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History Births on June 15

Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach

#Mike_Holmgren

In 1948

John Horner, American paleontologist and academic

#Jack_Horner_(paleontologist)

In 1946

Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player

#Mike_Delany

In 1982

Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)

#Cornelis_de_Witt

In 1623

François Blondel, French architect (d. 1686)

#François_Blondel

In 1618

Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer

#Edison_Toloza

In 1984

Satya Pal Jain, Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India

#Satya_Pal_Jain

In 1952

Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal

#Robert_Sarah

In 1945

Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player

#Trevor_Plouffe

In 1986

Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman (d. 1605)

#Elizabeth_Knollys

In 1549

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1907)

#Edvard_Grieg

In 1843

Emily Harman, American tennis player

#Emily_Harman

In 1991

Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (d. 2018)

#Nini_Theilade

In 1915

Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter

#Yulia_Nestsiarenka

In 1979

Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1994)

#Erik_Erikson

In 1902

Nadine Coyle, Irish singer

#Nadine_Coyle

In 1985

Cédric Pioline, French tennis player

#Cédric_Pioline

In 1969

Justin Leonard, American golfer

#Justin_Leonard

In 1972

Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1883)

#Josiah_Henson

In 1789

Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China

#Xi_Jinping

In 1953

Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)

#Herbert_A._Simon

In 1916

Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach

#Žan_Tabak

In 1970

James Maloney, Australian rugby league player

#James_Maloney_(rugby_league)

In 1986

Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter

#Dafne_Schippers

In 1992

Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

#Karim_Massimov

In 1965

Irfan Hadži?, Bosnian footballer

#Irfan_Hadži?

In 1993

Wilbert Awdry, English author, co-created Thomas the Tank Engine (d. 1997)

#Wilbert_Awdry

In 1911

Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (d. 1704)

#Hiob_Ludolf

In 1624

Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player

#Eva_Hrdinová

In 1984

François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)

#François-Xavier_Garneau

In 1809

Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)

#Benjamin_Wright_Raymond

In 1801

John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat

#John_E._McLaughlin

In 1942

Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian

#Paul_Rusesabagina

In 1954

Bryan Clauson, American racing driver (d. 2016)

#Bryan_Clauson

In 1989

Leah Remini, American actress and producer

#Leah_Remini

In 1970

Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1826)

#Franz_Danzi

In 1763

Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1944)

#Harry_Langdon

In 1884

Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1814)

#Georg_Joseph_Vogler

In 1749

Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (d. 2016)

#Miriam_Defensor_Santiago

In 1945

Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (d. 1715)

#Bernard_Lamy

In 1640

Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager

#Dusty_Baker

In 1949

Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (d. 2015)

#Mario_Cuomo

In 1932

Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist

#Yevgeny_Kiselyov

In 1956

Neal Adams, American illustrator

#Neal_Adams

In 1941

Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer

#Abdur_Razzak_(cricketer)

In 1982

Stephen Lloyd, Kenyan-English businessman and politician

#Stephen_Lloyd

In 1957

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (d. 1712)

#Sidney_Godolphin,_1st_Earl_of_Godolphin

In 1645

Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

#Marcel_Pronovost

In 1930

Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)

#Erroll_Garner

In 1921

Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (d. 1921)

#Ramón_López_Velarde

In 1888

Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician

#Adam_Smith_(politician)

In 1965

Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2015)

#Demis_Roussos

In 1946

David Bayssari, Australian rugby league player

#David_Bayssari

In 1970

Michèle Laroque, French actress, producer, and screenwriter

#Michèle_Laroque

In 1960

Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)

#Hugo_Pratt

In 1927

Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)

#Ezer_Weizman

In 1924

Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager

#Michael_Doleac

In 1977

John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer

#John_Paintsil

In 1981

Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano

#Andrea_Rost

In 1962

Simon Callow, English actor and director

#Simon_Callow

In 1949

Hédi Fried, Swedish author and psychologist

#Hédi_Fried

In 1924

Ji?í Ryba, Czech decathlete

#Ji?í_Ryba

In 1976

Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (d. 1591)

#Richard_Grenville

In 1542

Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor

#Ice_Cube

In 1969

Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (d. 1955)

