What happened on November 15 ?

1316 - King John I of France (d. 1316)

1397 - Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455)

1498 - Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)

1511 - Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (d. 1536)

1556 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)

1559 - Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (d. 1621)

1607 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)

1660 - Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. 1746)

1661 - Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. 1743)

1692 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)

1708 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician (d. 1778)

1731 - William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)

1738 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1822)

1741 - Johann Kaspar Lavater, German philosopher (d. 1801)

1757 - Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (d. 1830)

1784 - Jerome Bonaparte, French King of Westphalia (d. 1860)

1852 - Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (d. 1892)

1859 - Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)

1862 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1946)

1874 - August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1949)

1879 - Lewis Stone, American actor (d. 1953)

1881 - Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (d. 1960)

1882 - Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1965)

1886 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. 1951)

1887 - Marianne Moore, American poet (d. 1972)

1887 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (d. 1986)

1889 - King Manuel II of Portugal (d. 1932)

1890 - Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)

1891 - Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician (d. 1986)

1891 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. 1944)

1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)

1895 - Antoni S?onimski, Polish writer (d. 1976)

1897 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (d. 1960)

1897 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (d. 1988)

1899 - Avdy Andresson, Estonian Minister of War in Exile (d. 1990)

1899 - Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan (d. 1969)

1903 - Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1974)

1905 - Mantovani, Italian-born composer, musician, and arranger (d. 1980)

1906 - Curtis LeMay, U.S. Air Force general (d. 1990)

1907 - Claus von Stauffenberg, German army colonel who plotted to assassinate Hitler (d. 1944)

1913 - Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and resistance fighter (d. 2005)

1919 - Joseph Wapner, U.S. jurist

1925 - Howard Baker, U.S. Senator from Tennessee and White House Chief of Staff

1925 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (d. 1988)

1927 - Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (d. 1992)

1929 - Ed Asner, American actor

1930 - J. G. Ballard, British author

1931 - Pascal Lissouba, Republic of the Congo politician

1931 - Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's third president

1932 - Petula Clark, English singer

1932 - Clyde McPhatter, American singer (d. 1972)

1936 - Wolf Biermann, German writer

1937 - Little Willie John, American singer (d. 1968)

1937 - Yaphet Kotto, American actor

1940 - Sam Waterston, American actor

1942 - Daniel Barenboim, Argentine-born pianist and conductor

1945 - Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian singer (ABBA)

1947 - Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico

1951 - Beverly D'Angelo, American actress

1952 - Randy Savage, American professional wrestler

1952 - Zoltán Buday, Hungarian born actor

1954 - Aleksander Kwa?niewski, President of Poland

1956 - Michael Hampton, American guitarist (Funkadelic)

1957 - Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist

1963 - Benny Elias, Australian rugby player

1965 - Nigel Bond, English snooker player

1967 - E-40, American Rapper

1968 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (d. 2004)

1969 - Shane Mack, American politician

1970 - Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian footballer

1973 - Jesse Merz, American actor

1979 - Josemi, Spanish footballer

1980 - Ace Young, American singer

1986 - Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player

1988 - Zena Grey, American actress

1993 - Irie Saaya, Japanese model