History Births on December 15

Joe Jordan, Scottish footballer and manager

#Joe_Jordan

Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis player

#Tatiana_Perebiynis

Alex Cox, English film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author, broadcaster and sometime actor

#Alex_Cox

Camilla Luddington, English actress

#Camilla_Luddington

Julie Taymor, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Julie_Taymor

Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Polish politician and resistance fighter (d. 1968)

#Wanda_Krahelska-Filipowicz

Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (d. 2001)

#Donald_Woods

Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

#Maurice_Wilkins

Ivor Crewe, English political scientist and academic

#Ivor_Crewe

Dave Clark, English drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Dave_Clark_(musician)

Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and manager

#Allan_Simonsen

Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model

#Snejana_Onopka

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland (d. 1944)

#Pehr_Evind_Svinhufvud

Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)

#Abner_Powell

Cindy Birdsong, American singer-songwriter

#Cindy_Birdsong

Tim Conway, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)

#Tim_Conway

Surya Bonaly, French figure skater

#Surya_Bonaly

Élodie Gossuin, French beauty pageant titleholder, model,

#Élodie_Gossuin

L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto (d. 1917)

#L._L._Zamenhof

Josh Norman, American football player

#Josh_Norman

Delon Armitage, Trinidadian-English rugby player

#Delon_Armitage

Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer (d. 1935)

#Arthur_Dehon_Little

Mark Warner, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of Virginia

#Mark_Warner

Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor and screenwriter

#Brendan_Fletcher

Rudi Protrudi, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Rudi_Protrudi

Maude Apatow, American actress

#Maude_Apatow

Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic (d. 1971)

#Leonid_Pitamic

Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist and professor

#Sylvester_James_Gates

Betty Smith, American author and playwright (d. 1972)

#Betty_Smith

Rodney Harrison, American football player and sportscaster

#Rodney_Harrison

Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela (d. 1870)

#Carlos_Soublette

Michael Shanks, Canadian actor, screenwriter and director

#Michael_Shanks

Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter (d. 1974)

#Sattar_Bahlulzade

Ida Haendel, Polish-English violinist and educator

#Ida_Haendel

Lucien den Arend, Dutch sculptor

#Lucien_den_Arend

Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1983)

#Robert_F._Bradford

John Meurig Thomas, Welsh chemist and academic

#John_Meurig_Thomas

Richard Kastle, American classical pianist

#Richard_Kastle

Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1908)

#Henri_Becquerel

Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)

#Frank_W._J._Olver

E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian (d. 1913)

#E._W._Bullinger

Paul Kaye, British actor

#Paul_Kaye

Jim Leyland, American baseball player and manager

#Jim_Leyland

Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter

#Ryoo_Seung-wan

Keylor Navas, Costa Rican footballer

#Keylor_Navas

Helen Slater, American actress

#Helen_Slater

Art Howe, American baseball player and manager

#Art_Howe

Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1508)

#Albert_IV,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1899)

#Emilio_Jacinto

Geoff Stults, American actor and producer

#Geoff_Stults

Tim Reynolds, German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tim_Reynolds

Emily Head, English actress

#Emily_Head

Billy Shaw, American football player

#Billy_Shaw

Magdalena Fr?ch, Polish tennis player

#Magdalena_Fr?ch

Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey

#Frankie_Dettori

Carmine Appice, American drummer and songwriter

#Carmine_Appice

Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1904)

#Niels_Ryberg_Finsen

Harry Babcock, American pole vaulter (d. 1965)

#Harry_Babcock_(pole_vaulter)

Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician

#Karin_Resetarits

Tim Gaines, American bass player

#Tim_Gaines

Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (d. 2001)

#Roger_Gaudry

David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (d. 1690)

#David_Teniers_the_Younger

Mehmet Aurélio, Brazilian-Turkish footballer and manager

#Mehmet_Aurélio

Melanie Chartoff, American actress and comedian

#Melanie_Chartoff

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer

#Oleksandr_Zinchenko_(footballer)

Joe D'Amato, Italian director and producer (d. 1999)

#Joe_D'Amato

Tony Leon, South African lawyer and politician

#Tony_Leon

Kathleen Blanco, American educator and politician, 54th Governor of Louisiana

#Kathleen_Blanco

Clint Lowery, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Clint_Lowery

Pierre Cossette, American producer and manager (d. 2009)

#Pierre_Cossette

Borja García, Spanish race car driver

#Borja_García

Laura Molina, American singer, guitarist, actress, and painter

#Laura_Molina_(artist)

Stan Kenton, American pianist and composer (d. 1979)

#Stan_Kenton

Ronnie Radke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Ronnie_Radke

Nero, Roman emperor (d. 68)

#Nero

Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (d. 2015)

#Bob_Foster_(boxer)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect (d. 2000)

#Friedensreich_Hundertwasser

Charlie Cox, English actor

#Charlie_Cox

René Duprée, Canadian professional wrestler

#René_Duprée

Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (d. 1923)

#Gustave_Eiffel

Michelle Dockery, English actress

#Michelle_Dockery

Steven Nzonzi, French footballer

#Steven_Nzonzi

Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer

#Edna_O'Brien

Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (d. 1938)

#Charles_Duryea

J. M. DeMatteis, American author

#J._M._DeMatteis

Jesse Lingard, English footballer

#Jesse_Lingard

Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian footballer

#Roman_Pavlyuchenko

Stuart Townsend, Irish actor

#Stuart_Townsend

Paul Simonon, English singer-songwriter and bass player

#Paul_Simonon

Freeman Dyson, English-American physicist and mathematician

#Freeman_Dyson

Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília (d. 2012)

#Oscar_Niemeyer

Jenifer Brening, German singer

#Jenifer_Brening

Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist and songwriter

#Mark_Jansen

Alan Freed, American radio host (d. 1965)

#Alan_Freed

Zach Banks, American race car driver

#Zach_Banks

Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (d. 1938)

#Tamanishiki_San'emon

Heather Booth, American civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist

#Heather_Booth

Daiamami Genki, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Daiamami_Genki

Samira Saraya, Palestinian actor, filmmaker, poet and rapper

#Samira_Saraya

Kim Junsu, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

#Kim_Junsu

Don Johnson, American actor

#Don_Johnson

Conor Daly, American race car driver

#Conor_Daly

Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (d. 1988)

#Chico_Mendes

Garrett Wang, American actor

#Garrett_Wang

Martyn Bernard, English high jumper

#Martyn_Bernard

Aaron Miles, American baseball player and coach

#Aaron_Miles

Eric Young, Canadian-American wrestler

#Eric_Young_(wrestler)

Nick Buoniconti, American football player and sportscaster

#Nick_Buoniconti

Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (d. 169)

#Lucius_Verus

Andy González, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

#Andy_González_(baseball)

J. Paul Getty, American-English businessman and art collector, founded Getty Oil (d. 1976)

#J._Paul_Getty

Adam Brody, American actor

#Adam_Brody

Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician (d. 2009)

#Valentin_Varennikov

Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair racer and senator

#Chantal_Petitclerc

P. J. Byrne American actor

#P._J._Byrne

Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco (d. 2005)

#Miguel_Arraes

Ralph Ineson, English actor

#Ralph_Ineson

Max Yasgur, American dairy farmer and host of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair (d. 1973)

#Max_Yasgur

Chandler Canterbury, American actor

#Chandler_Canterbury

Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author

#Robert_Charles_Wilson

Oliver Heald, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales

#Oliver_Heald

Todd Tichenor, American baseball player and umpire

#Todd_Tichenor

Uziel Gal, German-Israeli engineer, designed the Uzi gun (d. 2002)

#Uziel_Gal

Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (d. 1978)

#Harold_Abrahams

Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (d. 1726)

#Michel_Richard_Delalande

David Howells, English footballer and coach

#David_Howells

Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (d. 2015)

#Klaus_Rifbjerg

John R. Allen, American general and diplomat

#John_R._Allen

Mo Vaughn, American baseball player

#Mo_Vaughn

Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic (d. 1946)

#Leon_Marchlewski

Stefania LaVie Owen, New Zealand-American actress

Nichole Bloom, American actress and model

Iveta Mazá?ová, Czech sprinter

Diogo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer

Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)

Manuel Wilhelm, German rugby player

Sergio Pizzorno, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jerome McDougle, American football player

Ned Brower, American drummer

Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer and manager

Garath Archer, English rugby player

Alexandra Tydings, American actress, director, writer and producer

Lawrence Funderburke, American basketball player

Adam Setliff, American discus thrower and lawyer

Molly Price, American actress

Carl Hooper, Guyanese cricketer and coach

David Wingate, American basketball player

Norman J. Grossfeld, American screenwriter and producer

Ellie Cornell, American actress and producer

Simon Hodgkinson, English rugby player and coach

Walter Werzowa, Austrian composer and producer

Gary Whetton, New Zealand rugby player

Alan Whetton, New Zealand rugby player

Greg Matthews, Australian cricketer

Carlo J. Caparas, Filipino director and producer

Mike McAlary, American journalist and author (d. 1998)

Mario Marois, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

John Lee Hancock, American screenwriter, film director, and producer

Hector Sants, English banker

Tim Webster, Australian journalist and sportscaster

George Donikian, Australian journalist

Brian Roper, English economist and academic

Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (d.1991)

Michael Bogdanov, Welsh director and screenwriter

Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)

Jesse Belvin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1960)

Ernest Ashworth, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)

Kasey Rogers, American actress and author (d. 2006)

Ruhi Sar?alp, Turkish triple jumper and educator (d. 2001)

Kurt Schaffenberger, German-American sergeant and illustrator (d. 2002)

Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (d. 2013)

Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese painter and illustrator (d. 1974)

Jeff Chandler, American actor (d. 1961)

Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005)

Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (d. 1964)

Muriel Rukeyser, American poet, academic, and activist (d. 1980)

Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and illustrator (d. 1991)

John Hammond, American record producer and critic (d. 1987)

Eliza Atkins Gleason, African American librarian (d. 2009)

Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author (d. 2005)

Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1993)

Josef Imbach, Swiss sprinter (d. 1964)

Vibert Douglas, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1988)

A.P. Carter, American country singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1960)

Maxwell Anderson, American journalist and playwright (d. 1959)

Hans Carossa, German author and poet (d. 1956)

Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter (d. 1773)

Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1746)

Christoph Demantius, German composer, poet, and theorist (d. 1643)

Prince Munetaka, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1274)