February 15 - Births

Births

• 1458 – Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
• 1471 – Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian ruler (d. 1503)
• 1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
• 1571 – Michael Praetorius, German composer (d. 1621)
• 1612 – Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, French military officer (d. 1676)
• 1620 – François Charpentier, French archaeologist (d. 1702)
• 1705 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)
• 1710 – King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
• 1725 – Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
• 1734 – William Stacy, American Army officer and pioneer (d. 1802)
• 1739 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
• 1748 – Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (d. 1832)
• 1759 – Friedrich August Wolf, German archaeologist (d. 1824)
• 1761 – Jacob Kimball, Jr., American composer (d. 1826)
• 1792 – Floride Calhoun, Second Lady of the United States (d. 1866)
• 1797 – Henry E. Steinway, German piano maker (d. 1871)
• 1809 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)
• 1809 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)
• 1811 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentine writer and politician, (d. 1888)
• 1812 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
• 1820 – Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist (d. 1906)
• 1825 – Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)
• 1835 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)
• 1840 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian Prime Minister (d. 1917)
• 1841 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)
• 1845 – Elihu Root, American statesman, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
• 1847 – Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
• 1849 – Sir Rickman Godlee, English surgeon (d. 1925)
• 1856 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
• 1861 – Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1938)
• 1861 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
• 1866 – Edward William Exshaw, British sailor (d. 1927)
• 1869 – Cormic Cosgrove, American soccer player (d. 1930)
• 1873 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1964)
• 1874 – Sir Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (d. 1922)
• 1877 – Louis Renault, French automotive executive (d. 1944)
• 1882 – John Barrymore, American actor (d. 1942)
• 1883 – Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
• 1890 – Robert Ley, Nazi official (d. 1945)
• 1891 – Dino Borgioli, Italian lyric tenor (d. 1960)
• 1892 – James Forrestal, American politician, Secretary of the Navy (d. 1949)
• 1893 – Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (d. 1947)
• 1895 – Earl Thompson, Canadian athlete (d. 1971)
• 1896 – Arthur Shields, Irish actor (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Gerrit Kleerekoper, Jewish - Dutch gymnastics coach (d. 1943)
• 1898 – Totò, Italian actor and composer (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Allen Woodring, American runner (d. 1982)
• 1899 – Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
• 1899 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1904 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch track cyclist (d. 1979)
• 1907 – Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1908 – Sarto Fournier, Canadian politician (d. 1980)
• 1909 – Miep Gies, Dutch biographer (d. 2010)
• 1909 – Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish footballer (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Irena Sendler, Polish social worker (d. 2008)
• 1911 – Leonard Woodcock, American labor union official and diplomat (d. 2001)
• 1912 – George Mikes, Hungarian-born British author (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Hale Boggs, American politician (d. 1972)
• 1914 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Allan Arbus, American actor
• 1918 – Hank Locklin, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Endicott Peabody, American politician (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985)
• 1922 – John B. Anderson, American politician
• 1923 – Yelena Bonner, Russian activist, widow of Andrei Sakharov (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Norman Bridwell, American author and cartoonist
• 1929 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (d. 1975)
• 1929 – Kauko Armas Nieminen, Finnish physicist
• 1929 – James Schlesinger, American politician
• 1930 – Nico Minardos, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Claire Bloom, British actress
• 1931 – Geoff Edwards, American television game show host
• 1932 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish film and TV screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Graham Kennedy, Australian actor (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist
• 1935 – Susan Brownmiller, American feminist writer
• 1935 – Roger Chaffee, American astronaut (d. 1967)
• 1935 – Gene Hickerson, American football player (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Gerd Bohnsack, German football manager
• 1939 – Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1939 – Robert Hansen, American serial killer
• 1940 – John Hadl, American football player
• 1940 – Hamzah Haz, Indonesian politician
• 1941 – Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
• 1941 – Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
• 1943 – Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Mick Avory, English drummer (The Kinks)
