History Births on July 15

Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1945)

#Wilhelm_Wirtinger

Mac Thornberry, American lawyer and politician

#Mac_Thornberry

Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (d. 2015)

#Robert_Conquest

Jai Singh I, maharaja of Jaipur (d. 1667)

#Jai_Singh_I

Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House (d. 1652)

#Inigo_Jones

Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

#Gregory_Isaacs

Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (d. 1917)

#Frances_Xavier_Cabrini

Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan-French journalist and author (d. 2007)

#Driss_Chraïbi

Marky Ramone, American drummer and songwriter

#Marky_Ramone

Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (d. 1983)

#Jean_Rey_(politician)

Steve Mortimer, Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator

#Steve_Mortimer

Ian Stewart, Scottish race car driver

#Ian_Stewart_(racing_driver)

Adam Savage, American actor and special effects designer

#Adam_Savage

Robert Winston, English surgeon, academic, and politician

#Robert_Winston

Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

#Leon_M._Lederman

Alou Diarra, French footballer

#Alou_Diarra

Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (d. 1936)

#Jean-Baptiste_Charcot

Scott Foley, American actor

#Scott_Foley

Gu Yanwu, Chinese philologist and geographer (d. 1682)

#Gu_Yanwu

Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

#Twinkle_(singer)

Kim Alexis, American fashion model

#Kim_Alexis

Carmen Zapata, American actress (d. 2014)

#Carmen_Zapata

Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic

#Brenda_Milner

Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (d. 1989)

#Rudolf_Uhlenhaut

Jens Juel, Danish politician and diplomat, Governor-general of Norway (d. 1700)

#Jens_Juel_(diplomat)

Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer

#Alexander_Frei

Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden

#Carl_Bildt

Alistair Carmichael, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

#Alistair_Carmichael

Risto Jarva, Finnish director and producer (d. 1977)

#Risto_Jarva

Clive Cussler, American archaeologist and author

#Clive_Cussler

Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer

#Håvard_Nielsen

Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player

#Zach_Bogosian

Donn Clendenon, American baseball player and lawyer (d. 2005)

#Donn_Clendenon

Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)

#Vilfredo_Pareto

Anthony Randolph, American basketball player

#Anthony_Randolph

Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)

#Bertram_Brockhouse

Richard Russo, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter

#Richard_Russo

Håkon Brusveen, Norwegian cross-country skier

#Håkon_Brusveen

Evgeny Tishchenko, Russian boxer

#Evgeny_Tishchenko

Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2019)

#Roky_Erickson

Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)

#Robert_Bruce_Merrifield

Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)

#Vladimir_the_Bold

Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2003)

#Jürgen_Möllemann

Doppo Kunikida, Japanese journalist, author, and poet (d. 1908)

#Doppo_Kunikida

Damian Lillard, American basketball player

#Damian_Lillard

Henry Edward Manning, English cardinal (d. 1892)

#Henry_Edward_Manning

Brigitte Nielsen, Danish-Italian actress

#Brigitte_Nielsen

Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 2004)

#Jacques_Derrida

Irène Jacob, French-Swiss actress

#Irène_Jacob

Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012)

#Alex_Karras

Ken Kercheval, American actor and director (d. 2019)

#Ken_Kercheval

Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (d. 1920)

#Josef_Josephi

Arianna Huffington, Greek-American journalist and publisher (The Huffington Post)

#Arianna_Huffington

Jason Bonham, English singer-songwriter and drummer

#Jason_Bonham

Derrick Favors, American basketball player

#Derrick_Favors

Richard Cumberland, English philosopher (d. 1718)

#Richard_Cumberland_(philosopher)

Neemia Tialata, New Zealand rugby player

#Neemia_Tialata

Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (d. 1969)

#Enid_Bennett

Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, American educator, author, editor (d. 1884)

#Almira_Hart_Lincoln_Phelps

Lana Parrilla, American actress

#Lana_Parrilla

Clement Clarke Moore, American author, poet, and educator (d. 1863)

#Clement_Clarke_Moore

Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player

#Miguel_Olivo

Antonio Correr, Italian cardinal (d. 1445)

#Antonio_Correr_(cardinal)

Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (d. 1974)

#Dorothy_Fields

Joe Satriani, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Joe_Satriani

Celia Imrie, English actress

#Celia_Imrie

Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese economist and politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic

