Famous Births on 15 Jan

Famous Births on 15 Jan

1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)
1538 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
1671 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
1716 - Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778)
1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
1754 - Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834)
1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872)
1795 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
1803 - Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)
1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
1812 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1885)
1816 - Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
1824 - Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847)
1841 - Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)
1842 - Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)
1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
1850 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)
1855 - Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)
1859 - Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)
1869 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)
1870 - Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman (d. 1954)
1872 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)
1875 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. 1929)
1877 - Lewis Terman, American psychologist (d. 1956)
1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
1882 - Princess Margaret of Sweden (d. 1920)
1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)
1885 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1890 - Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (d. 1965)
1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938)
1891 - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
1892 - Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950)
1893 - Ivor Novello, Welsh composer and actor (d. 1951)
1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1897 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
1899 - Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982)
1902 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1903 - Paul A. Dever, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1905 - Torin Thatcher, English actor (d. 1981)
1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 2003)
1909 - Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)
1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)
1912 - Michel Debré, French politician (d. 1996)
1912 - Harry Hay, American gay rights activist (d. 2002)
1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
1913 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005)
1913 - Alexander Marinesko, captain of the S-13 submarine, which sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff (d. 1963)
1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (d. 2003)
1918 - João Figueiredo, President of Brazil (d. 1999)
1918 - Édouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2007)
1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)
1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000)
1920 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1921 - Frank Thornton, English actor
1922 - Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)
1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician
1925 - Ruth Slenczynska, U.S. pianist
1926 - Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (d. 1996)
1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. 2005)
1927 - Phyllis Coates, American actress
1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968)
1930 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 1985)
1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, American author
1937 - Margaret O'Brien, American actress
1938 - Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
1939 - Tony Bullimore, English sailor and adventurer
1941 - Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist
1941 - Charo, Spanish entertainer
1943 - Mike Marshall, American baseball player
1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)
1945 - William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (d. 1990)
1945 - Princess Michael of Kent, British royal
1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
1949 - Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
1949 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1987)
1950 - Marius Trésor, French footballer
1953 - Kent Hovind, American evangelist
1953 - Ta-Tanisha, American actress
1953 - Randy White, American football player
1954 - Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino writer
1954 - Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
1955 - Nigel Benson, English author
1956 - Mayawati, Indian politician
1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor
1957 - Marty Lyons, American football player
1957 - Patrick Dixon, English entrepreneur
1958 - Boris Tadić, President of Serbia
1959 - Pete Trewavas, English musician (Marillion)
1959 - Sister Carol, Jamaican reggae singer
1960 - Kelly Asbury, American director and actor
1960 - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
1961 - Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian and film director
1962 - Conrad Lant, English musician
1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
1965 - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool)
1965 - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor
1968 - Iñaki Urdangarín, Spanish royalty
1969 - Delino DeShields, American baseball player
1970 - Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler
1971 - Max Beesley, English musician and actor
1971 - Teanna Kai, American porn star
1971 - Regina King, American actress
1972 - Kobe Tai, American porn star
1972 - Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
1973 - Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
1974 - Ray King, American baseball player
1975 - Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
1975 - Mary Pierce, French tennis player
1976 - Dorian Missick, American actor
1976 - Corey Chavous, American football player
1978 - Eddie Cahill, American actor
1978 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
1979 - Drew Brees, American football player
1979 - Young Dro, American rapper
1979 - Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and taichi champ
1979 - Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
1980 - Matt Holliday, American baseball player
1981 - Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby union footballer
1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
1981 - Howie Day, American singer
1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater
1982 - Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
1982 - Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
1983 - Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
1983 - Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
1984 - Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
1984 - Victor Rasuk, American actor
1985 - Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
1986 - Fred Davis, American football player
1987 - Kelly Kelly, American WWE Diva
1987 - Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
1987 - Aria C Jalali, American musician
1987 - David Knight, English footballer
1987 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor
1990 - Chris Warren Jr., American actor