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15 January 1929

Martin Luther King Jr.

American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

Atlanta, United States of America

15 January 1918

Gamal Abdel Nasser

second president of Egypt (1918-1970)

Alexandria, Egypt

15 January 1809

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

French politician, mutualist philosopher, economist, and socialist (1809-1865)

Besançon, France

15 January 1876

Ibn Saud

founder of Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

15 January 1850

Sofia Kovalevskaya

Russian mathematician

Moscow, Russia

15 January 1908

Edward Teller

Hungarian-American nuclear physicist

Budapest, Hungary

15 January 1958

Boris Tadić

3rd President of Serbia

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

15 January 1902

Nâzım Hikmet

Turkish poet

Thessaloniki, Greece

15 January 1902

Saud of Saudi Arabia

King of Saudi Arabia (1902-1969) (r. 1953-1964)

Kuwait City, Kuwait

15 January 1996

Dove Cameron

American singer and actress

Seattle, United States of America

15 January 1895

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

Finnish chemist and professor

Helsinki, Finland

15 January 1981

Pitbull

American rapper, singer and record producer from Florida

Miami, United States of America

15 January 1791

Franz Grillparzer

Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)

Vienna, Austria

15 January 1988

Skrillex

American musician, DJ, dubstep producer, singer

Los Angeles, United States of America

15 January 1795

Aleksander Griboyedov

Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer

Moscow, Russia

15 January 1994

Eric Dier

English association football player

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

15 January 1947

Martin Chalfie

American scientist

Chicago, United States of America

15 January 1975

Sophie Wilmès

Belgian politician, former deputy prime minister of Belgium

Ixelles - Elsene, Belgium

15 January 1923

Lee Teng-hui

4th President of the Republic of China, 1st Taiwanese president elected by Taiwanese residents

Sanshi village, Taiwan under Japanese rule

15 January 1866

Nathan Söderblom

Swedish clergyman

Trönö, Sweden

15 January 1952

Tatsuhiko Seta

Japanese association football player

Morioka, Japan

15 January 1923

Koji Miyata

Japanese association football player

Japan, Japan

15 January 1991

Marc Bartra

Spanish footballer

Sant Jaume dels Domenys, Spain

15 January 1842

Paul Lafargue

writer, journalist, literary critic and revolutionary; also known for being Karl Marx's son-in-law

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

15 January 1982

Emina Jahović

Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter, actress and model

Novi Pazar, Serbia

15 January 1975

Mary Pierce

French tennis player

Montreal, Canada

15 January 1971

Regina King

American actress and director

Los Angeles, United States of America

15 January 2010

The Book of Eli

2010 post-apocalyptic action film

United States of America

15 January 1863

Wilhelm Marx

German chancellor (1863-1946)

Cologne, Germany

15 January 1918

João Figueiredo

Brazilian politician and general (1918-1999)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

15 January 2007

Ghost Rider

2007 film by Mark Steven Johnson

United States of America, Australia

15 January 1812

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian writer

Christiania, Norway

15 January 1992

Joël Veltman

Dutch association football player

Velsen, Netherlands

15 January 1985

René Adler

German footballer

Leipzig, Germany

15 January 1979

Martin Petrov

Bulgarian footballer

Vratsa, Bulgaria

15 January 1981

El Hadji Diouf

Senegalese footballer

Louga, Senegal

15 January 1869

Stanisław Wyspiański

Polish playwright, painter, poet, and interior designer

Kraków, Poland

15 January 1973

Essam El-Hadary

Egyptian footballer

Damietta, Egypt

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