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March 15 in recent years

March 15 is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 291 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 2022 – The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1493 – Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (d. 1567)
  • 1516 – Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (d. 1550)
  • 1582Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (d. 1645)
  • 1591 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary (d. 1660)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1904George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979)
  • 1904 – J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor (d. 1985)
  • 1905 – Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (d. 1944)
  • 1907Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
  • 1912 – Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979)
  • 1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
  • 1913 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
  • 1913 – Jack Fairman, English race car driver (d. 2002)
  • 1916 – Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009)
  • 1916 – Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, President of Kosovo (d. 2001)
  • 1916 – Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (d. 1983)
  • 1918 – Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (d. 1987)
  • 1918 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
  • 1919 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002)
  • 1920E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
  • 1921 – Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1926 – Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (d. 2019)
  • 1926 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
  • 1927 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
  • 1927 – Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
  • 1928Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist (d. 2019)
  • 1930Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
  • 1932Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (d. 2018)
  • 1932 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer (d. 2006)
  • 1933Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020)
  • 1933 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1934 – Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (d. 2006)
  • 1935Judd Hirsch, American actor
  • 1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host
  • 1936 – Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986)
  • 1937Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (d. 2015)
  • 1939Ted Kaufman, American politician
  • 1939 – Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 2016)
  • 1939 – Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (d. 1986)
  • 1940Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 2019)
  • 1940 – Phil Lesh, American bassist
  • 1941Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1943David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1943 – Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author
  • 1943 – Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop (d. 2014)
  • 1943 – Sly Stone, American musician and record producer
  • 1944 – Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner
  • 1944 – Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter
  • 1944 – Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
  • 1946Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
  • 1946 – John Dempsey, English-Irish footballer and manager
  • 1947Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1948 – Kate Bornstein, American author and activist
  • 1948 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
  • 1951 – David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English politician
  • 1953Frances Conroy, American actress
  • 1954 – Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and actress
  • 1954 – Henry Marsh, American runner and businessman
  • 1954 – Craig Wasson, American actor
  • 1955 – Mickey Hatcher, American baseball player and coach
  • 1955 – Mohsin Khan, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter
  • 1957 – Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor
  • 1957 – Park Overall, American actress and activist
  • 1959Harold Baines, American baseball player
  • 1959 – Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer
  • 1959 – Fabio Lanzoni, Italian-American model and actor
  • 1959 – Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author
  • 1959 – Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player
  • 1960 – Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player
  • 1961Terry Cummings, American basketball player
  • 1962Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter
  • 1963Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality
  • 1964Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1965 – Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic
  • 1966 – Chris Bruno, American actor
  • 1967Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist and creator of Sailor Moon
  • 1968 – Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
  • 1968 – Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter
  • 1968 – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter
  • 1969 – Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer
  • 1969 – Kim Raver, American actress
  • 1969 – Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey
  • 1970 – Derek Parra, American speed skater
  • 1971 – Joanne Wise, English long jumper
  • 1972Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1972 – Holger Stromberg, German chef
  • 1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach
  • 1974 – Robert Fick, American baseball player
  • 1975Eva Longoria, American actress
  • 1975 – Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975 – will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 1976 – Cara Pifko, Canadian actress
  • 1977 – Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist
  • 1977 – Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor
  • 1977 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian military officer (d. 2008)
  • 1978Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
  • 1979 – Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1979 – Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player
  • 1980Freddie Bynum, American baseball player
  • 1981Young Buck, American rapper
  • 1981 – Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballer
  • 1981 – Jens Salumäe, Estonian skier
  • 1982 – Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Kenyan runner
  • 1983Umut Bulut, Turkish footballer
  • 1983 – Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketer
