Celebrities Who Were Born on 15th January
January 15, 1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
January 15, 1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
January 15, 1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)
January 15, 1538 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
January 15, 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
January 15, 1671 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
January 15, 1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
January 15, 1716 - Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778)
January 15, 1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
January 15, 1754 - Richard Martin, Irish founder of the SPCA (d. 1834)
January 15, 1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872)
January 15, 1795 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
January 15, 1803 - Marjory Fleming, Scottish child writer and poet, who died aged 8
January 15, 1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
January 15, 1812 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1885)
January 15, 1816 - Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
January 15, 1824 - Marie Duplessis, French courtesan, inspiration for La Dame aux Camelias
January 15, 1841 - Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada
January 15, 1842 - Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood
January 15, 1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)
January 15, 1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
January 15, 1850 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)
January 15, 1855 - Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)
January 15, 1859 - Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
January 15, 1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
January 15, 1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
January 15, 1869 - Stanislaw Wyspianski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)
January 15, 1870 - Pierre S. du Pont, President of the DuPont company
January 15, 1872 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)
January 15, 1875 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. 1929)
January 15, 1877 - Lewis Terman, U.S psychologist, inventor of the Stanford-Binet IQ test
January 15, 1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
January 15, 1882 - Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden
January 15, 1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
January 15, 1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)
January 15, 1885 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
January 15, 1890 - Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (d. 1965)
January 15, 1891 - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
January 15, 1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938)
January 15, 1892 - Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950)
January 15, 1893 - Ivor Novello, Welsh composer and actor (d. 1951)
January 15, 1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate
January 15, 1897 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
January 15, 1899 - Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982)
January 15, 1902 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
January 15, 1903 - Paul A. Dever, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
January 15, 1905 - Torin Thatcher, English actor (d. 1981)
January 15, 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
January 15, 1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 2003)
January 15, 1909 - Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)
January 15, 1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)
January 15, 1912 - Michel Debré, French politician (d. 1996)
January 15, 1912 - Harry Hay, Founder of American Gay Rights Movement (d. 2002)
January 15, 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
January 15, 1913 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005)
January 15, 1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian
January 15, 1918 - João Figueiredo, President of Brazil (d. 1999)
January 15, 1918 - Édouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2007)
January 15, 1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)
January 15, 1920 - John Cardinal O’Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000)
January 15, 1920 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
January 15, 1921 - Frank Thornton, English actor (Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served?)
January 15, 1922 - Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales
January 15, 1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)
January 15, 1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician
January 15, 1925 - Ruth Slenczynska, U.S. pianist
January 15, 1926 - Florence Buchsbaum, theater director (d. 1996)
January 15, 1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. 2005)
January 15, 1927 - Phyllis Coates, American actress
January 15, 1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader
January 15, 1930 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 1985)
January 15, 1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, American author
January 15, 1937 - Margaret O’Brien, American actress
January 15, 1938 - Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
January 15, 1939 - Tony Bullimore, English sailor, adventurer
January 15, 1941 - Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist
January 15, 1941 - Charo, Spanish-born singer
January 15, 1943 - Mike Marshall, American baseball player
January 15, 1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)
January 15, 1945 - William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (d. 1990)
January 15, 1945 - Princess Michael of Kent, British royal
January 15, 1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
January 15, 1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
January 15, 1949 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1987)
January 15, 1949 - Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
January 15, 1950 - Marius Tresor, French footballer
January 15, 1953 - Kent Hovind, American evangelist and Young Earth creationist
January 15, 1953 - Ta-Tanisha, American actress
January 15, 1953 - Randy White, American football player
January 15, 1954 - Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
January 15, 1955 - Nigel Benson, English author
January 15, 1956 - Mayawati, Indian politician
January 15, 1957 - Patrick Dixon, English entrepreneur
January 15, 1957 - Marty Lyons, American football player
January 15, 1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor
January 15, 1958 - Boris Tadic, President of Serbia
January 15, 1959 - Pete Trewavas, English bass guitarist (Marillion)
January 15, 1960 - Kelly Asbury, American director and actor
January 15, 1960 - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
January 15, 1961 - Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian (Rock et Belles Oreilles)
January 15, 1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
January 15, 1962 - Conrad Lant (aka Cronos), English musician
January 15, 1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
January 15, 1965 - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
January 15, 1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
January 15, 1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool)
January 15, 1965 - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
January 15, 1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor
January 15, 1968 - Inaki Urdangarin, Spanish royalty
January 15, 1969 - Delino DeShields, American baseball player
January 15, 1970 - Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler
January 15, 1971 - Max Beesley, English musician and actor
January 15, 1971 - Teanna Kai, American porn star
January 15, 1971 - Regina King, American actress
January 15, 1972 - Kobe Tai, American porn star
January 15, 1972 - Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
January 15, 1973 - Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
January 15, 1974 - Ray King, American baseball player
January 15, 1975 - Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
January 15, 1975 - Mary Pierce, French tennis player
January 15, 1976 - Corey Chavous, American football player
January 15, 1976 - Dorian Missick, American actor
January 15, 1978 - Eddie Cahill, American actor
January 15, 1978 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
January 15, 1979 - Drew Brees, American football player
January 15, 1979 - Young Dro, American rapper
January 15, 1979 - Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and taichi champ
January 15, 1979 - Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
January 15, 1980 - Matt Holliday, American baseball player
January 15, 1981 - Howie Day, American singer
January 15, 1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
January 15, 1981 - Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby union footballer
January 15, 1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater
January 15, 1982 - Armando Galarraga, Major League Baseball player
January 15, 1982 - Philip and Alexander, American-born princes of the Yugoslav Royal Family
January 15, 1983 - Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
January 15, 1983 - Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
January 15, 1984 - Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
January 15, 1984 - Megan Quann, American swimmer
January 15, 1984 - Victor Rasuk, American actor
January 15, 1985 - Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
January 15, 1986 - Fred Davis, American football player
January 15, 1987 - Kelly Kelly, American WWE Diva
January 15, 1987 - Aria C Jalali, American musician
January 15, 1987 - David Knight, English footballer
January 15, 1987 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor
January 15, 1990 - Chris Warren Jr., American actor
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