On This Day — November 15
4056 noted people were born and 1985 died on November 15 in our archive, including Edward Marczewski, Harald Sverdrup and Michel Chasles.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on November 15
Edward Marczewski
1907 – 1976
Harald Sverdrup
1888 – 1957
Michel Chasles
1793 – 1880
Albert Rivera
b. 1979
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
b. 1954
Alexander Kvitashvili
b. 1970
Alfred C. Redfield
1890 – 1983
Anders Nygren
1890 – 1978
Arlindo Cunha
b. 1950
August Krogh
1874 – 1949
Beatriz Merino
b. 1947
Bill Richardson
1947 – 2023
Bill Rowling
1927 – 1995
Conyers Herring
1914 – 2009
Cynthia Breazeal
b. 1967
Deborah S. Jin
1968 – 2016
Ed Asner
1929 – 2021
Emil Racoviță
1868 – 1947
Fabrice d'Almeida
b. 1963
Felix Frankfurter
1882 – 1965
George F. Gao
b. 1961
Giles Paxman
1951 – 2025
Gottlieb Jakob Planck
1751 – 1833
Hitoshi Ashida
1887 – 1959
Hjalmar Granfelt
1874 – 1957
Hugo Kaho
1885 – 1964
Héctor García-Molina
1954 – 2019
Ingrida Šimonytė
b. 1974
Jan Terlouw
1931 – 2025
Jeff Paris
b. 1944
Julius Herman Boeke
1884 – 1956
Karl Friedrich Luts
1883 – 1942
Kim Jung-sook
b. 1954
László Rédei
1900 – 1980
Maleeha Lodhi
b. 1953
Maria Antònia Canals i Tolosa
1930 – 2022
Mikhail Eskindarov
b. 1951
Mutlu Sümer
b. 1945
Oleg Chirkunov
b. 1958
Pascal Lissouba
1931 – 2020
Robert Drinan
1920 – 2007
Robert Stanley Weir
1856 – 1926
Roman Bezsmertnyi
b. 1965
Salomon Morel
1919 – 2007
Sara Josephine Baker
1873 – 1945
Stanisław Kutrzeba
1876 – 1946
Valery Troitskaya
1917 – 2010
Victor Laloux
1850 – 1937
Vladimir Grinin
b. 1947
W. Averell Harriman
1891 – 1986
Werner Rolfinck
1599 – 1673
William Herschel
1738 – 1822
Alan M. Taylor
b. 1964
Aldo da Rosa
1917 – 2015
Aleksandr Maksimov
b. 1946
Alexander Bortnikov
b. 1951
Alexander Yaroshuk
b. 1965
Alvin Curling
b. 1939
Alvin Plantinga
b. 1932
Andreas Artsruni
1847 – 1898
Anton Rintelen
1876 – 1946
Arsenio Lope Huerta
1943 – 2021
Ashley Fox
b. 1969
Ashok Gadgil
b. 1950
Benjamin Bederson
1921 – 2023
Bill Melendez
1916 – 2008
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
b. 1940
Carmen Romero López
b. 1946
Cha Bumseok
1924 – 2006
Chaim Drukman
1932 – 2022
Chan Yuen-han
b. 1946
Charles Edward Merriam
1874 – 1953
Christian Fredrik Sissenèr
1849 – 1903
Claas Relotius
b. 1985
Claire Dorland-Clauzel
b. 1954
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
1907 – 1944
Cornelia Sorabji
1866 – 1954
Curtis LeMay
1906 – 1990
David Siegmund
b. 1941
Deane B. Judd
1900 – 1972
Devra G. Kleiman
1942 – 2010
Dmitry Likhachov
1906 – 1999
Dow Constantine
b. 1961
Edmund Swetenham
1822 – 1890
Edward M. Davis
1916 – 2006
Eilika Weber-Ban
b. 1968
Erich von Tschermak
1871 – 1962
Eugeniusz Kłopotek
b. 1953
Fedir Bohatyrchuk
1892 – 1984
Fosco Maraini
1912 – 2004
Frans Teulings
1891 – 1966
François Craenhals
1926 – 2004
François Delattre
b. 1963
Françoise Héritier
1933 – 2017
Frederick Handley Page
1885 – 1962
Frits Agterberg
b. 1936
Ganesh Prasad
1876 – 1935
Gerald Fischbach
b. 1938
Gerald O'Collins
1932 – 2024
Gert Bonnier
1890 – 1961
Gilles Pudlowski
b. 1950
Giuseppe Tesauro
1942 – 2021
Gregory Chaitin
b. 1947
Gustav Radde
1831 – 1903
Gōtarō Mikami
