Births on 15 October
2000s
Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark
2005
Heir apparent to the Danish throne (born 2005)
Melki Sedek Huang
2000
Indonesian activist and law student at University of Indonesia (born 2000)
1900s
Bailee Madison
1999
American actress (born 1999)
Ben Woodburn
1999
Wales international footballer (born 1999)
2023 Banda Aceh anti-Rohingya protest
1998
2023 protest by students in Indonesia
Charly Musonda (footballer, born 1996)
1996
Belgian footballer
Grace Van Dien
1996
American actress (born 1996)
Zelo
1996
South Korean rapper (born 1996)
Jack Flaherty
1995
American baseball player (born 1995)
Jakob Pöltl
1995
Austrian basketball player (born 1995)
Lil' Kleine
1994
Musical artist
Babar Azam
1994
Pakistani cricketer (born 1994)
Richaun Holmes
1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Roh Tae-hyun
1993
South Korean singer (born 1993)
Ncuti Gatwa
1992
Rwandan and Scottish actor (born 1992)
Teoscar HernĂĄndez
1992
Dominican baseball player (born 1992)
Vincent Martella
1992
American actor (born 1992)
Brock Nelson
1991
American ice hockey player (born 1991)
Jeon Ji-yoon
1990
South Korean singer (born 1990)
Blaine Gabbert
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Anthony Joshua
1989
British boxer (born 1989)
Dominique Jones
1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Mesut Ăzil
1988
German footballer (born 1988)
Ott TĂ€nak
1987
Estonian rally driver (born 1987)
Lee Donghae
1986
South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
Carlo Janka
1986
Swiss alpine skier (born 1986)
Nolito
1986
Spanish footballer (born 1986)
Arron Afflalo
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Izale McLeod
1984
English footballer
Jessie Ware
1984
British singer and songwriter (born 1984)
Stephy Tang
1983
Hong Kong actress and singer
Bruno Senna
1983
Brazilian racing driver (born 1983)
Keyshia Cole
1981
American singer (born 1981)
Elena Dementieva
1981
Russian tennis player (born 1981)
Tom Boonen
1980
Belgian road bicycle racer
Bohemia (rapper)
1979
Pakistani-American rapper and producer (born 1979)
Paul Robinson (footballer, born 1979)
1979
English association football player (born 1979)
Jaci Velasquez
1979
American singer and actress (born 1979)
MÄris Verpakovskis
1979
Latvian footballer (born 1979)
Wes Moore
1978
Governor of Maryland since 2023
Takeshi Morishima
1978
Japanese former professional wrestler (born 1978)
Masato Kawabata
1977
Japanese professional drifting driver (born 1977)
David Trezeguet
1977
French footballer (born 1977)
Patricio Urrutia
1977
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1977)
Elisa Aguilar
1976
Spanish basketball player
Chukwudi Iwuji
1975
Nigerian and British actor (born 1975)
Bianca Rinaldi
1974
Brazilian actress (born 1974)
Aleksandr Filimonov
1973
Russian footballer
Fred Hoiberg
1972
American basketball player and coach (born 1972)
Michél Mazingu-Dinzey
1972
German-born Congolese footballer (born 1972)
Andy Cole
1971
English footballer (born 1971)
Lauri Pilter
1971
Estonian writer and literary scientist
Ginuwine
1970
American singer (born 1970)
Pernilla Wiberg
1970
Swedish alpine skier
VĂtor BaĂa
1969
Portuguese footballer (born 1969)
Dominic West
1969
English actor (born 1969)
Didier Deschamps
1968
French football manager (born 1968)
Vanessa Marcil
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Rod Wishart
1968
Australia international rugby league footballer
Trent Zimmerman
1968
Australian politician (born 1968)
Dan Forest
1967
34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
Götz Otto
1967
German actor
Eric Benét
1966
American musician (born 1966)
Jorge Campos
1966
Mexican footballer (born 1966)
Bill Charlap
1966
American jazz pianist (born 1966)
Ilse Huizinga
1966
Dutch jazz singer (born 1966)
Dave Stead
1966
British drummer (born 1966)
Nasser El Sonbaty
1965
German Egyptian bodybuilder (1965â2013)
Roberto Vittori
1964
Italian astronaut (born 1964)
Stanley Menzo
1963
Dutch footballer and manager
Vyacheslav Butusov
1961
Russian singer-songwriter (born 1961)
Emeril Lagasse
1959
American celebrity chef and restaurateur (born 1959)
Alex Paterson
1959
English musician (born 1959)
Sarah Ferguson
1959
British former royal and author (born 1959)
Todd Solondz
1959
American filmmaker
Stephen Clarke (writer)
1958
British author (born 1958)
Michael Caton-Jones
1957
Scottish film director
Mira Nair
1957
Indian American filmmaker (born 1957)
Stacy Peralta
1957
American skateboarder, screenwriter, film director
Kulbir Bhaura
1955
British field hockey player (born 1955)
Emma Chichester Clark
1955
British children's book illustrator and author
Tanya Roberts
1955
American actress (1949â2021)
Peter Bakowski
1954
Australian poet
Steve Bracks
