Famous people born on 15 April

23 of the people we track were born on 15 April, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452Italian polymathdied aged 67
2. Leonhard Euler 1707Swiss mathematician and physicistdied aged 76
3. Kim Il Sung 1912Politician who served as Supreme Leader of North Koreadied aged 82
4. Emma Watson 1990British actorliving, 36
5. Émile Durkheim 1858French sociologistdied aged 59
6. Alla Pugacheva 1949Russian singer and composerliving, 77
7. Guru Nanak 1469Gurudied aged 70
8. Tomas Tranströmer 1931Swedish poet and psychologistdied aged 83
9. Henry James 1843American writerdied aged 72
10. Philippe of Belgium 1960King of the Belgiansliving, 66
11. Claudia Cardinale 1938Italian actordied aged 87
12. Emma Thompson 1959British actor and screenwriterliving, 67
13. Johannes Stark 1874German physicistdied aged 83
14. Adolphe Thiers 1797French politician who served as President of the French Republicdied aged 80
15. Richard von Weizsäcker 1920German politician who served as President of the DEKTdied aged 94
16. Carol W. Greider 1961American molecular biologistliving, 65
17. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 1930Politician who served as President of Icelandliving, 96
18. Suleiman II 1642Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 49
19. BSBeata Szydło 1963Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Polandliving, 63
20. Wilhelm Busch 1832German painter and poetdied aged 75
21. Kunishige Kamamoto 1944Japanese footballerdied aged 81
22. Nikolaas Tinbergen 1907Dutch zoologist and ethologistdied aged 81
23. Robert Lefkowitz 1943American physician and biochemistliving, 83