Births on 15 July
2000s
Iain Armitage
2008
American actor (born 2008)
JuJu Watkins
2005
American basketball player (born 2005)
1900s
Mohamed Sobhy (footballer, born 1999)
1999
Egyptian footballer
Noah Gragson
1998
American racing driver (born 1998)
Jil Teichmann
1997
Swiss tennis player (born 1997)
Vivianne Miedema
1996
Dutch footballer (born 1996)
Håvard Nielsen
1993
Norwegian footballer (born 1993)
Harrison Rhodes
1993
American racing driver (born 1993)
Masataka Yoshida
1993
Japanese baseball player (born 1993)
Tobias Harris
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Wayde van Niekerk
1992
South African sprinter (born 1992)
Danilo (footballer, born July 1991)
1991
Brazilian footballer
Derrick Favors
1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Evgeny Tishchenko
1991
Russian boxer
Nuria Párrizas Díaz
1991
Spanish tennis player (born 1991)
Olly Alexander
1990
English singer and actor (born 1990)
Zach Bogosian
1990
American ice hockey player (born 1990)
Damian Lillard
1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Tyler Young (racing driver)
1990
American racing driver and team owner
Alisa Kleybanova
1989
Russian tennis player (born 1989)
Anthony Randolph
1989
American-Slovenian former basketball player (born 1989)
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
1986
American actor (born 1986)
Tyler Kennedy
1986
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1986)
Kareem Rahma
1986
American comedian and artist
Angelo Siniscalchi
1984
Italian footballer (born 1984)
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová
1984
Slovak alpine skier (born 1984)
Salvatore Iovino
1983
Stock car driver
Nelson Merlo
1983
Brazilian racing driver (born 1983)
Heath Slater
1983
American professional wrestler and actor (born 1983)
Julien Canal
1982
French racing driver
Neemia Tialata
1982
Rugby player
Aída Yéspica
1982
Venezuelan actress, TV host, and model (born 1982)
Alou Diarra
1981
French footballer (born 1981)
Petros Klampanis
1981
Greek bassist (born 1981)
Marius Stankevičius
1981
Lithuanian footballer (born 1981)
Reggie Abercrombie
1980
American baseball player (born 1980)
Jonathan Cheechoo
1980
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)
Julia Perez
1980
Indonesian actress and singer (1980–2017)
Laura Benanti
1979
American actress and singer (born 1979)
Alexander Frei
1979
Swiss footballer (born 1979)
Edda Garðarsdóttir
1979
Icelandic footballer and coach (born 1979)
Renata Kučerová
1979
Czech tennis player
Miguel Olivo
1978
Dominican baseball player (born 1978)
D. J. Kennington
1977
Canadian racing driver (born 1977)
André Nel
1977
South African cricketer
Lana Parrilla
1977
American actress (born 1977)
John St. Clair
1977
American football player (born 1977)
Ray Toro
1977
American musician (born 1977)
Steve Cunningham
1976
American boxer
Marco Di Vaio
1976
Italian footballer (born 1976)
Diane Kruger
1976
German actress (born 1976)
Gabriel Iglesias
1976
American comedian (born 1976)
Cherry (American wrestler)
1975
American professional wrestler (born 1975)
Danny Law
1975
English cricketer
Ben Pepper
1975
Australian basketball player
Brian Austin Green
1973
American actor (born 1973)
Buju Banton
1973
Jamaican dancehall musician (born 1973)
Scott Foley
1972
American actor (born 1972)
Jim Rash
1971
American actor and filmmaker (born 1971)
Tarkan Gözübüyük
1970
Turkish musician and guitarist (born 1970)
Ain Tammus
1969
Estonian footballer and coach
Eddie Griffin
1968
American actor and comedian (born 1968)
Adam Savage
1967
American television host (born 1967)
Elbert West
1967
American singer-songwriter
Jason Bonham
1966
English drummer (born 1966)
Irène Jacob
1966
French-born Swiss actress
Alistair Carmichael
1965
UK Liberal Democrat politician (born 1965)
Gero Miesenböck
1965
Austrian neuroscientist (born 1965)
David Miliband
1965