1954
44th Premier of Victoria, Australia
Jere Burns
1954
American actor (b. 1954)
Julia Yeomans
1954
British theoretical physicist (born 1954)
Betsy Clifford
1953
Canadian alpine skier (born 1953)
Tito Jackson
1953
American musician (1953â2024)
Larry Miller (comedian)
1953
American comedian (born 1953)
Peter Phillips (conductor)
1953
British choral conductor and musicologist
Peter Richardson (British director)
1951
English director, screenwriter, comedian and actor
Roscoe Tanner
1951
American tennis player (born 1951)
Rafael Vaganian
1951
Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1951)
Candida Royalle
1950
American pornographic filmmaker (1950â2015)
Laurie McBain
1949
American novelist
Prannoy Roy
1949
Indian journalist and media personality (born 1949)
Renato Corona
1948
Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012
Chris de Burgh
1948
Irish singer (born 1948)
HĂŒmeyra
1947
Turkish singer and actress
Jaroslav Erno Ć edivĂœ
1947
Czech musician (born 1947)
Victor Banerjee
1946
Indian actor (born 1946)
Richard Carpenter (musician)
1946
American pop musician (born 1946)
Palle Danielsson
1946
Swedish jazz double bassist (1946â2024)
Stewart Stevenson
1946
Scottish politician (born 1946)
Steve Camacho
1945
West Indian cricketer (1945â2015)
Antonio Cañizares Llovera
1945
Spanish cardinal (born 1945)
Neophyte of Bulgaria
1945
Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch from 2012 to 2024
Jim Palmer
1945
American baseball player and analyst (born 1945)
Sali Berisha
1944
Albanian politician (born 1944)
A. Chandranehru
1944
20th and 21st-century Sri Lankan politician
Haim Saban
1944
Israeli and American media proprietor, investor (born 1944)
David Trimble
1944
First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 (1944â2022)
Stanley Fischer
1943
American and Israeli economist (1943â2025)
Penny Marshall
1943
American actress, director, and producer (1943â2018)
Hilo Chen
1942
Taiwanese-American painter
Harold W. Gehman Jr.
1942
United States Navy admiral
Don Stevenson
1942
American drummer (born 1941)
Roy Masters (rugby league)
1941
Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Tommy Bishop
1940
English rugby league coach and former GB international rugby league footballer
Peter Doherty (immunologist)
1940
Australian immunologist Nobel laureate (born 1940)
Marv Johnson
1938
American singer and songwriter (1938â1993)
Fela Kuti
1938
Nigerian musician and activist (1938â1997)
Brice Marden
1938
American painter (1938â2023)
Robert Ward (blues musician)
1938
American blues musician (1938â2008)
Linda Lavin
1937
American actress and singer (1937â2024)
Michel Aumont
1936
French actor (1936â2019)
Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell
1936
British Baron and Scouting leader
Barry McGuire
1935
American singer-songwriter (born 1935)
Dick McTaggart
1935
Scottish boxer (1935â2025)
Bobby Morrow
1935
American sprinter (1935â2020)
Willie O'Ree
1935
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1935)
Alan Elsdon
1934
Musical artist
N. Ramani
1934
Musical artist
Nicky Barnes
1933
American convicted drug trafficker
Jaan RÀÀts
1932
Estonian composer (1932â2020)
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1931
President of India from 2002 to 2007
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark
1931
British Conservative politician
FM-2030
1930
Transhumanist philosopher and futurist (1930â2000)
Ned McWherter
1930
American politician
Will Insley
1929
American painter and architect (1929â2011)
B. S. Abdur Rahman
1927
Indian entrepreneur (1927â2015)
James E. Akins
1926
American diplomat (1926â2010)
AgustĂn GarcĂa Calvo
1926
Spanish writer (1926â2012)
Michel Foucault
1926
French philosopher (1926â1984)
Evan Hunter
1926
American author and screenwriter
Jean Peters
1926
American actress (1926â2000)
Karl Richter (conductor)
1926
German conductor (1926â1981)
Mickey Baker
1925
American musician (1925â2012)
Aurora Bautista
1925
Spanish actress
Tony Hart
1925
English artist and TV presenter (1925â2009)
Marguerite Andersen
1924
German-born Canadian writer (1924â2022)
Lee Iacocca
1924
American businessman (1924â2019)
Warren Miller (director)
1924
American film director
Italo Calvino
1923
Italian author (1923â1985)
Antonio FontĂĄn
1923
Spanish journalist and anti-Franco activist
Eugene Patterson
1923
American journalist and civil rights activist
Lindsay Thompson
1923
Australian politician (1923â2008)
Agustina Bessa-LuĂs
1922
Portuguese writer (1922â2019)
Tommy Edwards
1922
American singer-songwriter (1922â1969)
Preben Munthe
1922
Norwegian economist (1922â2013)
Angelica Rozeanu
1921
Romanian table tennis player (1921â2006)
Chris Economaki
1920
American journalist (1920â2012)
Patricia Jessel
1920
