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Famous People Born on January 15(227 people)
Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter
Tim Stützle, German ice hockey player
Triston Casas, American baseball player
Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast
Dove Cameron, American actress and singer
Deebo Samuel, American football player
Kadeem Allen, American basketball player
Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
James Mitchell, Australian basketball player
Sidney Franklin, American actor and tap dancer
Slava Voynov, Russian ice hockey player
Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (died 2008)
Nicole Ross, American Olympic foil fencer
Donald Sloan, American basketball player
Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
Kelly Kelly, American wrestler and model
Jessy Schram, American actress and model
Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
Pavel Podkolzin, Russian basketball player
Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator
Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
Matt Holliday, American baseball player
Drew Brees, American football player
Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster
Alexander Korolyuk, Russian ice hockey player
Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player
Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer and manager
Mary Pierce, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
Martin Štrbák, Slovak ice hockey player
Séverine Deneulin, international development academic
Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete
Claudia Winkleman, English journalist and critic
Michele Granger, American softball player
Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman
Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager
Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer
Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
Bernard Hopkins, American boxer and coach
Adam Jones, American musician and songwriter
Craig Fairbrass, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer and coach
Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director
Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player
Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (died 2008)
Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (died 2016)
Marty Lyons, American football player and sportscaster
Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician
Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-American actor and director
Marc Trestman, American football player and coach
Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator
Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian lieutenant (died 1982)
Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
Randy White, American football player
Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer (died 2018)
Ernie DiGregorio, American basketball player
Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach
Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (died 2001)
Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (died 2012)
Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (died 1977)
Charles Brown, American actor (died 2004)
Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (died 1993)
William R. Higgins, American colonel (died 1990)
David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
George Ambrum, Australian rugby league player (died 1986)
Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union
Mike Marshall, American baseball player (died 2021)
Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge (died 2013)
Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, first Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2018)
Tony Bullimore, English sailor (died 2018)
Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler (died 2021)
Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer (died 2020)
Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
Richard Franklin, English actor, writer, director and political activist (died 2023)
Robert Silverberg, American author and editor
V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (died 2013)
Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host (died 2020)
Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic (died 2019)
Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic (died 2022)
Lou Jones, American sprinter (died 2006)
Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor (died 2022)
Derek Meddings, British special effects designer (died 1995)
Earl Hooker, American guitarist (died 1970)
Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
Joanne Linville, American actress (died 2021)
W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (died 2015)
Phyllis Coates, American actress (died 2023)
Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (died 2005)
Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor (died 2023)
Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (died 2006)
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese economist and politician, fourth President of the Republic of China (died 2020)
Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (died 1996)
Eric Willis, Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (died 1999)
Cliff Barker, American basketball player (died 1998)
Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2007)
Frank Thornton, English actor (died 2013)
Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach (died 1990)
Steve Gromek, American baseball player (died 2002)
John O'Connor, American cardinal (died 2000)
Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (died 2012)
João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (died 1999)
Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (died 2007)
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (died 1970)
K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (died 1994)
Stefan Bałuk, Polish general (died 2014)
Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (died 2003)
Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (died 2002)
Lloyd Bridges, American actor (died 1998)
Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (died 2005)
Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (died 1963)
Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (died 1939)
Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (died 1973)
Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier (died 1940)
Torin Thatcher, British actor (died 1981)
Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958)
Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)
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About Famous Birthdays on January 15
January 15 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.
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