Famous People Born on February 15

Famous people born on February 15 include Galileo Galilei (1564), Susan B. Anthony (1820) and Ernest Shackleton (1874).

BORN ON THIS DAY

Galileo Galilei

Born 1564 · Science & Invention

Father of modern observational astronomy

Susan B. Anthony

Born 1820 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Ernest Shackleton

Born 1874 · Exploration

Heroic Antarctic explorer, Endurance expedition

MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Jeremy Bentham

1748–1832

English philosopher and jurist (1748–1832)

Louis XV

1710–1774

King of France from 1715 to 1774

Alfred North Whitehead

1861–1947

English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)

Tomislav Nikolić

1952–present

Serbian politician (born 1952)

Matt Groening

1954–present

American cartoonist and animator (born 1954)

Irena Sendler

1910–2008

Polish humanitarian and resistance fighter (1910–2008)

Milo Đukanović

1962–present

President of Montenegro (1998–2002, 2018–2023)

Cesar Romero

1907–1994

American actor (1907–1994)

Rui Patrício

1988–present

Portuguese footballer (born 1988)

Elihu Root

1845–1937

American politician, statesman, and Nobel Laureate (1845–1937)

Hans von Euler-Chelpin

1873–1964

Swedish scientist (1873–1964)

Jane Seymour

1951–present

American-English actress (born 1951)

Niklaus Wirth

1934–2024

Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024)

Megan Thee Stallion

1995–present

American rapper and songwriter (born 1995)

Emil Kraepelin

1856–1926

German psychiatrist (1856–1926)

DIED ON THIS DAY

Richard Feynman

Died 1988 · Science & Invention

Quantum electrodynamics, bongo-playing physicist

MORE FAMOUS DEATHS

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

1729–1781

German Enlightenment writer (1729–1781)

Robert Duvall

1931–2026

American actor and filmmaker (1931–2026)

Ghalib

1797–1869

Indian poet (1797–1869)

H. H. Asquith

1852–1928

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916

Nat King Cole

1919–1965

American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

Mikhail Glinka

1804–1857

Russian composer (1804–1857)

Raquel Welch

1940–2023

American actress and model (1940–2023)

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

1578–1637

Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 to 1637

Henry Way Kendall

1926–1999

American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics

Ethel Merman

1908–1984

American actress and singer (1908–1984)

Sources

February 15 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
Galileo Galilei — Wikipedia
Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths

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