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July 15 birthdays

336 notable historical figures were born on July 15, and 197 died on this day. Everyone born on July 15 is a Cancer.

16% of July 15 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (86) than any other country.

Born on July 15

• Rembrandt (1606 to 1669. Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669))
• Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1949. Emirati royal and politician (born 1949))
• Hassanal Bolkiah (born 1946. Sultan of Brunei since 1967)
• Travis Fimmel (born 1979. Australian actor and model)
• Jacques Derrida (1930 to 2004. French philosopher (1930–2004))
• Walter Benjamin (1892 to 1940. German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940))
• Iris Murdoch (1919 to 1999. Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999))
• K. Kamaraj (1903 to 1975. Indian politician (1903–1975))
• Arianna Huffington (born 1950. Greek and American businesswoman (born 1950))
• Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943. Northern Irish physicist (born 1943))
• Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953. Former president of Haiti (born 1953))
• Leopoldo Galtieri (1926 to 2003. Argentine general and military ruler (1926–2003))
• Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917 to 1979. Afghan politician (1917–1979))
• John Hopfield (born 1933. American scientist (born 1933))
• M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1933 to 2024. Indian author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024))
• Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823 to 1888. Third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse)
• Aníbal Cavaco Silva (born 1939. Portugese economist and politician (born 1939))
• Jai Singh I (1611 to 1667. Maharaja of Amber from 1621 to 1667)
• Carl Bildt (born 1949. Swedish politician and diplomat (born 1949))
• Ousmane Sonko (born 1974. Prime Minister of Senegal since 2024)
• Hiro Murai (born 1983. Japanese filmmaker)
• Ashoke Sen (born 1956. Indian physicist (born 1956))
• Nurul Amin (1893 to 1974. Pakistani politician (1893–1974))
• Robert Winston, Baron Winston (born 1940. British scientist (born 1940))
• Cecile Richards (1957 to 2025. American activist (1957–2025))
• Tommy Suharto (born 1962. Indonesian businessman and politician (born 1962))
• Leon M. Lederman (1922 to 2018. American mathematician and physicist (1922–2018))
• Thomas C. Platt (1833 to 1910. American politician (1833–1910))
• Carl Woese (1928 to 2012. American microbiologist (1928–2012))
• Stephen Smale (born 1930. American mathematician (born 1930))
• Henry Edward Manning (1808 to 1892. English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1808–1892))
• Birabongse Bhanudej (1914 to 1985. Prince of Siam (1914–1985))
• Louise of France (1737 to 1787. French princess (1737–1787))
• Brenda Milner (born 1918. British-Canadian neuroscientist and neuropsychologist (born 1918))
• David A. Granger (born 1945. President of Guyana from 2015 to 2020)
• Raymond Gosling (1926 to 2015. British physicist (1926–2015))
• Forest Whitaker (born 1961. American actor (born 1961))
• Dorothy Fields (1905 to 1974. American librettist and lyricist (1904–1974))
• Francis Bebey (1929 to 2001. Cameroonian musician and writer (1929–2001))
• John Bradshaw (judge) (1602 to 1659. 17th-century English judge (c. 1602 - 1659))
• Diane Kruger (born 1976. German actress (born 1976))
• Marjorie Rambeau (1889 to 1970. American actress (1889–1970))
• Jacqueline (1401 to 1436. Countess of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland)
• Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1837 to 1859. Queen of Portugal from 1858 to 1859)
• Harrison Birtwistle (1934 to 2022. English composer (1934–2022))
• Alexander Roslin (1718 to 1793. Swedish painter (1718–1793))
• Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada (1884 to 1948. Prime Minister of Siam from 1932 to 1933)
• A. Sivathanu Pillai (born 1947. Indian scientist (born 1947))
• Chaudhri Muhammad Ali (1905 to 1980. Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956)
• Hendrik Casimir (1909 to 2000. Dutch physicist (1909–2000))
• Michael Herzog (ambassador) (born 1952. Israeli ambassador (born 1952))
• Linda Ronstadt (born 1946. American singer (born 1946))
• Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867 to 1936. French polar explorer, scientist, Olympic sailer and medical doctor (1867–1936))
• Gu Yanwu (1613 to 1682. Chinese scholar (1613–1682))
• Nicholas Rescher (1928 to 2024. American philosopher (1928–2024))
• Barbara Jagiellon (1478 to 1534. Duchess consort of Saxony)
• Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton (1911 to 1994. British geographer and politician (1911–1994))
• Bertram Brockhouse (1918 to 2003. Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (1918–2003))
• Anna Coleman Ladd (1878 to 1939. American sculptor (1878–1939))
• Theodor Paleologu (born 1973. Romanian historian, diplomat and politician)

Died on July 15

• Martin Landau (1928 to 2017. American actor (1928–2017))
• John J. Pershing (1860 to 1948. United States Army general (1860–1948))
• Vladimir the Great (958 to 1015. Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015)
• Mikhail Lermontov (1814 to 1841. Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841))
• Bonaventure (1221 to 1274. Italian theologian (1221–1274))
• Rudolf I (1218 to 1291. King of Germany from 1273 to 1291)
• Constance Markievicz (1868 to 1927. Irish revolutionary and suffragist (1868–1927))
• Tad Lincoln (1853 to 1871. Fourth son of President Abraham Lincoln (1853–1871))
• Yang Guifei (719 to 756. Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756))
• Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz (1911 to 1979. President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970)
• Guy Scott (1944 to 2026. Acting President of Zambia from 2014 to 2015)
• Carl Czerny (1791 to 1857. Austrian composer, teacher and pianist (1791–1857))
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 to 1929. Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929))
• Juan Pablo Duarte (1813 to 1876. Dominican Republic's Father of the Nation (1813–1876))
• Joan Beaufort (1404 to 1445. Queen of Scots from 1424 to 1437)
• Annibale Carracci (1560 to 1609. Bolognese painter (1560–1609))
• Nuri al-Said (1888 to 1958. Iraqi politician (1888–1958))
• John Ball (priest) (1338 to 1381. English rebel and priest (c. 1338–1381))
• Pope Benedict XI (1240 to 1304. Head of the Catholic Church from 1303 to 1304)
• Qiu Jin (1875 to 1907. Chinese feminist and revolutionary (1875–1907))
• Emil Fischer (1852 to 1919. German chemist (1852–1919))
• Fyodor Tyutchev (1803 to 1873. Russian poet (1803–1873))
• Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (915 to 967. Duke of Bohemia from 935 to 972)
• Ernest Bloch (1880 to 1959. Swiss-born American composer (1880–1959))
• Eric II of Norway (1268 to 1299. King of Norway from 1280 to 1299)
• Ulrich von Jungingen (1360 to 1410. 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1407–1410))
• Vyacheslav von Plehve (1846 to 1904. Russian politician (1846–1904))
• Hugh Hurd (1925 to 1995. American actor (1925–1995))
• René of Chalon (1519 to 1544. Prince of Orange from 1530 to 1544)
• Natalya Estemirova (1958 to 2009. Russian human rights activist (1958–2009))

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