Robert C. Murphy (79)
December 15th, 1944

American research pharmacologist and biochemist – Robert C. Murphy was born in Seymour (City in Indiana, United States) on December 15th, 1944 and is 79 years old today.

Other personalities born on December 15

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

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

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

30

Alina Eremia

Romanian pop singer and actress

*December 15th, 1993, Buftea

74

Don Johnson

American actor and singer (born 1949)

*December 15th, 1949, Flat Creek

87

Paul Schmitthenner

German architect; Judges' Trial affiant

*December 15th, 1884, Lauterbourg †November 11th, 1972, Munich

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

71

Julie Taymor

American film and theatre director

*December 15th, 1952, Newton

81

Yvonne Monlaur

French actress (1935-2017)

*December 15th, 1935, Pau †April 18th, 2017, Neuilly-sur-Seine

79

Txomin Perurena

Spanish racing cyclist (1943–2023)

*December 15th, 1943, Oiartzun †June 8th, 2023, San Sebastián

80

Lucien den Arend

Dutch sculptor

*December 15th, 1943, Dordrecht

37

Keylor Navas

Costa Rican association football player

*December 15th, 1986, Cartago

68

Renate Künast

German politician

*December 15th, 1955, Recklinghausen

80

Mihály Hesz

Olympic champion canoe racer

*December 15th, 1943, Nógrád

66

Irmgard Karwatzki

German politician (1940-2007)

*December 15th, 1940, Duisburg †December 9th, 2007, Mönchengladbach

99

Albert Memmi

French writer of Tunisian-Jewish origin

*December 15th, 1920, Tunis †May 22nd, 2020, 4th arrondissement of Paris

91

Gustave Eiffel

French chemical engineer and architect

*December 15th, 1832, Dijon †December 27th, 1923, Paris

69

Elke Mascha Blankenburg

German church musician, conductor, choir director and music historian (1943-2013)

*December 15th, 1943, Mindelheim †March 9th, 2013, Cologne

50

Surya Bonaly

French figure skater

*December 15th, 1973, Nice

75

Ray Eames

American artist, designer, and filmmaker

*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles

77

Comunardo Niccolai

Italian footballer

*December 15th, 1946, Uzzano

85

Tim Conway

American actor and comedian (1933–2019)

*December 15th, 1933, Willoughby †May 14th, 2019, Los Angeles

57

L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)

*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw

55

Henri Becquerel

French physicist

*December 15th, 1852, Paris †August 25th, 1908, manoir de Pen Castel

90

Gerhard Gebauer

German politician and jurist (1926-2017)

*December 15th, 1926, Heimboldshausen †June 3rd, 2017, Villingen-Schwenningen

77

Jean-Michel Ribes

French actor, playwright, screenwriter, theatre and film director

*December 15th, 1946, Paris

43

Annalena Baerbock

German politician (born 1980)

*December 15th, 1980, Hanover

76

Jane Evelyn Atwood

Photographer

*December 15th, 1947, New York City

56

Miranda Otto

Australian actress

*December 15th, 1967, Brisbane

96

Freeman Dyson

Theoretical physicist and mathematician

*December 15th, 1923, Crowthorne †February 28th, 2020, Princeton

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

80

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh actor (born 1944)

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

80

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

80

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

80

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

British filmmaker (1944–2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

79

Gianni Morandi

Italian singer

*December 11th, 1944, Monghidoro

Robert C. Murphy