• 1945 – John Helliwell, English musician (Supertramp)
• 1945 – Douglas Hofstadter, American academic and writer
• 1946 – Esko Seppänen, Finnish politician
• 1947 – John Coolidge Adams, American composer
• 1947 – Marisa Berenson, American actress
• 1947 – Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1947 – Ádám Nádasdy, Hungarian linguist and poet
• 1948 – Ron Cey, American baseball player
• 1948 – Tino Insana, American voice actor
• 1948 – Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
• 1949 – Ken Anderson, American football player
• 1949 – Hans Graf, Austrian conductor
• 1950 – David Brown, American musician (Santana) (d. 2000)
• 1950 – Hark Tsui, Hong Kong film director
• 1951 – Melissa Manchester, American singer (Harlettes)
• 1951 – Jane Seymour, English actress
• 1953 – Tony Adams, Irish film producer (d. 2005)
• 1954 – Matt Groening, American cartoonist
• 1954 – Armand Parmentier, Belgian athlete
• 1955 – Janice Dickinson, American supermodel
• 1955 – Christopher McDonald, American actor
• 1956 – Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (d. 1992)
• 1957 – Steve Farhood, American boxing historian and analyst
• 1957 – Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver
• 1957 – Gul Mohammed, Indian primordial dwarf (d. 1997)
• 1958 – Chrystine Brouillet, Canadian novelist
• 1958 – Tony McKegney, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Matthew Ward, American singer (Second Chapter of Acts)
• 1959 – Ali Campbell, English singer and songwriter (UB40)
• 1959 – Brian Propp, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1959 – Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler
• 1960 – Mikey Craig, English musician (Culture Club)
• 1960 – Darrell Green, American football player
• 1960 – Roman Kostrzewski, Polish musician (Kat and Kat & Roman Kostrzewski)
• 1961 – Cheam Channy, Cambodian politician
• 1964 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
• 1964 – Leland D. Melvin, American astronaut
• 1964 – Daniel Poudrier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Mark Price, American basketball player
• 1965 – Bruce Bell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Jane Child, Canadian musician
• 1967 – Kelley Menighan Hensley, American actress
• 1967 – Syed Kamall, British politician
• 1967 – Craig Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter
• 1968 – Mieke Suys, Belgian triathlete
• 1969 – Josh Marshall, American journalist
• 1969 – Bryan Williams, American record executive and rapper
• 1969 – Scott MacKay
• 1971 – Renée O'Connor, American actress and director
• 1971 – Ray Sefo, New Zealand kickboxer
• 1972 – Jaromír Jágr, Czech hockey player
• 1973 – Alex Borstein, American actress
• 1973 – Kateřina Neumannová, Czech cross country skier
• 1973 – Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
• 1973 – Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
• 1974 – Miranda July, American performance artist
• 1974 – Gina Lynn, American pornographic actress
• 1974 – Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer (Lordi)
• 1974 – Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1974 – Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver
• 1975 – Serge Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Annemarie Kramer, Dutch sprinter
• 1975 – Brendon Small, American comedian and animator
• 1976 – Brandon Boyd, American musician (Incubus)
• 1976 – Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
• 1976 – Giorgos Karagoutis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician (The Killers)
• 1977 – Brooks Wackerman, American musician (Bad Religion)
• 1978 – Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy)
• 1978 – Tuan Le, American poker player
• 1978 – Yiruma, South Korean pianist
• 1979 – Chantal Janzen, Dutch actress, musical star
• 1979 – Alenka Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
• 1979 – Josh Low, English footballer
• 1979 – Scott Severin, Scottish footballer
• 1979 – Gordon Shedden, Scottish race car driver
• 1980 – Conor Oberst, American singer and songwriter (Bright Eyes)
• 1980 – Josh Sole, New Zealand-born Italian rugby player
• 1981 – Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Matt Hoopes, American musician (Relient K)
• 1981 – Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
• 1981 – Jenna Morasca, American model
• 1981 – Olivia, American singer
• 1982 – Shameka Christon, American basketball player
• 1982 – Tahesia Harrigan, Virgin Islander sprinter
• 1982 – Alex Nodari, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Don Cowie, Scottish footballer
• 1983 – Philipp Degen, Swiss footballer
• 1983 – David Degen, Swiss footballer
• 1983 – Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player
• 1983 – Ashley Tesoro, American actress and singer
• 1984 – Erik Cadée, Dutch discus thrower
• 1984 – Doda, Polish singer (Virgin)
• 1985 – Serkan Kırıntılı, Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1986 – Gabriel Paletta, Argentine footballer
• 1986 – Amber Riley, American actress and singer
• 1987 – Jarrod Sammut, Australian rugby player
• 1988 – Jarryd Hayne, Australian rugby player
• 1988 – Hironori Kusano, Japanese singer (NEWS)
• 1988 – Tim Mannah, Australian rugby player
• 1990 – Charles Pic, French racing driver
• 1990 – Erwin Sak, Polish footballer
• 1990 – Dejan Lazarević, Slovenian footballer
• 1991 – Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer
• 1991 – Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Greek footballer
• 1998 – Zachary Gordon, American actor