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May 15 birthdays

324 notable historical figures were born on May 15, and 195 died on this day. Everyone born on May 15 is a Taurus.

17% of May 15 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (66) than any other country.

Born on May 15

• Andy Murray (born 1987. British former tennis player (born 1987))
• Brian Eno (born 1948. British musician (born 1948))
• James Mason (1909 to 1984. British actor (1909–1984))
• Pierre Curie (1859 to 1906. French physicist and chemist (1859–1906))
• Maharana Pratap (1540 to 1597. Maharana of Mewar from 1572 to 1597)
• Mike Oldfield (born 1953. English musician (born 1953))
• Madeleine Albright (1937 to 2022. American diplomat and political scientist (1937–2022))
• Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964. Prime Minister of Denmark (2009–2011; 2015–2019))
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 to 1643. Italian composer (1567–1643))
• Jasper Johns (born 1930. American painter (born 1930))
• Muhyiddin Yassin (born 1947. Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2020 to 2021)
• Assia Wevill (1927 to 1969. Jewish poet and partner of Ted Hughes (1927-1969))
• Ousmane Dembélé (born 1997. French footballer (born 1997))
• Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842 to 1919. Austrian archduke (1842–1919))
• Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (born 1945. Pretender to the throne of Portugal (born 1945))
• Madhuri Dixit (born 1967. Indian actress (born 1967))
• Austin S. Miller (born 1961. Retired US Army general (born 1961))
• Ben Wallace (born 1970. British Conservative politician (born 1970))
• Frank Wilczek (born 1951. American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1951))
• Sukhdev Thapar (1907 to 1931. Indian revolutionary (1907–1931))
• Katherine Anne Porter (1890 to 1980. American journalist, fiction writer, and political activist (1890–1980))
• Max Frisch (1911 to 1991. Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991))
• Debendranath Tagore (1817 to 1905. Indian philosopher (1817–1905))
• Ralph Steadman (born 1936. Welsh illustrator and cartoonist (born 1936))
• Gholam Reza Pahlavi (1923 to 2017. Iranian royal and army official (1923–2017))
• Doris Dowling (1923 to 2004. American actress (1923–2004))
• Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein (born 1957. European royal (born 1957))
• Maria Koepcke (1924 to 1971. 20th-century German and Peruvian ornithologist)
• Williamina Fleming (1857 to 1911. Scottish astronomer (1857–1911))
• Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864 to 1916. Danish painter (1864–1916))
• André de Toth (1912 to 2002. Hungarian-American film director (1913–2002))
• Eoin MacNeill (1867 to 1945. Irish politician and scholar (1867–1945))
• Maria Reiche (1903 to 1998. Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator (1903–1998))
• Eugenia Charles (1919 to 2005. Prime Minister of Dominica from 1980 to 1995)
• Queen Sunwon (1789 to 1857. Queen of Joseon from 1802 to 1834)
• Mirek Topolánek (born 1956. Czech politician and businessman (born 1956))
• Natalie of Serbia (1859 to 1941. Princess/Queen of Serbia from 1875 to 1889)
• RaMell Ross (born 1982. American artist and filmmaker (born 1982))
• Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (born 1932. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1966 to 1967)
• Maria of Austria (1531 to 1581. Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg)
• Ted Dexter (1935 to 2021. English cricketer (1935–2021))
• Nicolae Grigorescu (1838 to 1907. Romanian painter (1838–1907))
• Andrew Bertie (1929 to 2008. Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta)
• L. Frank Baum (1856 to 1919. American author (1856–1919))
• Layal Abboud (born 1982. Lebanese pop singer (born 1982))
• Maria Theresia Paradis (1759 to 1824. Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824))
• Isa Mustafa (born 1951. Kosovar politician)
• Patrice Evra (born 1981. French footballer (born 1981))
• Carlo Maratta (1625 to 1713. Italian painter (1625–1713))
• Adil Çarçani (1922 to 1997. Albanian politician (1922–1997))
• Paul D. Harkins (1904 to 1984. United States Army general)
• Frank Hornby (1863 to 1936. English toy inventor, businessman and politician)
• Michael William Balfe (1808 to 1870. Irish composer (1808–1870))
• Benka Pulko (born 1967. Slovenian motorcycle rider and journalist)
• Hjalmar Johansen (1867 to 1913. Norwegian polar explorer (1867–1913))
• Youssef Bey Karam (1823 to 1923. Lebanese Maronite (1823–1889))
• Khiuaz Dospanova (1922 to 2008. Soviet pilot and navigator (1922–2008))
• Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (born 1972. Native Hawaiian filmmaker, artist, activist and as a community leader)
• Jean Cavaillès (1903 to 1944. French philosopher and logician (1903–1944))
• Charles Scicluna (born 1959. Canadian-Maltese prelate)

Died on May 15

• Emily Dickinson (1830 to 1886. American poet (1830–1886))
• Robert Menzies (1894 to 1978. Prime Minister of Australia (1939–1941; 1949–1966))
• Kazimir Malevich (1878 to 1935. Russian artist and painter (1879–1935))
• Daniel O'Connell (1775 to 1847. Irish political leader (1775–1847))
• Lynn Shelton (1965 to 2020. American filmmaker (1965–2020))
• Valentinian II (371 to 392. Roman emperor from 375 to 392)
• Austin Osman Spare (1886 to 1956. English artist (1886–1956))
• Maria Luisa of Spain (1745 to 1792. Holy Roman Empress from 1790 to 1792)
• Heloise (1101 to 1164. French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess (1101–1164))
• Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855 to 1932. Prime Minister of Japan from 1931 to 1932)
• Charles Strouse (1928 to 2025. American composer and lyricist (1928–2025))
• Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882 to 1966. President of El Salvador from 1931 to 1934 and 1935 to 1944)
• Robert Lucas Jr. (1937 to 2023. American economist and Nobel Laureate (1937–2023))
• Yuri I (1090 to 1157. Prince of Rostov and Suzdal (died 1157))
• Taina Elg (1930 to 2025. Finnish actress and dancer (1930–2025))
• Michael Dillon (1915 to 1962. First trans man to undergo phalloplasty (1915–1962))
• Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919–2010) (1919 to 2010. Austrian Archduke (1919–2010))
• Kay Mellor (1951 to 2022. English actress and director (1951–2022))
• younger brother (1582 to 1591. Russian tsarevich (1582–1591))
• Cao Kun (1862 to 1938. Chinese general and warlord (1862–1938))
• Willis Lamb (1913 to 2008. American physicist (1913–2008))
• Constantin Dăscălescu (1923 to 2003. Romanian communist politician (1923–2003))
• Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940 to 2014. Prime Minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999)
• Leslie Ward (1851 to 1922. British portrait artist and caricaturist (1851–1922))
• Gottfried Semper (1803 to 1879. German architect and theorist (1803–1879))
• Balakumaran (1946 to 2018. Indian Tamil writer)
• Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008 to 1036. Emperor of Japan from 1016 to 1036)
• John Shepherd-Barron (1925 to 2010. British inventor)
• Pope Marinus I (830 to 884. Head of the Catholic Church from 882 to 884)
• Taizong (902 to 947. Liao dynasty emperor of China from 927 to 947)

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