#Margaret_Abbott

In 1878

Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla

#Alan_Huckle

In 1948

Madison Kocian, American gymnast

#Madison_Kocian

In 1997

Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996)

#Lash_LaRue

In 1917

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark

#Poul_Nyrup_Rasmussen

In 1943

Andy Pettitte, American baseball player

#Andy_Pettitte

In 1972

Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster

#Oliver_Kahn

In 1969

Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)

#Horacio_Salgán

In 1916

Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)

#Víctor_Cabedo

In 1989

Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)

#Léon_Degrelle

In 1906

Courteney Cox, American actress and producer

#Courteney_Cox

In 1964

Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999)

#Saul_Steinberg

In 1914

Gabriele Sforza, Archbishop of Milan (d. 1457)

#Gabriele_Sforza

In 1423

Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer

#Helen_Hunt

In 1963

Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (d. 1855)

#Thomas_Mitchell_(explorer)

In 1792

Luke Hodge, Australian footballer

#Luke_Hodge

In 1984

Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (d. 1984)

#Yuri_Andropov

In 1914

Jake Busey, American actor, musician, and film producer

#Jake_Busey

In 1971

Wade Boggs, American baseball player

#Wade_Boggs

In 1958

Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (d. 1827)

#Kobayashi_Issa

In 1763

William Levada, American cardinal

#William_Levada

In 1936

David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)

#David_Rose_(songwriter)

In 1910

Marc Brickman, American lighting and production designer

#Marc_Brickman

In 1953

Chris Morris, English actor, satirist, director, and producer

#Chris_Morris_(satirist)

In 1962

Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (d. 1989)

#Olga_Erteszek

In 1916

Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

#Waylon_Jennings

In 1937

Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland

#Henry_McLeish

In 1948

Jim Belushi, American actor

#Jim_Belushi

In 1954

Aurora Aksnes, Norwegian singer-songwriter

#Aurora_(singer)

In 1996

Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (d. 1945)

#Kesago_Nakajima

In 1881

Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jesse_Bélanger

In 1969

Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati (d. 1831)

#Martin_Baum

In 1765

Steve Walsh, American rock singer-songwriter and musician (Kansas)

#Steve_Walsh_(musician)

In 1951

Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager

#Michael_Laudrup

In 1964

David Lyons, Australian rugby player

#David_Lyons_(rugby_union,_born_1980)

In 1980

Billy Martin, American guitarist, songwriter, and illustrator

#Billy_Martin_(guitarist)

In 1981

Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (d. 2017)

#Johnny_Hallyday

In 1943

William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)

#William_B._Ogden

In 1805

John Redwood, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales

#John_Redwood

In 1951

Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (d. 2002)

#Elena_Nikolaidi

In 1909

Tim Lincecum, American baseball player

#Tim_Lincecum

In 1984

Predrag Koraksi? Corax, Serbian political caricaturist

#Predrag_Koraksi?_Corax

In 1933

Julia Fischer, German violinist and pianist

#Julia_Fischer

In 1983

Pia Miranda, Australian actress

#Pia_Miranda

In 1973

Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman

#Lakshmi_Mittal

In 1950

Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)

#Archduke_Ernest_of_Austria

In 1553

Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1831)

#Johann_Gottlieb_Friedrich_von_Bohnenberger

In 1765

Julie Hagerty, American model and actress

#Julie_Hagerty

In 1955

Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

#Noddy_Holder

In 1946

Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute

#Ward_Connerly

In 1939

Katie Chapman, English footballer

#Katie_Chapman

In 1982

Eileen Davidson, American model and actress

#Eileen_Davidson

In 1959

Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)

#Alberto_Sordi

In 1920

Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (d. 1542)

#Lisa_del_Giocondo

In 1479

Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer

#Mohamed_Salah

In 1992

Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (d. 2012)

#Erland_Josephson

In 1923

Vincent Janssen, Dutch footballer

#Vincent_Janssen

In 1994

Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel

#Lawrence_Wilkerson

In 1945

François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (d. 1975)

#François_Tombalbaye

In 1918

Brad Gillis, American guitarist

#Brad_Gillis

In 1957

Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Lance_Parrish

In 1956

Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (d. 1981)

#Mohammad-Ali_Rajai

In 1933

Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet (d. 1868)

