On This Day — April 15
4416 noted people were born and 2109 died on April 15 in our archive, including Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Aimé Laussedat and Alain Minc.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 15
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
b. 1954
Aimé Laussedat
1819 – 1907
Alain Minc
b. 1949
Alfred Allen Simpson
1875 – 1939
Andrii Boichuk
b. 1976
Antin Angelovych
1757 – 1814
Carol Greider
b. 1961
Charles Fried
1935 – 2024
Christopher Brown
b. 1948
David Omand
b. 1947
Diosdado Cabello
b. 1963
Eugène Poubelle
1831 – 1907
Falconer Madan
1851 – 1935
Frank Callaghan
1891 – 1980
Georges Descrières
1930 – 2013
Gianni Letta
b. 1935
Hermann Grassmann
1809 – 1877
Isaac Zamir
b. 1931
Johannes Stark
1874 – 1957
John Mason Clarke
1857 – 1925
José María Albareda
1902 – 1966
Krzysztof Szczerski
b. 1973
Kunishige Kamamoto
1944 – 2025
Mark Krein
1908 – 1989
Maurício Matos Peixoto
1921 – 2019
Michael Armacost
1937 – 2025
Michael Mussa
1944 – 2012
Muḥammad Mutawallī al-Shaʻrāwī
1911 – 1998
Natacha Polony
b. 1975
Nikolaas Tinbergen
1907 – 1988
Pietro Fedele
1873 – 1943
Richard von Weizsäcker
1920 – 2015
Robert Lefkowitz
b. 1943
Robert Mills
1928 – 1999
Sawa
b. 1938
Victor Pynzenyk
b. 1954
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
b. 1930
Vladimir Filippov
b. 1951
William Cullen
1710 – 1790
Émile Durkheim
1858 – 1917
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
1772 – 1844
Ajoy Mukherjee
1901 – 1986
Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr
1928 – 1978
Albert Neuberger
1908 – 1996
Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm
b. 1949
Alex Crawford
b. 1963
Alexander Timashev
1818 – 1893
Alfred S. Bloomingdale
1916 – 1982
Alla Pugacheva
b. 1949
Amico Bignami
1862 – 1929
Anatoly Gromyko
1932 – 2017
Andrzej Kopiczyński
1934 – 2016
Angelo DiGeorge
1921 – 2009
Anne Michaels
b. 1958
Anton Štefánek
1877 – 1964
Ara Abramyan
b. 1957
Arjan Singh
1919 – 2017
Arthur Werner
1877 – 1967
Asoke Nath Mitra
1929 – 2022
Augustin Dubail
1851 – 1934
Benjamin Bathurst
b. 1964
Benjamin Jowett
1817 – 1893
Bob Ellicott
1927 – 2022
Brooke Benjamin
1929 – 1995
Bruno Le Maire
b. 1969
Burton C. Andrus
1892 – 1977
Carlo Ginzburg
1939 – 2026
Carlo Oppizzoni
1769 – 1855
Catherine Clarke Fenselau
b. 1939
Chai Ling
b. 1966
Charles W. Bagnal
1934 – 2015
Charles-André de La Jaille
1824 – 1892
Christian Hartmann
b. 1959
Christopher Dye
b. 1956
Claudia Cardinale
1938 – 2025
Claudio Bunster
b. 1947
Claudio Fava
b. 1957
Colin Allred
b. 1983
Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell
1937 – 2004
Craig Foster
b. 1969
Cressida Cowell
b. 1966
Cándido Bolívar Pieltáin
1897 – 1976
César Camacho
b. 1943
Daniel John Cunningham
1850 – 1909
David Martin
1933 – 1990
David R. Nagle
b. 1943
Dawn J. Wright
b. 1961
Debra Ann Livingston
b. 1959
Dzhakhan Pollyeva
b. 1960
Edward Ford
1902 – 1986
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley
1782 – 1839
Elias Wessén
1889 – 1981
Elizabeth Montgomery
1933 – 1995
Emory Leon Chaffee
1885 – 1975
Enrique Curiel
1947 – 2011
Eugen Freund
b. 1951
Eva Son-Forget
b. 1983
Fernando Filoni
b. 1946
Franjo Kuharić
1919 – 2002
Frans Oskar Lilius
1871 – 1928
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
1793 – 1864
Frīdrihs Vesmanis
1875 – 1941
Georges Lesueur
1834 – 1910
Georgy Beregovoy
1921 – 1995
Giovanni Reale
1931 – 2014
Gordon Messenger
b. 1962
Gregory J. Harbaugh
b. 1956
Hanna-Renate Laurien
1928 – 2010
Harold Washington
1922 – 1987
Henry James
1843 – 1916
Horace Porter