1869 – 1964
Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux
1870 – 1943
Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough
1621 – 1697
Holly Walker
b. 1982
Hor Namhong
b. 1935
Horia Hulubei
1896 – 1972
Howard Baker
1925 – 2014
Idris Jusoh
b. 1955
Igor Stechkin
1922 – 2001
Intan Paramaditha
b. 1979
Jacques Defermon
1752 – 1831
James Stuart McKnight
1884 – 1950
Janet B. W. Williams
b. 1947
Jean de Largentaye
1903 – 1970
Jean-François Le Gall
b. 1959
Jean-Jacques Simard
b. 1945
Jessica Abel
b. 1969
Jesús Silva Herzog
1892 – 1985
Jirō Kawasaki
b. 1947
Joe Schwarz
1937 – 2026
John L. Locke
b. 1940
John T. Hayward
1908 – 1999
Jorge Bolet
1914 – 1990
José van Dijck
b. 1960
Juliusz Leo
1861 – 1918
Jérôme Bonaparte
1784 – 1860
Jörg M. Fegert
b. 1956
Kannon Shanmugam
b. 1972
Kevin Rollins
b. 1952
Khalid Bakdash
1912 – 1995
Kiyoshi Jinzai
1903 – 1957
Klaus Keil
1934 – 2022
Konstantin Simonov
1915 – 1979
Krista Mikkonen
b. 1972
Kunio Hiramatsu
b. 1948
Leopoldo García Durán
1882 – 1966
Lorenz E. Zimmerman
1920 – 2013
Mahmoud Abbas
b. 1935
Mami Mizutori
b. 1960
Maria Dolors Renau
1936 – 2019
Marianne Moore
1887 – 1972
Markian Popov
1902 – 1969
Martin Bangemann
1934 – 2022
Mary E. Byrd
1849 – 1934
Mary Jo Foley
b. 1961
Molissa Fenley
b. 1954
Mustafa Sarıgül
b. 1956
Nicholas V
1397 – 1455
Nils Claëson
1848 – 1910
Njål Hole
1914 – 1988
Ong Ye Kung
b. 1969
Pandeli Majko
b. 1967
Paul Rabinowitz
b. 1939
Pehr Henrik Ling
1776 – 1839
Péter Hoppál
b. 1972
Randy Savage
1952 – 2011
Renée Hložek
b. 1983
Robert de Lasteyrie
1849 – 1921
Rodrigo Pardo García-Peña
1958 – 2024
Ronnie Kasrils
b. 1938
Seiji Hayami
1868 – 1926
Serhii Kemskyi
1981 – 2014
Shi Changxu
1920 – 2014
Sonam Tobgye
b. 1949
Stanisław Szpinalski
1901 – 1957
Teodoro Locsin, Jr.
b. 1948
Theodore Roszak
1933 – 2011
Tibor Fischer
b. 1959
Timothy Creamer
b. 1959
Tomas Riad
b. 1959
V. R. Krishna Iyer
1914 – 2014
Vanessa Nakate
b. 1996
Vanita Gupta
b. 1974
Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima
1858 – 1919
Vernon Dvorak
1928 – 2022
Vernon R. Young
1937 – 2004
Vincenzo Balzani
b. 1936
Virginia Louise Trimble
b. 1943
Vittore Bocchetta
1918 – 2021
Vyacheslav Pozgalyov
1946 – 2026
William B. Hansen
b. 1949
William Eubank
b. 1982
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
1708 – 1778
Achille Apolloni
1812 – 1893
Adam Dziewonski
1936 – 2016
Adolf Bartels
1862 – 1945
Ahsan Habib
b. 1957
Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert
1812 – 1889
Alan Pittard
1902 – 1992
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don
b. 1947
Albert Pahimi Padacké
b. 1966
Albert Smiley Williams
1849 – 1924
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
1559 – 1621
Alberto Anaya
b. 1946
Alberto Salomón Osorio
1877 – 1959
Alexander Jefferson
1921 – 2022
… and 3,856 more
Died on November 15
Antonín Frič
1832 – 1913
Daniel Rutherford
1749 – 1819
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
1843 – 1928
Albert Stöckl
1823 – 1895
Alberto Ullastres
1914 – 2001
Alfred Werner
1866 – 1919
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo
1719 – 1795
Chris Hurford
1931 – 2020
Edwin H. Colbert
1905 – 2001
Elmer McCollum
1879 – 1967