English actress (1920â1968)
Peter Koch (wood scientist)
1920
American wood scientist
Mario Puzo
1920
American author, screenwriter, and journalist (1920â1999)
Henri Verneuil
1920
French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker (1920â2002)
Malcolm Ross (balloonist)
1919
20th-century U.S. Navy Reserve captain, atmospheric scientist, and balloonist
Chuck Stevenson
1919
American racing driver (1919â1995)
Jan Miner
1917
American actress (1917â2004)
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
1917
American intellectual (1917â2007)
Paul Tanner
1917
American trombonist (1917â2013)
Al Killian
1916
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1916â1950)
George Turner (writer)
1916
Australian writer
Mohammad Zahir Shah
1914
King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973
Wolfgang LĂŒth
1913
German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II
Nellie Lutcher
1912
American R&B and jazz singer (1912â2007)
Edwin O. Reischauer
1910
American diplomat, educator, and professor (1910â1990)
Jesse L. Greenstein
1909
American astronomer
Robert Trout
1909
U.S. broadcast news reporter, anchor, and commentator (active 1931-2000)
Herman Chittison
1908
American jazz pianist
John Kenneth Galbraith
1908
Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908â2006)
Varian Fry
1907
American journalist (1907â1967)
Hiram Fong
1906
American politician (1906â2004)
Alicia Patterson
1906
American journalist (1906â1963)
Victoria Spivey
1906
American blues singer and songwriter (1906â1976)
C. P. Snow
1905
English novelist and physical chemist (1905â1980)
Enrique Jardiel Poncela
1901
Spanish playwright and novelist
Mervyn LeRoy
1900
American filmmaker (1900â1987)
1800s
Adolf Brudes
1899
German racing driver (1899â1986)
Johannes Sikkar
1897
Estonian politician (1897â1960)
Moshe Sharett
1894
Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955
Carol II of Romania
1893
King of Romania from 1930 to 1940
Ălvaro de Campos
1890
Heteronym of Fernando Pessoa
S. S. Van Dine
1888
American journalist and author (1888â1939)
Frederick Fleet
1887
British sailor, survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic
Archibald Hoxsey
1884
American aviator (1884â1910)
Charley O'Leary
1882
American baseball player and coach (1875â1941)
P. G. Wodehouse
1881
English writer (1881â1975)
Jane Darwell
1879
American actress (1879â1967)
Paul Reynaud
1878
French politician and lawyer (1878â1966)
Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1874
Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Wilhelm Miklas
1872
President of Austria from 1928 to 1938
August Nilsson
1872
Swedish athlete
Charles W. Clark
1865
American baritone singer
John L. Sullivan
1858
American boxer (1858â1918)
Friedrich Nietzsche
1844
German philosopher (1844â1900)
Honoré Mercier
1840
9th Premier of Quebec (1887â1891)
James Tissot
1836
French painter and illustrator (1836â1902)
John Alexander MacPherson
1833
Australian politician (1833â1894)
Asaph Hall
1829
American astronomer (1829â1907)
Marie of Prussia
1825
Queen of Bavaria from 1848 to 1864
Alexander Dreyschock
1818
Czech pianist and composer
John Robertson (premier)
1816
Australian politician (1816â1891)
Mikhail Lermontov
1814
Russian writer, poet and painter (1814â1841)
Louis-EugĂšne Cavaignac
1802
French general and politician (1802â1857)
Before 1800
William Christopher Zeise
1789
Danish organic chemist (1789â1847)
José Miguel Carrera
1785
Chilean military officer; independence leader (1785â1821)
Thomas Robert Bugeaud
1784
French soldier and colonial governor (1784â1849)
Bernhard Crusell
1775
Finnish composer and clarinettist (1775â1838)
Gabriel Richard
1767
American priest and politician (1767â1832)
Sir George Pocock, 1st Baronet
1765
English politician
Samuel Adams Holyoke
1762
Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine
1711
Queen of Sardinia from 1737 to 1741
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
1701
French Canadian saint (1701â1771)
Allan Ramsay (poet)
1686
Scottish poet (1686â1758)
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
1622
Swedish statesman and military man
Evangelista Torricelli
1608
Italian physicist and mathematician (1608â1647)
Cornelis de Graeff
1599
Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam (1599â1664)
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-LĂŒneburg
1564
Duke of Brunswick-WolfenbĂŒttel
Richard Field (theologian)
1561
English ecclesiological theologian
Akbar
1542
Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605
Konrad Mutian
1471
German Renaissance humanist (1470â1526)
Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
1440
TemĂŒr Khan
1265
Emperor of Yuan Dynasty from 1294 to 1307
Virgil
-70
1st-century-BC Roman poet