Mineo Higashi (85)
May 15th, 1938

Japanese writer – Mineo Higashi was born in Mindanao (Second largest island of the Philippines) on May 15th, 1938 and is 85 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 15

58

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

84

Madeleine Albright

United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001

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

79

Barbara Hammer

American filmmaker (1939-2019)

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

87

Anna Maria Alberghetti

Italian-born operatic singer and actress

*May 15th, 1936, Pesaro

75

Brian Eno

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

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

72

Lois Johnson

American country music singer, vocalist (1942-2014)

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

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician

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

28

Victoria Williams

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Sheffield

60

Grete Mogensen

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1963, Skive

66

Paul Zindel

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

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

23

Carolina Ponce

Argentinian Beach handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Ensenada

46

Pierre Curie

French physicist (1859-1906)

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

23

Caterina Benedetti

Argentinian handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Buenos Aires

33

Sannatasah Saniru

Malaysian badminton player

*May 15th, 1990, Sabah

65

Michel Audiard

French screenwriter and film director (1920–1985)

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

75

Anthony Shaffer

Writer, barrister and advertising executive from England

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

80

Neville Jordan

New Zealand electrical engineer and businessperson (b. 1943)

*May 15th, 1943, Petone

25

Sun Feixiang

Chinese badminton player

*May 15th, 1998, Yichang

28

Yu Igarashi

Japanese badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Yamagata Prefecture

70

Athene Donald

British physicist

*May 15th, 1953, London

26

Ousmane Dembélé

French association football player

*May 15th, 1997, Vernon

41

Layal Abboud

Lebanese pop singer

*May 15th, 1982, Kniseh, Tyre

72

Frank Wilczek

Physicist

*May 15th, 1951, Mineola

26

Fachryza Abimanyu

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1997, Jakarta

86

Karin Krog

Norwegian jazz singer (born 1937)

*May 15th, 1937, Oslo

41

Alexandra Breckenridge

American actress

*May 15th, 1982, Bridgeport

79

Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini

Argentinian paleontologist

*May 15th, 1944, La Plata

56

Madhuri Dixit

Indian actress

*May 15th, 1967, Mumbai

71

Dieter Muscheid

German politician (1943–2015)

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

Also born in 1938

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

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

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

85

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

86

Frank Langella

American actor

*January 1st, 1938, Bayonne

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

39

Michael Findlay

Film director, producer

*January 1st, 1938, United States of America †May 16th, 1977, New York City

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

*May 8th, 1938, Nogent-sur-Marne †March 10th, 2012, Montrouge

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

85

Heinz Fischer

8th president of Austria

*October 9th, 1938, Graz

85

Enrico Macias

French recording artist; singer,(Born on December 11, 1938 he is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.He was born in Constantine, Algeria.)

*December 11th, 1938, Constantine

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

Mineo Higashi