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