British former politician (born 1965)
Brigitte Nielsen
1963
Danish actress, model, and singer (born 1963)
Steve Thomas (ice hockey)
1963
Canadian ice hockey player
Nikos Filippou
1962
Greek basketball player
Michelle Ford
1962
Australian swimmer (born 1962)
Lolita Davidovich
1961
Canadian actress (born 1961)
Jean-Christophe Grangé
1961
French writer, journalist, and screenwriter
Forest Whitaker
1961
American actor (born 1961)
Vincent Lindon
1959
French actor and filmmaker (born 1959)
Gary Heale
1958
English footballer
Mac Thornberry
1958
American politician (born 1958)
Cecile Richards
1957
American activist (1957–2025)
Ashoke Sen
1956
Indian physicist (born 1956)
Ian Curtis
1956
English singer-songwriter (1956–1980)
Nicholas Harberd
1956
Barry Melrose
1956
Canadian-American broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player
Steve Mortimer
1956
Australia international rugby league footballer
Joe Satriani
1956
American guitarist (born 1956)
Wayne Taylor
1956
South African racing driver and team owner
John Ferguson (rugby league)
1954
Australia international rugby league footballer
Giorgos Kaminis
1954
Greek politician (born 1954)
Mario Kempes
1954
Argentine footballer and manager (born 1954)
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
1953
Former president of Haiti, priest (b. 1953)
Che Puan Besar Haminah
1953
Raja Permaisuri Agong from 2011 to 2016
Mohamad Shahrum Osman
1953
Malaysian politician
Alicia Bridges
1953
American singer and songwriter
John Cleland (racing driver)
1952
British racing driver (born 1952)
Celia Imrie
1952
English actress (born 1952)
Terry O'Quinn
1952
American actor (born 1952)
David Pack
1952
American musician and singer (born 1952)
Marky Ramone
1952
American drummer (born 1952)
Johnny Thunders
1952
American guitarist and singer (1952–1991)
Gregory Isaacs
1951
Jamaican reggae musician (1951–2010)
Jesse Ventura
1951
American wrestler, actor and politician (born 1951)
Colin Barnett
1950
Western Australian politician (born 1950)
Arianna Huffington
1950
Greek and American businesswoman (born 1950)
Carl Bildt
1949
Swedish politician
Trevor Horn
1949
British musician and producer (born 1949)
Harvey C. Krautschun
1949
American politician (1949–2026)
Richard Russo
1949
American writer and teacher
Twinkle (singer)
1948
English singer-songwriter (1948–2015)
Dimosthenis Kourtovik
1948
Greek writer (born 1948)
Artimus Pyle
1948
American drummer (born 1948)
Lydia Davis
1947
American writer (born 1947)
Pridiyathorn Devakula
1947
Thai politician and economist (born 1947)
Roky Erickson
1947
American musician (1947–2019)
Linda Ronstadt
1946
American singer (born 1946)
Hassanal Bolkiah
1946
Sultan of Brunei since 1967
David A. Granger
1945
President of Guyana from 2015 to 2020
Peter Lewis (musician)
1945
American musician
Jürgen Möllemann
1945
German politician (1945–2003)
Millie Jackson
1944
American singer of dance and soul, mother of hip-hop (born 1944)
Jan-Michael Vincent
1944
American actor (1944–2019)
Nigel Williams (conservator)
1944
British conservator and expert on the restoration of ceramics and glass (1944–1992)
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
1943
Northern Irish physicist (born 1943)
Vivian Malone Jones
1942
American civil rights advocate (1942–2005)
Livia Gouverneur
1941
Venezuelan communist (1941–1961)
Chris Cord
1940
American racing driver (1940–2022)
Denis Héroux
1940
Canadian film director and producer (1940–2015)
Ronald Gene Simmons
1940
American mass murderer (1940–1990)
Robert Winston, Baron Winston
1940
British scientist (born 1940)
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
1939
Portugese economist and politician (born 1939)
Bill Alsup
1938
American open-wheel racing driver (1938–2016)
Ernie Barnes
1938
American painter (1938–2009)
Carmen Callil
1938
Australian publisher and writer (1938–2022)
Barry Goldwater Jr.
