15 October Births

Published : 15 Oct 2018, 10:38

Sahos Desk

October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

99 BC – Lucretius, Roman poet and philosopher (d. 55 BCE)
70 BC – Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
1218 – Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (d. 1265)
1265 – Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (d. 1307)
1440 – Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, German noble (d. 1483)
1471 – Konrad Mutian, German epigrammatist and academic (d. 1526)
1542 – Akbar, Mughal emperor (d. 1605)
1561 – Richard Field, English cathedral dean (d. 1616)
1564 – Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1613)
1599 – Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (d. 1664)
1608 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (d. 1647)
1622 – Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (d. 1686)
1686 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1758)
1701 – Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (d. 1771)
1711 – Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (d. 1741)
1762 – Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (d. 1820)
1767 – Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician (d. 1832)
1784 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria (d. 1849)
1785 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (d. 1821)
1789 – William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (d. 1847)
1814 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter (d. 1841)
1816 – John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1891)
1818 – Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869)
1825 – Marie of Prussia (d. 1889)
1829 – Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (d. 1907)
1831 – Isabella Bird, English explorer, writer, photographer, naturalist, and first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (d. 1904)
1833 – John Alexander MacPherson, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Victoria (d. 1894)
1836 – James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (d. 1902)
1840 – Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
1844 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher (d. 1900)
1858 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer, actor, and journalist (d. 1918)
1865 – Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (d. 1925)
1872 – Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria (d. 1956)
1872 – August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (d. 1921)
1874 – Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1899)
1878 – Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (d. 1966)
1879 – Jane Darwell, American actress (d. 1967)
1881 – P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (d. 1975)
1882 – Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (d. 1941)
1884 – Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (d. 1910)
1887 – Frederick Fleet, English sailor (d. 1965)
1888 – S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic (d. 1939)
1890 – Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer (d. 1935)
1893 – Carol II of Romania (d. 1953)
1894 – Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
1897 – Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1960)
1899 – Adolf Brudes, Polish-German race car driver (d. 1986)
1900 – Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987)
1901 – Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist (d. 1952)
1905 – C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (d. 1980)
1906 – Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (d. 2004)
1906 – Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1963)
1906 – Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
1907 – Varian Fry, American journalist and author (d. 1967)
1908 – Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967)
1908 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (d. 2006)
1909 – Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic (d. 2002)
1909 – Robert Trout, American journalist (d. 2000)
1910 – Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1990)
1912 – Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007)
1913 – Wolfgang Lüth, German commander (d. 1945)
1914 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (d. 2007)
1916 – Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2007)
1916 – George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997)
1917 – Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 – Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007)
1917 – Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator (d. 2013)
1919 – Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (d. 1985)
1919 – Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (d. 1995)
1920 – Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2012)
1920 – Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress (d. 1968)
1920 – Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1920 – Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1921 – Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (d. 2006)
1922 – Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author
1922 – Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist and politician, State Conciliator of Norway (d. 2013)
1922 – William Y. Thompson, American historian and author (d. 2013)
1923 – Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (d. 1985)
1923 – Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010)
1923 – Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (d. 2013)
1923 – Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (d. 2008)
1924 – Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator
1924 – Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author
1924 – Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1925 – Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (d. 2012)
1925 – Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (d. 2012)
1925 – Tony Hart, English painter and television host (d. 2009)
1926 – James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010)
1926 – Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
1926 – Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984)
1926 – Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1926 – Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981)
1927 – B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
1929 – Will Insley, American painter and architect (d. 2011)
1930 – FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (d. 2000)
1931 – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (d. 2015)
1931 – Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician
1932 – Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer
1933 – Nicky Barnes, American drug lord
1934 – Alan Elsdon, English trumpet player (d. 2016)
1934 – N. Ramani, Indian flute player (d. 2015)
1935 – Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935 – Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer
1935 – Bobby Morrow, American sprinter
1935 – Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 – Michel Aumont, French actor
1936 – Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, South African-English businessman
1937 – Linda Lavin, American actress and singer
1938 – Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993)
1938 – Brice Marden, American painter
1938 – Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)
