Famous Birthdays for January 15th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1432 – Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)^[26]
• 1462 – Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1528)
• 1481 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (d. 1511)^{[citation needed]}
• 1538 – Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
• 1595 – Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (d. 1661)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1622 – Molière, French actor and playwright (d. 1673)^[27]
• 1623 – Algernon Sidney, British philosopher (probable)^[28] (d. 1683)
• 1671 – Abraham de la Pryme, English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704)
• 1716 – Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
• 1747 – John Aikin, English surgeon and author (d. 1822)^[29]
• 1754 – Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)
• 1791 – Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1872)^[30]
• 1795 – Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829)
• 1803 – Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)
• 1809 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician (d. 1865)
• 1812 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)
• 1815 – William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, third President of the Church of Jesus Christ (d. 1905)
• 1834 – Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
• 1841 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, sixth Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
• 1842 – Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (d. 1925)
• 1842 – Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (d. 1909)
• 1850 – Leonard Darwin, English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (d. 1943)^[31]
• 1850 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)^[32]
• 1850 – Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)^[33]
• 1855 – Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)
• 1858 – Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (d. 1899)
• 1859 – Archibald Peake, English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
• 1863 – Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
• 1866 – Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
• 1869 – Ruby Laffoon, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 1941)
• 1869 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907)
• 1870 – Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1954)
• 1872 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (d. 1944)
• 1875 – Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929)
• 1877 – Lewis Terman, American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1956)
• 1878 – Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (d. 1941)
• 1879 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)^[34]
• 1882 – Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (d. 1941)
• 1882 – Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)^[35]
• 1885 – Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)
• 1885 – Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
• 1890 – Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
• 1891 – Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
• 1893 – Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)^[36]
• 1895 – Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• 1896 – Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress (d. 1982)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963)^[37]
• 1902 – Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
• 1907 – Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier (d. 1940)
• 1908 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 2003)
• 1909 – Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (d. 1939)
• 1909 – Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (d. 1973)
• 1912 – Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963)
• 1914 – Stefan Bałuk, Polish general (d. 2014)
• 1914 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)
• 1917 – K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994)
• 1918 – João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (d. 1970)
• 1919 – Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (d. 2012)
• 1919 – George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach (d. 1990)^[38]
• 1920 – Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1920 – John O'Connor, American cardinal (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Frank Thornton, English actor (d. 2013)^[39]
• 1922 – Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Eric Willis, Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese economist and politician, fourth President of the Republic of China (d. 2020)
• 1924 – George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
• 1925 – Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor
• 1926 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Phyllis Coates, American actress
• 1928 – W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Earl Hooker, American guitarist (d. 1970)
• 1929 – Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1930 – Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (d. 1985)
• 1931 – Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor
• 1932 – Lou Jones, American sprinter (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host (d. 2020)
• 1933 – Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic (d. 2019)
• 1933 – Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic
• 1934 – V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
• 1938 – Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
• 1938 – Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
• 1938 – Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer (d. 2020)^[40]
• 1939 – Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, first Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 2018)
• 1939 – Tony Bullimore, British sailor (d. 2018)
• 1941 – Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (d. 2010)
• 1942 – Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge (d. 2013)
• 1943 – George Ambrum, Australian rugby league player (d. 1986)
• 1943 – Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 1943 – Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union
• 1943 – Mike Marshall, American baseball player
• 1944 – Jenny Nimmo, English author
• 1945 – Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (d. 1993)
• 1945 – William R. Higgins, American colonel (d. 1990)
• 1945 – Princess Michael of Kent

• 1945 – David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 1946 – Charles Brown, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge
• 1947 – Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter
• 1948 – Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (d. 1977)
• 1949 – Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1949 – Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Ian Stewart, Scottish runner
• 1949 – Howard Twitty, American golfer
• 1950 – Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach
• 1952 – Boris Blank, Swiss singer-songwriter
• 1952 – Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer
• 1952 – Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (d. 2021)^[41]
• 1953 – Randy White, American football player
• 1954 – Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator
• 1955 – Andreas Gursky, German photographer
• 1955 – Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian lieutenant (d. 1982)
• 1956 – Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect
• 1956 – Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• 1956 – Marc Trestman, American football player and coach
• 1957 – David Ige, American politician
• 1957 – Marty Lyons, American football player and sportscaster
• 1957 – Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician
• 1957 – Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-American actor and director
• 1958 – Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2016)
• 1958 – Boris Tadić, Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia
• 1959 – Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player
• 1959 – Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (d. 2008)
• 1961 – Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer and coach
• 1961 – Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director
• 1964 – Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
• 1965 – Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
• 1965 – Bernard Hopkins, American boxer and coach
• 1965 – James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
• 1967 – Ted Tryba, American golfer
• 1968 – Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager
• 1970 – Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman^[42]
• 1971 – Regina King, American actress
• 1972 – Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete
• 1972 – Christos Kostis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Claudia Winkleman, English journalist and critic
• 1973 – Essam El Hadary, Egyptian footballer
• 1974 – Séverine Deneulin, international development academic
• 1975 – Mary Pierce, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
• 1976 – Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian runner
• 1976 – Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player
• 1976 – Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Eddie Cahill, American actor^[43]
• 1978 – Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
• 1978 – Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer
• 1979 – Drew Brees, American football player
• 1979 – Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
• 1979 – Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1980 – Matt Holliday, American baseball player^[44]
• 1981 – Pitbull, American rapper and producer
• 1981 – Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
• 1981 – Vanessa Henke, German tennis player
• 1982 – Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer
• 1983 – Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
• 1984 – Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator^[45]
• 1985 – René Adler, German footballer
• 1985 – Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player
• 1985 – Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
• 1986 – Fred Davis, American football player
• 1987 – Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player^[46]
• 1987 – Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner
• 1987 – David Knight, English footballer^[47]
• 1987 – Kelleigh Ryan, Canadian fencer^[48]
• 1988 – Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer^[49]
• 1988 – Skrillex, American DJ and producer
• 1989 – Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1989 – Nicole Ross, American Olympic foil fencer^[50]
• 1990 – Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer
• 1991 – Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer^[51]
• 1991 – Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer
• 1991 – Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
• 1991 – James Mitchell, Australian basketball player^[52]
• 1992 – Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer
• 1996 – Dove Cameron, American actress and singer^[53]
• 1998 – Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast^[54]
• 2004 – Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter^[55]