May 15
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[edit] Births
- 1567 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
- 1773 - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, statesman (d. 1859)
- 1817 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
- 1856 - L. Frank Baum, American author (d. 1919)
- 1857 - Williamina Fleming, astronomer (d. 1911)
- 1859 - Pierre Curie, French physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics (d. 1906)
- 1862 - Arthur Schnitzler, dramatist and narrator (d. 1931)
- 1889 - Bessie Hillman, American labor organizer
- 1890 - Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
- 1891 - Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
- 1892 - Jimmy Wilde, boxer (d. 1969)
- 1898 - Arletty, model and actress (d. 1992)
- 1899 - Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
- 1902 - Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
- 1905 - Joseph Cotten, actor (d. 1994)
- 1909 - James Mason, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1911 - Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
- 1914 - Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa and mountaineer (d. 1986)
- 1915 - Paul Samuelson, economist
- 1918 - Eddy Arnold, singer
- 1922 - Setouchi Jakucho, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
- 1923 - Richard Avedon, photographer (d. 2004)
- 1923 - John Lanchbery, English composer (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Peter Shaffer, playwright, Equus, Amadeus
- 1926 - Anthony Shaffer, playwright, Sleuth; The Wicker Man
- 1930 - Jasper Johns, painter
- 1931 - Ken Venturi, golfer
- 1934 - Alvin F. Poussaint, physicist, psychiatrist, and educator
- 1936 - Anna Maria Alberghetti, actress
- 1936 - Hugh Romney, better known as Wavy Gravy
- 1936 - Paul Zindel, novelist, playwright
- 1937 - Madeline Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
- 1937 - Trini López, musician
- 1941 - K.T. Oslin, country musician
- 1945 - Lars Berhagen, Swedish singer and songwriter
- 1945 - Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
- 1948 - Brian Eno, musician and record producer
- 1951 - Chazz Palminteri, actor
- 1951 - Jonathan Richman, musician
- 1951 - Frank Wilczek, physicist
- 1953 - George Brett, baseball player
- 1953 - Mike Oldfield, composer
- 1955 - Melinda Culea, actress
- 1956 - Dan Patrick, sportscaster
- 1958 - Ron Simmons, professional wrestler
- 1959 - Andrew Eldritch, singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy)
- 1959 - Kaokor Galaxy, boxer
- 1959 - Khaosai Galaxy, boxer
- 1962 - Melle Mel, musician
- 1967 - John Smoltz, baseball player
- 1969 - Emmitt Smith, American football player
- 1970 - Rod Smith, American football player
- 1972 - David Charvet, actor
- 1974 - Ahmet Zappa, musician
- 1975 - Ray Lewis, American football player
- 1978 - Amy Chow, gymnast
- 1979 - Elisabeth Harnois, actress
- 1981 - Jamie-Lynn DiScala, actress
- 1987 - kezia lucy dunn slag!
[edit] Deaths
- 1036 - Emperor Go-Ichijo of Japan (d. 1036)
- 1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden
- 1585 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese retainer, samurai, and daimyo (b. 1535)
- 1634 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
- 1740 - Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
- 1782 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
- 1886 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
- 1937 - Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
- 1948 - Father Edward Flanagan, priest, founder of Boys Town
- 1956 - Austin Osman Spare, magician (b. 1886)
- 1967 - Edward Hopper, painter (b. 1882)
- 1971 - Sir Tyrone Guthrie, director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
- 1986 - Theodore H. White, writer (b. 1915)
- 1994 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1904)
- 1995 - Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
- 1996 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
- 1998 - Earl Manigault, basketball player
- 2003 - June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
- 2003 - George Francis, British mobster
- 2003 - Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist
- 2005 - Les Bartley, National Lacrosse League coach (b. 1954)
