What happened on February 15 ?

1458 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)

1471 - Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)

1543 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)

1564 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)

1571 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (d. 1621)

1620 - François Charpentier, French archaeologist (d. 1702)

1705 - Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)

1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)

1723 - John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1794)

1725 - Abraham Clark, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1794)

1739 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)

1759 - Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and archaeologist (d. 1824)

1803 - John Sutter, California pioneer (d. 1880)

1809 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)

1809 - André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)

1812 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)

1815 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874)

1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906)

1825 - Carter Harrison, Sr., Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893)

1835 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president (d. 1908)

1841 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (d. 1913)

1845 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1937)

1847 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)

1856 - Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)

1861 - Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)

1873 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)

1874 - Sir Ernest Shackleton, British polar explorer (d. 1922)

1882 - John Barrymore, American actor (d. 1942)

1883 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)

1892 - James Forrestal, first United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949)

1895 - Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete (d. 1971)

1896 - Arthur Shields, Irish actor (d. 1970)

1898 - Totò, Italian actor, writer, and composer (d. 1967)

1898 - Allen Woodring, American runner (d. 1982)

1899 - Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)

1899 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)

1905 - Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)

1907 - Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991)

1907 - Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)

1909 - Miep Gies, Dutch biographer of Anne Frank

1909 - Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish footballer (d. 1966)

1913 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian/Argentine chess player (d. 1997)

1914 - Hale Boggs, American politician (d. 1972)

1914 - Kevin McCarthy, American actor

1916 - Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)

1918 - Allan Arbus, American actor

1919 - Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)

1922 - John Bayard Anderson, US Congressman and presidential candidate

1927 - Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian

1929 - Graham Hill, British race car driver (d. 1975)

1929 - James Schlesinger, American politician

1931 - Claire Bloom, British actress

1931 - Geoff Edwards, American television game show host

1934 - Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist

1935 - Susan Brownmiller, American feminist and writer

1935 - Roger Chaffee, astronaut (d. 1967)

1939 - Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier

1940 - John Hadl, American football player

1944 - Mick Avory, British drummer (The Kinks)

1945 - John Helliwell, British musician (Supertramp)

1946 - Marisa Berenson, American actress

1946 - Esko Seppänen, Finnish politician

1947 - John Coolidge Adams, American composer

1947 - Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 1990)

1947 - David Brown, American musician (Carlos Santana)

1948 - Ron Cey, baseball player

1948 - Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist

1949 - Ken Anderson, American football player

1951 - Melissa Manchester, American singer

1951 - Jane Seymour, British actress

1954 - Matt Groening, American cartoonist

1955 - Christopher McDonald, American actor

1957 - Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver

1959 - Ali Campbell, British vocalist/guitarist (UB40)

1959 - Brian Propp, Canadian ice hockey player

1960 - Mikey Craig, British musician (Culture Club)

1964 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)

1971 - Renée O'Connor, American actress and director

1972 - Jaromír Jágr, Czech hockey player

1973 - Kate?ina Neumannová, Czech cross country skier

1973 - Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer

1973 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress

1974 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (d. 2002)

1974 - Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player

1974 - Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer (Lordi)

1976 - Brandon Boyd, American musician (Incubus)

1976 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American drummer (The Killers)

1978 - Tuan Le, American poker player

1978 - Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy)

1979 - Alenka Kej?ar, Slovenian swimmer

1979 - Josh Low, English footballer

1980 - Conor Oberst, American singer and songwriter (Bright Eyes)

1981 - Matt Hoopes, American musician (Relient K)

1983 - Meera Jasmine, National-Award-winning Indian actress

1984 - Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer (Virgin)