Famous people born on 15 July

• Alexander the GreatKing of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia · 356–323 BC
  32 yrs
• RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker · 1606–1669
  63 yrs
• Jacques DerridaFrench philosopher · 1930–2004
  74 yrs
• Walter BenjaminGerman cultural critic, philosopher and social critic · 1892–1940
  48 yrs
• Emmeline PankhurstEnglish suffragist · 1858–1928
  69 yrs
• Vilfredo ParetoItalian economist and sociologist · 1848–1923
  75 yrs
• Iris MurdochIrish-born British writer and philosopher · 1919–1999
  79 yrs
• Leon M. LedermanAmerican mathematician and physicist · 1922–2018
  96 yrs
• Bertram Brockhouse ↗Canadian physicist · 1918–2003
  85 yrs
• Nur Muhammad Taraki ↗1st General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan · 1917–1979
  62 yrs
• Inigo Jones ↗English architect and stage designer · 1573–1652
  78 yrs
• Leopoldo Galtieri ↗Military, dictator and de facto president of Argentina from 1981 until 1982 · 1926–2003
  76 yrs
• Robert Bruce Merrifield ↗American biochemist · 1921–2006
  84 yrs
• Ian Curtis ↗British musician · 1956–1980
  23 yrs
• Robert Conquest ↗British historian and poet · 1917–2015
  98 yrs
• Carl Woese ↗American microbiologist · 1928–2012
  84 yrs
• Clive Cussler ↗American novelist · 1931–2020
  88 yrs
• Filipp Golikov ↗Soviet marshal · 1900–1980
  80 yrs
• Elisabeth of Austria ↗Queen consort of France · 1554–1592
  37 yrs
• Margaret of Parma ↗Habsburg noble · 1522–1586
  63 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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