Births on 15 May
2000s
Haerin
2006
South Korean singer (born 2006)
Huddy (musician)
2002
American Internet celebrity (born 2002)
Dayana Yastremska
2000
Ukrainian tennis player (born 2000)
1900s
Anastasia Gasanova
1999
Russian tennis player (born 1999)
Lucrezia Stefanini
1998
Italian tennis player (born 1998)
Ousmane Dembélé
1997
French footballer (born 1997)
Scott Drinkwater
1997
Australian rugby league footballer
Birdy (singer)
1996
British singer (born 1996)
Jeremy Hawkins
1993
New Zealand rugby league footballer
Tomáš Kalas
1993
Czech footballer (born 1993)
Jordan Eberle
1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Lee Jong-hyun
1990
South Korean musician and actor (born 1990)
Stella Maxwell
1990
British and Irish Model (born 1990)
Sunny (singer)
1989
South Korean and American singer (born 1989)
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
1989
French footballer (born 1989)
Indrek Kajupank
1988
Estonian basketball player
Scott Laird
1988
English Footballer (born 1988)
David Adams (baseball)
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Michael Brantley
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Brian Dozier
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Mark Fayne
1987
American ice hockey player (born 1987)
Ersan İlyasova
1987
Turkish basketball player (born 1987)
Leonardo Mayer
1987
Argentine tennis player (born 1987)
Andy Murray
1987
British former tennis player (born 1987)
Thomas Brown (American football coach)
1986
American football coach and player (born 1986)
Matías Fernández (footballer, born 1986)
1986
Chilean footballer (born 1986)
Adam Moffat
1986
Scottish footballer (born 1986)
Cristiane (footballer)
1985
Brazilian footballer (born 1985)
Tania Cagnotto
1985
Italian diver (born 1985)
Laura Harvey
1985
English football manager (born 1980)
Tathagata Mukherjee
1985
Indian actor
Denis Onyango
1985
Ugandan footballer (born 1985)
Justine Robbeson
1985
South African javelin thrower
Jeff Deslauriers
1984
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)
Sérgio Jimenez
1984
Brazilian racecar driver (born 1984)
Samantha Noble
1984
Australian actress
Beau Scott
1984
Australian rugby league footballer
Mr. Probz
1984
Dutch singer (born 1984)
Veronica Campbell Brown
1982
Jamaican sprinter (born 1982)
Segundo Castillo (footballer, born 1982)
1982
Ecuadorian international association footballer
Rafael Pérez (baseball)
1982
Dominican baseball player (born 1982)
Layal Abboud
1982
Lebanese pop singer (born 1982)
Patrice Evra
1981
French footballer (born 1981)
Paul Konchesky
1981
English football manager (born 1981)
Justin Morneau
1981
Canadian baseball player (born 1981)
Zara Tindall
1981
British equestrian (born 1981)
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
1981
American actress (born 1981)
Josh Beckett
1980
American baseball pitcher (born 1980)
Adolfo Bautista
1979
Mexican footballer (born 1979)
Daniel Caines
1979
British athlete (born 1979)
Chris Masoe
1979
NZ international rugby union player
Ryan Max Riley
1979
American freeskier and humor writer (born 1979)
Robert Royal
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Dominic Scott
1979
Musical artist
Amy Chow
1978
American artistic gymnast
Dwayne De Rosario
1978
Canadian soccer player (born 1978)
Edu (footballer, born 1978)
1978
Brazilian footballer
David Krumholtz
1978
American actor
Torraye Braggs
1976
American basketball player (born 1976)
Mark Kennedy (footballer, born 1976)
1976
Irish footballer and coach
Jacek Krzynówek
1976
Polish footballer
Ryan Leaf
1976
American football player, analyst, and motivational speaker
