On This Day
This Day in History: (15-May)
Sejong the Great, Korean king (d. 1450)
Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (d. 1581)
Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (d. 1615)
Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch sculptor and architect born in Utrecht (d. 1621)
Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1643)
René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (d. 1642)
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French noble (d. 1707)
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British judge (d. 1689)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author and playwright (d. 1762)
Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)
Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General (d. 1820)
Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)
Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, German organist and composer (d. 1827)
Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)
Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (d. 1859)
Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician (d. 1864)
Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor (d. 1870)
Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)
Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1926)
Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)
L. Frank Baum, American novelist (d. 1919)
Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)
Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)
Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano (d. 1936)
Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1921)
Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (d. 1980)
Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (d. 1940)
Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral (d. 1977)
Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)
Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)
William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1941)
Arletty, French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986) [1]
Xavier Herbert, Australian author (d. 1984)
Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999)
Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 1976)
Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film (d. 1970)
Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (d. 1931)
James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (d. 2005)
Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)
Herta Oberheuser, German physician (d. 1978)
Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003)
Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2000)
Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)
Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (d. 2006)
Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (d. 1993)
Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (d. 2014)
Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015)
Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
Louis Siminovitch, Canadian biologist and academic
Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (d. 2013)
Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese nun and author
Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (d. 2004)
John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971)
Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2015)
Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist (d. 2014)
Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (d. 2014)
Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016)
Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor
Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
Don Bragg, American pole vaulter
Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer
Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (d. 1977)
Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (d. 2003)
Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State
Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor
Mireille Darc, French actress, director, and screenwriter
Nancy Garden, American author (d. 2014)
Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator
Roger Ailes, American businessman (d. 2017)
Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach
Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press (d. 2006)
Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress
Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic (d. 2015)
Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic
Jerry Quarry, American boxer (d. 1999)
Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest and activist
Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball player
Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut
Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic
Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)
Jim Simons, American golfer (d. 2005)
Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
George Brett, American baseball player and coach
Athene Donald, English physicist and academic
Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster
Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour
Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster
Kevin Greenaugh, American nuclear engineer
Meg Gardiner, American-English author and academic
Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician
Kevin Von Erich, American football player and wrestler
Jason Graae, American musical theater actor
Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler
Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer and politician
Luis Pérez-Sala, Spanish race car driver
Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter
Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
Rob Bowman, American director and producer
R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician
Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
Lisa Curry, Australian swimmer
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark
André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player
Simen Agdestein, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author
John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster
Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade
Sophie Raworth, English journalist and broadcaster
Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)
Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster
Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster
Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
Rod Smith, American football player
Ben Wallace, English captain and politician
Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
David Charvet, French actor and singer
Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician
Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author
Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer
Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster
Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician
Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach
Tyler Walker, American baseball player
Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician
Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player
Edu Gaspar, Brazilian footballer
David Krumholtz, American actor
Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
Daniel Caines, English sprinter
Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player
Ryan Max Riley, American skier
Robert Royal, American football player
Josh Beckett, American baseball player
Patrice Evra, French footballer
Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
Zara Phillips, English horse rider
Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer
Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player
Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian race car driver
Samantha Noble, Australian actress
Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player
Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver
Laura Harvey, English football coach
Denis Onyango, Ugandan goalkeeper
Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower
Thomas Brown, American football player
Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer
David Adams, American baseball player
Michael Brantley, American baseball player
Brian Dozier, American baseball player
Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player
Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player
Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player.
Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist.
Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer