July 15th, 1921

Born on July 15th, 1921

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 37,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 467 days, exactly on July 29th, 2025, people who were born on July 15th, 1921 will be 38,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 15th?

July 15th, 2012

South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.

July 15th, 2009

Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.

July 15th, 1983

Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000, was released in Japan.

July 15th, 1943

The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.

July 15th, 1870

Manitoba was established as a province of Canada following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company.

July 15th, 1815

Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon (pictured) surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.

July 15th, 1799

French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone (pictured), an essential key in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.

July 15th, 1410

The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

July 15th, 1946

The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

July 15th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps.

July 15th, 1927

Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna.

July 15th, 1922

The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.

July 15th, 1920

Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.

July 15th, 1918

World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.

July 15th, 1916

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 15th

Born on July 15th, 1921

84

Henri Colpi

Swiss film director, screenwriter and film editor (1921-2006)

*July 15th, 1921, Brig †January 14th, 2006, Menton

98

Jean Heywood

British actress (1921-2019)

*July 15th, 1921, Blyth †September 14th, 2019

84

Robert Bruce Merrifield

American biochemist

*July 15th, 1921, Fort Worth †May 14th, 2006, Cresskill

74

Manolo Fábregas

Spanish-Mexican actor, film director and film producer

*July 15th, 1921, Vigo †February 4th, 1996, Mexico City

88

Jack Beeson

Opera composer

*July 15th, 1921, Muncie †June 6th, 2010, New York City

96

Madge Meredith

American film actress

*July 15th, 1921, Iowa Falls †September 16th, 2017

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 15th?

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

96

Leon M. Lederman

American mathematician and physicist

*July 15th, 1922, Buffalo †October 3rd, 2018, Rexburg

79

Iris Murdoch

Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)

*July 15th, 1919, Dublin †February 8th, 1999, Oxford

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

69

Emmeline Pankhurst

English suffragist

*July 15th, 1858, Moss Side †June 14th, 1928, Hampstead

77

Linda Ronstadt

American singer (born 1946)

*July 15th, 1946, Tucson

85

Bertram Brockhouse

Canadian physicist

*July 15th, 1918, Lethbridge †October 13th, 2003, Hamilton

74

Jacques Derrida

Algerian-French philosopher

*July 15th, 1930, El Biar †October 8th, 2004, 5th arrondissement of Paris

23

Paulinho

Brazilian association football player, born 2000

*July 15th, 2000, Rio de Janeiro

24

Kenia Os

Mexican singer-songwriter and businesswoman

*July 15th, 1999, Mazatlán

70

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president

*July 15th, 1953, Port-Salut

71

Daniel Mesguich

French actor

*July 15th, 1952, Algiers

47

Diane Kruger

German actress

*July 15th, 1976, Algermissen

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

*July 15th, 1606, Leiden †October 4th, 1669, Amsterdam

80

Frank Glaubrecht

German actor and dub actor

*July 15th, 1943, Berlin

64

Vincent Lindon

French actor

*July 15th, 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt

58

Gero Miesenböck

Austrian neuroscientist

*July 15th, 1965, Braunau am Inn

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

42

Alou Diarra

French association football player

*July 15th, 1981, Villepinte

82

Nan Martin

American actress (1927–2010)

*July 15th, 1927, Decatur †March 4th, 2010, Malibu

Same year
Born in 1921

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

95

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

*August 23rd, 1921, New York City †February 21st, 2017, Palo Alto

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

*May 29th, 1921, Spokane †April 15th, 2017, Gladstone

97

Pierre Riché

French historian (1921-2019)

*October 4th, 1921, 14th arrondissement of Paris †May 6th, 2019, Ivry-sur-Seine

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

*August 20th, 1921, Erkner †May 20th, 2019, Neu Zittau

94

Nancy Reagan

First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989

*July 6th, 1921, Manhattan †March 6th, 2016, Bel Air

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

*November 21st, 1921, Denmark †September 14th, 1975, Denmark

87

Robert Étienne

French historian and classical archaeologist (1921–2009)

*February 25th, 1921, Mérignac †January 4th, 2009, Bordeaux

82

Heinz Quermann

German television presenter (1921–2003)

*February 10th, 1921, Hanover †October 14th, 2003, Berlin

99

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021

*June 10th, 1921, Corfu †April 9th, 2021, Windsor Castle

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

68

Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist

*May 21st, 1921, Moscow †December 14th, 1989, Moscow

95

Thomas Schelling

American economist (1921-2016)

*April 14th, 1921, Oakland †December 13th, 2016, Bethesda

38

Diana Barrymore

American actress (1921-1960)

*March 3rd, 1921, New York City †January 25th, 1960, New York City

43

Judy Holliday

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

*June 21st, 1921, New York City †June 7th, 1965, New York City

86

Suharto

2nd President of Indonesia (1967—1998)

*June 8th, 1921, Kemusuk †January 27th, 2008, Jakarta

84

Stanisław Lem

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist (1921-2006), studied medical doctor

*September 12th, 1921, Lviv †March 27th, 2006, Kraków

55

James Jones

American author

*November 6th, 1921, Robinson †May 9th, 1977, Southampton

89

Billy Taylor

American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010)

*July 24th, 1921, Greenville †December 28th, 2010, Manhattan

72

Alexis Smith

Canadian-born American actress and singer (1921-1993)

*June 8th, 1921, Penticton †June 9th, 1993, Los Angeles

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 15th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1921 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
July 1921