What happened on January 15 ?

1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)

1412 - Saint Joan of Arc (d. 1431)

1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)

1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)

1538 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)

1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)

1671 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)

1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)

1716 - Philip Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1778)

1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)

1754 - Richard Martin, Irish founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)

1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (1872)

1795 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)

1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)

1812 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer and scientist (d. 1885)

1816 - Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)

1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)

1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)

1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)

1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)

1869 - Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (d. 1907)

1872 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)

1875 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. 1929)

1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)

1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)

1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)

1891 - Ray Chapman, baseball player (d. 1920)

1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and essayist (d. 1938)

1892 - Rex Ingram, Irish director and writer (d. 1950)

1893 - Ivor Novello, Welsh actor and musician (d. 1951)

1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

1899 - Goodman Ace, American actor, comedian, and writer (d. 1982)

1901 - Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer

1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek businessman (d. 1975)

1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 2003)

1909 - Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)

1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)

1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)

1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (d. 2003)

1917 - Robert Byrd, American politician

1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)

1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000)

1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician

1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)

1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. 2005)

1927 - Phyllis Coates, actress

1927 - Norm Crosby, American comedian

1929 - Martin Luther King Jr, American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968)

1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, American author

1937 - Margaret O'Brien, American actress

1941 - Captain Beefheart, American singer

1942 - Charo, Spanish-born singer and actress

1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)

1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress

1948 - Ronnie VanZant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)

1950 - Marius Trésor, French footballer

1955 - Nigel Benson, British author and illustrator

1957 - Julian Sands, English actor

1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor and director

1957 - Patrick Dixon, British business guru and author of Futurewise

1959 - Pete Trewavas, British bass guitarist (Marillion)

1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer

1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American Boxer

1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool)

1965 - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor

1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor

1970 - Shane McMahon, Wrestler

1971 - Regina King, American actress

1972 - Kobe Tai, Asian American porn star

1972 - Claudia Winkleman, British television presenter

1975 - Mary Pierce, American tennis player

1975 - Edith Bowman, British television and radio presenter

1976 - Corey Chavous, American football player

1978 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian professional road racing cyclist

1979 - Drew Brees, San Diego Chargers quarterback named Comeback Player of the 2004 NFL season

1980 - Matt Holliday, Colorado Rockies US MLB player

1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer

1981 - Howie Day, American pop singer

1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater

1982 - Megan Quann, American swimmer

1983 - Jermaine Pennant, English footballer

1984 - Victor Rasuk, American actor

1987 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor

1988 - Sonny Moore, American singer (From First To Last)