Famous people born on 15 January

• Martin Luther King Jr.American Baptist minister and civil rights leader · 1929–1968
  39 yrs
• MolièreFrench playwright and actor · 1622–1673
  51 yrs
• Gamal Abdel NasserPresident of Egypt from 1956 to 1970 · 1918–1970
  52 yrs
• Pierre-Joseph ProudhonFrench politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist · 1809–1865
  56 yrs
• Shah JahanThe fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658 · 1592–1666
  74 yrs
• Ibn SaudKing of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953 · 1876–1953
  77 yrs
• Sofia Kovalevskaya19th-century Russian mathematician · 1850–1891
  41 yrs
• Mihai EminescuRomanian poet, novelist and journalist · 1850–1889
  39 yrs
• Aristotle OnassisGreek shipping magnate · 1906–1975
  69 yrs
• Edward TellerHungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist · 1908–2003
  95 yrs
• Saud of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964 · 1902–1969
  67 yrs
• Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ↗Finnish chemist and professor · 1895–1973
  78 yrs
• Alexander Griboyedov ↗Russian diplomat, playwriter, poet, and composer · 1795–1829
  34 yrs
• Lee Teng-hui ↗7-9th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) · 1923–2020
  97 yrs
• Nathan Söderblom ↗Swedish clergyman and archbishop · 1866–1931
  65 yrs
• Paul Lafargue ↗Writer, journalist, literary critic and revolutionary; also known for being Karl Marx's son-in-law · 1842–1911
  69 yrs
• Wilhelm Marx ↗German politician · 1863–1946
  83 yrs
• Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ↗Norwegian forester, writer, children's writer, and collector of fairy tales · 1812–1885
  72 yrs
• Francisco Suárez ↗Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian · 1548–1617
  69 yrs
• João Figueiredo ↗Brazilian politician and military officer, 30th President of Brazil from 1979 to 1985 · 1918–1999
  81 yrs
• Stanisław Wyspiański ↗Polish playwright, painter and poet · 1869–1907
  38 yrs
• Jacques Pierre Brissot ↗French revolutionary · 1754–1793
  39 yrs
• Captain Beefheart ↗American musician and painter · 1941–2010
  69 yrs
• Lloyd Bridges ↗American actor · 1913–1998
  85 yrs
• Michel Debré ↗79th Prime Minister of France · 1912–1996
  84 yrs
• John of Ávila ↗Spanish priest, Doctor of the Church · 1499–1569
  70 yrs
• Princess Margaret of Connaught ↗British princess; Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf · 1882–1920
  38 yrs
• Thomas Burke ↗American sprinter · 1875–1929
  54 yrs
• Maria Schell ↗Austrian-Swiss actress · 1926–2005
  79 yrs

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