Anniversaries 15 July
Birth
![Rembrandt van Rijn photo]()
Dutch 17th century painter and etcher
1606–1669
![Clement Clarke Moore photo]()
American biblical scholar
1779–1863
![Henry Edward Manning photo]()
English Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal
1808–1892
![William Winter photo]()
American writer
1836–1917
![Vilfredo Pareto photo]()
Italian economist and sociologist
1848–1923
![Emmeline Pankhurst photo]()
English suffragist
1858–1928
![Walter Benjamin photo]()
German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892…
1892–1940
![Richard Armour photo]()
American writer
1906–1989
![Hendrik Casimir photo]()
Dutch physicist
1909–2000
![Nur Muhammad Taraki photo]()
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
1917–1979
![Robert Conquest photo]()
poet and historian from England and the United States
1917–2015
![Iris Murdoch photo]()
British writer and philosopher
1919–1999
![Leon M. Lederman photo]()
American mathematician and physicist
1922–2018
![Jeremiah Denton photo]()
American Vietnam War POW and politician
1924–2014
![Leopoldo Galtieri photo]()
Argentine military dictator
1926–2003
![Nicholas Rescher photo]()
American philosopher
1928
![Jacques Derrida photo]()
French philosopher (1930-2004)
1930–2004
![Jeffrey Kramer photo]()
American actor and producer
1945
![Richard Russo photo]()
American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
1949
![Arianna Huffington photo]()
Greek-American author and syndicated columnist
1950
![Jesse Ventura photo]()
American politician and former professional wrestler
1951
![Joe Satriani photo]()
American guitar player
1956
![Ian Curtis photo]()
musician and songwriter
1956–1980
![Cecile Richards photo]()
American feminist and abortion rights activist
1958
![Scott Ritter photo]()
American weapons inspector and writer
1961
![Eddie Griffin photo]()
American actor and comedian
1968
![John Dolmayan photo]()
Lebanese-born Armenian–American songwriter and drummer
1973
![Jessica Meir photo]()
Swedish-American marine biologist and astronaut
1977
![Damian Lillard photo]()
American professional basketball player
1990
Death
![Bonaventure photo]()
franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, catholi…
1221–1274
![John Ball (priest) photo]()
English rebel and priest
1338–1381
![Michael Bruce photo]()
Scottish poet and hymnist
1746–1767
![Gustav Friedrich Waagen photo]()
German art historian
1794–1868
![Winthrop Mackworth Praed photo]()
British politician, poet
1802–1839
![Mikhail Lermontov photo]()
Russian writer, poet and painter
1814–1841
![Rosalía de Castro photo]()
Galician poet, writer
1837–1885
![John J. Pershing photo]()
United States Army general in World War I
1860–1948
![Irving Babbitt photo]()
American academic and literary criticism
1865–1933
![Paul Gallico photo]()
American writer and journalist
1897–1976
![John Strachey photo]()
British politician and writer (1901-1963)
1901–1963
![Eddie DeLange photo]()
American bandleader and lyricist
1904–1949
![Eleanor Estes photo]()
American children's writer
1906–1988
![Eric Berne photo]()
Canadian psychiatrist
1910–1970
![Mortimer Caplin photo]()
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service; prominent tax attor…
1916–2019
![Martin Landau photo]()
American actor and acting coach
1928–2017
![Christine Chubbuck photo]()
American television news reporter
1944–1974