  • 1983 – Kostas Kaimakoglou, Greek basketball player
  • 1983 – Golda Marcus, Salvadoran swimmer
  • 1983 – Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer
  • 1983 – Yo Yo Honey Singh, Indian rapper, producer, and actor
  • 1984 – Badradine Belloumou, French-Algerian footballer
  • 1984 – Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater
  • 1984 – Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player
  • 1985 – Eva Amurri, American actress
  • 1985 – Jon Jay, American baseball player and coach
  • 1985 – Kellan Lutz, American actor and model
  • 1986Jai Courtney, Australian actor
  • 1986 – Jannik Hansen, Danish ice hockey player
  • 1987 – Eric Decker, American football player
  • 1988 – Lil Dicky, American rapper, comedian, and actor
  • 1988 – Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer
  • 1988 – James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1989 – Sam Baldock, English footballer
  • 1989 – Gil Roberts, American sprinter
  • 1989 – Sandro, Brazilian footballer
  • 1989 – Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer
  • 1989 – Caitlin Wachs, American actress
  • 1990 – Nick Ahmed, American baseball player
  • 1990 – Tavon Austin, American football player
  • 1990 – JD McDonagh, Irish professional wrestler
  • 1991Xavier Henry, American basketball player
  • 1991 – Trayce Thompson, American baseball player
  • 1992 – Devonta Freeman, American football player
  • 1993Alia Bhatt, British actress
  • 1993 – Michael Fulmer, American baseball player
  • 1993 – Taylor Heinicke, American football player
  • 1993 – Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player
  • 1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballer
  • 1993 – Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1994 – Matt Gay, American football player
  • 1995Jabari Parker, American basketball player
  • 1996 – Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler
  • 1996 – Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter
  • 2000Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter
  • 2001Ellie Leach, English actress
  • 2003 – Quinn Ewers, American football player
  • 2004 – Isaiah Bond, American football player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1921 – Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
  • 1927Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
  • 1937H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
  • 1941Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
  • 1942Rachel Field, American author and poet (b. 1894)
  • 1948 – Imanuel Lauster, German engineer (b. 1873)
  • 1959Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)
  • 1962Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
  • 1966Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
  • 1969 – Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)
  • 1970Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
  • 1975Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)
  • 1977 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)
  • 1977 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921)
  • 1981René Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
  • 1983Rebecca West, English author and critic (b. 1892)
  • 1988 – Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1921)
  • 1990 – Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958)
  • 1990 – Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
  • 1991 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)
  • 1997 – Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)
  • 1997 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1906)
  • 1998Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (b. 1903)
  • 2001Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
  • 2003 – Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911)
  • 2003 – Paul Stojanovich, American television producer, created World's Wildest Police Videos (b. 1955)
  • 2004 – Philippe Lemaire, French actor (b. 1927)
  • 2004 – Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (b. 1910)
  • 2004 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
  • 2005 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player (b. 1923)
  • 2006 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
  • 2006 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (b. 1918)
  • 2007 – Charles Harrelson, American murderer (b. 1938)
  • 2007 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (b. 1927)
  • 2008 – Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1954)
  • 2008 – G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (b. 1956)
  • 2008 – Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a pilot's license. (b. 1914)
  • 2009 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)
  • 2010 – Kazim al-Samawi, Iraqi poet (b. 1925)
  • 2011Nate Dogg, American rapper (b. 1969)
  • 2011 – Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (b. 1963)
  • 2012 – Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (b. 1946)
  • 2012 – Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
  • 2013Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, Governor of Washington (b. 1936)
  • 2013 – Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (b. 1935)
  • 2013 – Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (b. 1963)
  • 2013 – Peter Worsley, English sociologist (b. 1924)
  • 2014 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (b. 1949)
  • 2014 – David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936)
  • 2014 – Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927)
  • 2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947)
  • 2015 – Collins Chabane, South African politician (b. 1960)
  • 2015 – Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928)
  • 2015 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928)
  • 2015 – Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937)
  • 2015 – Mike Porcaro, American bass player (b. 1955)
  • 2016Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (b. 1927)
  • 2016 – Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (b. 1921)
  • 2016 – Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978)
  • 2019 – Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (b. 1948)
  • 2020Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (b. 1927)
  • 2022 – Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (b. 1935)

Holidays and observances

  • Ancient Roman religious observance:
  • Christian feast day:
  • Constitution Day (Belarus)
  • International Day To Combat Islamophobia
  • Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday (Liberia)
  • National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary)
  • World Consumer Rights Day (International)
  • Youth Day (Palau)

See also

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