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Famous People Born in 1915

Born in 1915? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.

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The 1910s

The most famous people born in 191532

1915–1963

Édith Piaf

French singer known as the Little Sparrow, whose songs La Vie en rose and Non, je ne regrette rien became timeless classics

Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (French:), was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the world.

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1915–1998

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor nicknamed Ol' Blue Eyes, famous for My Way, who won an Oscar for From Here to Eternity

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, conductor, and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century.

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1915–1982

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress who starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca and won three Oscars, including for Gaslight and Anastasia

Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress with a career spanning five decades, Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential actresses in the history of cinema.

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1915–2006

Augusto Pinochet

Chilean general who seized power in the 1973 coup and ruled as dictator until 1990, with widespread human-rights abuses

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean army officer and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He led the Chilean Army in the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1973 and established a military junta.

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1915–2005

Saul Bellow

Canadian-born American novelist of The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog and Humboldt's Gift who won the Nobel Prize

Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) was an American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.

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1915–2005

Arthur Miller

American playwright of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible who was married to Marilyn Monroe

Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist in 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955).

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1915–1985

Orson Welles

American director and actor who made Citizen Kane at 25 and caused a panic with his War of the Worlds radio broadcast

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor and filmmaker. Remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre, he is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

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1915–2009

Paul Samuelson

First American to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Born in 1915, month by month

January
- Arthur Lewis (January 23) · First black person to win the Nobel Prize in Economics
February
- Stanley Matthews (February 1) · Legendary English footballer who won the first Ballon d'Or
- Robert Hofstadter (February 5) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who studied the structure of the atomic nucleus
- Aung San (February 13) · Revolutionary leader regarded as the father of modern Myanmar
- Peter Medawar (February 28) · Nobel Prize-winning biologist known as the father of transplantation
March
- Sviatoslav Richter (March 7) · Renowned Soviet classical pianist acclaimed for his vast repertoire
- Vasily Zaytsev (March 23) · Soviet sniper during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II
April
- Billie Holiday (April 7) · Influential American jazz singer nicknamed Lady Day
- Anthony Quinn (April 21) · Actor known for his starring role in Zorba the Greek
May
- Orson Welles (May 6) · American director and actor who made Citizen Kane at 25 and caused a panic with his War of the Worlds radio broadcast
- Paul Samuelson (May 15) · First American to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
- Moshe Dayan (May 20) · Israeli military leader and politician with a distinctive eye patch
June
- Modibo Keïta (June 4) · First President of the Republic of Mali
- Les Paul (June 9) · Musician and inventor who developed the solid-body electric guitar
- Saul Bellow (June 10) · Canadian-born American novelist of The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog and Humboldt's Gift who won the Nobel Prize
- David Rockefeller (June 12) · American banker and head of Chase Manhattan Bank
- Fred Hoyle (June 24) · British astronomer who coined the term Big Bang
July
- Charles Hard Townes (July 28) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who developed the maser and the laser
August
- Norman Foster Ramsey (August 27) · American physicist whose research helped create the first atomic clocks
- Ingrid Bergman (August 29) · Swedish actress who starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca and won three Oscars, including for Gaslight and Anastasia
September
- Franz Josef Strauß (September 6) · Long-serving Bavarian politician and leader of the CSU party
- Clifford Shull (September 23) · Nobel Prize-winning physicist who pioneered neutron diffraction techniques
October
- Arthur Miller (October 17) · American playwright of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible who was married to Marilyn Monroe
- Isaac Shamir (October 22) · Two-time Prime Minister of Israel and leader of the Likud party
November
- Roland Barthes (November 12) · French thinker who explored semiotics and literary theory
- Konstantin Simonov (November 15) · Soviet poet and war correspondent known for the poem Wait for Me
- Augusto Pinochet (November 25) · Chilean general who seized power in the 1973 coup and ruled as dictator until 1990, with widespread human-rights abuses
- Henry Taube (November 30) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who researched electron-transfer reactions in metals
December
- Eli Wallach (December 7) · Prolific character actor known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Frank Sinatra (December 12) · American singer and actor nicknamed Ol' Blue Eyes, famous for My Way, who won an Oscar for From Here to Eternity
- Édith Piaf (December 19) · French singer known as the Little Sparrow, whose songs La Vie en rose and Non, je ne regrette rien became timeless classics
- Aziz Nesin (December 20) · Prolific Turkish writer and humorist who wrote over 100 books

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