1938
American politician (born 1938)
Prabhash Joshi
1937
George Voinovich
1936
American politician (1936–2016)
Donn Clendenon
1935
American baseball player (1935–2005)
Alex Karras
1935
American football player, sportscaster and actor (1935–2012)
Ken Kercheval
1935
American actor (1935–2019)
Harrison Birtwistle
1934
English composer (1934–2022)
Eva Krížiková
1934
Slovak actress (1934–2020)
Risto Jarva
1934
Finnish filmmaker
Guido Crepax
1933
Italian comics artist (1933–2003)
M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1933
Indian author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)
Ed Litzenberger
1932
Canadian ice hockey player
Clive Cussler
1931
American novelist and underwater explorer (1931–2020)
Joanna Merlin
1931
American actress and casting director (1931–2023)
Jacques-Yvan Morin
1931
Canadian law professor and politician (1931–2023)
Jacques Derrida
1930
French philosopher (1930–2004)
Richard Garneau
1930
Canadian sports journalist and writer
Stephen Smale
1930
American mathematician (born 1930)
Einosuke Akiya
1930
Japanese Buddhist leader
Charles Anthony (tenor)
1929
American tenor
Francis Bebey
1929
Cameroonian musician and writer (1929–2001)
Ian Stewart (racing driver)
1929
British racing driver (1929–2017)
Carl Woese
1928
American microbiologist (1928–2012)
Viramachaneni Vimla Devi
1928
Indian parliamentarian
Nan Martin
1927
American actress (1927–2010)
Carmen Zapata
1927
American actress (1927–2014)
Håkon Brusveen
1927
Norwegian cross-country skier (1927–2021)
Driss Chraïbi
1926
Moroccan author (1926–2007)
Leopoldo Galtieri
1926
Argentine general and military ruler (1926–2003)
Raymond Gosling
1926
British physicist (1926–2015)
Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet
1926
British diplomat (1926–2019)
Philip Carey
1925
American actor (1925–2009)
Taylor Hardwick
1925
American architect
D. A. Pennebaker
1925
American documentary filmmaker (1925–2019)
Evan Hultman
1925
United States Army general (1925–2025)
Antony Carbone
1925
American actor (1925–2020)
Pandel Savic
1925
American football player (1925–2018)
Jeremiah Denton
1924
US Navy admiral and politician (1924–2014)
Marianne Bernadotte
1924
Member of the Swedish Royal Family (1924–2025)
Leon M. Lederman
1922
American mathematician and physicist (1922–2018)
Jean-Pierre Richard
1922
French writer and literary critic (1922–2019)
Henri Colpi
1921
French film editor and film director
Robert Bruce Merrifield
1921
American biochemist
List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (L)
1919
Iris Murdoch
1919
Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)
Bertram Brockhouse
1918
Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (1918–2003)
Brenda Milner
1918
British-Canadian neuroscientist and neuropsychologist (born 1918)
Robert Conquest
1917
British-American historian and poet (1917–2015)
Joan Roberts
1917
American actress (1917–2012)
Nur Muhammad Taraki
1917
Afghan politician (1917–1979)
Sumner Gerard
1916
American politician
Albert Ghiorso
1915
American nuclear scientist
Kashmir Singh Katoch
1915
Birabongse Bhanudej
1914
Prince of Siam (1914–1985)
Akhtar Hameed Khan
1914
Pakistani scientist and activist (1914–1999)
Howard Vernon
1914
Swiss actor and photographer (1908-1996)
Cowboy Copas
1913
American country music singer (1913–1963)
Hammond Innes
1913
British novelist (1913–1998)
Abraham Sutzkever
1913
Belarusian-Israeli poet
Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
1911
British geographer, RAF officer and politician (1911–1994)
Jean Hamburger
1909
French physician, surgeon and essayist
R. S. Mugali
1906
Indian writer (1906–1992)
Rudolf Uhlenhaut
1906
British-German engineer (1906–1989)
Dorothy Fields
1905
American librettist and lyricist (1904–1974)
Anita Farra
1905
Italian stage and film actress
Rudolf Arnheim
1904
German author and theorist (1904 – 2007)
Walter D. Edmonds
1903
American writer (1903–1998)
K. Kamaraj
1903
Indian politician (1903–1975)
Jean Rey (politician)
1902
Belgian politician (1902–1983)
1800s
Seán Lemass
1899
Taoiseach from 1959 to 1966
Tadeusz Sendzimir
1894
Polish engineer and inventor (1894–1989)
Enid Bennett
1893
Australian actress
Dick Rauch
1893
American football player and coach (1893–1970)
Walter Benjamin
1892
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
Wharton Esherick
1887
American sculptor, woodworker (1887–1970)
Denny Barry
1883
Irish patriot
Enrique Mosca
1880
Argentine politician (1880–1950)
Doppo Kunikida
1871
Japanese writer and journalist (1871-1908)
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
1867
French polar explorer, scientist, Olympic sailer and medical doctor
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
1865
British newspaper and publishing magnate (1865–1922)
Wilhelm Wirtinger
1865
Austrian mathematician (1865–1945)
Marie Tempest
1864
English singer and comic actress (1864–1942)
Emmeline Pankhurst
1858
British suffragette (1858–1928)
Josef Josephi
1852
Austrian singer and actor
Frances Xavier Cabrini
1850
Italian-American Catholic religious sister and saint
Vilfredo Pareto
1848
Italian polymath (1848–1923)
W. W. Thayer
1827
American judge and 6th Governor of Oregon
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
1817
English civil engineer (1817–1898)
James Hope-Scott
1812
British Catholic lawyer (1812–1873)
Henry Edward Manning
1808
English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1808–1892)
Sidney Breese
1800
American judge (1800–1878)
Before 1800
Reuben Chapman
1799
American politician (1799–1882)
Thomas Bulfinch
1796
American compiler of mythologies (1796–1867)
Almira Lincoln Phelps
1793
American educator, botanist, author, editor (1793–1884)
Clement Clarke Moore
1779
American writer and professor (1779–1863)
August Gottlieb Spangenberg
1704
German theologian and minister; bishop of the Moravian Brethren
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani
1638
17th century Italian composer and violinist
Jens Juel (diplomat)
1631
Danish diplomat (1631–1700)
Richard Cumberland (philosopher)
1631
English philosopher and bishop
Gu Yanwu
1613
Chinese scholar (1613–1682)
Jai Singh I
1611
Maharaja of Amber from 1621 to 1667
Rembrandt
1606
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
Jan Cossiers
1600
Flemish painter (1600–1671)
Inigo Jones
1573
English architect (1573–1652)
Barbara Jagiellon
1478
Duchess consort of Saxony
Eskender
1471
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1478 to 1494
Deposed Queen Yun
1455
Queen of Joseon from 1476 to 1479
Boček IV of Poděbrady
1442
Antonio Correr (cardinal)
1359
Roman Catholic cardinal (1359 – 1445)
Vladimir the Bold
1353
Russian prince (1353–1410)
Ewostatewos
1273
Ethiopian religious leader during the early Solomonic period (1273–1352)
Emperor Ichijō
980
Emperor of Japan from 986 to 1011