1837 – 1921
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana
b. 1954
Ida Freund
1863 – 1914
Igor Vamos
b. 1968
Ioan Axente Sever
1821 – 1906
Ismael Crespo Martínez
b. 1964
Ivan Fichev
1860 – 1931
Jacques Beaulieu
1932 – 2014
James Wiegold
1934 – 2009
Jane Owen
b. 1963
Janusz Zarzycki
1914 – 1995
Jean Fourastié
1907 – 1990
Jefrem Milutinović
b. 1944
Jens Erik Fenstad
1935 – 2020
Johann Baptist Franzelin
1816 – 1886
John F.W. Rogers
b. 1956
John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham
1924 – 2001
John Harvey Bunzel
1924 – 2018
John L. Phillips
b. 1951
John T. Lewis
1932 – 2004
Jonathan Zenneck
1871 – 1959
Joseph-Charles Lefebvre
1892 – 1973
Jules Basdevant
1877 – 1968
Katharine Hayhoe
b. 1972
Keith Locke
1944 – 2024
Kenneth Bloomfield
1931 – 2025
Kim Il-sung
1912 – 1994
Laurent Lefrançois
b. 1974
Leonhard Euler
1707 – 1783
Lluís Gavaldà
b. 1963
Manon Antoniazzi
b. 1965
Margaret Leischner
1907 – 1970
Mark Damazer
b. 1955
Marsha Ivins
b. 1951
Matthias Wissmann
b. 1949
Matti Jaatinen
1928 – 2005
Max Wertheimer
1880 – 1943
Maxwell Rosenlicht
1924 – 1999
May Edward Chinn
1896 – 1980
Michał Kobosko
b. 1968
Mika Lintilä
b. 1966
Mikheil Ukleba
b. 1953
Mota Amaral
b. 1943
Nathaniel Burwell
1750 – 1814
Nawal El Moutawakel
b. 1962
Neville Marriner
1924 – 2016
Nick Milroy
b. 1974
Nicolas Slonimsky
1894 – 1995
Niels Petersen Vogt
1817 – 1894
Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy
1923 – 1996
Norman F. Ness
1933 – 2023
Olavo Setúbal
1923 – 2008
Olga Volkova
b. 1939
Olivier Debré
1920 – 1999
Olof Rydbeck
1913 – 1995
Patricia Fara
b. 1948
Paul Liu
b. 1963
Percy Herbert
1822 – 1876
Peter F. Secchia
1937 – 2020
Peter Wolodarski
b. 1978
Philippe of Belgium
b. 1960
Pierre Bodard
1881 – 1937
Pierre Lacour the Elder
1745 – 1814
Pilar Garrido Gutiérrez
b. 1966
Ponnambalam Ramanathan sinhala
1851 – 1930
Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles
1900 – 1967
René Pleven
1901 – 1993
René de Cornulier
1811 – 1886
Riken Yamamoto
b. 1945
Robert Sibbald
1641 – 1722
Rowland Blades, 1st Baron Ebbisham
1868 – 1953
S. M. Bruce
1883 – 1967
Sangadji Tarbaev
b. 1982
Sarah Teichmann
b. 1975
Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt
1922 – 2013
Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet
1821 – 1892
Spiros Kapralos
b. 1955
Stephen Chanock
b. 1956
Stephen Doughty
b. 1980
Tadeusz Pruszkowski
1888 – 1942
Talat Xhaferi
b. 1962
Thomas François Burgers
1834 – 1881
Thomas Hart Benton
1889 – 1975
Thomas Szasz
1920 – 2012
Théodore Holo
b. 1948
Ulf Linde
1929 – 2013
Valery Serov
1940 – 2026
Vano Merabishvili
b. 1968
Victor Henri Hutinel
1849 – 1933
Viktor Chechevatov
b. 1945
… and 4,216 more
Died on April 15
Jaap Schrieke
1884 – 1976
John Tuzo Wilson
1908 – 1993
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
1707 – 1788
Georgios E. Mylonas
1898 – 1988
Giovanni Gentile
1875 – 1944
Gyula Illyés
1902 – 1983
Henry Moore Bates
1869 – 1949
James Booth
1806 – 1878
Jane Ellen Harrison
1850 – 1928
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
1817 – 1894
Jean-Paul Fitoussi
1942 – 2022
K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
1908 – 1999
Kari Hag
1941 – 2026
Karl-Heinrich Weise
1909 – 1990
Kurt Tiedke
1924 – 2015
Lauritz Jenssen Dorenfeldt
1909 – 1997
Luis Ignacio Ortega Álvarez
1953 – 2015
László Tisza
1907 – 2009
Marc Armand Ruffer
1859 – 1917
Maria Antonietta Macciocchi
1922 – 2007
Michael Halliday
1925 – 2018
Robert Skidelsky
1939 – 2026
Sambhu Nath De
1915 – 1985
Vardges Petrosyan
1932 – 1994
Albert Lee Reeves, Jr.
