Famous birthdays on October 15
Famous people born on October 15, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♎ Star sign
Libra
💎 Birthstone
Opal
👶 How common
No. 138 of 366
Born on October 15

Akbar
born 1542 · the third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605

Friedrich Nietzsche
born 1844 · German philosopher (1844-1900)

John Kenneth Galbraith
born 1908 · Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)

Mohammed Zahir Shah
born 1914 · King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)

Michel Foucault
born 1926 · French philosopher (1926–1984)

Fela Kuti
born 1938 · Nigerian musician and activist (1938–1997)

Mesut Özil
born 1988 · Turkish-German association football player
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Didier Deschamps
born 1968 · French association football player and coach
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David Trezeguet
born 1977 · French footballer (born 1977)

David Trimble
born 1944 · First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002

Sarah Ferguson
born 1959 · British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality, and former Duchess of York
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Elena Dementieva
born 1981 · Russian tennis player
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Vahid Halilhodžić
born 1952 · Bosnian association football player and manager (born 1952)
Nolito
born 1986 · Spanish association football player (born 1986)

Jorge Campos
born 1966 · Mexican footballer
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Antonio Cañizares Llovera
born 1945 · Spanish Catholic cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

Haim Saban
born 1944 · Israeli–American media proprietor, investor
Ömer Çatkıç
born 1974 · Turkish association football player (born 1974)

Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh
born 1951 · physician
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Hussein Al-Sadiq
born 1973 · Saudi Arabian footballer

Dalia Elbeheri
born 1970 · Egyptian actress and model

Nasser El Sonbaty
born 1965 · German Egyptian bodybuilder (1965-2013)

Nashoua Mostafa
born 1968 · Egyptian actor
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Ibrahim Rabbaj
born 2009 · Moroccan association football player

Peter C. Doherty
born 1940 · Australian immunologist
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Stanley Fischer
born 1943 · Israeli-American economist

Sali Berisha
born 1944 · Albanian politician
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Ram Chandra Poudel
born 1944 · President of Nepal since 2023
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László Fazekas
born 1947 · Hungarian footballer

Chris de Burgh
born 1948 · Argentine - British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist

Hani al-Mulki
born 1951 · Jordanian politician
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Cilia Flores
born 1956 · First Lady of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026
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Marco Cornez
born 1957 · Chilean footballer (1957–2022)

Mira Nair
born 1957 · Indian-American filmmaker (born 1957)

Stanley Menzo
born 1963 · Dutch footballer and manager
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Ingeborg
born 1966 · Belgian singer
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Gustavo Zapata
born 1967 · Argentine association football player
Vítor Baía
born 1969 · Portuguese footballer
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Niko Kovač
born 1971 · Croatian footballer and manager
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Hiroshige Yanagimoto
born 1972 · Japanese association football player
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Questions about October 15 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on October 15?
- Famous people born on October 15 include Akbar (1542), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Michel Foucault (1926).
- What star sign is someone born on October 15?
- Someone born on October 15 is a Libra.
- What is the birthstone for October 15?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- How common is a birthday on October 15?
- In the US, October 15 is the No. 138 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,495 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).