Francisco Morales Padrón
1924 – 2010
Fredrik Stang
1867 – 1941
Friedrich August Eckstein
1810 – 1885
Gheorghe Călugăreanu
1902 – 1976
Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner
1942 – 2017
Johanna Westerdijk
1883 – 1961
Johannes Kepler
1571 – 1630
Julia Anna Gardner
1882 – 1960
Li Huang
1895 – 1991
Miguel Rodrigo Martínez
1895 – 1968
Otto Scherzer
1909 – 1982
Pellegrino Rossi
1787 – 1848
Pierre Harmel
1911 – 2009
Ragnar Furuhjelm
1879 – 1944
Sixto Durán-Ballén
1921 – 2016
Teruhisa Komatsu
1888 – 1970
W. Ross Ashby
1903 – 1972
Walter Heitler
1904 – 1981
William Fishburn Donkin
1814 – 1869
Zhores Medvedev
1925 – 2018
Émile Durkheim
1858 – 1917
Albertus Magnus
1193 – 1280
André Blondel
1863 – 1938
Anne Rasa
1940 – 2020
Antoni
1846 – 1912
Arkadi Timiryazev
1880 – 1955
Arne Runeberg
1912 – 1979
Béla Károlyi
1942 – 2024
Cassam Moollan
1927 – 2010
Charles Rudd
1844 – 1916
Charles Swinfen Eady, 1st Baron Swinfen
1851 – 1919
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
1869 – 1959
Christoph Willibald von Gluck
1714 – 1787
Clarissa Eden
1920 – 2021
Cvijetin Mijatović
1913 – 1993
Daulet Sembaev
1935 – 2021
David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe
1937 – 2023
Drew S. Days, III
1941 – 2020
Edith Durham
1863 – 1944
Eero Järnefelt
1863 – 1937
Evelyn Venable
1913 – 1993
Ferenc Dávid
1510 – 1579
Frank Johnson Goodnow
1859 – 1939
Frank M. Chapman
1864 – 1945
Franz S. Exner
1849 – 1926
Françoise Héritier
1933 – 2017
Félix de Blochausen
1834 – 1915
Glafcos Clerides
1919 – 2013
Grace Hartigan
1922 – 2008
Hans Matthöfer
1925 – 2009
Henry Philip Tappan
1805 – 1881
Herbert Scarf
1930 – 2015
Hirokazu Shiba
1950 – 2025
Hitoshi Kimura
1934 – 2023
Innocent VII
1339 – 1406
István Nemere
1944 – 2024
James Mayer de Rothschild
1792 – 1868
Jan Petrus Benjamin de Josselin de Jong
1886 – 1964
Jean Gabin
1904 – 1976
John Joseph Stewart
1923 – 2002
John Lawrence LeConte
1825 – 1883
John Mercer Langston
1829 – 1897
Joseph, 6th Duke d'Ursel
1848 – 1903
Julius Exner
1825 – 1910
Kurino Shin'ichirō
1851 – 1937
Kurt W. Rothschild
1914 – 2010
Louisa Garrett Anderson
1873 – 1943
Lucile E. St. Hoyme
1924 – 2001
Margaret Mead
1901 – 1978
Margaret Sibella Brown
1866 – 1961
Mathias Sommerhielm
1764 – 1827
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
1862 – 1919
Murakami Kakuichi
1862 – 1927
Neil Primrose
1882 – 1917
Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
1914 – 2009
Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens
1885 – 1973
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
1810 – 1892
Reg Withers
1924 – 2014
Rudolf Kippenhahn
1926 – 2020
Sei Ito
1905 – 1969
Seiji Nakamura
1931 – 2018
Serge Moscovici
1926 – 2014
Sir Harry Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet
1911 – 1999
Sohn Kee-chung
1914 – 2002
Solomea Krushelnytska
1872 – 1952
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook
1826 – 1904
Thomas Wharton
1614 – 1673
Thomas Worrall Kent
1922 – 2011
Tung-Yen Lin
1912 – 2003
Ulrich Schrade
1943 – 2009
Vinoba Bhave
1895 – 1982
Vladimir Hotineanu
1950 – 2019
William Arveson
1934 – 2011
Yelena Gogoleva
1900 – 1993
Yvon Delbos
1885 – 1956
Achille Lauro
