April 15th, 1937

Born on April 15th, 1937

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 31,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 211 days, exactly on November 24th, 2024, people who were born on April 15th, 1937 will be 32,000 days old!

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What happened on April 15th?

April 15th, 2019

A fire (pictured) severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.

April 15th, 2013

Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off two pressure cooker bombs during the running of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others.

April 15th, 1989

The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.

April 15th, 1958

On Walter O'Malley's initiative, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played the first Major League Baseball game on the U.S. West Coast.

April 15th, 1957

The Indiaman departed Victoria Coach Station, London, as part of the first UK–India bus service.

April 15th, 1952

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the U.S. Air Force for most of the aircraft's history, made its first flight.

April 15th, 1947

Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break the baseball color line, played his first game in Major League Baseball.

April 15th, 1927

Torrential rains caused the Mississippi River to break out of its levee system in at least 145 places, resulting in the worst flooding in the history of the United States.

April 15th, 1922

U.S. senator John B. Kendrick (pictured) introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal involving U.S. president Warren G. Harding's administration, leading to the Teapot Dome scandal.

April 15th, 1912

More than 1,500 people on the Titanic died when the passenger liner sank after colliding with an iceberg southeast of Newfoundland.

April 15th, 1861

The Italian tricolour is adopted as national flag by the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.

April 15th, 1802

English poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy encountered a "long belt" of daffodils while walking around Ullswater in the Lake District, inspiring him to pen his best-known work, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".

April 15th, 1738

Serse, an opera by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel loosely based on Xerxes I of Persia, premiered in London.

April 15th, 1632

Thirty Years' War: A Swedish–German army defeated the forces of the Catholic League at the Battle of Rain, mortally wounding their commander Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.

April 15th, 1071

Byzantine–Norman wars: After a siege of almost three years, Italo-Norman forces conquered the city of Bari, the capital of the Catepanate of Italy, ending more than five centuries of Byzantine presence in the region.

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

Born on April 15th, 1937

79

Çetin İpekkaya

German author, director and actor (1937-2016)

*April 15th, 1937, Diyarbakır †April 24th, 2016, Berlin

80

Frank Vincent

American actor (1937–2017)

*April 15th, 1937, North Adams †September 13th, 2017, New Jersey

83

Robert W. Gore

American scientist and businessman (1937-2020)

*April 15th, 1937, Salt Lake City †September 17th, 2020, Newark

75

Werner Labsch

German politician (1937-2012)

*April 15th, 1937, Kausche †October 23rd, 2012

81

Johan J. Jakobsen

Norwegian politician (1937-2018)

*April 15th, 1937, Spillum †June 30th, 2018, Bærum Municipality

87

Michael Armacost

American diplomat (born 1937)

*April 15th, 1937, Cleveland

41

Bob Luman

American singer

*April 15th, 1937, Nacogdoches †December 27th, 1978, Nashville

87

Rochelle Oliver

American acting coach and former actress

*April 15th, 1937, New York City

78

William James Ballentine

New Zealand marine biologist and conservationist (1937-2015)

*April 15th, 1937, Leicester †November 1st, 2015, Auckland

79

Hans D. Barbier

German journalist

*April 15th, 1937, Mönchengladbach †February 17th, 2017, Bonn

80

Sterling Seagrave

American historian

*April 15th, 1937, Columbus †May 1st, 2017, France

80

Hans Baschang

German university teacher and painter (1937-2017)

*April 15th, 1937, Karlsruhe †June 24th, 2017, Munich

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Who's birthday is on April 15th?

34

Emma Watson

English actress and activist (born 1990)

*April 15th, 1990, Le Marais

86

Claudia Cardinale

French-Italian actress

*April 15th, 1938, Tunis

85

Marty Wilde

British rock and roll singer (born 1939)

*April 15th, 1939, Blackheath

83

Raymond Poulidor

French cyclist

*April 15th, 1936, Masbaraud-Mérignat †November 13th, 2019, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat

67

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

*April 15th, 1452, Anchiano †May 2nd, 1519, Amboise

83

David Hamilton

British photographer and film director

*April 15th, 1933, London †November 25th, 2016, 6th arrondissement of Paris

62

Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933-1995)

*April 15th, 1933, Hollywood †May 18th, 1995, Beverly Hills

75

Alla Pugacheva

Soviet-Russian singer, composer and actress

*April 15th, 1949, Moscow

83

Tomas Tranströmer

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)

*April 15th, 1931, Stockholm †March 26th, 2015, Stockholm

44

Patrick Carney

American drummer

*April 15th, 1980, Akron

82

Reshad Feild

British musician

*April 15th, 1934, Hascombe †May 31st, 2016, Devon

94

Richard von Weizsäcker

President of Germany from 1984 to 1994

*April 15th, 1920, New Palace †January 31st, 2015, Berlin

84

Jeffrey Archer

English author and former politician (born 1940)

*April 15th, 1940, City of London Maternity Hospital

27

Maisie Williams

British actress

*April 15th, 1997, Bristol

64

Philippe of Belgium

King of the Belgians since 2013

*April 15th, 1960, Belvédère Castle

81

Robert Lefkowitz

American physician and biochemist

*April 15th, 1943, The Bronx

65

Emma Thompson

British actress, comedian and screenwriter

*April 15th, 1959, Paddington

86

Francis Hallé

French botanist

*April 15th, 1938, Seine-Port

76

Werner Otto

East German racing cyclist

*April 15th, 1948, Dresden

65

Harold Washington

American politician, former Mayor of the city of Chicago (1922—1987)

*April 15th, 1922, Chicago †November 25th, 1987, Chicago

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Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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