On this day — October 15

Akbar, Mughal emperor (died 1605)

Richard Field, English cathedral dean (died 1616)

Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1613)

Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (died 1664)

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (died 1647)

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (died 1686)

Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1758)

Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (died 1771)

Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen of Sardinia (died 1741)

Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator (died 1820)

Sir George Pocock, 1st Baronet, English politician and peer (died 1840)

Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician (died 1832)

Bernhard Crusell, Finnish composer (died 1838)

Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria (died 1849)

José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (died 1821)

William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (died 1847)

Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, head of state of France in 1848 (died 1857)

Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter (died 1841)

John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (died 1891)

Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer (died 1869)

Marie of Prussia, Queen of Bavaria (died 1889)

Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (died 1907)

John Alexander MacPherson, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Victoria (died 1894)

James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (died 1902)

Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (died 1894)

Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher (died 1900)

John L. Sullivan, American boxer, actor, and journalist (died 1918)

Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator (died 1925)

Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria (died 1956)

August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (died 1921)

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1899)

Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (died 1966)

Jane Darwell, American actress (died 1967)

P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (died 1975)

Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (died 1941)

Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (died 1910)

Frederick Fleet, English sailor and lookout on the Titanic (died 1965)

S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic (died 1939)

Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer (died 1935)

Carol II of Romania, King of Romania (died 1953)

Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (died 1965)

Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1960)

Adolf Brudes, Polish-German racing driver (died 1986)

Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (died 1987)

Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Spanish playwright and novelist (died 1952)

C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (died 1980)

Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (died 2004)

Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday (died 1963)

Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976)

Varian Fry, American journalist and author (died 1967)

Herman Chittison, American pianist (died 1967)

John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (died 2006)

Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic (died 2002)

Robert Trout, American journalist (died 2000)

Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (died 1990)

Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (died 2007)

Wolfgang Lüth, German U-boat captain (died 1945)

Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (died 2007)

Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1950)

George Turner, Australian author and critic (died 1997)

Jan Miner, American actress (died 2004)

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (died 2007)

Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator (died 2013)

Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (died 1985)

Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (died 1995)

Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor (died 2012)

Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress (died 1968)

Peter Koch, American industrial engineer and wood scientist (died 1998)

Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (died 1999)

Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)

Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (died 2006)

Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese author (died 2019)

Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (died 1969)

Preben Munthe, Norwegian economist and politician, State Conciliator of Norway (died 2013)

Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (died 1985)

Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (died 2010)

Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (died 2013)

Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (died 2008)

Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator (died 2022)

Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author (died 2019)

Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter (died 2018)

Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (died 2012)

Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (died 2012)

Tony Hart, English painter and television host (died 2009)

James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (died 2010)

Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (died 2012)

Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (died 1984)

Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (died 2005)

Jean Peters, American actress (died 2000)

Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (died 1981)

B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015)

Will Insley, American painter and architect (died 2011)

FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (died 2000)

Ned McWherter, American politician, 46th Governor of Tennessee (died 2011)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (died 2015)

Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician

Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer (died 2020)

Nicky Barnes, American drug lord (died 2012)

Alan Elsdon, English trumpet player (died 2016)

N. Ramani, Indian flute player (died 2015)

Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer (died 2025)

Bobby Morrow, American sprinter (died 2020)

Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player, first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL)

Michel Aumont, French actor (died 2019)

Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, South African-English businessman (died 2019)

Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (died 2024)

Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1993)

Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and activist (died 1997)

Brice Marden, American painter (died 2023)

Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2008)

Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player and coach

Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate

Roy Masters, Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author

Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter

Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral

Don Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and drummer

Stanley Fischer, American and Israeli economist (died 2025)

Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer (died 2018)

Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania

A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (died 2005)

Haim Saban, Israeli-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment

David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)

Steve Camacho, Guyanese cricketer (died 2015)

Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal

Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (died 2024)

Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster

Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director

Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer

Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change

Hümeyra, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress

Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer

Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 2016)

Chris de Burgh, British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist

Laurie McBain, American author

Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV

Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (died 2015)

Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter

Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player

Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player

Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier

Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Larry Miller, American actor and comedian

Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist

Peter Bakowski, Australian poet and educator

Steve Bracks, Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria

Jere Burns, American actor

Julia Yeomans, English physicist and academic

Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player

Emma Chichester Clark, English author and illustrator

Tanya Roberts, American actress (died 2021)

Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer

Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer

Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta

Stephen Clarke, English-French journalist and author

Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author

Alex Paterson, English keyboard player

Sarah Ferguson

Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Stanley Menzo, Dutch footballer and manager

Roberto Vittori, Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Nasser El Sonbaty, German bodybuilder and trainer (died 2013)

Eric Benét, American singer-songwriter

Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and manager

Bill Charlap, American pianist and composer

Ilse Huizinga, Dutch singer

Dave Stead, English drummer

Dan Forest, American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter

Didier Deschamps, French footballer and manager

Vanessa Marcil, American actress

Rod Wishart, Australian rugby league player

Trent Zimmerman, Australian politician

Vítor Baía, Portuguese footballer

Dominic West, English actor and director

Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier

Andy Cole, English footballer and coach

Lauri Pilter, Estonian author and translator

Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach

Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer and manager

Aleksandr Filimonov, Russian footballer

Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress

Chukwudi Iwuji, Nigerian-British actor

Elisa Aguilar, Spanish basketball player

Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver

David Trezeguet, French footballer

Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer

Wes Moore, American politician, author, nonprofit executive, and television producer, 63rd Governor of Maryland

Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler

Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer

Paul Robinson, English footballer

Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter and actress

Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer

Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist

Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer

Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player

Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer

Bruno Senna, Brazilian race car driver

Izale McLeod, English footballer

Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter

Arron Afflalo, American basketball player

Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter

Carlo Janka, Swiss skier

Nolito, Spanish footballer

Ott Tänak, Estonian racing driver

Dominique Jones, American basketball player

Mesut Özil, German footballer

Blaine Gabbert, American football player

Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer

Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

Brock Nelson, American ice hockey player

Ncuti Gatwa, Rwandan-Scottish actor

Teoscar Hernández, Dominican baseball player

Vincent Martella, American actor

Richaun Holmes, American basketball player

Roh Tae-hyun, South Korean singer and dancer

Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper

Babar Azam, Pakistani cricket player

Jack Flaherty, American baseball player

Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player

Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer

Grace Van Dien, American actress

Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer

Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar, Indonesian activist and politician

Bailee Madison, American-Canadian actress and singer

Ben Woodburn, Welsh footballer

Melki Sedek Huang, Indonesian activist and sex offender

Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark