March 15th, 1957

Born on March 15th, 1957

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 24,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 425 days, exactly on August 25th, 2025, people who were born on March 15th, 1957 will be 25,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 15th?

March 15th, 1960

Students from Atlanta University Center, inspired by similar actions in Greensboro, North Carolina, began occupying lunch counters in Atlanta, Georgia.

March 15th, 1956

The musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, debuted at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.

March 15th, 1951

The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by Mohammad Mosaddegh.

March 15th, 1943

The deportation of 50,000 Jews from the Greek city of Thessaloniki began.

March 15th, 1927

In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the inaugural edition of the Women's Boat Race.

March 15th, 1921

Talaat Pasha, the main perpetrator of the Armenian genocide, was assassinated by Soghomon Tehlirian.

March 15th, 1917

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.

March 15th, 1916

Six days after Pancho Villa and his cross-border raiders attacked Columbus, New Mexico, U.S. General John J. Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue Villa.

March 15th, 1910

Prospectors drilled into a pressurized deposit within the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in California, resulting in the largest accidental oil spill in history, which eventually released 9 million barrels (1.4 million m3) of crude oil over 18 months.

March 15th, 1875

John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States.

March 15th, 1823

Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.

March 15th, 1783

George Washington delivered a speech to Continental Army officers in Newburgh, New York, asking them to support the supremacy of the Congress of the Confederation, defusing a potential coup.

March 15th, 1311

In the Battle of Halmyros, the Catalan Company defeated the forces of Walter V, Count of Brienne, taking control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in present-day Greece.

March 15th, 1147

Reconquista: Portuguese troops under King Afonso I captured the city of Santarém from the Almoravids.

March 15th, 0856

Byzantine emperor Michael III (pictured) overthrew the regency of his mother Theodora to assume power for himself.

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

Born on March 15th, 1957

67

David Silverman

American animator and director

*March 15th, 1957, New York City

67

Joaquim de Almeida

Portuguese actor

*March 15th, 1957, Lisbon

64

Göran Johansson

Swedish rower

*March 15th, 1957, Gothenburg †October 30th, 2021

67

Sergio Stivaletti

Italian film director

*March 15th, 1957, Rome

67

Víctor Muñoz

Spanish footballer

*March 15th, 1957, Zaragoza

67

Kevin Tarte

American opera singer

*March 15th, 1957, Seattle

67

Juan José Ibarretxe

Spanish politician

*March 15th, 1957, Laudio/Llodio

67

Park Overall

Actress

*March 15th, 1957, Nashville

67

Hendrik Nachtsheim

German actor

*March 15th, 1957, Wuppertal

67

Mary Carillo

American sportscaster and former professional tennis player

*March 15th, 1957, New York City

67

Hayden Knight

American soccer player-coach

*March 15th, 1957, Port of Spain

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

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

*March 15th, 1931, Quedlinburg †January 8th, 2012, Essen

25

Margot Lambert

Badminton player

*March 15th, 1999, Guilherand-Granges

72

Andrzej Grabowski

Polish actor and voice actor

*March 15th, 1952, Chrzanów

66

Giuseppe Di Capua

Italian coxswain

*March 15th, 1958, Salerno

31

Paul Pogba

French association football player

*March 15th, 1993, Lagny-sur-Marne

63

Moungi Bawendi

American chemist of French and Tunisian descent

*March 15th, 1961, Paris

28

Levin Öztunalı

German association football player

*March 15th, 1996, Hamburg

74

Wolfgang Schadewaldt

German classical philologist, literary theorist and translator

*March 15th, 1900, Berlin †November 10th, 1974, Tübingen

49

Eva Longoria

American actress and producer (born 1975)

*March 15th, 1975, Corpus Christi

89

Judd Hirsch

American actor

*March 15th, 1935, The Bronx

66

Ralf Walter

German politician

*March 15th, 1958, Andernach

57

Bobby Bonds

American baseball player and coach

*March 15th, 1946, Riverside †August 23rd, 2003, San Carlos

68

Waltraud Wolff

German politician

*March 15th, 1956, Weißandt-Gölzau

65

Ben Okri

Nigerian-born British poet and novelist (1959-)

*March 15th, 1959, Kontagora

65

Renny Harlin

Finnish film director and film producer

*March 15th, 1959, Riihimäki

38

Vimala Pons

French actress

*March 15th, 1986, Thiruvananthapuram

63

Sabine Baeß

German figure skater

*March 15th, 1961, Dresden

76

Jean-Claude Nallet

Olympic athlete

*March 15th, 1947, Champdor †August 20th, 2023, Mont-Saint-Aignan

65

Fabio Lanzoni

Italian model and actor

*March 15th, 1959, Milan

Same year
Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

66

François Asselineau

French politician and official

*September 14th, 1957, Paris

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

67

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

67

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 15th

Fixed holidays (Ancient Roman religious observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 15th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on March 15th, 1957
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1957