Anže Logar
1976
Slovenian politician (born 1976)
Tyler Walker (baseball)
1976
American baseball player (born 1976)
Ray Lewis
1975
American football player (born 1975)
Ales Michalevic
1975
Belarusian politician and pro-democracy activist
Janne Seurujärvi
1975
Finnish politician
Vasilis Kikilias
1974
Greek politician and basketball player
Matthew Sadler
1974
English chess grandmaster (born 1974)
Marko Tredup
1974
German footballer
Ahmet Zappa
1974
American musician and writer (b. 1974)
Danny Alexander
1972
British banker (born 1972)
David Charvet
1972
French-American singer, actor, model and television personality (born 1972)
Karin Lušnic
1971
Slovenian tennis player (born 1971)
Frank de Boer
1970
Dutch football manager (born 1970)
Ronald de Boer
1970
Dutch footballer (born 1970)
Desmond Howard
1970
American football player (born 1970)
Alison Jackson (artist)
1970
British photographer
Rod Smith (wide receiver)
1970
American football player (born 1970)
Ben Wallace (politician)
1970
British Conservative politician (born 1970)
Hideki Irabu
1969
Japanese baseball player (1969-2011)
Kari Baadstrand Sandnes
1969
Norwegian politician (born 1969)
Emmitt Smith
1969
American football player (born 1969)
Cecilia Malmström
1968
Swedish politician (born 1968)
Sophie Raworth
1968
English journalist, newsreader and broadcaster (born 1968)
Simen Agdestein
1967
Norwegian chess grandmaster and footballer (born 1967)
Laura Hillenbrand
1967
American writer (born 1967)
John Smoltz
1967
American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1967)
Madhuri Dixit
1967
Indian actress (born 1967)
Jiří Němec
1966
Czech footballer (born 1966)
André Abujamra
1965
Musical artist
Scott Tronc
1965
Australian rugby league footballer
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
1964
Prime Minister of Denmark (2009–2011; 2015–2019)
Gavin Nebbeling
1963
South African footballer
Lisa Curry
1962
Australian swimmer (born 1962)
Giselle Fernández
1961
American television journalist and anchor
Rhonda Burchmore
1960
Australian entertainer
Rob Bowman (director)
1960
American film director
R. Kuhaneswaran
1960
Sri Lankan Tamil politician
Rimas Kurtinaitis
1960
Lithuanian basketball player and coach
Khaosai Galaxy
1959
Thai boxer (born 1959)
Luis Pérez-Sala
1959
Spanish racing driver (born 1959)
Beverly Jo Scott
1959
American singer-songwriter (born 1959)
Jason Graae
1958
American actor (born 1958)
Ruth Marcus (journalist)
1958
American journalist
Ron Simmons
1958
American football player and professional wrestler (born 1958)
Meg Gardiner
1957
American novelist
Juan José Ibarretxe
1957
Spanish politician
Kevin Von Erich
1957
American professional wrestler (born 1957)
Andreas Loverdos
1956
Greek politician (born 1956)
Dan Patrick (sportscaster)
1956
American sportscaster (born 1956)
Kevin Greenaugh
1956
Mohamed Brahmi
1955
Tunisian politician
Lia Vissi
1955
Musical artist
Diana Liverman
1954
Geographer and science writer
Caroline Thomson
1954
British business executive (born 1954)
George Brett
1953
American baseball player (born 1953)
Athene Donald
1953
British physicist
Mike Oldfield
1953
English musician (born 1953)
Chazz Palminteri
1952
American actor (born 1952)
Dennis Frederiksen
1951
American rock singer (1951–2014)
Chris Ham
1951
British political scientist
Frank Wilczek
1951
American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1951)
Jim Bacon (politician)
1950
Australian politician and 41st Premier of Tasmania
Jim Simons (golfer)
1950
American professional golfer (1950–2005)
Frank L. Culbertson Jr.
