Anniversaries 15 July

Birth

Rembrandt van Rijn23

Dutch 17th century painter and etcher 1606–1669

Clement Clarke Moore3

American biblical scholar 1779–1863

J. Augustine Wade2

Irish composer 1796–1845

Henry Edward Manning9

English Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal 1808–1892

W. W. Thayer1

American judge 1827–1899

Уильям Винтер1

1836–1917

William Winter7

American writer 1836–1917

Vilfredo Pareto14

Italian economist and sociologist 1848–1923

Emmeline Pankhurst4

English suffragist 1858–1928

Walter Benjamin70

German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892… 1892–1940

Richard Armour2

American writer 1906–1989

Hendrik Casimir1

Dutch physicist 1909–2000

Nur Muhammad Taraki10

Prime Minister of Afghanistan 1917–1979

Robert Conquest4

poet and historian from England and the United States 1917–2015

Iris Murdoch61

British writer and philosopher 1919–1999

Roger Raveel10

painter 1921–2013

Leon M. Lederman6

American mathematician and physicist 1922–2018

Jeremiah Denton4

American Vietnam War POW and politician 1924–2014

Leopoldo Galtieri20

Argentine military dictator 1926–2003

Nicholas Rescher2

American philosopher 1928

Jacques Derrida58

French philosopher (1930-2004) 1930–2004

Clive Cussler3

Novelist 1931

Harrison Birtwistle4

British composer 1934

Jocelyn Bell Burnell15

British scientist 1943

Jeffrey Kramer1

American actor and producer 1945

Linda Ronstadt4

American pop singer 1946

Lydia Davis5

American writer 1947

Artimus Pyle1

American musician 1948

Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum12

Emirati politician 1949

Richard Russo19

American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter 1949

Arianna Huffington9

Greek-American author and syndicated columnist 1950

Jesse Ventura103

American politician and former professional wrestler 1951

Sally Brampton5

British writer 1955–2016

Joe Satriani31

American guitar player 1956

Ian Curtis1

musician and songwriter 1956–1980

Cecile Richards1

American feminist and abortion rights activist 1958

Marcia Jones (writer)1

American author 1958

Forest Whitaker2

American actor 1961

Scott Ritter13

American weapons inspector and writer 1961

Kristoff St. John2

American actor 1966–2019

Christopher Golden12

American writer 1967

Eddie Griffin2

American actor and comedian 1968

John Dolmayan2

Lebanese-born Armenian–American songwriter and drummer 1973

Gabriel Iglesias13

American actor 1976

Jessica Meir3

Swedish-American marine biologist and astronaut 1977

Damian Lillard1

American professional basketball player 1990

Vald1

French rapper 1992

Death

Bonaventure6

franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, catholi… 1221–1274

John Ball (priest)4

English rebel and priest 1338–1381

Michael Bruce3

Scottish poet and hymnist 1746–1767

Gustav Friedrich Waagen1

German art historian 1794–1868

Winthrop Mackworth Praed8

British politician, poet 1802–1839

Fyodor Tyutchev5

Russian poet 1803–1873

Mikhail Lermontov34

Russian writer, poet and painter 1814–1841

Rosalía de Castro1

Galician poet, writer 1837–1885

John J. Pershing3

United States Army general in World War I 1860–1948

Irving Babbitt19

American academic and literary criticism 1865–1933

Paul Gallico3

American writer and journalist 1897–1976

Karl Wolff5

SS general 1900–1984

John Strachey2

British politician and writer (1901-1963) 1901–1963

Eddie DeLange1

American bandleader and lyricist 1904–1949

Eleanor Estes1

American children's writer 1906–1988

Eric Berne8

Canadian psychiatrist 1910–1970

Mortimer Caplin1

Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service; prominent tax attor… 1916–2019

Khursheed Kamal Aziz4

historian 1927–2009

Martin Landau3

American actor and acting coach 1928–2017

Christine Chubbuck1

American television news reporter 1944–1974

Roberto Bolaño49

Chilean author 1953–2003