Famous people born on 15 September

• Agatha ChristieEnglish mystery and detective writer · 1890–1976
  85 yrs
• William Howard Taft27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 · 1857–1930
  72 yrs
• Richard I of EnglandKing of England from 1189 to 1199 · 1157–1199
  41 yrs
• François de La RochefoucauldFrench author of maxims and memoirs · 1613–1680
  66 yrs
• James Fenimore CooperAmerican writer · 1789–1851
  61 yrs
• Murray Gell-MannAmerican physicist · 1929–2019
  89 yrs
• Porfirio DíazPresident of Mexico · 1830–1915
  84 yrs
• Jean RenoirFrench film director and screenwriter · 1894–1979
  84 yrs
• Umberto II of ItalyLieutenant of the Kingdom of Italy and last king of Italy · 1904–1983
  78 yrs
• Konstantin RokossovskySoviet and Polish military commander · 1889–1968
  78 yrs
• Robert Lucas ↗American economist · 1937–2023
  85 yrs
• Fausto Coppi ↗Italian cyclist · 1919–1960
  40 yrs
• Flórián Albert ↗Hungarian footballer · 1941–2011
  70 yrs
• Johan Neeskens ↗Dutch football manager and player · 1951–2024
  73 yrs
• Charles de Foucauld ↗French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar · 1858–1916
  58 yrs
• Hrant Dink ↗Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor, journalist, and columnist · 1954–2007
  52 yrs
• Adolfo Bioy Casares ↗Argentine novelist · 1914–1999
  84 yrs
• Fay Wray ↗Actress · 1907–2004
  96 yrs
• Sancho II of Portugal ↗King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248 · 1207–1248
  40 yrs
• Jean Sylvain Bailly ↗French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader · 1736–1793
  57 yrs
• Helmut Schön ↗German football player and coach · 1915–1996
  80 yrs
• Jessye Norman ↗American opera singer · 1945–2019
  74 yrs
• Mary of Hungary ↗Governor of the Netherlands and queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia · 1505–1558
  53 yrs
• Ettore Bugatti ↗Italian automobile designer and manufacturer · 1881–1947
  65 yrs
• Mirosław Hermaszewski ↗Polish cosmonaut · 1941–2022
  81 yrs
• Simeon of Moscow ↗Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir · 1316–1353
  36 yrs
• Alexander Butlerov ↗Russian chemist · 1828–1886
  57 yrs
• Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay ↗Bengali novelist and short story writer · 1876–1938
  61 yrs
• Jackie Cooper ↗American actor, director · 1922–2011
  88 yrs
• Shohei Imamura ↗Japanese film director · 1926–2006
  79 yrs
• Sophia Dorothea of Celle ↗Wife of George I of Great Britain · 1666–1726
  60 yrs
• Date Masamune ↗Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai · 1567–1636
  68 yrs
• Joseph Lyons ↗Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia · 1879–1939
  59 yrs
• Otto Wels ↗German politician · 1873–1939
  66 yrs
• Bruno Walter ↗German-born conductor, pianist, and composer · 1876–1962
  85 yrs
• Cannonball Adderley ↗American jazz saxophonist · 1928–1975
  46 yrs
• Jacques Becker ↗French screenwriter and film director · 1906–1960
  53 yrs
• Jens Otto Krag ↗Danish politician · 1914–1978
  63 yrs
• Margaret Keane ↗American artist · 1927–2022
  94 yrs

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