1906 – 1987
Alexander Crichton Mitchell
1864 – 1952
Alexander Meller-Zakomelsky
1844 – 1928
Alexander Murray
1775 – 1813
Alfonso Yuchengco
1923 – 2017
Alfred Church Lane
1863 – 1948
Alfredo Guzzoni
1877 – 1965
Anatoly Kvochur
1952 – 2024
Anders Donner
1854 – 1938
Anthony John King Mussio
1902 – 1978
Borys Liatoshynsky
1894 – 1968
Byron White
1917 – 2002
Carleton B. Joeckel
1886 – 1960
Charles Bulfinch
1763 – 1844
Eiliv Austlid
1899 – 1940
Frederick William Hope
1797 – 1862
Friedebert Tuglas
1886 – 1971
Gumersindo de Azcárate
1840 – 1917
Gösta Hökmark
1920 – 1993
Helmut Lemke
1907 – 1990
Hendrik S. Houthakker
1924 – 2008
Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb
1925 – 2022
Hiroshi Shiono
1931 – 2026
Ichirō Hatta
1906 – 1983
Imre Antal
1935 – 2008
Jacopo Riccati
1676 – 1754
Jacques Barnaud
1893 – 1962
Jadwiga Staniszkis
1942 – 2024
Johann Christoph Schwab
1743 – 1821
Johannes Bosscha
1831 – 1911
Johannes Hudde
1628 – 1704
John Houbolt
1919 – 2014
John Houghton
1931 – 2020
Josef Budenz
1836 – 1892
José Moreno Carbonero
1860 – 1942
Jules Dalou
1838 – 1902
Karol Dejna
1911 – 2004
Kevin Klose
1940 – 2026
Ludwig Kaas
1881 – 1952
Manuel Roxas
1892 – 1948
Maria Ulfah Santoso
1911 – 1988
Mary Chase Perry Stratton
1867 – 1961
Matthew Arnold
1822 – 1888
Michael Evenari
1904 – 1989
Mizancı Murad
1854 – 1917
Nicolae Blatt
1890 – 1965
Nikolai Olovyannikov
1922 – 2021
Orland K. Armstrong
1893 – 1987
Owen K. Garriott
1930 – 2019
Owen Woodhouse
1916 – 2014
Peder Horrebow
1679 – 1764
Philippe Barrès
1896 – 1975
Pol Pot
1925 – 1998
Robert Bickersteth
1816 – 1884
Robert Whytt
1714 – 1766
Shūhei Kishimoto
1956 – 2025
Simon Sinas
1810 – 1876
Stanisław Bonifacy Jundziłł
1761 – 1847
Sylvester Jordan
1792 – 1861
Vartan Gregorian
1934 – 2021
Willem Julius
1860 – 1925
William Empson
1906 – 1984
William John Bankes
1786 – 1855
William Miller Collier
1867 – 1956
A. J. Rosier
1880 – 1932
A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
1887 – 1974
Adolf Stern
1835 – 1907
Aleksander Jełowicki
1804 – 1877
Aleksandr Churilin
1946 – 2021
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
1939 – 2012
Aleksei Gastev
1882 – 1939
Alexander Garden
1730 – 1791
Alexander Nadson
1926 – 2015
Alexander Saburov
1908 – 1974
Alfred Moquin-Tandon
1804 – 1863
Alice Wilson
1881 – 1964
Anastas Yankov
1857 – 1906
Andrzej Leszczyński
1608 – 1658
Andrés Quintana Roo
1787 – 1851
Anne Grommerch
1970 – 2016
Anne Martin
1875 – 1951
Antoine Magnin
1848 – 1926
Antonin Dubost
1844 – 1921
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
1682 – 1761
Aristarkh Lentulov
1882 – 1943
Arno Schickedanz
1892 – 1945
Arsenio S. Lacson
1911 – 1962
Arthur Aikin
1773 – 1854
Arthur Aikin Brodribb