1887 – 1982
Agnes Repplier
1855 – 1950
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
1938 – 2024
Aileen Eaton
1909 – 1987
Alexandre Tansman
1897 – 1986
Alexandre de Fauris de Saint-Vincens
1750 – 1819
Alger Hiss
1904 – 1996
Allan Murdmaa
1934 – 2009
Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg
1774 – 1848
Alton L. Becker
1932 – 2011
Amund Helland
1846 – 1918
André Lalande
1867 – 1963
Anna Brenko
1848 – 1934
Anne Louise Gregory Ritter
1868 – 1929
Anne Turner
1576 – 1615
Armas Paasonen
1885 – 1950
Asbjørn Øye
1902 – 1998
Ashok K. Chandra
1948 – 2014
Auguste Denayrouze
1837 – 1883
Bankim Mukherjee
1897 – 1961
Barry K. Atkins
1911 – 2005
Billy Hassett
1921 – 1992
Camille de Polignac
1832 – 1913
Charles G. Atherton
1804 – 1853
Charles O'Connor
1878 – 1940
Clara Holst
1868 – 1935
Clifton B. Beach
1845 – 1902
Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh
1950 – 1997
César Gabriel de Choiseul
1712 – 1785
Daisaku Ikeda
1928 – 2023
David Wikander
1884 – 1955
Denis Buican
1934 – 2025
Domokos Kosáry
1913 – 2007
Dorothy Loudon
1925 – 2003
Douglas MacArthur II
1909 – 1997
Dzifa Ativor
1956 – 2021
E. S. Raja Gopal
1936 – 2018
Earl Battey
1935 – 2003
Eben Dyer Jordan
1822 – 1895
Edgar McCloughry
1896 – 1972
Eduard Ritter von Schleich
1888 – 1947
Eduardo Víctor Haedo
1901 – 1970
Edward D. Hayden
1833 – 1908
Edward Livingston Trudeau
1848 – 1915
Edward Mann
1874 – 1951
Edwin Montagu
1879 – 1924
Edwin S. Hinckley
1868 – 1929
Eldred Pottinger
1811 – 1843
Elmer L. Andersen
1909 – 2004
Empress Dowager Cixi
1835 – 1908
Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield
1873 – 1967
Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba
1714 – 1776
Francesco Saverio Monticelli
1863 – 1927
Frank B. A. Linton
1871 – 1943
Frank Leverett
1859 – 1943
Frank Wead
1895 – 1947
Frank Weston Benson
1862 – 1951
Frans Krajcberg
1921 – 2017
François Louis Rousselet de Châteaurenault
1637 – 1716
François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel
1846 – 1908
Frederick Charles Monger
1863 – 1919
Frederick Dixon-Hartland
1832 – 1909
Frederick Landis
1872 – 1934
Frederick Lukis
1788 – 1871
Frederick VII of Denmark
1808 – 1863
Friedrich von Schubert
1789 – 1865
Fritz Reiner
1888 – 1963
George J. Hatfield
1887 – 1953
Georges Charpentier
1846 – 1905
Gideon Hausner
1915 – 1990
Giovanni Poleni
1683 – 1761
Giuseppe Gabriel Balsamo-Crivelli
1800 – 1874
Giuseppe Maria Feroni
1693 – 1767
Gladeon M. Barnes
1887 – 1961
Godfred Christensen
1845 – 1928
Gustav Heine von Geldern
1800 – 1886
Gustav Jonson
1880 – 1942
Günther Tessmann
1884 – 1969
Harold Bilbrough
1867 – 1950
Hasan Azizul Huq
1939 – 2021
Heinrich von Tschirschky
1858 – 1916
Henrique Córdova
1938 – 2020
Henrique de Barros Gomes
1843 – 1898
Henry George Gore-Browne
1830 – 1912
Henryk Sienkiewicz
1846 – 1916
Herbert Armitage James
1844 – 1931
Hilda Cashmore
1876 – 1943
Horatio Collins King
1837 – 1918
Iacob Heraclid
1511 – 1563
Ignacio Aldecoa
1925 – 1969
Isaac Norton Rendall
1825 – 1912
J. Clyde Mitchell
1918 – 1995
James Clark Gentles
1921 – 1997
James D. Weaver
1920 – 2003
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
1658 – 1712
… and 1,785 more