1949
American naval officer, aviator, and astronaut (born 1949)
Steve Sparks (volcanologist)
1949
British volcanologist (born 1949)
Yutaka Enatsu
1948
Japanese baseball player
Brian Eno
1948
British musician (born 1948)
Kathleen Sebelius
1948
American politician (born 1948)
Graeham Goble
1947
Musical artist
Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý
1946
Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest and dissident
Michael Dexter
1945
British hematologist
Jerry Quarry
1945
American boxer (1945–1999)
Bill Alter
1944
Missouri Republican politician
Ulrich Beck
1944
German sociologist (1944–2015)
Paul Bégin
1943
Canadian politician
Freddie Perren
1943
American songwriter, producer, arranger, and conductor (1943–2004)
Lois Johnson
1942
American country music singer (1942–2014)
Jusuf Kalla
1942
Vice President of Indonesia (2004–2009; 2014–2019)
Charles Horman
1942
American journalist and documentary filmmaker (1942–1973)
Doug Lowe (Australian politician)
1942
Australian politician
K. T. Oslin
1942
American country music singer-songwriter (1942–2020)
Jaxon (cartoonist)
1941
American cartoonist
Roger Ailes
1940
American TV executive and consultant (1940–2017)
Lainie Kazan
1940
American actress and singer (born 1940)
Don Nelson
1940
American NBA player and head coach
Dorothy Shirley
1939
British athlete (born 1939)
Mireille Darc
1938
French model and actress (1938-2017)
Nancy Garden
1938
American fiction writer (1938–2014)
Diane Nash
1938
American civil rights activist
Madeleine Albright
1937
American diplomat and political scientist (1937–2022)
Karin Krog
1937
Norwegian jazz singer (born 1937)
Trini Lopez
1937
American singer and guitarist (1937–2020)
Anna Maria Alberghetti
1936
Italian–born American operatic singer and actress (born 1936)
Mart Laga
1936
Estonian basketball player
Ralph Steadman
1936
Welsh illustrator and cartoonist (born 1936)
Paul Zindel
1936
American writer (1936–2003)
Don Bragg
1935
American pole vaulter (1935–2019)
Ted Dexter
1935
English cricketer (1935–2021)
Utah Phillips
1935
American labor organizer, folk singer, and poet (1935–2008)
Akihiro Miwa
1935
Japanese singer, actor, composer and drag queen
Ken Venturi
1931
American golfer and broadcaster (1931–2013)
James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
1931
Vincentian politician (1931–2021)
Jasper Johns
1930
American painter (born 1930)
Clermont Pépin
1926
Canadian composer
Anthony Shaffer (writer)
1926
English writer (1926–2001)
Peter Shaffer
1926
English playwright and screenwriter (1926–2016)
Andrei Eshpai
1925
Soviet and Russian composer (1925–2015)
Mary F. Lyon
1925
English geneticist (1925–2014)
Carl Sanders
1925
American lawyer and politician (1925–2014)
Roy Stewart
1925
British actor (1925–2008)
Maria Koepcke
1924
20th-century German and Peruvian ornithologist
Richard Avedon
1923
American photographer (1923–2004)
John Lanchbery
1923
Australian composer
Sigurd Schmidt
1922
Russian historian (1922–2013)
Jakucho Setouchi
1922
Japanese Buddhist nun and author (1922–2021)
Federico Krutwig
1921
Basque writer (1921–1998)
Michel Audiard
1920
French screenwriter and film director (1920-1985)
Eddy Arnold
1918
American country music singer (1918–2008)
Arthur Jackson (American sport shooter)
1918
American sport shooter
Joseph Wiseman
1918
Canadian and American actor (1918–2009)
Vera Gebuhr
1916
Danish actress (1916–2014)
Hilda Bernstein
1915
British-born author, artist and activist
Paul Samuelson
1915
American economist and Nobel Laureate (1915–2009)
Henrik Sandberg
1915
Danish film producer
Turk Broda
1914
Ice hockey player
Angus MacLean
1914
Canadian politician
Norrie Paramor
1914
English record producer (1914–1979)
Arthur Berger (composer)
1912
American composer and music critic (1912-2003)
Max Frisch
1911
Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)
