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Birthdays of Personalities on May 15

1565 : Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam
1773 : Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince
1791 : Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
1795 : Adolf B Marx, German music theorist
1802 : Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1810 : Jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885
1819 : Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 : Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1830 : Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)
1845 : Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
1855 : Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)
1855 : Graf Keyserling, writer
1856 : Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
1859 : Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
1860 : Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson
1862 : Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
1865 : Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion)
1880 : Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop (Confessional Church)
1888 : Jean Wahl, French philosopher
1889 : Bessie Hillman, founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America)
1890 : Katherine Anne Porter, US, novelist (Ship of Fools)
1891 : David Vogel, Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven)
1891 : Fritz Feigl, Austria, chemist (spot tests)
1891 : Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist (Black Snow)
1893 : Stanley Lupino, English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes)
1897 : Casper H”weler, Dutch music critic
xxxx : Jim Phipps, rock drummer (Every Mother's Nightmare-Hard to Hold)
1902 : Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chic)
1904 : Clifton Fadiman, Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)
1904 : Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein, Sweden, equest dressage (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
1907 : Phillip Piratin, communist
1910 : Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65) [or Apr 20]
1911 : Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann)
1912 : Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer
1914 : Jack Pepys, immunologist
1915 : Maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service)
1915 : Paul A Samuelson, economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal)
1917 : Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist
1920 : Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet
1922 : Enrico Berlinguer, Italian communist/sec-gen (CPI) [or May 25]
1923 : Richard Avedon, US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)
1924 : Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist
1926 : Anthony Shaffer, twin brother playwright (Sleuth)
1926 : Peter Shaffer, twin brother playwright (5 Finger Exercise, Equus)
1930 : Jasper Johns, Augusta, Ga, painter/sculptor (Green Target)
1931 : F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice (VVD)
1934 : David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick
1936 : Donald [Anthony] Moffitt, US, sci-fi author (Jupiter Theft)
1936 : Paul Zindel, playwright (Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds)
1938 : Lenny Welch, Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do)
1939 : Brian Hartley, mathematician
1942 : Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-F)
1944 : Tich, rocker
1947 : Graham Goble, Adelaide,Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band)
1949 : Frank L Culbertson Jr, Charleston SC, Cmdr USN/astro (STS-38)
1951 : Dennis Frederiksen, rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1953 : George Brett, WV, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP)
1959 : Andrew Eldritch, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1963 : George Heidweiler, Suriname, Dutch painter
1964 : Pamela Dukes, Bronx NY, discus thrower
1967 : John Smoltz, Detroit MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young)
1967 : Omar Vizquel, Caracas Venezuela, shortstop (Seattle Mariners, Indians)
1970 : Cory Philpot, CFL running back (BC Lions)
1970 : Frank de Boer, Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
1970 : Prince Be, rapper (PM Dawn)
1970 : Ronald de Boer, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1972 : Patrick Pothuizen, soccer player (Vitesse)
1974 : Addilson dos Santos, soccer player (Sparta)
1974 : Ahmet Rodan Zappa, son of Frank/rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV)
1975 : Ray Lewis, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
1981 : Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne

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