Manfred Letzerich (83)
August 15th, 1942

German athletics competitor – Manfred Letzerich was born in Wiesbaden (Capital of the German state of Hesse) on August 15th, 1942 and is 83 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 15

79

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

49

Abiy Ahmed

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

30

Setyana Mapasa

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1995, Kawangkoan

84

Laura Mulvey

British feminist film theorist

*August 15th, 1941, England

80

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France (born 1945)

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

51

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)

*August 15th, 1769, Ajaccio †May 5th, 1821, Longwood House

86

Jean-Claude Mathis

French politician

*August 15th, 1939, Bouzonville

82

Günter Sommer

German jazz drummer and percussionist, composer and music college professor

*August 15th, 1943, Dresden

88

Bounnhang Vorachith

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (2016-2021)

*August 15th, 1937, Savannakhet Province

85

Klaus Wettig

German politician and author

*August 15th, 1940, Göttingen

78

Ignacio Anaya García

Mexican executive chef (1895-1975)

*August 15th, 1897, Manuel Benavides †November 9th, 1975, Piedras Negras

63

Rubin Goldmark

American composer, pianist and educator (1872-1936)

*August 15th, 1872, New York City †March 6th, 1936, New York City

84

Agustín Alezzo

Argentinian actor (1935–2020)

*August 15th, 1935, Buenos Aires †July 9th, 2020, Buenos Aires

55

Alfred Bruyas

French art collector and amateur painter from Montpellier (1821-1877)

*August 15th, 1821, Montpellier †January 1st, 1877, Montpellier

58

Laura Torres

Mexican actress

*August 15th, 1967, Mexico City

Also born in 1942

83

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

83

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

83

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

83

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

84

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

84

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

84

Otto Fräßdorf

East German association football player and manager

*February 3rd, 1942, Magdeburg

84

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan leader, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

84

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

83

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician (1942–2017)

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

84

Vicente Fox Quesada

62th President of Mexico

*July 2nd, 1942, Mexico City

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

84

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

84

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

82

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh †December 30th, 2024, Melbourne

84

Javier Solana

Spanish politician

*July 14th, 1942, Madrid

84

Michael Crawford

British actor and singer

*January 19th, 1942, Salisbury

Manfred Letzerich