#Adah_Isaacs_Menken

In 1835

Jeremy Reed, American baseball player

#Jeremy_Reed

In 1981

Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter

#Russell_Hitchcock

In 1949

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (d. 1809)

#Antoine_François,_comte_de_Fourcroy

In 1755

Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996)

#Beverley_Whitfield

In 1954

Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2017)

#Ninian_Stephen

In 1923

Christian Rahn, German footballer

#Christian_Rahn

In 1979

Raimonds V?jonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia

#Raimonds_V?jonis

In 1966

Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (d. 1828)

#Rachel_Jackson

In 1767

Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer

#Wilfred_Bouma

In 1978

Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer

#Neil_Patrick_Harris

In 1973

Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)

#Thomas_Huckle_Weller

In 1915

Inaki Williams, Basque footballer

In 1994

Kanna Arihara, Japanese singer

In 1993

Micha? Kopczy?ski, Polish footballer

In 1992

Ani Mija?ika, Croatian tennis player

In 1987

Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer

In 1985

Mauro Rizzo, Italian footballer

In 1984

Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer

In 1983

Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

In 1983

Craig Dietrich, Digital artist, scholar, and educator

In 1980

Charles Zwolsman, Jr., Dutch race car driver

In 1979

Zach Day, American baseball player

In 1978

Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach

In 1973

Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player

In 1971

Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano

In 1970

Christian Bauman, American soldier and author

In 1970

Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer

In 1969

Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player

In 1969

Idalis DeLeón, American singer and actress

In 1969

Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer

In 1968

Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower

In 1965

Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

In 1963

Marina Azyabina, Russian hurdler

In 1963

Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (d. 2012)

In 1962

Scott Norton, American wrestler

In 1961

Dave McAuley, Irish boxer and sportscaster

In 1961

Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player and coach

In 1960

Alan Brazil, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

In 1959

Riccardo Paletti, Italian race car driver (d. 1982)

In 1958

Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

In 1955

Zde?ka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower and shot putter

In 1954

Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player

In 1954

Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator

In 1953

Eje Elgh, Swedish race car driver and sportscaster

In 1953

Vilma Bardauskien?, Lithuanian long jumper

In 1953

Vance A. Larson, American painter (d. 2000)

In 1951

Jane Amsterdam, American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc., New York Post)

In 1951

Deney Terrio, American choreographer and host of the television musical variety series Dance Fever

In 1950

Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician

In 1950

U?ur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor

In 1950

Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 2000)

In 1949

John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist (d. 1984)

In 1947

Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic

In 1944

Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (d. 2006)

In 1942

Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media

In 1942

Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)

In 1941

Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach

In 1938

Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter

In 1937

Ruby Nash Garnett, American R&B singer (Ruby & the Romantics)

In 1934

Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (d. 1999)

In 1932

Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (d. 2013)

In 1932

David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician

In 1932

Brian Sewell, English art dealer and critic (d. 2015)

In 1931

Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal

In 1931

Miguel Méndez, American author and academic (d. 2013)

In 1930

Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (d. 1978)

In 1927

Ross Andru, American illustrator (d. 1993)

In 1927

Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (d. 1975)

In 1926

Attilâ ?lhan, Turkish poet, author, and critic (d. 2005)

In 1925

Richard Baker, English journalist and author (d. 2018)

In 1925

Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (d. 1999)

In 1922

Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (d. 2012)

In 1920

Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (d. 2008)

In 1920

Keith Andrews, American racing driver (d. 1957)

In 1920

Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

In 1917

John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)

In 1917

Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (d. 2006)

In 1914

Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)

In 1913

James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator (d. 1975)

In 1907

Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (d. 1985)

In 1906

Elmar Lohk, Russian-Estonian architect (d. 1963)

In 1901

Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996)

In 1900

Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984)

In 1900

Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (d. 1986)

In 1898

Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1947)

In 1894

Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor (d. 1981)

In 1894

Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic (d. 1977)

In 1890

Frank Clement, British racing driver (d. 1970)

In 1886

Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (d. 1987)

In 1875

Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (d. 1950)

In 1872

Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (d. 1902)

In 1848

David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic (d. 1841)

In 1777

Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1796)

In 1754

Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright (d. 1635)

In 1605

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1536)

In 1519

Edward, the Black Prince of England (d. 1376)

In 1330

Marvin Mesa Midem

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