March 15 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on March 15, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♓︎ Pisces
Feb 19 – Mar 20
Birth stone
Aquamarine
Birth flower
Daffodil
How common
#200 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous March 15 birthdays
Élisée Reclus · French geographer and writer1830
Emil von Behring · German physiologist1854
Christian Michelsen · 9th Prime Minister of Norway1857
Reza Shah · Shah of Iran1878
E. Donnall Thomas · American hematologist1920
Martin Karplus · Austrian-born American theoretical chemist1930
Zhores Alferov · Soviet-Russian physicist1930
Alan Bean · American astronaut and painter1932
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · American lawyer and jurist1933
David Cronenberg · Canadian filmmaker1943
Ry Cooder · American guitarist, singer and composer1947
Moungi Bawendi · American chemist of French and Tunisian descent1961
Eva Longoria · American actress and producer1975
Will.i.am · American rapper, singer, and record producer1975
Veselin Topalov · Bulgarian chess grandmaster1975
Joe Hahn · American musician1977
Kellan Lutz · American actor and model1985
Eva Amurri · American actress1985
Alia Bhatt · British actress1993
Paul Pogba · French footballer1993
On this day in history
1783George Washington delivered a speech to Continental Army officers in Newburgh, New York, asking them to support the supremacy of the Congress of the Confederation, defusing a potential coup.
1823American sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of New South Greenland, a phantom island, near Antarctica.
1875John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States.
1956The musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, debuted at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.
1960Students from the Atlanta University Center, inspired by similar actions in Greensboro, North Carolina, began occupying lunch counters in Atlanta, Georgia.
1965President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
1974Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society, the UK's first trans-rights conference, opened with an evening reception in Leeds.
1990Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union.
Born on March 15? Add your year.
Get your full results: day of the week, moon phase, #1 song and more.