Famous Birthdays By Date

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Famous People Born on October 15(234 people)

Notable Figure

Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark

Activist

Melki Sedek Huang, Indonesian activist and sex offender

Actor

Bailee Madison, American-Canadian actress and singer

Athlete

Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballer

Politician

Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar, Indonesian activist and politician

Athlete

Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer

Actor

Grace Van Dien, American actress

Musician

Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer

Athlete

Jack Flaherty, American baseball player

Athlete

Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player

Musician

Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper

Notable Figure

Babar Azam, Pakistani cricket player

Athlete

Richaun Holmes, American basketball player

Musician

Roh Tae-hyun, South Korean singer and dancer

Actor

Ncuti Gatwa, Rwandan-Scottish actor

Athlete

Teoscar Hernández, Dominican baseball player

Actor

Vincent Martella, American actor

Notable Figure

Brock Nelson, American ice hockey player

Musician

Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

Notable Figure

Blaine Gabbert, American football player

Athlete

Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer

Athlete

Dominique Jones, American basketball player

Athlete

Mesut Özil, German footballer

Notable Figure

Ott Tänak, Estonian racing driver

Musician

Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter

Carlo Janka, Swiss skier(1986 - present)
Notable Figure

Carlo Janka, Swiss skier

Athlete

Nolito, Spanish footballer

Athlete

Arron Afflalo, American basketball player

Athlete

Izale McLeod, English footballer

Musician

Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter

Musician

Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer

Notable Figure

Bruno Senna, Brazilian ex-F1 Driver

Musician

Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer

Athlete

Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player

Notable Figure

Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist

Musician

Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer

Athlete

Paul Robinson, English footballer

Actor

Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter and actress

Athlete

Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer

Politician

Wes Moore, American politician, author, nonprofit executive, and television producer, 63rd Governor of Maryland

Athlete

Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler

Notable Figure

Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver

Athlete

David Trezeguet, French footballer

Athlete

Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer

Athlete

Elisa Aguilar, Spanish basketball player

Actor

Chukwudi Iwuji, Nigerian-British actor

Actor

Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress

Athlete

Aleksandr Filimonov, Russian footballer

Athlete

Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach

Athlete

Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager

Athlete

Andy Cole, English footballer and coach

Writer

Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator

Actor

Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

Notable Figure

Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier

Athlete

Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer

Actor

Dominic West, English actor and director

Athlete

Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager

Actor

Vanessa Marcil, American actress

Notable Figure

Rod Wishart, Australian rugby league player

Politician

Trent Zimmerman, Australian politician

Politician

Dan Forest, American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Actor

Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter

Musician

Eric Benét, American singer-songwriter

Athlete

Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager

Musician

Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer

Musician

Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer

Musician

Dave Stead, English drummer

Notable Figure

Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer (died 2013)

Astronaut

Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Athlete

Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager

Musician

Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Writer

Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author

Notable Figure

Alex Paterson, English keyboard player

Sarah, Duchess of York(1959 - present)
Notable Figure

Sarah, Duchess of York

Actor

Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Writer

Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author

Actor

Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer

Actor

Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer

Filmmaker

Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta

Notable Figure

Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player

Writer

Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator

Actor

Tanya Roberts, American actress (died 2021)

Writer

Peter Bakowski, Australian poet and educator

Politician

Steve Bracks, Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria

Actor

Jere Burns, American actor

Scientist

Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic

Notable Figure

Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier

Musician

Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Actor

Larry Miller, American actor and comedian

Musician

Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist

Actor

Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter

Athlete

Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player

Notable Figure

Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player

Actor

Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (died 2015)

Writer

Laurie McBain, American author

Writer

Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV

Legal

Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 2016)

Musician

Chris de Burgh, British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist

Actor

Hümeyra, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress

Musician

Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer

Actor

Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director

Musician

Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Musician

Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer

Politician

Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change

Notable Figure

Steve Camacho, Guyanese cricketer (died 2015)

Notable Figure

Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal

Notable Figure

Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (died 2024)

Athlete

Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster

Political Leader

Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania

Politician

A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (died 2005)

Business

Haim Saban, Israeli-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment

Politician

David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)

Notable Figure

Stanley Fischer, American and Israeli economist (died 2025)

Actor

Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer (died 2018)

Artist

Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter

Military

Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral

Musician

Don Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and drummer

Writer

Roy Masters, Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author

Notable Figure

Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player and coach

Medical

Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate

Musician

Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1993)

Musician

Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and activist (died 1997)

Artist

Brice Marden, American painter (died 2023)

Musician

Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2008)

Actor

Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (died 2024)

Actor

Michel Aumont, French actor (died 2019)

Business

Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, South African-English businessman (died 2019)