1940 – Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player and coach
1940 – Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Roy Masters, Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author
1942 – Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter
1942 – Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral
1942 – Don Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1943 – Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer
1944 – Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania
1944 – A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (d. 2005)
1944 – Haim Saban, Israeli-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment
1944 – David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Steve Camacho, Guyanese cricketer (d. 2015)
1945 – Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal
1945 – Dave Hill, English actor
1945 – Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch
1945 – Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster
1946 – Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director
1946 – Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1946 – Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer
1946 – Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change
1947 – Hümeyra, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
1947 – Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer
1948 – Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 2016)
1948 – Chris de Burgh, British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
1949 – Laurie McBain, American author
1949 – Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV
1950 – Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (d. 2015)
1951 – Atoy Co, Filipino basketball player, coach, and actor
1951 – Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1951 – Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player
1951 – Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player
1951 – A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Dutch author
1953 – Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier
1953 – Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Larry Miller, American actor and screenwriter
1953 – Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist
1953 – Walter Jon Williams, American author
1954 – Peter Bakowski, Australian poet and educator
1954 – Steve Bracks, Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria
1954 – Jere Burns, American actor
1954 – Princess Friederike of Hanover
1954 – Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic
1955 – Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player
1955 – Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator
1957 – Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer
1957 – Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer
1957 – Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta
1958 – Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author
1959 – Sarah, Duchess of York
1959 – Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author
1959 – Alex Paterson, English keyboard player
1959 – Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1961 – Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager
1964 – Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1965 – Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer (d. 2013)
1966 – Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager
1966 – Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer
1966 – Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer
1966 – Dave Stead, English drummer
1967 – Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter
1967 – Dan Forest, American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
1968 – Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager
1968 – Vanessa Marcil, American actress
1968 – Rod Wishart, Australian rugby league player
1968 – Trent Zimmerman, Australian politician
1969 – Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
1969 – Dominic West, English actor and director
1970 – Eric Benét, American musician
1970 – Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1970 – Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier
1971 – Joey Abs, American wrestler
1971 – Andy Cole, English footballer and coach
1971 – Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator
1972 – Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach
1972 – Matt Keeslar, American actor
1972 – Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager
1973 – Aleksandr Filimonov, Russian footballer
1973 – Maria Hjorth, Swedish golfer
1974 – Ömer Çatkıç, Turkish footballer
1974 – Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
1975 – Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer
1975 – Glen Little, English footballer and manager
1976 – Christian Allen, American video game designer
1976 – Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
1977 – Masato Kawabata, Japanese race car driver
1977 – David Trezeguet, French footballer
1977 – Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
1978 – Devon Gummersall, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1978 – Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler
1979 – Blue Adams, American football player and coach
1979 – Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer
1979 – Jekaterina Golovatenko, Estonian figure skater
1979 – Paul Robinson, English footballer
1979 – Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter and actress
1979 – Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
1980 – Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
1980 – Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer-songwriter
1981 – Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
1981 – Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder
1982 – Paulini, Fijian-Australian singer
1982 – Sachiko Yamada, Japanese swimmer
1983 – Bruno Senna, Brazilian race car driver
1983 – Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer
1984 – Izale McLeod, English footballer
1984 – Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer
1984 – Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter
1985 – Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
1985 – Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Marcos Martínez, Spanish race car driver
1986 – Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter
1986 – Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
1986 – Nolito, Spanish footballer
1987 – Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player
1987 – Chantal Strand, Canadian voice actress and singer
1987 – Ott Tänak, Estonian race car driver
1988 – Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician
1988 – Mesut Özil, German footballer
1989 – Blaine Gabbert, American football player
1989 – Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer
1989 – Anthony Joshua, British Professional Boxer
1990 – Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1994 – Stephen Arthurworrey, English footballer
1994 – Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper
1995 – Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player
1996 – Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
1996 – Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
1999 – Bailee Madison, American actress
1999 – Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballer

Source: wikipedia

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