#Aníbal_Cavaco_Silva

David Miliband, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

#David_Miliband

Enrique Mosca, Argentinian lawyer and politician (d. 1950)

#Enrique_Mosca

Jeff Jarvis, American journalist and blogger

#Jeff_Jarvis

Pridiyathorn Devakula, Thai economist and politician, Thai Minister of Finance

#Pridiyathorn_Devakula

Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Anglo-Irish businessman and publisher, founded the Amalgamated Press (d. 1922)

#Alfred_Harmsworth,_1st_Viscount_Northcliffe

Brian Austin Green, American actor

#Brian_Austin_Green

Emmeline Pankhurst, English political activist and suffragist (d. 1928)

#Emmeline_Pankhurst

Heath Slater, American wrestler

#Heath_Slater

Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic

#Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell

Anita Farra, Italian actress (d. 2008)

#Anita_Farra

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian priest and politician, 49th President of Haiti

#Jean-Bertrand_Aristide

D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (d. 2019)

#D._A._Pennebaker

Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (d. 2019)

#Jan-Michael_Vincent

Lydia Davis, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist

#Lydia_Davis

Marius Stankevi?ius, Lithuanian footballer

#Marius_Stankevi?ius

Stephen Smale, American mathematician and computer scientist

#Stephen_Smale

Vincent Lindon, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Vincent_Lindon

Taylor Hardwick, American architect, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (d. 2014)

#Taylor_Hardwick

Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)

#Vivian_Malone_Jones

Evan Hultman, American politician

#Evan_Hultman

W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon (d. 1899)

#W._W._Thayer

George Voinovich, American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio (d. 2016)

#George_Voinovich

Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2003)

#Guido_Crepax

Mario Kempes, Argentinian footballer and manager

#Mario_Kempes

Eddie Griffin, American comedian, actor, and producer

#Eddie_Griffin

Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (d. 2015)

#Raymond_Gosling

Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (d. 1882)

#Reuben_Chapman

Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter

#Millie_Jackson

André Nel, South African cricketer

#André_Nel

August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (d. 1792)

#August_Gottlieb_Spangenberg

Harrison Birtwistle, English composer and academic

#Harrison_Birtwistle

Seán Lemass, Irish soldier and politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1971)

#Seán_Lemass

Jonathan Cheechoo, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jonathan_Cheechoo

Jan Cossiers, Flemish painter (d. 1671)

#Jan_Cossiers

Veronika Velez-Zuzulová, Slovak skier

#Veronika_Velez-Zuzulová

Artimus Pyle, American rock drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

#Artimus_Pyle

M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter

#M._T._Vasudevan_Nair

James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic (d. 1873)

#James_Hope-Scott

Scott Ritter, American soldier and international weapons inspector

#Scott_Ritter

Colin Barnett, Australian economist and politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia

#Colin_Barnett

Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (d. 1940)

#Walter_Benjamin

Jean-Christophe Grangé, French journalist and screenwriter

#Jean-Christophe_Grangé

Wayde van Niekerk, South African sprinter

#Wayde_van_Niekerk

K. Kamaraj, Indian journalist and politician (d. 1975)

#K._Kamaraj

Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota

#Jesse_Ventura

Ichij?, Japanese emperor (d. 1011)

#Emperor_Ichij?

Diane Kruger, German actress and model

#Diane_Kruger

Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (d. 2012)

#Carl_Woese

Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (d. 1867)

#Thomas_Bulfinch

Alan Pérez, Spanish cyclist

#Alan_Pérez_(cyclist)

Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (d. 1898)

#Sir_John_Fowler,_1st_Baronet

Tobias Harris, American basketball player

#Tobias_Harris

Jacques-Yvan Morin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec

#Jacques-Yvan_Morin

Rembrandt, Dutch painter and etcher (d. 1669)

#Rembrandt

Aída Yéspica, Venezuelan model and actress

#Aída_Yéspica

Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei

#Hassanal_Bolkiah

Marianne Bernadotte, Swedish actress and philanthropist

#Marianne_Bernadotte

Steve Thomas, English-Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Steve_Thomas_(ice_hockey)

Nan Martin, American actress (d. 2010)

#Nan_Martin

Marco Di Vaio, Italian footballer

#Marco_Di_Vaio

Edda Garðarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer

#Edda_Garðarsdóttir

Petros Klampanis, Greek bassist and composer

#Petros_Klampanis

Tomer Kapon, Israeli actor

#Tomer_Kapon

Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 2003)

