October 15 - Births

Births

70 BC – Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
1471 – Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)
1608 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)
1686 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)
1701 – Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun, founded Grey Nuns (d. 1771)
1711 – Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (d. 1741)
1762 – Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (d. 1820)
1784 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French marshal (d. 1849)
1785 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (d. 1821)
1814 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (d. 1841)
1818 – Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869)
1825 – Marie of Prussia (d. 1889)
1829 – Asaph Hall, American astronomer (d. 1907)
1836 – James Tissot, French painter (d. 1902)
1840 – Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer, journalist, and politician, 9th premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
1844 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
1858 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918)
1865 – Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (d. 1945)
1872 – Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian politician, 3rd President of Austria (d. 1956)
1872 – August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter (d. 1921)
1874 – Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, (d. 1899)
1878 – Paul Reynaud, French politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (d. 1966)
1879 – Jane Darwell, American actress (d. 1967)
1880 – Herman Glass, American gymnast (d. 1961)
1881 – P. G. Wodehouse, English author (d. 1975)
1882 – Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (d. 1941)
1884 – Archibald Hoxsey, American aviator (d. 1910)
1887 – Frederick Fleet, English crewman, survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1965)
1890 – Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet (d. 1935)
1893 – Carol II of Romania, (d. 1953)
1894 – Moshe Sharett, Israeli politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
1898 – Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian runner (d. 1951)
1900 – Mervyn LeRoy, American director (d. 1987)
1905 – C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (d. 1980)
1906 – Hiram Fong, American politician (d. 2004)
1906 – Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1963)
1906 – Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
1907 – Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1967)
1908 – Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967)
1908 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist (d. 2006)
1909 – Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer (d. 2002)
1909 – Robert Trout, American journalist (d. 2000)
1912 – Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007)
1915 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2012)
1916 – Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2007)
1917 – Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007)
1919 – Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and physicist (d. 1985)
1920 – Chris Economaki, American sportscaster (d. 2012)
1920 – Mario Puzo, American author (d. 1999)
1920 – Henri Verneuil, French director (d. 2002)
1921 – Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table-tennis player (d. 2006)
1922 – Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author
1923 – Italo Calvino, Italian journalist and author (d. 1985)
1923 – Antonio Fontan, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010)
1924 – Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator
1924 – Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author
1924 – Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
1924 – Frank X. McDermott, American politician (d. 2011)
1924 – Warren Miller, American director and producer
1925 – Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia)
1925 – Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (d. 2012)
1926 – James E. Akins, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010)
1926 – Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
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 and organist (d. 1981)
1927 – Bill Henry, American baseball player
1930 – Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
1931 – Freddy Cole, American singer and pianist
1931 – Gail Harris, American baseball player (d. 2012)
1931 – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and politician, 11th President of India
1934 – N. Ramani, Indian flute player
1935 – Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The New Christy Minstrels)
1935 – Richard McTaggart, Scottish boxer
1935 – Bobby Morrow, American sprinter
1935 – Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player
1937 – Linda Lavin, American actress
1938 – Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993)
1938 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, and activist (d. 1997)
1938 – Robert Ward, American guitarist (d. 2008)
1940 – Tommy Bishop, English rugby player
1940 – Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral
1942 – Penny Marshall, American actress and director
1944 – Sali Berisha, Albanian politician, 2nd President of Albania
1944 – David Trimble, Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Haim Saban, Egyptian-American businessman
1945 – Jere Burns, American actor
1945 – Jim Palmer, American baseball player
1946 – Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Carpenters)
1946 – Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist
1946 – John Getz, American actor
1946 – Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician
1947 – Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer (The Primitives Group and Life After Life)
1948 – Chris de Burgh, Argentinian-Irish singer-songwriter
1949 – Laurie McBain, American author
1949 – Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, founded NDTV
1951 – Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1951 – Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player
1951 – A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Dutch author
1953 – Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier
1953 – Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jackson 5)
1953 – Larry Miller, American actor and comedian
1954 – Peter Bakowski, Australian poet
1954 – Jere Burns, American actor
1954 – Princess Friederike of Hanover
1955 – Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player
1955 – Tanya Roberts, American actress
1957 – Mira Nair, Indian director
1957 – Stacy Peralta, American director
1958 – Stephen Clarke, English-French author
1958 – Renée Jones, American actress
1959 – Sarah, Duchess of York
1959 – Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author
1959 – Alex Paterson, English keyboard player (The Orb and Transit Kings)
1959 – Todd Solondz, American director
1960 – Daniel Mazur, American mountaineer
1963 – Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager
1964 – Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
1966 – Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer
1966 – Bill Charlap, American pianist
1966 – Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer
1966 – Dave Stead, English drummer (Beautiful South)
1967 – Götz Otto, German actor
1968 – Jyrki 69, Finnish singer-songwriter (The 69 Eyes)
1968 – Didier Deschamps, French footballer
1968 – Vanessa Marcil, American actress
1969 – Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer
1969 – Paige Davis, American actress
1969 – Dominic West, English actor
1970 – Eric Benét, American singer-songwriter and actor
1971 – Jason Arhndt, American wrestler
1971 – Andrew Cole, English footballer
1972 – Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player
1972 – Matt Keeslar, American actor
1972 – Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
1973 – Dax Riggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Acid Bath, Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets, Agents of Oblivion, and Deadboy & the Elephantmen)
1974 – Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
1975 – Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter and actor
1975 – Alessandro Doga, Italian footballer
1975 – Glen Little, English footballer
1976 – Christian Allen, American video game designer
1976 – Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
1977 – Masato Kawabata, Japanese race car driver
1977 – Erin McKeown, American singer-songwriter
1977 – David Trezeguet, French footballer
1977 – Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
1978 – Devon Gummersall, American actor
1978 – Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler
1979 – Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer
1979 – Blue Adams, American football player
1979 – Paul Robinson, English footballer
1979 – Jaci Velasquez, American singer
1979 – Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
1980 – Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
1980 – Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer-songwriter (Killer)
1981 – Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter
1981 – Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
1981 – Abram Elam, American football player
1981 – Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
1981 – Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder
1982 – Paulini, Fijian-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Charline Labonté, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Sachiko Yamada, Japanese swimmer
1983 – Holly Montag, American reality TV personality
1983 – Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress (Cookies)
1983 – Bruno Senna, Brazilian race car driver
1984 – Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer
1985 – Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
1985 – Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Marcos Martínez, Spanish race car driver
1986 – Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Super Junior and Super Junior-M)
1986 – Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
1987 – Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player
1987 – Chantal Strand, Canadian voice actress and singer
1988 – Mesut Özil, German footballer
1989 – Blaine Gabbert, American football player
1989 – Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer
1990 – Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer (4minute)
1992 – Vincent Martella, American actor
1995 – Billy Unger, American actor
1996 – Zelo, South Korean singer (B.A.P)
1997:– J.P. Mantilla, Ecuadorian-Chilean-American Ninja
1999 – Bailee Madison, American actress
2005 – Prince Christian of Denmark