Anniversaries 15 April
Birth
Italian Renaissance polymath
1452–1519
Founder of Sikhism
1469–1539
The fifth Guru of Sikhism
1563–1606
Swiss mathematician
1707–1783
German polymath, linguist and mathematician
1809–1877
French painter (1812-1867)
1812–1867
American historian and diplomat
1814–1877
Theologian, classical scholar, and academic administrator
1817–1893
American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
1843–1916
French sociologist (1858-1917)
1858–1917
Barbadian writer
1868–1953
Co-founder of Gestalt psychology
1880–1943
African-American civil-rights movement leader
1889–1979
Dutch resistance hero and writer
1892–1983
Armenian-American painter
1904–1948
American songwriter and recording artist
1908–1995
President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1912–1994
Screenwriter, writer
1916–1997
Hungarian psychiatrist
1920–2012
Swedish poet, psychologist and translator
1931–2015
English author and former politician
1940
United States helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War
1943–2006
American philosopher
1952
Australian politician
1953
Zimbabwean politician
1955
English poet and author
1958
actor, writer, musician, painter, voice-over artist, stand-…
1959
British actress and writer
1959
seventh king of the Belgians
1960
Australian country music singer-songwriter
1964
CEO of the New Israel Fund
1968
Italian-Canadian boxer
1972–2009
professional wrestler
1978
Major League Baseball player
1978
American rapper and music producer
1983
British actress and model
1990
Death
English politician and coloniser
1578–1632
chief mistress of Louis XV of France
1721–1764
16th President of the United States
1809–1865
English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector…
1822–1888
german philosopher
1828–1888
British classical scholar, linguist and feminist
1850–1928
American painter
1856–1925
Italian neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher and politician
1875–1944
Austrian writer
1880–1942
American economist
1885–1972
American writer
1888–1968
Dutch resistance hero and writer
1892–1983
Peruvian writer
1892–1938
French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, sc…
1905–1980
Swedish-American actress
1905–1990
English literary critic and poet
1906–1984
Hungarian physicist
1907–2009
French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist
1910–1986
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
1915–1989
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, American footb…
1917–2002
Swedish theologian
1921–2008
American science fiction writer, editor and critic
1922–2002
English broadcaster, writer, politician and chef
1924–2009
American writer, artist, and illustrator
1925–2000
Scottish writer
1925–1984
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
1925–1998
Australian linguist
1925–2018
English actor and comedian
1926–1988
German physicist
1932–2018
American Cannabis/Hemp and freedom activist
1939–2010
Anglo-Saxon nobleman; son of Wulfnoth Cild