History Births on January 15

El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese football player

#El_Hadji_Diouf

João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999)

#João_Figueiredo

Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)

#Hugh_Trevor-Roper

Eric Willis, Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1999)

#Eric_Willis

Nâz?m Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963)

#Nâz?m_Hikmet

Jermaine Pennant, English footballer

#Jermaine_Pennant

Mary Pierce, Canadian-American tennis player and coach

#Mary_Pierce

Bernard Hopkins, American boxer and coach

#Bernard_Hopkins

Molière, French actor and playwright (d. 1673)

#Molière

Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (d. 1944)

#Arsen_Kotsoyev

Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese-Chinese economist and politician, 4th President of the Republic of China

#Lee_Teng-hui

Essam El Hadary, Egyptian footballer

#Essam_El_Hadary

Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)

#Michiaki_Kamada

Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (d. 1899)

#Giovanni_Segantini

Matt Holliday, American baseball player

#Matt_Holliday

Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)

#Paul_A._Dever

Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

#Margaret_Beckett

Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter

#Grace_VanderWaal

Keiran Lee, British pornographic actor, director, and producer

#Keiran_Lee

V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013)

#V._S._Ramadevi

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

#Artturi_Ilmari_Virtanen

Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (d. 1993)

#Vince_Foster

Janusz Kusoci?ski, Polish runner and soldier (d. 1940)

#Janusz_Kusoci?ski

Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer

#Ashraf_Aman

Pitbull, American rapper and producer

#Pitbull_(rapper)

Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (d. 2015)

#Ko_Chun-hsiung

Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director

#Yves_Pelletier

René Adler, German footballer

#René_Adler

Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (d. 1941)

#Henry_Burr

Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929)

#Thomas_Burke_(athlete)

Lewis Terman, American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1956)

#Lewis_Terman

Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)

#Afonso_V_of_Portugal

Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (d. 2010)

#Captain_Beefheart

Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (d. 2008)

#Pavle_Kozjek

Princess Michael of Kent

#Princess_Michael_of_Kent

George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 2013)

#George_Lowe_(mountaineer)

Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer

#Hugo_Viana

Pete Trewavas, English bass player and songwriter

#Pete_Trewavas

Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (d. 1970)

#Gamal_Abdel_Nasser

Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager

#Delino_DeShields

Boris Blank, Swiss singer-songwriter

#Boris_Blank_(musician)

Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)

#Mazo_de_la_Roche

Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer

#Martin_Petrov

Leonard Darwin, English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (d. 1943)

#Leonard_Darwin

Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (d. 2005)

#Maria_Schell

Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)

#Marjorie_Fleming

Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 2018)

#Per_Ahlmark

Archibald Peake, English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)

#Archibald_Peake

James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor

#James_Nesbitt

Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (d. 1778)

#Philip_Livingston

Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician

#Andrew_Tyrie

Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)

#Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia

Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

#Mayawati

Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer

#Osmo_Tapio_Räihälä

Ray King, American baseball player

#Ray_King_(baseball)

Fred Davis, American football player

#Fred_Davis_(tight_end)

Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1872)

#Franz_Grillparzer

Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)

#Ivor_Novello

Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer

#Daniel_Caligiuri

Ruby Laffoon, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 1941)

#Ruby_Laffoon

Andreas Gursky, German photographer

#Andreas_Gursky

Randy White, American football player

#Randy_White_(American_football)

Claudia Winkleman, English journalist and critic

#Claudia_Winkleman

Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator (d. 1938)

#Osip_Mandelstam

Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer

#Fernando_Forestieri

Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (d. 2012)

#Maurice_Herzog

Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (d. 1661)

#Henry_Carey,_2nd_Earl_of_Monmouth

Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)

#Grover_Lowdermilk

Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer

#Ryan_Sidebottom

Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player

#Armando_Galarraga

Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)

#Steve_Gromek

Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer

#Chuni_Goswami

Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist

#Maurizio_Fondriest

Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829)

#Alexander_Griboyedov

Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)

#Lloyd_Bridges

Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (d. 1939)

#Jean_Bugatti

W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (d. 2015)

#W._R._Mitchell

Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 2003)

#Edward_Teller

Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer

#Margaret_O'Brien

Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907)

#Stanis?aw_Wyspia?ski

Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)

#Ray_Chapman

Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer and manager

#Florentin_Petre

Boris Tadi?, Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia

#Boris_Tadi?

John Aikin, English surgeon and author (d. 1822)

#John_Aikin

Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter

#Andrea_Martin

Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress (d. 1982)

#Marjorie_Bennett

Mario Van Peebles, American actor and director

#Mario_Van_Peebles

Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)

#Nathan_Söderblom

Lisa Lisa, American R&B singer

#Lisa_Lisa_and_Cult_Jam

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician (d. 1865)

#Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon

George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011)

#George_Cadle_Price

Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1954)

#Pierre_S._du_Pont

Skrillex, American DJ and producer

#Skrillex

Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (d. 1909)

#Mary_MacKillop

Brett Lebda, American ice hockey player

#Brett_Lebda

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (d. 1762)

#Prosper_Jolyot_de_Crébillon

Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist

#Franco_Pellizotti

Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic

#Ernest_J._Gaines

David Knight, English footballer

#David_Knight_(English_footballer)

Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)

#Wilhelm_Marx

Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player

#Sean_Lamont

Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach

#Marius_Trésor

Paul Blake, English sprinter

#Paul_Blake_(athlete)

Stefan Ba?uk, Polish general (d. 2014)

#Stefan_Ba?uk

Benjamin Agosto, American skater

#Benjamin_Agosto

Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1996)

#Michel_Debré

Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer

#Nicolai_Jørgensen

Phyllis Coates, American actress

#Phyllis_Coates

Eddie Cahill, American actor

#Eddie_Cahill

Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer

#Kenneth_Emil_Petersen

Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)

#Maeda_Toshiie

Regina King, American actress

#Regina_King

Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Doug_Gottlieb

Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)

#Richard_Martin_(Irish_politician)

Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (d. 1925)

#Josef_Breuer

Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian runner

#Iryna_Lishchynska

Mike Marshall, American baseball player

#Mike_Marshall_(pitcher)

Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer

#Joël_Veltman

Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player

#Greg_Inglis

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)

#Frederick_Stanley,_16th_Earl_of_Derby

Algernon Sidney, British philosopher (d. 1683)

#Algernon_Sidney

Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (d. 1973)

#Gene_Krupa

Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator

#Ben_Shapiro

Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper

#Darya_Klishina

Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower

#Dylan_Armstrong

Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)

#Jacques_Damala

William R. Higgins, American colonel (d. 1990)

#William_R._Higgins

Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1528)

#Edzard_I,_Count_of_East_Frisia

Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer and author

#Bruce_Schneier

Drew Brees, American football player

#Drew_Brees

Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman

#Shane_McMahon

Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor

#Ignacio_López_Tarso

Conrad Lant, English singer-songwriter and bass player

#Conrad_Lant

Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner

#Tsegaye_Kebede

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)

#Peter_Christen_Asbjørnsen

Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2001)

#Luis_Alvarado

David Ige, American politician

#David_Ige

Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union

#Stuart_E._Eizenstat

Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)

#Mihai_Eminescu

Marty Lyons, American football player and sportscaster

#Marty_Lyons

Marc Trestman, American football player and coach

#Marc_Trestman

Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1511)

#Ashikaga_Yoshizumi

Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer

#Marc_Bartra

Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)

#Édouard_Gagnon

James Mitchell, Australian basketball player

Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer

Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)

Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player

Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer

Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish pianist and composer

Vanessa Henke, German tennis player

Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer

Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player

Séverine Deneulin, international development academic

Suparno Satpathy, Indian socio-political leader

Christos Kostis, Greek footballer

Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete

Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer

Ted Tryba, American golfer

Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer and coach

Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player

Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2016)

Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect

Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian lieutenant (d. 1982)

Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator

Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter

Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer

Howard Twitty, American golfer

Ian Stewart, Scottish runner

Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (d. 2012)

Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (d. 1977)

Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge

Charles Brown, American actor (d. 2004)

David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

Jenny Nimmo, English author

George Ambrum, Australian rugby league player (d. 1986)

Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge (d. 2013)

Tony Bullimore, British sailor

Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler

Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic

Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host

Lou Jones, American sprinter (d. 2006)

Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor

Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (d. 1985)

Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

Earl Hooker, American guitarist (d. 1970)

Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer

Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (d. 2006)

Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (d. 1996)

Frank Thornton, English actor (d. 2013)

Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)

John O'Connor, American cardinal (d. 2000)

K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994)

Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963)

Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005)

Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002)

Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)

Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (d. 1941)

Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)

Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)

William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ (d. 1905)

Abraham de la Pryme, English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704)

Seongjong of Goryeo, Korean ruler (d. 997)