Famous people born on 15 July

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

1. Rembrandt 1606Dutch painter and printmakerdied aged 63
2. Jacques Derrida 1930French philosopherdied aged 74
3. Walter Benjamin 1892German critic and philosopherdied aged 48
4. Hassanal Bolkiah 1946Sultan of Brunei Darussalamliving, 80
5. Vilfredo Pareto 1848Italian economist and sociologistdied aged 75
6. Emmeline Pankhurst 1858English suffragettedied aged 69
7. Forest Whitaker 1961American actorliving, 65
8. Diane Kruger 1976German actor and modelliving, 50
9. IMIris Murdoch 1919Irish-born writer and philosopherdied aged 79
10. Leon M. Lederman 1922American physicistdied aged 96
11. ACAníbal Cavaco Silva 1939Portuguese politician who served as President of Portugalliving, 87
12. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1949Politician who served as President of the United Arab Emiratesliving, 77
13. Mario Kempes 1954Argentinian footballerliving, 72
14. Jocelyn Bell Burnell 1943British astrophysicistliving, 83
15. Vladimir Korolenko 1853Russian writerdied aged 68
16. Bertram Brockhouse 1918Canadian physicistdied aged 85
17. Yoshinori Muto 1992Japanese footballerliving, 34
18. Linda Ronstadt 1946American singerliving, 80