Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei (77)
July 15th, 1946

Sultan of Brunei since 1967 – Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei was born in Bandar Seri Begawan (Capital of Brunei) on July 15th, 1946 and is 77 years old today.

Other personalities born on July 15

72

Jesse Ventura

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

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

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

57

Jürgen Möllemann

German politician (1945-2003)

*July 15th, 1945, Augsburg †June 5th, 2003, Marl-Loemühle airfield

80

Frank Glaubrecht

German actor and dub actor

*July 15th, 1943, Berlin

71

Daniel Mesguich

French actor

*July 15th, 1952, Algiers

70

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president

*July 15th, 1953, Port-Salut

74

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Ruler of Dubai (born 1949)

*July 15th, 1949, Dubai

69

Emmeline Pankhurst

English suffragist

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

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

64

Vincent Lindon

French actor

*July 15th, 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

47

Diane Kruger

German actress

*July 15th, 1976, Algermissen

74

Ian Athfield

New Zealand architect

*July 15th, 1940, Christchurch †January 16th, 2015, Wellington

58

Gero Miesenböck

Austrian neuroscientist

*July 15th, 1965, Braunau am Inn

58

Richard Franklin

Australian film director

*July 15th, 1948, Melbourne †July 11th, 2007, Melbourne

62

Forest Whitaker

American actor

*July 15th, 1961, Longview

69

Mario Kempes

Argentine footballer

*July 15th, 1954, Bell Ville

42

Alou Diarra

French association football player

*July 15th, 1981, Villepinte

74

Jacques Derrida

Algerian-French philosopher

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

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

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

76

Lydia Davis

American writer

*July 15th, 1947, Northampton

80

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

British astrophysicist (born 1943)

*July 15th, 1943, Belfast

67

Joe Satriani

American musician

*July 15th, 1956, Westbury

79

Millie Jackson

American singer

*July 15th, 1944, Thomson

73

Arianna Huffington

Greek-American author and syndicated columnist

*July 15th, 1950, Athens

74

Jan-Michael Vincent

American actor

*July 15th, 1944, Denver †February 10th, 2019, Asheville

74

Carl Bildt

Swedish politician, prime minister between 1991-1994, foreign minister between 2006-2014

*July 15th, 1949, Halmstad

96

Leon M. Lederman

American mathematician and physicist

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

78

Jeffrey Kramer

American actor and producer

*July 15th, 1945, New York City

Also born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

77

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

77

Benny Andersson

Swedish musician and composer

*December 16th, 1946, Stockholm

77

Stephen Rea

Irish actor

*October 31st, 1946, Belfast

77

Danny Glover

American actor, film director and political activist

*July 22nd, 1946, San Francisco

60

Syd Barrett

British musician (1946–2006), co-founder of Pink Floyd

*January 6th, 1946, Cambridge †July 7th, 2006, Cambridge

77

Linda Ronstadt

American singer (born 1946)

*July 15th, 1946, Tucson

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

69

Patty Duke

American actress (1946–2016)

*December 14th, 1946, Queens †March 29th, 2016, Coeur d'Alene

78

Timothy Dalton

British actor of stage, film and television

*March 21st, 1946, Colwyn Bay

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