#Leopoldo_Galtieri

Reggie Abercrombie, American baseball player

#Reggie_Abercrombie

Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)

#Ed_Litzenberger

Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet and author (d. 2010)

#Abraham_Sutzkever

Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player

#Alisa_Kleybanova

Cherry, American wrestler and manager

#Cherry_(wrestler)

Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (d. 1878)

#Sidney_Breese

Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009)

#Ernie_Barnes

Barbara Jagiellon, duchess consort of Saxony and Margravine consort of Meissen (d. 1534)

#Barbara_Jagiellon

Gero Miesenböck, Austrian neuroscientist and educator

#Gero_Miesenböck

Ray Toro, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Ray_Toro

Gabriel Iglesias, Mexican-American comedian and voice actor

#Gabriel_Iglesias

Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (d. 2014)

#Jeremiah_Denton

Terry O'Quinn, American actor

#Terry_O'Quinn

Marie Tempest, English actress and singer (d. 1942)

#Marie_Tempest

Giorgos Kaminis, American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Mayor of Athens

#Giorgos_Kaminis

BxB Hulk, Japanese professional wrestler

#BxB_Hulk

Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic (d. 2010)

#Albert_Ghiorso

Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Linda_Ronstadt

Forest Whitaker, American actor

#Forest_Whitaker

Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

#Trevor_Horn

Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player

#Tyler_Kennedy

Charles Anthony, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)

#Charles_Anthony_(tenor)

Francisco de Andrade, Portuguese sailor

#Francisco_de_Andrade

Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster

#Barry_Melrose

Laura Benanti, American actress and singer

#Laura_Benanti

Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)

#Johnny_Thunders

Hokut?fuji Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler

Danilo, Brazilian footballer

Steven Jahn, German footballer

Riki Christodoulou, English race car driver

Sanjeev, Tamil actor

Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer

Will Rudge, English cricketer

Nelson Merlo, Brazilian race car driver

Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (d. 2017)

Renata Ku?erová, Czech tennis player

John St. Clair, American football player

Steve Cunningham, American boxer

Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player

Danny Law, English cricketer

Tarkan Gözübüyük, Turkish bass player and producer

Ain Tammus, Estonian footballer and coach

Elbert West, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

Michelle Ford, Australian swimmer

Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player and manager

Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress

Gary Heale, English footballer and coach

Wayne Taylor, South African race car driver

Nicholas Harberd, British botanist, educator and academician

Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Joy Division) (d. 1980)

John Ferguson, Australian rugby league player

Alicia Bridges, American singer-songwriter

Mohamad Shahrum Osman, Malaysian politician

Sultanah Haminah, Malaysian royal consort

David Pack, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic

Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)

Peter Lewis (musician), American singer-songwriter and guitarist

David Arthur Granger, Guyanese politician, 9th President of Guyana

Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and convicted murderer (d. 1990)

Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (d. 2015)

Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician

Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press

Prabhash Joshi, Indian journalist (d. 2009)

Eva Krížiková, Czech actress

Joanna Merlin, American actress and casting director

Einosuke Akiya, Japanese Buddhist leader

Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)

Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist (d. 2001)

Viramachaneni Vimla Devi, Indian parliamentarian

Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, English diplomat

Pandel Savic, American football player (d. 2018)

Antony Carbone, American actor

Philip Carey, American actor (d. 2009)

Jean-Pierre Richard, French writer

Jean Heywood, British actress

Henri Colpi, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006)

Jack Beeson, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)

Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher (d. 1999)

Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (d. 2012)

Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979)

Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012)

Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat (d. 2004)

Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian army officer (d. 2007)

Howard Vernon, Swiss-French actor (d. 1996)

Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (d. 1999)

Hammond Innes, English journalist and author (d. 1998)

Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)

Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician, Secretary of State for Air (d. 1994)

Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (d. 1992)

R. S. Mugali, Indian poet and academic (d. 1993)

Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author (d. 2007)

Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author (d. 1998)

Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (d. 1989)

Dick Rauch, American football player and coach (d. 1970)

Wharton Esherick, American sculptor (d. 1970)

Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1693)

Eskender, Ethiopian emperor (d. 1494)

Queen Yun, Korean queen (d. 1482)

Bo?ek IV of Pod?brady, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1496)

Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (d. 1352)