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June 15 birthdays

296 notable historical figures were born on June 15, and 192 died on this day. Everyone born on June 15 is a Gemini.

23% of June 15 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (75) than any other country.

Born on June 15

• Xi Jinping (born 1953. Leader of China since 2012)
• Mohamed Salah (born 1992. Egyptian footballer (born 1992))
• Edward the Black Prince (1330 to 1376. Heir of the English throne (1330–1376))
• Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933 to 1981. President of Iran in 1981)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 to 1907. Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907))
• Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519 to 1536. Illegitimate son of Henry VIII (1519–1536))
• Anna Hazare (born 1937. Indian activist (born 1937))
• Ice Cube (born 1969. American rapper and actor (born 1969))
• Courteney Cox (born 1964. American actress and producer (born 1964))
• Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945 to 2016. Filipino politician, lawyer, and author)
• Ezer Weizman (1924 to 2005. President of Israel from 1993 to 2000)
• David Rose (songwriter) (1910 to 1990. English-born American conductor and composer (1910–1990))
• Jack Horner (paleontologist) (born 1946. American paleontologist)
• Peter Norman (1942 to 2006. Australian sprinter (1942–2006))
• Xaviera Hollander (born 1943. Dutch prostitute (born 1943))
• Brian Jacques (1939 to 2011. English author (1939–2011))
• Alain Aspect (born 1947. French physicist (born 1947))
• Karim Massimov (born 1965. Kazakh politician (born 1965))
• Antonia Uccello (1397 to 1475. Italian painter and mathematician (1397–1475))
• Neil Patrick Harris (born 1973. American actor and singer (born 1973))
• Soha Bechara (born 1967. Lebanese Communist Party member and former POW (born 1967))
• François Tombalbaye (1918 to 1975. President of Chad from 1960 to 1975)
• Robert Paxton (born 1932. American political scientist and historian (born 1932))
• Jean Meslier (1664 to 1729. French Catholic priest (1664–1729))
• Kobayashi Issa (1763 to 1828. Japanese poet)
• Emperor Ming of Han (28 to 75. Emperor of China from 57 to 75 AD)
• Álvaro Colom (1951 to 2023. President of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012)
• Anna Mahler (1904 to 1988. Austrian sculptor (1904–1988))
• Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born 1943. Prime Minister of Denmark from 1993 to 2001)
• Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645 to 1712. British statesman (1645–1712))
• Thomas Mitchell (explorer) (1792 to 1855. Scottish surveyor and explorer in Australia (1792–1855))
• Suleiman Frangieh (1910 to 1992. President of Lebanon from 1970 to 1976)
• Amos Sawyer (1945 to 2022. Interim president of Liberia from 1990 to 1994)
• Dava Sobel (born 1947. American writer)
• Michael Burawoy (1947 to 2025. American sociologist (1947–2025))
• Ernest of Austria (1553 to 1595. Austrian nobleman (1553–1595))
• Raimonds Vējonis (born 1966. President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019)
• Eva Kotchever (1891 to 1943. Polish feminist writer (1891–1943))
• Hettie Jones (1934 to 2024. American poet (1934–2024))
• John B. Fenn (1917 to 2010. American chemistry professor)
• Jean-Claude Éloy (1938 to 2025. French composer (1938–2025))
• Robert Russell Bennett (1894 to 1981. American composer (1894–1981))
• Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724 to 1794. Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld)
• Oliver Kahn (born 1969. German footballer (born 1969))
• Ibn-e-Insha (1927 to 1978. Pakistani poet, travelogue writer and columnist (1927–1978))
• Franz Roubaud (1856 to 1928. Russian painter (1856–1928))
• Noble Consort Yu (Qianlong) (1714 to 1792. Chinese imperial consort (1714–1792))
• Helen Hunt (born 1963. American actress (born 1963))
• Franz Danzi (1763 to 1826. German conductor and composer (1763–1826))
• Jim Varney (1949 to 2000. American actor and comedian (1949–2000))
• Carlo Cattaneo (1801 to 1869. Italian patriot, philosopher and politician (1801–1869))
• AURORA (born 1996. Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1996))
• Thomas Huckle Weller (1915 to 2008. American virologist)
• Vadim Gerasimov (born 1969. Russian software engineer)
• Laetitia Ky (born 1996. Ivorian artist and hair sculptor)
• Charles Kaman (1919 to 2011. American businessman, engineer and inventor)
• Moderata Fonte (1555 to 1592. Venetian writer and poet (1555–1592))
• Gadul Singh Lama (1939 to 2025. Indian writer (1939–2025))
• H. T. Lowe-Porter (1876 to 1963. American translator (1876–1963))
• Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763 to 1837. Belgian stage magician (1763–1837))

Died on June 15

• James K. Polk (1795 to 1849. President of the United States from 1845 to 1849)
• Frederick III, German Emperor (1831 to 1888. German Emperor in 1888)
• Glenda Jackson (1936 to 2023. English actress and politician (1936–2023))
• Marie Laveau (1794 to 1881. American Voodoo practitioner (1801–1881))
• Philip III (1396 to 1467. Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467)
• Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 to 1189. 12th-century Japanese samurai)
• Benkei (1155 to 1189. Japanese warrior monk (1155–1189))
• Robert I of France (860 to 923. King of West Francia from 922 to 923)
• Mihai Eminescu (1850 to 1889. Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850–1889))
• Stan Winston (1946 to 2008. American special effects artist (1946–2008))
• Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297 to 1341. Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341)
• John VI Kantakouzenos (1292 to 1383. Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354)
• Lois Duncan (1934 to 2016. American novelist, journalist (1934–2016))
• Lazar Hrebeljanović (1329 to 1389. Medieval Serbian ruler (1329–1389))
• Meredith Willson (1902 to 1984. American composer, conductor, musical arranger, and bandleader (1902–1984))
• Theophanu (960 to 991. Holy Roman Empress from 973 to 983)
• Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858 to 1915. Russian royal and writer (1858–1915))
• Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1451 to 1485. Portuguese noblewoman (born 1455))
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917 to 1996. American jazz singer (1917–1996))
• Paul Soros (1926 to 2013. Hungarian-American businessman (1926–2013))
• Romanos I Lekapenos (870 to 948. Byzantine emperor from 920 to 944)
• John, Duke of Berry (1340 to 1416. Member of French nobility (1340–1416))
• Kenneth G. Wilson (1936 to 2013. American theoretical physicist (1936–2013))
• Choi Hong-hi (1918 to 2002. South Korean general and martial artist (1918–2002))
• Caroline Norton (1808 to 1877. English social reformer and writer (1808–1877))
• Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545) (1526 to 1545. Queen of Poland from 1543 to 1545)
• Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754 to 1785. French pioneer balloonist (1754–1785))
• Ary Scheffer (1795 to 1858. Dutch-French painter (1795–1858))
• Frederick II the Quarrelsome (1211 to 1246. Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 to 1246)
• Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032 to 1073. Emperor of Japan from 1068 to 1073)

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