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March 15 birthdays

319 notable historical figures were born on March 15, and 191 died on this day. Everyone born on March 15 is a Pisces.

20% of March 15 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (63) than any other country.

Born on March 15

• Paul Pogba (born 1993. French footballer (born 1993))
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933 to 2020. US Supreme Court justice from 1993 to 2020)
• Alia Bhatt (born 1993. British actress (born 1993))
• Andrew Jackson (1767 to 1845. President of the United States from 1829 to 1837)
• Reza Shah (1878 to 1944. Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941)
• William Lamb (1779 to 1848. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834; 1835–1841))
• Eva Longoria (born 1975. American actress (born 1975))
• John Snow (1813 to 1858. English epidemiologist and physician (1813–1858))
• Shunzhi Emperor (1638 to 1661. Emperor of China from 1644 to 1661)
• Gerda Wegener (1885 to 1940. Danish artist (1886–1940))
• Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (born 1953. Crown Prince of Kuwait (born 1953))
• Muhammad Gaddafi (born 1970. First son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (born 1970))
• Wavel Ramkalawan (born 1961. 5th President of Seychelles)
• Kate DiCamillo (born 1964. American author (born 1964))
• Lynda La Plante (born 1943. English writer and actress (born 1943))
• Cesare Beccaria (1738 to 1794. Italian jurist and criminologist (1738–1794))
• Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809 to 1876. 1st and 7th president of Liberia (1848–56, 1872–76))
• Anne de Montmorency (1493 to 1567. French soldier, statesman and diplomat (1493–1567))
• Philip, Duke of Parma (1720 to 1765. Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from 1748 to 1765)
• Emil von Behring (1854 to 1917. German physiologist (1854–1917))
• Sam Matekane (born 1958. Prime Minister of Lesotho since 2022)
• John Gregson (1919 to 1975. English actor (1919–1975))
• Hara Takashi (1856 to 1921. Prime Minister of Japan from 1918 to 1921)
• Moungi Bawendi (born 1961. Tunisian-American-French chemist (born 1961))
• Marina Raskova (1912 to 1943. Soviet aviator (1912–1943))
• Zhores Alferov (1930 to 2019. Russian applied physicist (1930–2019))
• Kate Bornstein (born 1948. American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist)
• Howard Greenfield (1936 to 1986. American lyricist and songwriter (1936–1986))
• Stanisław Wojciechowski (1869 to 1953. President of Poland from 1922 to 1926)
• Waldemar Haffkine (1856 to 1930. Russian-French microbiologist (1856–1930))
• Sunetra Gupta (born 1965. British novelist and epidemiologist)
• Martin Karplus (1930 to 2024. Austrian-American chemist (1930–2024))
• Paul Heyse (1830 to 1914. German writer and translator (1830–1914))
• Sulaiman Shikoh (1635 to 1662. Mughal prince (1635–1662))
• Heather Graham Pozzessere (born 1953. American writer)
• Óscar R. Benavides (1876 to 1945. President of Peru from 1933 to 1939)
• Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 to 1762. French astronomer and geodesist (1713–1762))
• Peter Ablinger (1959 to 2025. Austrian composer (1959–2025))
• Sophie of Saxony (1845 to 1867. Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria)
• Valentin Rasputin (1937 to 2015. Russian writer)
• David Cronenberg (born 1943. Canadian filmmaker (born 1943))
• David McMurtry (1940 to 2024. Irish billionaire businessman (1940–2024))
• E. Donnall Thomas (1920 to 2012. American hematologist)
• Christian Michelsen (1857 to 1925. 1st Prime Minister of independent Norway)
• George Perkins Marsh (1801 to 1882. American diplomat and politician (1801–1882))
• T. J. Rodgers (born 1948. American scientist and entrepreneur (born 1948))
• Yakov Zhilinsky (1853 to 1918. Russian cavalry general)
• David Albahari (1948 to 2023. Serbian writer and translator (1948–2023))
• Margaret Webster (1905 to 1972. American actress and director (1905–1972))
• H. Hawkline (born 1985. Welsh musician)
• Novruz Mammadov (born 1947. Azerbaijani politician and translator; former Prime Minister of Azerbaijan)
• Isaak Kikoin (1908 to 1984. Soviet physicist)
• Pipaluk Freuchen (1918 to 1999. Greenlandic-Danish-Swedish writer (1918–1999))
• Roberto Maroni (1955 to 2022. Italian politician (1955–2022))
• Hedwig of Poland (1513 to 1573. Electress consort of Brandenburg)
• Robin Hartshorne (born 1938. American mathematician)
• Montserrat Figueras (1942 to 2011. Musical artist)
• Yuri Bondarev (1924 to 2020. Russian writer (1924–2020))
• Mustafa Merlika-Kruja (1887 to 1958. Albanian politician (1887-1958))
• Ben Johnston (composer) (1926 to 2019. American composer (1926–2019))

Died on March 15

• H. P. Lovecraft (1890 to 1937. American writer (1890–1937))
• Odoacer (433 to 493. Ruler of Italy (c. 433 – 493))
• Nikolai Bukharin (1888 to 1938. Soviet revolutionary and politician (1888–1938))
• Muhammad of Ghor (1144 to 1206. Ghurid sultan from 1173 to 1206)
• Talaat Pasha (1874 to 1921. Turkish Ottoman politician (1874–1921))
• Alexei Rykov (1881 to 1938. Premier of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1930)
• Zachary (679 to 752. Head of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752)
• Rebecca West (1892 to 1983. British author and journalist (1892–1983))
• Dmitri Polyakov (1921 to 1988. Soviet major general and spy (1921–1988))
• Arthur Compton (1892 to 1962. American physicist (1892–1962))
• Romanos II (938 to 963. Byzantine emperor from 959 to 963)
• Lili Boulanger (1893 to 1918. French composer (1893–1918))
• Victor Vasarely (1906 to 1997. Hungarian-French artist)
• Gregoria de Jesús (1875 to 1943. Filipino revolutionary (1875–1943))
• Sylvia Anderson (1927 to 2016. British producer (1927–2016))
• Simona Kossak (1942 to 2007. Polish biologist (1943-2007))
• Shah Jalal (1271 to 1346. Sufi Muslim saint (d. 1346))
• Salvator Rosa (1615 to 1673. Italian painter, poet and printmaker (1615 –1673))
• W. S. Merwin (1927 to 2019. American poet (1927–2019))
• Isabella of Hainault (1170 to 1190. Queen of France from 1180 to 1190)
• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871 to 1942. Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher (1871–1942))
• James Joseph Sylvester (1814 to 1897. English mathematician (1814–1897))
• Eusebio Kino (1645 to 1711. German-Italian Jesuit missionary (1645–1711))
• Rahi Masoom Raza (1925 to 1992. Urdu and Hindi poet (1927 – 1992))
• Augie Garrido (1939 to 2018. American baseball coach (1939–2018))
• Emperor Senka (467 to 539. Emperor of Japan from 536 to 539)
• John Pople (1925 to 2004. British theoretical chemist (1925–2004))
• Khuang Aphaiwong (1902 to 1968. Prime Minister of Thailand (1944–45, 1946, and 1947–48))
• Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (1460 to 1526. English nobleman)
• Helen Chadwick (1953 to 1996. British sculptor, photographer and artist)

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