Famous people born on 15 January

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

1. Martin Luther King Jr. 1929American leaderdied aged 39
2. Molière 1622French playwright and actordied aged 51
3. Gamal Abdel Nasser 1918Politician who served as President of Egyptdied aged 52
4. Giorgia Meloni 1977Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italyliving, 49
5. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1809French politician and philosopherdied aged 56
6. Shah Jahan 1592Mughal emperordied aged 74
7. Mihai Eminescu 1850Romanian poet and journalistdied aged 39
8. Aristotle Onassis 1906Greek businesspersondied aged 69
9. Edward Teller 1908Hungarian nuclear physicistdied aged 95
10. Dove Cameron 1996American actorliving, 30
11. Boris Tadić 1958Serbian politician who served as President of Serbialiving, 68
12. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 1826Russian writer and journalistdied aged 63
13. Saud of Saudi Arabia 1902King of Saudi Arabiadied aged 67
14. Franz Grillparzer 1791Austrian playwright and poetdied aged 81
15. Artturi Ilmari Virtanen 1895Finnish chemistdied aged 78
16. SWSophie Wilmès 1975Belgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgiumliving, 51
17. Pitbull 1981American rapperliving, 45