On this day · Aquarius

February 15 birthdays

346 notable historical figures were born on February 15, and 185 died on this day. Everyone born on February 15 is a Aquarius.

18% of February 15 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (81) than any other country.

Born on February 15

• Galileo Galilei (1564 to 1642. Italian physicist and astronomer (1564–1642))
• Louis XV (1710 to 1774. King of France from 1715 to 1774)
• Matt Groening (born 1954. American cartoonist and animator (born 1954))
• Ernest Shackleton (1874 to 1922. Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922))
• Susan B. Anthony (1820 to 1906. American women's rights activist (1820–1906))
• Jeremy Bentham (1749 to 1832. English philosopher and jurist (1748–1832))
• Alfred North Whitehead (1861 to 1947. English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947))
• Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944 to 1996. First President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria)
• Carlo Maria Martini (1927 to 2012. Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church (1927–2012))
• Adama Barrow (born 1965. President of the Gambia since 2017)
• Douglas Hofstadter (born 1945. American professor of cognitive science (born 1945))
• Srettha Thavisin (born 1962. Prime Minister of Thailand from 2023 to 2024)
• Hastings Banda (1898 to 1997. President of Malawi from 1964 to 1994)
• Joy Mangano (born 1956. American inventor)
• Ali Campbell (born 1959. English singer & songwriter (born 1959))
• Elihu Root (1845 to 1937. American politician, statesman, and Nobel Laureate (1845–1937))
• John Adams (composer) (born 1947. American composer (born 1947))
• Piero the Unfortunate (1472 to 1503. Lord of Florence from 1492 to 1494)
• John Trudell (1946 to 2015. Native American activist, author, and poet (1946–2015))
• Harold Arlen (1905 to 1986. American composer of popular music (1905–1986))
• Zeb-un-Nissa (1638 to 1702. Mughal princess (1638–1702))
• John B. Anderson (1922 to 2017. American lawyer and politician (1922–2017))
• Milo Đukanović (born 1962. President of Montenegro (1998–2002, 2018–2023))
• Tomislav Nikolić (born 1952. Serbian politician (born 1952))
• John Sutter (1803 to 1880. Swiss pioneer of California)
• Niklaus Wirth (1934 to 2024. Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024))
• Urzila Carlson (born 1976. South African–New Zealand comedian (born 15 February 1976))
• Halford Mackinder (1861 to 1947. English geographer and politician (1861–1947))
• Emil Kraepelin (1856 to 1926. German psychiatrist (1856–1926))
• Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811 to 1888. President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874)
• Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776 to 1850. President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843)
• Claudia Jones (1915 to 1964. Trinidad-born journalist and activist (1915–1964))
• Ladislaus (1377 to 1414. King of Naples from 1386 to 1414)
• Muhammad al-Badr (1926 to 1996. King and Imam of Yemen (1926–1996))
• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519 to 1574. Spanish explorer and governor (1519–1574))
• Giambattista Basile (1566 to 1632. Italian fairy tale collector (1566–1632))
• Radislav Krstić (born 1948. Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1948))
• Richard Siken (born 1967. American poet, painter, and filmmaker (born 1967))
• Namdeo Dhasal (1940 to 2014. Indian writer)
• Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884 to 1961. American inventor and athlete (1884–1961))
• Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916 to 2008. President of Sri Lanka from 1993 to 1994)
• Evelyn Ryan (1913 to 1998. American poet and writer)
• John Joseph Montgomery (1858 to 1911. American inventor, engineer and professor)
• Chalermchai Kositpipat (born 1955. Thai artist)
• Nie Er (1912 to 1935. Chinese composer (1912–1935))
• Megan Thee Stallion (born 1995. American rapper and songwriter (born 1995))
• Bev Francis (born 1955. Australian bodybuilder and powerlifter)
• George Johnstone Stoney (1826 to 1911. Irish physicist (1826–1911))
• Florinda Donner (born 1944. American writer and anthropologist)
• Ivan the Young (1458 to 1490. Medieval Russian royal)
• George Russell (born 1998. British racing driver (born 1998))
• Titu Maiorescu (1840 to 1917. Romanian literary critic and politician (1840 - 1917))
• Shoucheng Zhang (1963 to 2018. Chinese-American physicist (1963–2018))
• Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761–1829) (1761 to 1829. Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt)
• Richard Blanco (born 1968. Cuban American poet and professor)
• Francis Ona (1953 to 2005. Bougainvillean politician)
• Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa (1894 to 1962. Mongolian politician (1894–1962))
• Charles-André van Loo (1705 to 1765. French painter (1705–1765))
• Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia (1919 to 1989. German nobleman, soldier, and diplomat (1919–1989))
• William Henry Pickering (1858 to 1938. American astronomer (1858–1938))

Died on February 15

• Richard Feynman (1918 to 1988. American theoretical physicist (1918–1988))
• H. H. Asquith (1852 to 1928. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916)
• Ferdinand II (1578 to 1637. Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 to 1637)
• Ghalib (1797 to 1869. Indian poet (1797–1869))
• Alexander Borodin (1833 to 1887. Russian Romantic composer and chemist (1833–1887))
• Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (568 to 653. Paternal uncle of Muhammad (c. 566 – c. 653))
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 to 1781. German Enlightenment writer (1729–1781))
• Muhsin Hendricks (1967 to 2025. South African gay imam (1967–2025))
• Conrad III (1093 to 1152. King of Germany from 1138 to 1152)
• Robert Duvall (1931 to 2026. American actor and filmmaker (1931–2026))
• Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929 to 1966. Colombian revolutionary (1929–1966))
• Menen Asfaw (1891 to 1962. Empress of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1962)
• Henry Addington (1757 to 1844. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804)
• Khalid Abdul Muhammad (1948 to 2001. American Black nationalist (1948–2001))
• Leontius (660 to 706. Byzantine emperor from 695 to 698)
• Raquel Welch (1940 to 2023. American actress and model (1940–2023))
• Johnny Pacheco (1935 to 2021. Dominican musician (1935–2021))
• Tiberius III (700 to 706. Byzantine emperor from 698 to 705)
• Oswiu (612 to 670. King of Bernicia (r. 642–670) and of Northumbria (r. 654–670))
• Paul Berg (1926 to 2023. American biochemist (1926–2023))
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904 to 1948. Indian poet)
• Giulio Douhet (1869 to 1930. Italian general and air power theorist)
• Lucius II (1050 to 1145. Head of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145)
• Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877 to 1964. French Catholic friar and theologian (1877–1964))
• Nat King Cole (1919 to 1965. American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965))
• Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218 to 1288. Margrave of Meissen)
• Grete Hermann (1901 to 1984. German mathematician (1901–1984))
• Henry Way Kendall (1926 to 1999. American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics)
• Ras Alula (1827 to 1897. Ethiopian general and politician (1827–1897))
• Ray Evans (1915 to 2007. American songwriter (1915–2007))

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