Alvin Rabushka (83)
May 15th, 1940

American economist – Alvin Rabushka was born in St. Louis (Independent city in Missouri, United States) on May 15th, 1940 and is 83 years old today.

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Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

79

Barbara Hammer

American filmmaker (1939-2019)

*May 15th, 1939, Hollywood †March 16th, 2019, Manhattan

72

Lois Johnson

American country music singer, vocalist (1942-2014)

*May 15th, 1942, Union County †July 7th, 2014, Nashville

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

84

Madeleine Albright

United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001

*May 15th, 1937, Prague †March 23rd, 2022, Washington, D.C.

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician

*May 15th, 1963, Helsinki †April 12th, 2017, Trouville-sur-Mer

87

Anna Maria Alberghetti

Italian-born operatic singer and actress

*May 15th, 1936, Pesaro

28

Victoria Williams

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Sheffield

60

Grete Mogensen

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1963, Skive

80

Neville Jordan

New Zealand electrical engineer and businessperson (b. 1943)

*May 15th, 1943, Petone

23

Carolina Ponce

Argentinian Beach handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Ensenada

23

Caterina Benedetti

Argentinian handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Buenos Aires

46

Pierre Curie

French physicist (1859-1906)

*May 15th, 1859, Paris †April 19th, 1906, Paris

33

Sannatasah Saniru

Malaysian badminton player

*May 15th, 1990, Sabah

70

Athene Donald

British physicist

*May 15th, 1953, London

71

Dieter Muscheid

German politician (1943–2015)

*May 15th, 1943, Koblenz †March 2nd, 2015, Nassau

25

Sun Feixiang

Chinese badminton player

*May 15th, 1998, Yichang

28

Yu Igarashi

Japanese badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Yamagata Prefecture

72

Frank Wilczek

Physicist

*May 15th, 1951, Mineola

66

Paul Zindel

American dramatist and children's writer (1936-2003)

*May 15th, 1936, Tottenville †March 27th, 2003, New York City

26

Ousmane Dembélé

French footballer

*May 15th, 1997, Vernon

65

Michel Audiard

French screenwriter and film director (1920–1985)

*May 15th, 1920, 14th arrondissement of Paris †July 28th, 1985, Dourdan

41

Layal Abboud

Lebanese pop singer

*May 15th, 1982, Kniseh, Tyre

80

Dieter Spöri

German politician

*May 15th, 1943, Stuttgart

26

Fachryza Abimanyu

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1997, Jakarta

75

Anthony Shaffer

Writer, barrister and advertising executive from England

*May 15th, 1926, Liverpool †November 6th, 2001, London

41

Alexandra Breckenridge

American actress

*May 15th, 1982, Bridgeport

56

Madhuri Dixit

Indian actress

*May 15th, 1967, Mumbai

Also born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

Alvin Rabushka