Herta Oberheuser
1911
German physician and war criminal (1911–1978)
Constance Cummings
1910
American actress (1910–2005)
James Mason
1909
British actor (1909–1984)
Clara Solovera
1909
Chilean folk musician and composer
Sukhdev Thapar
1907
Indian revolutionary (1907–1931)
Joseph Cotten
1905
American actor (1905–1994)
Albert Dubout
1905
French painter (1905–1976)
Abraham Zapruder
1905
Witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination (1905–1970)
Clifton Fadiman
1904
American radio and television personality (1904–1999)
Maria Reiche
1903
Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator (1903–1998)
Richard J. Daley
1902
Mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976
Sigizmund Levanevsky
1902
Soviet aviator (1902–1937)
Xavier Herbert
1901
Australian writer (1901–1984)
Luis Monti
1901
Argentine and Italian footballer
Ida Rhodes
1900
American mathematician
1800s
Jean Étienne Valluy
1899
French general
Arletty
1898
French actress (1898–1992)
Prescott Bush
1895
American politician (1895–1972)
William D. Byron
1895
American politician
Feg Murray
1894
American hurdler
José Nepomuceno
1893
Filipino film director and producer
Charles E. Rosendahl
1892
United States Navy vice admiral
Jimmy Wilde
1892
Welsh boxer (1892–1969)
Mikhail Bulgakov
1891
Russian and Soviet author (1891–1940)
Hjalmar Dahl
1891
Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, translator and author (born 1891)
Fritz Feigl
1891
Austrian chemist (1891–1971)
Katherine Anne Porter
1890
American journalist, fiction writer, and political activist (1890–1980)
Walter White (Scottish footballer)
1882
Scottish footballer
Oskari Tokoi
1873
Finnish socialist (1873–1963)
Paul Probst (sport shooter)
1869
Swiss sport shooter
John Storey (politician)
1869
20th Premier of New South Wales
Frank Hornby
1863
English toy inventor, businessman and politician
Arthur Schnitzler
1862
Austrian author and dramatist (1862–1931)
Pierre Curie
1859
French physicist and chemist (1859–1906)
Williamina Fleming
1857
Scottish astronomer (1857–1911)
L. Frank Baum
1856
American author (1856–1919)
Matthias Zurbriggen
1856
Swiss mountaineer (1856–1917)
Ioannis Psycharis
1854
Russian-born French philologist
Viktor Vasnetsov
1848
Russian painter (1848–1926)
Carl Wernicke
1848
German physician and neuropathologist (1848–1905)
Élie Metchnikoff
1845
Ukrainian immunologist (1845–1916)
Clarence Dutton
1841
American geologist (1841–1912)
Debendranath Tagore
1817
Indian philosopher (1817–1905)
Michael William Balfe
1808
Irish composer (1808–1870)
Samuel Carter (Coventry MP)
1805
English lawyer (1805–1878)
Juan Almonte
1803
Mexican general, diplomat and regent
Before 1800
Dimitris Plapoutas
1786
Greek general and politician (1786–1864)
Klemens von Metternich
1773
Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859)
Ezekiel Hart
1770
Canadian Jewish entrepreneur and politician
Maria Theresia von Paradis
1759
Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824)
Levi Lincoln Sr.
1749
American revolutionary, lawyer and statesman (1749–1820)
Maximilian Hell
1720
Slovak-Hungarian astronomer and Jesuit priest (1720–1792)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1689
English writer and poet (1689–1762)
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
1645
Welsh judge and politician (1645–1689)
Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban
1633
French Royal Army officer (1633–1707)
René Goupil
1608
French Jesuit lay brother, missionary and martyr (1608–1642)
Claudio Monteverdi
1567
Italian composer (1567–1643)
Hendrick de Keyser
1565
Dutch sculptor, merchant in Belgium bluestone and architect
Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
1531
Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Sejong the Great
1397
King of Joseon from 1418 to 1450