April 15 - Births

Births

• 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (d. 1519)
• 1469 – Guru Nanak Dev, the first of the ten Sikh Gurus (d. 1539)
• 1489 – Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)
• 1552 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)
• 1588 – Claudius Salmasius, French classical scholar (d. 1653)
• 1641 – Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)
• 1642 – Suleiman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1691)
• 1646 – King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
• 1646 – Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)
• 1684 – Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
• 1688 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, German composer (d. 1758)
• 1707 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (d. 1783)
• 1710 – William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
• 1721 – Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (d. 1765)
• 1741 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter, soldier and naturalist (d. 1827)
• 1772 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
• 1793 – Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer (d. 1864)
• 1794 – Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867)
• 1800 – James Clark Ross, English explorer (d. 1862)
• 1809 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician (d. 1877)
• 1828 – Jean Danjou, French Foreign Legion officer (d. 1863)
• 1832 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
• 1841 – Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)
• 1843 – Henry James, American author (d. 1916)
• 1856 – Jean Moréas, Greek poet (d. 1910)
• 1858 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (d. 1917)
• 1861 – Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (d. 1929)
• 1874 – George Harrison Shull, American plant geneticist (d. 1954)
• 1874 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
• 1875 – James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1953)
• 1878 – Robert Walser, Swiss writer (d. 1956)
• 1879 – Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer (d. 1980)
• 1883 – Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
• 1885 – Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)
• 1886 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921)
• 1888 – Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (d. 1904)
• 1889 – Thomas Hart Benton, American muralist (d. 1975)
• 1889 – A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)
• 1892 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983)
• 1892 – Theo Osterkamp, World War I and World War II German fighter pilot (d. 1975)
• 1894 – Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1971)
• 1894 – Bessie Smith, American blues singer (d. 1937)
• 1895 – Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980)
• 1896 – Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
• 1901 – Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)
• 1902 – Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
• 1904 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian artist (d. 1948)
• 1907 – Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ethologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
• 1908 – Eden Ahbez, American songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Miguel Najdorf, Argentine chess grandmaster (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Kim Il-sung, President of North Korea (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982)
• 1917 – Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1917 – James Kee, American politician (d. 1989)
• 1920 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist
• 1920 – Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany
• 1921 – Georgi Beregovoi, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1995)
• 1922 – Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor
• 1922 – Harold Washington, American politician (d. 1987)
• 1924 – Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor
• 1927 – Robert Mills, American physicist (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland
• 1933 – Roy Clark, American musician
• 1933 – David Hamilton, British photographer, film director and producer
• 1933 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Boris Strugatsky, Russian author
• 1933 – Jim Towers, English footballer (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
• 1937 – Bob Luman, American country singer (d. 1978)
• 1938 – Hso Khan Pha, Burmese politician
• 1939 – Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born actress
• 1939 – Marty Wilde, British singer
• 1940 – Jeffrey Archer, British author
• 1940 – Willie Davis, American baseball player
• 1940 – Woodie Fryman, American baseball player
• 1940 – Robert Lacroix, French Canadian professor of economics
• 1940 – Robert Walker Jr., American actor
• 1941 – Howard Berman, American politician
• 1942 – Francis X. DiLorenzo, American Catholic prelate
• 1942 – Walt Hazzard, American basketball player
• 1942 – Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Dzhokhar Dudaev, Chechen leader (d. 1996)
• 1944 – Dave Edmunds, Welsh musician
• 1947 – Lois Chiles, American actress
• 1947 – Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician
• 1947 – Mike Chapman, British songwriter
• 1947 – Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American writer and television producer
• 1947 – Woolly Wolstenholme, British musician
• 1948 – Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Tonio K, American singer
• 1949 – Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer
• 1949 – Craig Zadan, American film producer
• 1950 – Josiane Balasko, French actress, director and screenwriter
• 1950 – Amy Wright, American actress
• 1951 – Heloise, American newspaper columnist
• 1952 – Bengt Gingsjö, Swedish swimmer
• 1952 – Kym Gyngell, Australian comedian
• 1952 – Sam McMurray, American actor
• 1953 – Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Greek politician
• 1954 – Seka, American pornographic actress
• 1955 – Dodi Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman (d. 1997)
• 1956 – Michael Cooper, American basketball player
• 1957 – Evelyn Ashford, American athlete
• 1958 – Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Dolores Gordon-Smith, British writer
• 1958 – Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player
• 1958 – Noni Ιoannidou, Greek fashion model and actress
• 1958 – Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer
• 1959 – Fruit Chan, Hong Kong film director
• 1959 – Emma Thompson, English actress
• 1959 – Thomas F. Wilson, American actor
• 1959 – Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player and general manager
• 1960 – Tony Jones, English snooker player
• 1960 – Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist
• 1960 – HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, heir to the Belgian throne
• 1962 – Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi Bhangra singer
• 1962 – Nawal El Moutawakel, Morrocan hurdler
• 1962 – Tom Kane, American voice actor
• 1963 – Bobby Pepper, American journalist
• 1965 – Linda Perry, American musician
• 1966 – Samantha Fox, English singer
• 1967 – Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness)
• 1967 – Dara Torres, American swimmer
• 1968 – Ed O'Brien, British musician (Radiohead)
• 1968 – Stacey Williams, American model
• 1969 – Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player
• 1969 – Jimmy Waite, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• 1970 – Flex Alexander, American actor
• 1971 – Katy Hill, British television presenter
• 1971 – Jason Sehorn, American football player
• 1971 – Kate Harbour, English voice actress
• 1972 – Lou Romano, American voice actor
• 1972 – Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (d. 2009)
• 1974 – Mike Quinn, American football player
• 1974 – Keith Malley, American comedian and podcaster (Keith and The Girl)
• 1974 – Danny Pino, American actor
• 1974 – Douglas Spain, American actor
• 1975 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (d. 2006)
• 1975 – Phil Labonte, American vocalist (All That Remains)
• 1976 – Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Susan Ward, American actress
• 1977 – Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player
• 1978 – Austin Aries, American wrestler
• 1978 – Milton Bradley, American baseball player
• 1978 – Tim Corcoran, American baseball player
• 1978 – Anna Torv, Australian actress
• 1980 – Natalie Casey, British actress
• 1980 – James Foster, English cricketer
• 1980 – Raúl López, Spanish basketball player
• 1980 – Willie Mason, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 – Victor Núñez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1980 – Fränk Schleck, Luxembourgish cyclist
• 1980 – Billy Yates, American football player
• 1981 – Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentine football player
• 1981 – Seth Wulsin, American artist
• 1982 – Anthony Green, American musician
• 1982 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor and writer
• 1982 – Albert Riera, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Michael Aubrey, American baseball player
• 1983 – Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
• 1983 – Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Bronson La'Cassie, Australian professional golfer
• 1984 – Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Ben Kasica, guitarist (rock band Skillet)
• 1985 – Chris Cates, American baseball player
• 1985 – John Danks, American baseball player
• 1985 – Aaron Laffey, American baseball player
• 1985 – Amy Reid, German pornographic actress
• 1986 – Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Ghanaian footballer
• 1986 – Tom Heaton, English footballer
• 1987 – Sapphire Elia, English actres
• 1988 – Thomas Albanese, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Eliza Doolittle, English singer
• 1990 – Emma Watson, English actress
• 1991 – Daiki Arioka, Japanese actor & singer
• 1992 – Richard Sandrak, American bodybuilder
• 1992 – Amy Diamond, Swedish singer