Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 15 October

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

Sali Berisha and David Trimble were born on the very same day, 15 October 1944.

  1. Friedrich Nietzsche 1844Prussian philosopherdied aged 55
  2. Virgil 70 BCRoman poetdied aged 50
  3. Akbar 1542Mughal emperordied aged 62
  4. Michel Foucault 1926French philosopherdied aged 57
  5. Mesut Özil 1988Turkish footballerliving, 38
  6. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 1931Indian politician who served as President of Indiadied aged 83
  7. Evangelista Torricelli 1608Italian physicist and mathematiciandied aged 39
  8. Italo Calvino 1923Italian journalist and writerdied aged 61
  9. Mario Puzo 1920American novelist and screenwriterdied aged 78
  10. Didier Deschamps 1968French association football coachliving, 58
  11. John Kenneth Galbraith 1908Canadian economist and diplomatdied aged 97
  12. Denys Shmyhal 1975Politician who served as Prime Minister of Ukraineliving, 51
  13. Mohammad Zahir Shah 1914Monarch of Afghanistandied aged 92
  14. Sali Berisha 1944Albanian politician who served as President of Albanialiving, 82
  15. David Trezeguet 1977French footballerliving, 49
  16. Frederick William IV 1795King of Prussiadied aged 65
  17. P. G. Wodehouse 1881English novelistdied aged 93
  18. Penny Marshall 1943American actor and directordied aged 75
  19. David Trimble 1944British university teacherdied aged 77
  20. Asaph Hall 1829American astronomerdied aged 78