Birthday: 15 February
Famous people born on 15 February
37 of the best-known people in our data were born on 15 February, including Jeremy Bentham, Louis XV of France and Alfred North Whitehead. The longest life among them was Miep Gies's, at 100 years.
- Jeremy BenthamBritish philosopher, jurist, and social reformer · 1748–183284 yrs
- Louis XV of FranceKing of France and Navarre 1715 to 1774 · 1710–177464 yrs
- Alfred North WhiteheadEnglish mathematician and philosopher · 1861–194786 yrs
- Susan B. AnthonyAmerican women's rights activist · 1820–190686 yrs
- Charles Édouard GuillaumeSwiss physicist · 1861–193877 yrs
- Dzhokhar DudayevSoviet general, Chechen leader · 1944–199652 yrs
- Ernest ShackletonAnglo-Irish Antarctic explorer · 1874–192247 yrs
- Irena SendlerPolish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer · 1910–200898 yrs
- Cesar Romero ↗American actor · 1907–199486 yrs
- Elihu Root ↗American politician · 1845–193791 yrs
- Hans von Euler-Chelpin ↗Swedish scientist · 1873–196491 yrs
- Niklaus Wirth ↗Swiss computer scientist · 1934–202489 yrs
- Emil Kraepelin ↗German psychiatrist · 1856–192670 yrs
- Robert Ley ↗German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes · 1890–194555 yrs
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento ↗Argentinian politician and writer · 1811–188877 yrs
- Graham Hill ↗British racing driver · 1929–197546 yrs
- Chris Farley ↗American actor and comedian · 1964–199733 yrs
- Shigemaru Takenokoshi ↗Japanese association football player and manager · 1906–198074 yrs
- Charles-François Daubigny ↗French painter · 1817–187861 yrs
- Gale Sondergaard ↗American actress · 1899–198586 yrs
- Totò ↗Italian actor · 1898–196769 yrs
- Yelena Bonner ↗Human rights activist in the former Soviet Union; wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov · 1923–201188 yrs
- Halford Mackinder ↗British geographer, academic and politician · 1861–194786 yrs
- Roger Bruce Chaffee ↗United States Navy commander, NASA astronaut · 1935–196731 yrs
- Li Hongzhang ↗Chinese politician, general and diplomat; governor of Zhili of the late Qing dynasty; Trade Minister of the Beiyang Government · 1823–190178 yrs
- Miep Gies ↗Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank · 1909–2010100 yrs
- Musa Cälil ↗Soviet poet · 1906–194438 yrs
- Carlo Maria Martini ↗Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church · 1927–201285 yrs
- Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales ↗President of Brazil · 1841–191372 yrs
- William Henry Pickering ↗American astronomer · 1858–193879 yrs
- Tino Insana ↗American actor · 1948–201769 yrs
- Hugo de Paganis ↗Grand Master of the Knights Templar · 1074–113662 yrs
- Clementia of Hungary ↗Queen consort of France and Navarre · 1293–132835 yrs
- Georges Auric ↗French composer · 1899–198384 yrs
- Harold Arlen ↗American composer of popular music · 1905–198681 yrs
- Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia ↗Russian Grand Duchess · 1786–185973 yrs
- Ladislaus of Naples ↗King of Naples · 1377–141437 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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