Famous Personalities Born In January - 15
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1432 Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on January - 15.
1481 Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) was born on this day in history.
1507 Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran) was born on January - 15.
1538 Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on January - 15.
1567 On this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1622 On January - 15 birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
1671 On this day in history birth of abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
1674 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on this day in history.
1715 Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist was born on this day in history.
1716 On January - 15 birth of philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
1730 On this day in history birth of john Malchair, composer
1733 Joseph Lederer, composer was born on this day in history.
1742 On this day in history birth of eugene Godecharle, composer
1747 John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822) was born on January - 15.
1754 On January - 15 birth of richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834)
1779 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer was born on January - 15.
1791 On this day in history birth of franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)
1795 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters was born on January - 15.
1795 On this day in history birth of alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
1798 On January - 15 birth of thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends)
1803 On this day in history birth of marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)
1809 On January - 15 birth of cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)
1809 Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist) was born on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history birth of peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer
1813 On this day in history birth of james Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)
1815 On January - 15 birth of henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1816 Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.
1817 On January - 15 birth of lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871
1821 Lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 was born on this day in history.
1824 Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.
1826 Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen) was born on this day in history.
1841 On this day in history birth of lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup
1842 On January - 15 birth of blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)
1842 On this day in history birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)