Musician

Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Athlete

Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer (died 2025)

Athlete

Bobby Morrow, American sprinter (died 2020)

Notable Figure

Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player, first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL)

Notable Figure

Alan Elsdon, English trumpet player (died 2016)

Notable Figure

N. Ramani, Indian flute player (died 2015)

Notable Figure

Nicky Barnes, American drug lord (died 2012)

Musician

Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer (died 2020)

Political Leader

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (died 2015)

Politician

Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician

Politician

FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (died 2000)

Politician

Ned McWherter, American politician, 46th Governor of Tennessee (died 2011)

Artist

Will Insley, American painter and architect (died 2011)

Business

B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015)

Politician

James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (died 2010)

Writer

Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (died 2012)

Philosopher/Religious

Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (died 1984)

Filmmaker

Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (died 2005)

Actor

Jean Peters, American actress (died 2000)

Musician

Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (died 1981)

Musician

Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (died 2012)

Actor

Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (died 2012)

Artist

Tony Hart, English painter and television host (died 2009)

Writer

Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator (died 2022)

Writer

Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author (died 2019)

Filmmaker

Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter (died 2018)

Writer

Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (died 1985)

Politician

Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (died 2010)

Writer

Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (died 2013)

Politician

Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (died 2008)

Writer

Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author (died 2019)

Musician

Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (died 1969)

Politician

Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist and politician, State Conciliator of Norway (died 2013)

Athlete

Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (died 2006)

Actor

Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor (died 2012)

Actor

Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress (died 1968)

Scientist

Peter Koch, American industrial engineer and wood scientist (died 1998)

Filmmaker

Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (died 1999)

Filmmaker

Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)

Scientist

Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (died 1985)

Notable Figure

Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (died 1995)

Actor

Jan Miner, American actress (died 2004)

Notable Figure

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (died 2007)

Notable Figure

Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator (died 2013)

Notable Figure

Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1950)

Writer

George Turner, Australian author and critic (died 1997)

Political Leader

Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (died 2007)

Notable Figure

Wolfgang Lüth, German U-boat captain (died 1945)

Musician

Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (died 2007)

Politician

Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (died 1990)

Scientist

Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic (died 2002)

Writer

Robert Trout, American journalist (died 2000)

Musician

Herman Chittison, American pianist (died 1967)

Politician

John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (died 2006)

Writer

Varian Fry, American journalist and author (died 1967)

Politician

Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (died 2004)

Writer

Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday (died 1963)

Musician

Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976)

Writer

C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (died 1980)

Writer

Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist (died 1952)

Actor

Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (died 1987)

Notable Figure

Adolf Brudes, Polish-German racing driver (died 1986)

Political Leader

Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1960)

Political Leader

Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (died 1965)

Political Leader

Carol II of Romania, King of Romania (died 1953)

Writer

Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer (died 1935)

Writer

S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic (died 1939)

Notable Figure

Frederick Fleet, English sailor and lookout on the Titanic (died 1965)

Notable Figure

Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (died 1910)

Athlete

Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (died 1941)

Writer

P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (died 1975)

Actor

Jane Darwell, American actress (died 1967)

Political Leader

Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (died 1966)

Notable Figure

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1899)

Political Leader

Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria (died 1956)

Notable Figure

August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (died 1921)

Musician

Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (died 1925)

Actor

John L. Sullivan, American boxer, actor, and journalist (died 1918)

Musician

Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher (died 1900)

Politician

Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (died 1894)

Artist

James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (died 1902)

Politician

John Alexander MacPherson, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Victoria (died 1894)

Scientist

Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (died 1907)

Political Leader

Marie of Prussia, Queen of Bavaria (died 1889)

Musician

Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (died 1869)

Politician

John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (died 1891)

Writer

Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter (died 1841)

Politician

Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, head of state of France in 1848 (died 1857)

Scientist

William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (died 1847)

Politician

José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (died 1821)

Politician

Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria (died 1849)

Musician

Bernhard Crusell, Finnish composer (died 1838)

Politician

Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician (died 1832)

Musician

Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (died 1820)

Political Leader

Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen of Sardinia (died 1741)

Philosopher/Religious

Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (died 1771)

Writer

Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1758)

Military

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (died 1686)

Scientist

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (died 1647)

Politician

Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (died 1664)

Notable Figure

Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1613)

Notable Figure

Richard Field, English cathedral dean (died 1616)

Political Leader

Akbar, Mughal emperor (died 1605)

Notable Figure

Konrad Mutian, German epigrammatist and academic (died 1526)

Notable Figure

Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, German noble (died 1483)

Political Leader

Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (died 1307)

Writer

Virgil, Roman poet (died 19 BC)

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