October 15 - Births

Births

• 70 BC – Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
• 1471 – Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)
• 1542 – Akbar the Great, 3rd Mughal Emperor (d. 1605)
• 1608 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)
• 1686 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)
• 1701 – Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)
• 1711 – Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)
• 1784 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (d. 1849)
• 1785 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and founding father (d. 1821)
• 1814 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (d. 1841)
• 1825 – Queen Marie of Prussia, (d. 1889)
• 1829 – Asaph Hall, American astronomer (d. 1907)
• 1836 – James Tissot, French artist (d. 1902)
• 1840 – Honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
• 1844 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
• 1858 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918)
• 1872 – Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian president (d. 1956)
• 1874 – Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, (d. 1899)
• 1878 – Paul Reynaud, French politician (d. 1966)
• 1879 – Jane Darwell, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1967)
• 1881 – P. G. Wodehouse, British novelist (d. 1975)
• 1882 – Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (d. 1941)
• 1884 – Arch Hoxsey, pioneer aviator (d. 1910)
• 1890 – Álvaro de Campos, a heteronym of Fernando Pessoa (d. 1935).
• 1893 – King Carol II of Romania, (d. 1953)
• 1894 – Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
• 1898 – Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (d. 1951)
• 1900 – Mervyn LeRoy, American film director (d. 1987)
• 1905 – C. P. Snow, British writer (d. 1980)
• 1906 – Hiram Leong Fong, American politician (d. 2004)
• 1907 – Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1967)
• 1908 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-born US economist (d. 2006)
• 1909 – Robert Trout, American reporter (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Jesse Leonard Greenstein, American astronomer (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician
• 1917 – Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Arthur Schlesinger Jr., American historian and political commentator (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (d. 1985)
• 1920 – Mario Puzo, American novelist (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Henri Verneuil, French film director (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer
• 1923 – Italo Calvino. Italian writer (d. 1985)
• 1924 – Lee Iacocca, American automotive executive
• 1924 – Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1924 – Marguerite Andersen, German writer
• 1924 – Warren Miller, American director
• 1925 – Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia)
• 1926 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
• 1926 – Evan Hunter, American author (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Karl Richter, German conductor (d. 1981)
• 1926 – James E. Akins, American diplomat and adviser to Richard Nixon (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
• 1931 – Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Eleventh President of India
• 1934 – N. Ramani, Indian flutist
• 1935 – Bobby Joe Morrow, American sprinter
• 1935 – Barry McGuire, American singer
• 1935 – Willie O'Ree, Canadian Hockey Player
• 1937 – Linda Lavin, American actress
• 1938 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and political activist (d. 1997)
• 1938 – Marv Johnson, American singer (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player
• 1940 – Peter Doherty, Australian immunologist, Nobel laureate
• 1942 – Penny Marshall, American actress and movie director
• 1944 – Sali Berisha, former President of Albania; current Prime Minister
• 1944 – David Trimble, Irish politician, Nobel laureate
• 1944 – Haim Saban, Egyptian-born American media proprietor
• 1945 – Jere Burns, American actor
• 1945 – Jim Palmer, American baseball player
• 1946 – Richard Carpenter, American musician (The Carpenters)
• 1946 – Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician
• 1948 – Chris de Burgh, Irish singer and songwriter
• 1949 – Laurie McBain, U.S.American novelist.
• 1949 – Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist and psephologist, CEO – NDTV
• 1951 – Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess grandmaster
• 1951 – Peter Richardson, English actor, comedian, and writer
• 1953 – Tito Jackson, American musician
• 1953 – Larry Miller, American actor and comedian
• 1953 – Betsy Clifford, Canadian alpine skier
• 1954 – Peter Bakowski, Australian poet
• 1954 – Princess Friederike of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• 1955 – Kulbir Bhaura, British field hockey player
• 1955 – Tanya Roberts, American actress
• 1957 – Mira Nair, Indian director
• 1957 – Stacy Peralta, American director
• 1958 – Stephen Clarke, British author
• 1958 – Renée Jones, American actress
• 1959 – Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
• 1959 – Emeril Lagasse, American chef
• 1959 – Todd Solondz, American film director
• 1960 – Daniel Mazur, American mountaineer
• 1964 – Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
• 1966 – Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer
• 1968 – Jyrki 69, Finnish musician The 69 Eyes
• 1968 – Didier Deschamps, French footballer
• 1969 – Paige Davis, American television personality and actress
• 1969 – Vanessa Marcil, American actress
• 1969 – Dominic West, British actor
• 1969 – Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
• 1970 – Eric Benét, American singer
• 1971 – Andy Cole, British footballer
• 1971 – Jason Arhndt, American wrestler
• 1972 – Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player
• 1972 – Matt Keeslar, American actor
• 1972 – Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
• 1973 – Dax Riggs, American musician
• 1974 – Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
• 1975 – Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Ginuwine, American singer
• 1975 – Glen Little, English footballer
• 1976 – Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
• 1976 – Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
• 1977 – Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver
• 1977 – Erin McKeown, American musician
• 1977 – David Trezeguet, French football player
• 1977 – Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1978 – Devon Gummersall, American actor
• 1978 – Takeshi Morishima, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1979 – Paul Robinson, English footballer
• 1979 – Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
• 1979 – Blue Adams, American Football Player
• 1980 – Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
• 1980 – Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer)
• 1981 – Keyshia Cole, American R&B singer
• 1981 – Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
• 1981 – Abram Elam, American football player
• 1981 – Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
• 1981 – Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder
• 1982 – Paulini Curuenavuli, Fijian/Australian singer
• 1982 – Charline Labonté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Sachiko Yamada, Japanese swimmer
• 1983 – Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1983 – Holly Montag, American reality TV personality
• 1985 – Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 – Marcos Martínez, Spanish racing driver
• 1986 – Lee Donghae, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
• 1986 – Carlo Janka, Swiss alpine ski racer
• 1987 – Jesse Levine, Canadian/American tennis player
• 1988 – Mesut Özil, German footballer
• 1989 – Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian/Italian footballer
• 1992 – Vincent Martella, American actor
• 1999 – Bailee Madison, American actress
• 2005 – Prince Christian of Denmark, Danish royal