1850 – 1927
Augustus Siebe
1788 – 1872
Aureliano Blanquet
1848 – 1919
Aurora Jiménez de Palacios
1925 – 1958
Benjamin Hooks
1925 – 2010
Bob Hollowday
1916 – 1977
Brian Dennehy
1938 – 2020
Bronia Dłuska
1865 – 1939
C. W. A. Scott
1903 – 1946
Carlene King Johnson
1933 – 1969
Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
1900 – 1956
Charles Cooper
1829 – 1916
Charles H. Voorhis
1833 – 1896
Charles J. Colden
1870 – 1938
Charles Journet
1891 – 1975
Charles Thomas Campbell
1823 – 1895
Charles de Wendel
1809 – 1870
Connie Simmons
1925 – 1989
Cristóbal Bencomo y Rodríguez
1758 – 1835
Dan Reeves
1912 – 1971
David Brand
1912 – 1979
David Brumbaugh
1960 – 2017
David Cass
1937 – 2008
David Tennant Cowan
1896 – 1983
Derek Underwood
1945 – 2024
Diego Galán
1946 – 2019
Dmitry Shakhovskoy
1861 – 1939
Domenico Pittella
1932 – 2018
Donald Macintyre
1831 – 1903
Dwayne Schintzius
1968 – 2012
E. T. York
1922 – 2011
Earl Devaney
1947 – 2022
Edgar J. Kaufmann
1885 – 1955
Edmund Henry Lenon
1838 – 1893
Edward Gorey
1925 – 2000
Edward Greeves, Jr.
1903 – 1963
Edward Smith
1850 – 1912
Edward V. Robertson
1881 – 1963
Eiler Hagerup the Older.
1685 – 1743
Eli Thayer
1819 – 1899
Emilio Aceval
1853 – 1931
Emma Willard
1787 – 1870
Ephram II of Jerusalem
1750 – 1770
Ernest John Spooner
1887 – 1942
Ethel Brilliana Tweedie
1862 – 1940
Eunice Muñoz
1928 – 2022
Federico Caffè
1914 – 1987
Fisher Hudson
1920 – 1999
Floyd MacDonald
1934 – 2023
Francišak Bahuševič
1840 – 1900
Frank D. Pavey
1860 – 1946
Frank Knight
1885 – 1972
Frank Skartados
1956 – 2018
Frederic P. Olcott
1841 – 1909
Frederick Charles Denison
1846 – 1896
Frederick Francis II
1823 – 1883
Fredrik Rosencrantz
1879 – 1957
Friedrich von Rabenau
1884 – 1945
Fritz Jenssen
1886 – 1966
Gaston Leroux
1868 – 1927
Georg Knorr
1859 – 1911
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
1578 – 1632
George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper
1806 – 1856
George Digby Barker
1833 – 1914
Georgios Vizyinos
1849 – 1896
Giacinto Gaggia
1847 – 1933
Giovanni Bovio
1837 – 1903
Grace Zia Chu
1899 – 1999
Greta Garbo
1905 – 1990
Grigory Sedov
1836 – 1884
Gurgen Boryan
1915 – 1971
H. Dieter Zeh
1932 – 2018
Hans Maass
1911 – 1992
Hans Röttiger
1896 – 1960
Harry Elkins Widener
1885 – 1912
Henry Absalom Powell
1855 – 1930
Hu Yaobang
1915 – 1989
Hugo Villar
1925 – 2014
Hélio Gueiros
1925 – 2011
Isabel Hampton Robb
1860 – 1910
Jack Coombs
1882 – 1957
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak
1951 – 2025
Jaime Garcia Goulart
1908 – 1997
James Lindsay Almond, Jr.
1898 – 1986
Jean-François Paillard
1928 – 2013
Jeff Bate
1906 – 1984
Jerry Clack
1926 – 2019
Jerzy Janicki
1928 – 2007
… and 1,909 more