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15 January:

1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)
1538 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
1671 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
1716 - Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778)
1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
1754 - Richard Martin, Irish founder of the SPCA (d. 1834)
1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872)
1795 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
1812 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1885)
1816 - Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
1824 - Marie Duplessis, French courtesan, inspiration for La Dame aux Camelias (d. 1847)
1841 - Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)
1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
1850 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)
1855 - Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)
1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize1931)
1869 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)
1872 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)
1875 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. 1929)
1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
1882 - Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden (d. 1920)
1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)
1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
1885 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1891 - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938)
1892 - Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950)
1893 - Ivor Novello, Welsh actor (d. 1951)
1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1897 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
1899 - Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982)
1901 - Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983)
1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 2003)
1909 - Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)
1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)
1912 - Michel Debré, French politician (d. 1996)
1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
1913 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005)
1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (d. 2003)
1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)
1918 - Édouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2007)
1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000)
1920 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician
1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)
1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. 2005)
1926 - Florence Buchsbaum, theater director (d. 1996)
1927 - Phyllis Coates, American actress
1929 - Martin Luther King Jr, American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968)
1930 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 1985)
1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, American author
1937 - Margaret O'Brien, American actress
1938 - Chuni Goswami, Indian actor
1941 - Captain Beefheart, American singer
1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)
1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
1949 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2001)
1949 - Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
1950 - Marius Trésor, French footballer
1951 - Charo, Spanish-born singer
1953 - Kent Hovind, American evangelist and Young Earth creationist
1953 - Ta-Tanisha, American actress
1954 - Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
1955 - Nigel Benson, English author
1957 - Marty Lyons, American football player
1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor
1957 - Patrick Dixon, British entrepreneur
1958 - Boris Tadić, President of Serbia
1959 - Pete Trewavas, English bass guitarist (Marillion)
1960 - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
1960 - Kelly Asbury, American director and actor
1961 - Yves P. Pelletier, Quebec comedian (Rock et Belles Oreilles), actor and film director
1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
1963 - Conrad Lant (aka Cronos), English musician
1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool)
1965 - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
1965 - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor
1968 - Iñaki Urdangarín, Spanish royalty
1969 - Delino DeShields, American baseball player
1970 - Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler
1971 - Teanna Kai, American porn star
1971 - Max Beesley, English musician and actor
1971 - Regina King, American actress
1972 - Kobe Tai, American porn star
1972 - Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
1973 - Essam El-Hadary,Egyptian Football goal keeper
1974 - Ray King, American baseball player
1975 - Mary Pierce, French tennis player
1975 - Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
1975 - Greg Strause, American artist
1976 - Corey Chavous, American football player
1978 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
1978 - Eddie Cahill, American actor
1979 - Drew Brees, American football player
1980 - Matt Holliday, American baseball player
1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
1981 - Howie Day, American pop singer
1981 - Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby union footballer
1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater
1982 - Megan Quann, American swimmer
1982 - Philip and Alexander, American-born princes of the Yugoslav Royal Family
1983 - Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
1983 - Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
1984 - Victor Rasuk, American actor
1984 - Megan Jendrick, American professional swimmer
1987 - Kelly Kelly, American WWE Diva
1987 - David Knight, English footballer
1987 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor

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