Pekka Sarmanto (79)
February 15th, 1945

Finnish musician – Pekka Sarmanto was born in Helsinki (Capital and most populous city of Finland) on February 15th, 1945 and is 79 years old today.

Other personalities born on February 15

52

Dzhokhar Dudayev

Soviet general, Chechen leader (1944-1996)

*February 15th, 1944, Yalkhoroy †April 21st, 1996, Gekhi-Chu

65

Ali Campbell

English singer and songwriter, UB40 member

*February 15th, 1959, Birmingham

91

Heinrich Drake

German sculptor and illustrator (1903-1994)

*February 15th, 1903, Lügde †July 26th, 1994, Berlin

35

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen

Badminton player

*February 15th, 1989, Odder

77

Dagmar Käsling

East German sprinter

*February 15th, 1947, Magdeburg

72

Tomislav Nikolić

President of Serbia (2012–2017)

*February 15th, 1952, Kragujevac

68

Griselda Blanco

Colombian drug baron (1943–2013)

*February 15th, 1944, Cartagena de Indias †September 3rd, 2012, Cali

77

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

*February 15th, 1564, Pisa †January 8th, 1642, Arcetri

70

Christopher Rouse

American composer

*February 15th, 1949, Baltimore †September 21st, 2019, Baltimore

70

Matt Groening

American cartoonist (born 1954)

*February 15th, 1954, Portland

20

Putra Erwiansyah

Badminton player

*February 15th, 2004, Makassar City

49

Thomas Bareiß

German politician

*February 15th, 1975, Ebingen

69

John Trudell

Native American rights activist, musician, poet, and actor (1946-2015)

*February 15th, 1946, Omaha †December 8th, 2015, Santa Clara

73

Jane Seymour

British actress

*February 15th, 1951, Hayes

96

Kevin McCarthy

American actor (1914–2010)

*February 15th, 1914, Seattle †September 11th, 2010, Hyannis

59

Adama Barrow

3rd President of the Gambia

*February 15th, 1965, Basse Santa Su

80

Mick Avory

British drummer

*February 15th, 1944, Surrey

81

Elke Heidenreich

German author and journalist

*February 15th, 1943, Korbach

69

Aleksandr Serebrov

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut

*February 15th, 1944, Moscow †November 12th, 2013, Moscow

72

Bill T. Jones

American artist and dancer

*February 15th, 1952, Bunnell

89

Niklaus Wirth

Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024)

*February 15th, 1934, Winterthur †January 1st, 2024

62

Milo Đukanović

Former president of Montenegro

*February 15th, 1962, Nikšić

85

Fausto Cigliano

Italian actor and musician

*February 15th, 1937, Naples †February 17th, 2022, Rome

26

George Russell

British racing driver (born 1998)

*February 15th, 1998, King's Lynn

86

Gale Sondergaard

American actress (1899-1985)

*February 15th, 1899, Litchfield †August 14th, 1985, Woodland Hills

77

John Adams

American composer

*February 15th, 1947, Worcester

71

Henry Glaß

East German ski jumper

*February 15th, 1953, Rodewisch

51

Dick van Dijk

Dutch footballer (1946-1997)

*February 15th, 1946, Gouda †July 8th, 1997, Nice

76

Laurenz Meyer

German politician

*February 15th, 1948, Salzkotten

73

Tsui Hark

Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer

*February 15th, 1951, Ho Chi Minh City

Also born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

79

Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

78

Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

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

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Pekka Sarmanto