Anniversaries 15 January
Birth
French playwright and actor
1622–1673
British politician and political theorist
1623–1683
French revolutionary
1754–1793
austrian dramatic and writer
1791–1872
French politician, mutualist philosopher, economist, and so…
1809–1865
English novelist and poet
1841–1926
French politician
1842–1911
British palaeographer and biblical and classical scholar
1863–1952
Kosovo Albanian guerilla leader
1864–1916
Author, Theosophist
1874–1942
Founder of Saudi Arabia
1875–1953
American writer
1897–1982
Comedian, television writer and columnist
1899–1982
American bandleader and lyricist
1904–1949
Hungarian-American nuclear physicist
1908–2003
American chemist
1912–2007
American writer
1917–2012
second president of Egypt
1918–1970
former President of Republic of China
1923
Scottish poet, humorist
1923–2006
Soviet politician
1926–2023
American sociologist
1928–2018
American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Ci…
1929–1968
American business writer
1929
Novelist, short story writer, teacher
1933–2019
American speculative fiction writer and editor
1935
British author of children's books
1944
Bangladeshi academic
1948
Samoan American politician
1948
Former White House Chief of Staff
1949
American young Earth creationist
1953
American political consultant
1954
German artist and photographer
1955
Serbian politician, President of Serbia 2004–2012
1958
American computer scientist
1963
British writer and historian
1966
American actor and singer
1969
Screenwriter, director and producer
1970
American screenwriter, director and producer
1970
British pornographic film actor, director and producer
1984
American journalist and attorney
1984
Death
United States federal judge
1770–1842
American politician, orator, statesman
1794–1865
Prussian general (1795-1864)
1795–1864
English actress and writer
1809–1893
American politician
1825–1895
American journalist
1839–1908
austrian dramatic, publicist and writer
1863–1934
Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolut…
1871–1919
Prime Minister of India
1898–1998
Polish physicist
1898–1968
American philosopher
1903–1979
American lyricist, songwriter, musician
1913–1993
American musician
1915–2003
American journalist
1920–1998
Spanish politician
1922–2012