_Mercier

Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
#Elena_Dementieva

Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic
#Julia_Yeomans

Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer
#Ilse_Huizinga

Marcos Martínez, Spanish race car driver
#Marcos_Martínez

José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (d. 1821)
#José_Miguel_Carrera

Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier
#Pernilla_Wiberg

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (d. 1647)
#Evangelista_Torricelli

Conrad Ansorge, German pianist, teacher and composer (d. 1930)
#Conrad_Ansorge

Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager
#Didier_Deschamps

Lucretius, Roman poet and philosopher (d. 55 BCE)
#Lucretius

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007)
#Arthur_M._Schlesinger_Jr.

Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
#Jean_Peters

Walter Jon Williams, American author
#Walter_Jon_Williams

David Trezeguet, French footballer
#David_Trezeguet

Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
#Jeon_Ji-yoon

Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player
#Roscoe_Tanner

Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Icelandic painter (d. 1972)
#Jóhannes_Sveinsson_Kjarval

Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballer
#Ben_Woodburn

Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator
#Marguerite_Andersen

Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (d. 2013)
#Eugene_Patterson

John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (d. 2006)
#John_Kenneth_Galbraith

Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1758)
#Allan_Ramsay_(poet)
Nolito, Spanish footballer
#Nolito

B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
#B._S._Abdur_Rahman

Prince Christian of Denmark, Danish prince
#Prince_Christian_of_Denmark

Haim Saban, Israeli-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment
#Haim_Saban

Stephen Arthurworrey, English footballer
#Stephen_Arthurworrey

Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (d. 1925)
#Charles_W._Clark

Alex Paterson, English keyboard player
#Alex_Paterson

Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (d. 1985)
#Malcolm_Ross_(balloonist)
Eric Benét, American musician
#Eric_Benét

Bobby Morrow, American sprinter
#Bobby_Morrow
Francisco Villaespesa, Spanish writer (d. 1936)
#Francisco_Villaespesa

Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author
#Stephen_Clarke_(writer)

Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (d. 1985)
#Italo_Calvino

Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer
#Bill_Charlap

Carlos Núñez Cortés, Argentine musician (d. 1942)
#Carlos_Núñez_Cortés
Aleksandr Filimonov, Russian footballer
#Aleksandr_Filimonov

Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
#Carlo_Janka

Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
#Virgil

Wang Meng, Chinese writer
#Wang_Meng_(author)

Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician
#Lassy_Mbouity

Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager
#Jorge_Campos

Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (d. 1995)
#Chuck_Stevenson

Babar Azam, Pakistani cricketer
#Babar_Azam

Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player
#Rafael_Vaganian

Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
#Bianca_Rinaldi
Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010)
#Antonio_Fontán

Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
#Moshe_Sharett

Atoy Co, Filipino basketball player, coach, and actor
#Atoy_Co

Adolf Brudes, Polish-German race car driver (d. 1986)
#Adolf_Brudes

Dominic West, English actor and director
#Dominic_West

Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (d. 1265)
#Hulagu_Khan

Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1613)
#Henry_Julius,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg

Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster
#Jim_Palmer

Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter
#Jessie_Ware

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (d. 1686)
#Magnus_Gabriel_De_la_Gardie

Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (d. 2006)
#Angelica_Rozeanu

Ott Tänak, Estonian race car driver
#Ott_Tänak

Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987)
#Mervyn_LeRoy

Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta
#Stacy_Peralta

Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change
#Stewart_Stevenson

Carlos Vaz Ferreira, Uruguayan philosopher, writer, and academic (d. 1958)
#Carlos_Vaz_Ferreira
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist (d. 1952)
#Enrique_Jardiel_Poncela

Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 2016)
#Renato_Corona

Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
#Ginuwine

Isabella Bird, English explorer, writer, photographer, naturalist, and first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (d. 1904)
#Isabella_Bird

Carol II of Romania (d. 1953)
#Carol_II_of_Romania

Thérèse Bertrand-Fontaine, French doctor and Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur (d. 1987)
#Thérèse_Bertrand-Fontaine

Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (d. 1941)
#Charley_O'Leary

Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
#Vítor_Baía

Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist
#Peter_Phillips_(conductor)

Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter
#Götz_Otto

Bruno Senna, Brazilian race car driver
#Bruno_Senna

Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch
#Neophyte_of_Bulgaria

Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician (d. 1832)
#Gabriel_Richard

S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic (d. 1939)
#S._S._Van_Dine

David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate
#David_Trimble

Michel Aumont, French actor
#Michel_Aumont

Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter (d. 1841)
#Mikhail_Lermontov

Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler
#Takeshi_Morishima

Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer
#Johan_Voskamp

Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (d. 1966)
#Paul_Reynaud

Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer
#Mira_Nair

William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (d. 1847)
#William_Christopher_Zeise

Chris de Burgh, British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
#Chris_de_Burgh

Maria Hjorth, Swedish golfer
#Maria_Hjorth

Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher (d. 1900)
#Friedrich_Nietzsche

Marie of Prussia (d. 1889)
#Marie_of_Prussia

Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
#Roberto_Vittori

Blaine Gabbert, American football player
#Blaine_Gabbert

Jane Darwell, American actress (d. 1967)
#Jane_Darwell

Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter
#Lee_Donghae
Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder
#Radoslav_Židek

Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2012)
#Chris_Economaki

Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
#Zelo

Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, German noble (d. 1483)
#Henry_III,_Landgrave_of_Upper_Hesse

Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer
#Dick_McTaggart

Frederick Fleet, English sailor (d. 1965)
#Frederick_Fleet

Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer
#Palle_Danielsson

Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Vyacheslav_Butusov

Giovanni Migliara, Italian painter (d. 1837)
#Giovanni_Migliara

Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
#Peter_C._Doherty

Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author (d. 2019)
#Lee_Iacocca

Bailee Madison, American actress
#Bailee_Madison

Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV
#Prannoy_Roy

Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
#Henri_Verneuil

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (d. 2015)
#A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam

Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Tito_Jackson

Steve Bracks, Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria
#Steve_Bracks

Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (d. 1664)
#Cornelis_de_Graeff
Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
#Tom_Boonen

Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
#Walter_Alberto_López

Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach
#Fred_Hoiberg

Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and activist (d. 1997)
#Fela_Kuti

Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Barry_McGuire

Sarah, Duchess of York
#Sarah,_Duchess_of_York

Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player
#Jakob_Pöltl

Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer
#Keyshia_Cole

Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
#Arron_Afflalo

Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player
#Willie_O'Ree

Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author
#Emeril_Lagasse

Paul Robinson, English footballer
#Paul_Robinson_(footballer,_born_1979)

Frederick William IV of Prussia, Prussian king from 1840-1861 (d. 1861)
#Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia

Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal
#Antonio_Cañizares_Llovera

Alberto Lista, Spanish poet and educationist (d. 1848)
#Alberto_Lista

M?ris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
#M?ris_Verpakovskis

Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (d. 1907)
#Asaph_Hall

José Arce, Argentine physician and politician (d. 1968)
#José_Arce
Ömer Çatk?ç, Turkish footballer
#Ömer_Çatk?ç

Maria Teresa Mirabel, feminist and anti-dictator activist in the Dominican Republic (d. 1960)
#Mirabal_sisters

Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Princess of Asturias, and Duchess of Milan (d. 1545)
#Maria_Manuela,_Princess_of_Portugal

Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
#Charly_Musonda_(footballer,_born_1996)

Rafael Maroto, Spanish general (d. 1853)
#Rafael_Maroto

John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1891)
#John_Robertson_(premier)

Sigrid of Sweden, Swedish princess (d. 1633)
#Sigrid_of_Sweden_(1566-1633)

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1899)
#Alfred,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha

Brian Camelio, American musician, producer and founder of ArtistShare
#Brian_Camelio
Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager
#Michél_Mazingu-Dinzey

Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (d. 1910)
#Archibald_Hoxsey

John L. Sullivan, American boxer, actor, and journalist (d. 1918)
#John_L._Sullivan

Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer (d. 1935)
#Álvaro_de_Campos

Andy Cole, English footballer and coach
#Andy_Cole

Mesut Özil, German footballer
#Mesut_Özil

Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria (d. 1956)
#Wilhelm_Miklas

Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (d. 2004)
#Hiram_Fong

Varian Fry, American journalist and author (d. 1967)
#Varian_Fry

Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer-songwriter
#Siiri_Nordin

Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria (d. 1849)
#Thomas_Robert_Bugeaud

Paulini, Fijian-Australian singer
#Paulini

Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer
#Stephy_Tang

Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer (d. 2013)
#Nasser_El_Sonbaty

Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (d. 2015)
#Candida_Royalle

Akbar, Mughal emperor (d. 1605)
#Akbar

Dan Forest, American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
#Dan_Forest

Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967)
#Herman_Chittison