July 15 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 15, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#84 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 15 birthdays
Vilfredo Pareto · Italian economist and sociologist1848
Emmeline Pankhurst · English suffragist1858
Walter Benjamin · German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic1892
Iris Murdoch · Irish-born British writer and philosopher1919
Robert Bruce Merrifield · American biochemist1921
Leon M. Lederman · American mathematician and physicist1922
Jacques Derrida · French philosopher1930
John Hopfield · American scientist1933
Aníbal Cavaco Silva · Portuguese politician1939
Linda Ronstadt · American singer1946
Hassanal Bolkiah · Sultan of Brunei since 19671946
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum · Ruler of Dubai1949
Arianna Huffington · Greek and American businesswoman1950
Jesse Ventura · American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota1951
Terry O'Quinn · American actor1952
Mario Kempes · Argentine footballer1954
Forest Whitaker · American actor1961
Adam Savage · American special effects specialist and television host1967
Diane Kruger · German actress and model1976
Damian Lillard · American basketball player1990
On this day in history
1983Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000, was released in Japan.
2012South Korean rapper Psy released his hit single "Gangnam Style".
2016The Peace at Home Council, a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces, staged a coup d'état attempt against the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
2018Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.
1916In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
1943The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.
1966Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
1979U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
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