Famous people born on 15 November

• Suleiman the MagnificentThe tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire · 1494–1566
  71 yrs
• Gerhart HauptmannGerman dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 · 1862–1946
  83 yrs
• William HerschelGerman-born British astronomer and composer · 1738–1822
  83 yrs
• Erwin RommelGerman field marshal · 1891–1944
  52 yrs
• VespasianNinth Roman Emperor and founder of the Flavian dynasty · AD 9–79
  69 yrs
• Ed AsnerAmerican actor · 1929–2021
  91 yrs
• Claus Schenk Graf von StauffenbergGerman aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter · 1907–1944
  36 yrs
• Juana I of CastileQueen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516 · 1479–1555
  75 yrs
• William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ↗Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768 · 1708–1778
  69 yrs
• Mwai Kibaki ↗3rd President of Kenya · 1931–2022
  90 yrs
• August Krogh ↗Danish physiologist · 1874–1949
  74 yrs
• Madeleine de Scudéry ↗French writer · 1607–1701
  93 yrs
• Manuel II of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1889–1932
  42 yrs
• J. G. Ballard ↗British novelist · 1930–2009
  78 yrs
• René Guénon ↗French metaphysician · 1886–1951
  64 yrs
• Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia ↗Grand Duchess of Russia (1895–1918); eldest child of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) · 1895–1918
  22 yrs
• Johann Kaspar Lavater ↗Swiss poet · 1741–1801
  59 yrs
• Anna de Noailles ↗Romanian-French writer · 1876–1933
  56 yrs
• Jérôme Bonaparte ↗Napoleon I's brother · 1784–1860
  75 yrs
• Francesco Rosi ↗Italian film director · 1922–2015
  92 yrs
• Jacques Hébert ↗French journalist and politician · 1757–1794
  36 yrs
• Marianne Moore ↗American poet · 1887–1972
  84 yrs
• Bernard Mandeville ↗Anglo-Dutch writer and physician · 1670–1733
  62 yrs
• Yaphet Kotto ↗American actor · 1939–2021
  81 yrs
• Michel Chasles ↗French mathematician · 1793–1880
  87 yrs
• Roberto Cavalli ↗Italian fashion designer · 1940–2024
  83 yrs
• Hitoshi Ashida ↗Japanese politician · 1887–1959
  71 yrs
• Pascal Lissouba ↗First President of the Republic of the Congo · 1931–2020
  88 yrs
• Randy Savage ↗American professional wrestler · 1952–2011
  58 yrs
• Aneurin Bevan ↗Welsh politician · 1897–1960
  62 yrs
• Tevfik Paşa ↗Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1879 to 1892 · 1852–1892
  39 yrs
• Gabriel Bethlen ↗Elected King of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania and Hungarian Protestant military leader · 1580–1629
  49 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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