Famous people born on 15 April

• RaphaelItalian painter and architect · 1483–1520
  37 yrs
• Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer · 1707–1783
  76 yrs
• Nikita KhrushchevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 · 1894–1971
  77 yrs
• Kim Il-sungSupreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 · 1912–1994
  82 yrs
• Émile DurkheimFrench sociologist · 1858–1917
  59 yrs
• Tomas TranströmerSwedish poet, psychologist and translator · 1931–2015
  83 yrs
• Henry JamesAmerican and British writer · 1843–1916
  72 yrs
• Urban VIII235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 · 1568–1644
  76 yrs
• Claudia CardinaleItalian actress · 1938–2025
  87 yrs
• Johannes StarkGerman physicist · 1874–1957
  83 yrs
• Adolphe ThiersPresident of France from 1871 to 1873 · 1797–1877
  80 yrs
• Richard von WeizsäckerPresident of Germany from 1984 to 1994 · 1920–2015
  94 yrs
• Catherine I of RussiaThe first Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727 · 1684–1727
  43 yrs
• Suleiman II20th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1642–1691
  49 yrs
• Nikolay Semyonov ↗Soviet physical chemist · 1896–1986
  90 yrs
• Wilhelm Busch ↗German painter, poet and cartoonist · 1832–1908
  75 yrs
• Kunishige Kamamoto ↗Japanese association football player and manager · 1944–2025
  81 yrs
• Nikolaas Tinbergen ↗Dutch Zoologist, ethologist · 1907–1988
  81 yrs
• Bessie Smith ↗American blues singer · 1894–1937
  43 yrs
• James Clark Ross ↗British explorer and naval officer · 1800–1862
  61 yrs
• Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ↗Baltic German astronomer · 1793–1864
  71 yrs
• Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ↗French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition" · 1772–1844
  72 yrs
• Robert Walser ↗Swiss writer · 1878–1956
  78 yrs
• Nikolay Gumilev ↗Russian poet · 1886–1921
  35 yrs
• Théodore Rousseau ↗French painter · 1812–1867
  55 yrs
• Thomas Szasz ↗Hungarian psychiatrist · 1920–2012
  92 yrs
• Hermann Grassmann ↗German polymath, linguist and mathematician · 1809–1877
  68 yrs
• Arshile Gorky ↗Armenian-American painter · 1904–1948
  44 yrs
• Michael Ansara ↗American stage, screen, and voice actor · 1922–2013
  91 yrs
• Michael Kamen ↗American composer · 1948–2003
  55 yrs
• Georgy Beregovoy ↗Soviet cosmonaut · 1921–1995
  74 yrs
• Max Wertheimer ↗Austro-Hungarian psychologist · 1880–1943
  63 yrs
• S. M. Bruce ↗Australian politician, eighth Prime Minister of Australia · 1883–1967
  84 yrs
• Miguel Najdorf ↗Polish-Argentine chess player · 1910–1997
  87 yrs
• Jean Moréas ↗Greek writer · 1856–1910
  54 yrs
• Lita Grey ↗American actress · 1908–1995
  87 yrs
• Thomas Hart Benton ↗American painter · 1889–1975
  85 yrs
• Frank Vincent ↗American actor · 1937–2017
  80 yrs
• Franz Böhme ↗World War II Nazi war criminal · 1885–1947
  62 yrs
• Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ↗Austrian field marshal · 1771–1820
  49 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

← 14 April · All dates · 16 April →