What happened on June 15 ?

1330 - Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (d. 1376)

1594 - Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)

1623 - Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)

1624 - Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)

1755 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)

1767 - Rachel Donelson Jackson, First Lady of the United States

1789 - Josiah Henson, American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)

1801 - Benjamin Raymond, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)

1805 - William Butler Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)

1809 - François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)

1843 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (d. 1907)

1875 - Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier (d. 1987)

1882 - Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1946)

1884 - Harry Langdon, American actor (d. 1944)

1888 - Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (d. 1921)

1900 - Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)

1902 - Erik Erikson, psychoanalyst (d. 1994)

1906 - Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)

1910 - David Rose, American songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. 1990)

1911 - W.V. Awdry, British children's writer (d. 1997)

1914 - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1984)

1914 - Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999)

1915 - Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1916 - Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)

1917 - John Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1917 - Lash La Rue, American actor (d. 1996)

1918 - Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., owner of the Buffalo Bills

1920 - Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and director (d. 2003)

1921 - Errol Garner, American musician (d. 1977)

1924 - Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)

1926 - Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006)

1930 - Marcel Pronovost, Professional ice hockey player

1932 - Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York

1933 - Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (d. 2005)

1936 - William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate

1937 - Waylon Jennings, American singer (d. 2002)

1938 - Billy Williams, baseball player

1939 - Brian Jacques, British author

1941 - Harry Nilsson, American singer and composer (d. 1994)

1943 - Xaviera Hollander, Dutch author

1943 - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark

1943 - Johnny Hallyday, French singer

1943 - Muff Winwood, British songwriter, producer and bassist (Spencer Davis Group)

1945 - Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator

1946 - Noddy Holder, English singer (Slade)

1946 - Demis Roussos, Greek singer

1947 - John Hoagland, American photographer

1948 - Mike Holmgren, American football coach

1949 - Dusty Baker, baseball player and manager

1949 - Simon Callow, British actor

1949 - Russell Hitchcock, Member of pop duo (Air Supply)

1949 - Jim Varney, American actor (d. 2000)

1951 - Steve Walsh, American rock singer/songwriter (Kansas)

1954 - James Belushi, American actor

1954 - Paul Rusesabagina, Manager of hotel des diplomates during the Rwandan genocide

1958 - Wade Boggs, baseball player

1958 - Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (d. 1982)

1960 - Michèle Laroque, French actress

1961 - Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer

1963 - Helen Hunt, American actress

1964 - Courteney Cox, American actress

1964 - Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer

1967 - Eric Stefani, American musician and animator

1967 - Yuji Ueda, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)

1969 - Ice Cube, American rapper and actor

1969 - Oliver Kahn, German footballer

1970 - Leah Remini, actress

1971 - Edwin Brienen, Dutch director

1972 - Andy Pettitte, baseball player

1973 - Neil Patrick Harris, American actor

1973 - Tore André Flo, Norwegian footballer

1978 - Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer

1980 - Cara Zavaleta, American model

1980 - Mary Carey, American actress

1981 - Billy Martin, American musician

1983 - Julia Fischer, German violinist

1985 - Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud)