Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of May 15:
1565 Henrick de Keyser architect/master builder of Amsterdam
1567 Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1754 Pierre Dutillieu composer
1759 Maria Theresia von Paradis composer
1764 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer
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
1807 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata composer
1808 Gottfried Herrmann composer
1808 Michael William Balfe composer
1810 Jacob Thompson (Confederacy), died in 1885
1813 Stephen Heller composer
1819 Thomas Leonidas Crittenden Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 Laurence Simmons Baker Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1830 Martinus W van der Aa author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)
1841 Giovanni Bolzoni composer
1845 Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
1855 Eduard earl of Keyserling German writer (Dritte Stiege)
1856 Lyman Frank Baum Chittenango 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)
1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs
1878 Francisco Pujol composer
1880 Otto Dibelius German theologist/bishop (Confessional Church)
1883 Stanley Robert Marchant composer
1888 Jean Wahl French philosopher
1889 Bessie Hillman founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America)
1890 Katherine Anne Porter US, novelist (Ship of Fools)
1891 Chief Nipo T Strongheart Yakima WA, US Indian actor (Pony Soldier)
1891 David Vogel Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven)
1891 Fritz Feigl Austria, chemist (spot tests)
1891 Mikhail Bulgakov Russia, playwright/novelist (Black Snow)
1893 Michel Gusikoff composer
1893 Stanley Lupino English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes)
1894 Jean Renoir French director (La Béte Humane) [or Sept 15]
1895 Charles Lamont San Fransisco CA, director (Abbott & Costello Go to Mars)
1897 Casper Höweler Dutch music critic
1898 Arlette-Leonie Arletty [Bathiat], Courbevoie France, actress (Maxime)
19-- Jim Phipps rock drummer (Every Mother's Nightmare-Hard to Hold)
1902 Richard J Daley (Mayor-D-Chicago)
1903 Anny Ondra Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman)
1904 Clifton Fadiman Brooklyn NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)
1904 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein Sweden, equest dressage (Olympics-gold-1952, 56)
1905 Joseph Cotten Petersburg VA, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse)
1907 Josef Alexander composer
1907 Phillip Piratin communist
1908 Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)
1909 James Mason England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
1909 Rodolfo Cornejo composer
1910 Constance [Halverstadt] Cummings Seattle WA, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour)
1910 Robert F Wagner (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65)
1911 Leo Fuchs Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy)
1911 Max Frisch Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann)
1912 Alexis Kagame Rwanda, priest/writer
1912 Alexis Nihon Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
1912 Arthur Victor Berger New York NY, composer (Ideas of Order)
1914 Jack Pepys immunologist
1914 Pierre Froidebise composer
1915 Maurice B Latey commentator (BBC World Service)
1915 Paul A Samuelson economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal)
1916 Bill Williams Brooklyn NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels)
1917 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus filmmaker/naturalist
1918 Eddy Arnold Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime)
1918 Joseph Wiseman Montréal, actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables)
1919 Charles Palmer cricketer (one Test 1955, later MCC president)
1920 Hugh Henry Home Popham aviator/writer/poet
1921 Erroll Garner Pittsburgh PA, jazz pianist (Misty)
1922 Enrico Berlinguer Italian communist/secretary-general (CPI)
1923 Richard Avedon US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)
1924 Andrea Gyarmati Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60)
1924 Don Kenyon cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55)
1924 Jaime Garcia Terre poet/essayist
1924 Ursula Thiess Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano)
1925 Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay composer
1925 Emmanuel Ghent composer
1925 Jos Jacobs Flemish director (Madonna of Nedermunster)
1926 Anthony Shaffer twin brother playwright (Sleuth)
1926 Clermont Pepin composer
1926 Peter Shaffer twin brother playwright (5 Finger Exercise, Equus)
1929 Jack Flavell cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
1929 Peggy Pope Montclair NJ, actress (Billy, Mrs David-Soap)
1930 Jasper Johns Augusta GA, painter/sculptor (Green Target)
1931 David Healy actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest)
1931 F Korthals Altes Dutch minister of Justice (VVD)
1932 John Glen Thames England, actor (Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire)
1934 David Robin Francis Guy Greville 8th Duke of Warwick
1935 Ted Dexter cricketer (in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's)
1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti Italy, actress/singer (Cinderfella)
1936 Donald [Anthony] Moffitt US, sci-fi author (Jupiter Theft)
1936 Jean Balissat composer
1936 Paul Zindel playwright (Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds)
1937 Trini Lopez Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer)
1938 Lenny Welch Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do)
1939 Brian Hartley mathematician
1940 Beth Stone LPGA golfer
1940 Mireille Darc Toulon France, actor (Week End, Hurried Man)
1940 Paul Rudd Boston MA, actor (Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court)
1941 Cyril Cooray cricketer (Sri Lankan Test umpire on international panel)
1941 K T Oslin Crossett AR, country singer (80's Ladies)
1941 Lainie Kazan Brooklyn NY, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust, Beaches)
1941 Richard Edward Wilson composer
1942 Anthony Wayne England Indianapolis IN, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-F)
1943 Harve Brosten comedy writer/producer/director (All in the Family)
1944 Gunilla Hutton Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)
1944 Miruts Yifter Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner (Olympics-gold-1980)
1944 Tich rocker
1946 Chazz Palminteri Bronx NY, actor (Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale)
1947 Graham Goble Adelaide Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band)
1948 Brian Eno Woodbridge England, rock keyboardist/singer (On Land)
1949 Eric J Beekes actor/singer (Hunk)
1949 Frank L Culbertson Jr Charleston SC, Commander USN/astronaut (STS-38)
1949 Wendy Pritchard Australian women's field hockey team manager (Olympics-96)
1951 Dennis Frederiksen rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1952 Rick Waits baseball pitcher (Rangers, Indians, Twins)
1953 George Brett Wheeling WV, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman (1980 American League MVP)
1953 Mike Oldfield England, composer (Tubular Bells)
1954 Andrea Gyarmati Hungary, water polo player (Olympics-1948-60)
1954 Bob Beauchemin Winnipeg Canada, golfer (West Coast Open-1982, 83)
1955 Lee Horsley Muleshoe TX, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston)
1956 Alice Miller Marysville CA, LPGA golfer (1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1959 Andrew Eldritch rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1961 Anne Kelly LPGA golfer
1963 George Heidweiler Suriname, Dutch painter
1963 Grant Herslov Los Angeles CA, actor (Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof)
1964 Pamela Dukes Bronx NY, discus thrower
1964 Pierre Trentin France, 1K time trials (Olympics-gold-1968)
1965 Dan Stryzinski NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)
1965 Glen Hnatiuk Selkirk Manitoba, Nike golfer (1992 Mississippi Gulf)
1965 Jeff Rochlin Brooklyn NY, actor (Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps)
1966 Paul Ysebaert Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1967 John Smoltz Detroit MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young)
1967 Omar Vizquel Caracas Venezuela, shortstop (Seattle Mariners, Indians)
1968 James "Jim" Neil Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
1968 Leroy Hoard NFL running back (Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings)
1968 Todd Porter Montclair NJ, actor (Hamilton-Whiz Kids)
1969 Emmitt Smith running back (Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader)
1969 Holly McPeak Manhattan Beach CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 Artie Smith NFL defensive end (Cincinnati Bengals)
1970 Cory Philpot CFL running back (British Columbia Lions)
1970 Desmond Howard NFL receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders)
1970 Frank de Boer Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
1970 Keith Tower NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers)
1970 Prince Be rapper (PM Dawn)
1970 Rod Smith NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1970 Ronald de Boer Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1970 Tony Brown NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 Scott Shipley Bremerton WA, slalom single kayak (Olympics-96)
1972 David Charvet actor (Melrose Place)
1972 Patrick Pothuizen soccer player (Vitesse)
1972 Tirrell Greene WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 Troy Drake NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 Suzannah Bianco San Jose CA, synchronized swimmer (alternate-Olympics-96)
1973 Vic"Tori"a Davey Spelling Los Angeles CA, actress (Donna-Beverly Hills 90210)
1974 A J Hinch Wavely IA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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)
1976 Eric DuBose Bradenton FL, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1978 Amy Chow San Jose CA, gymnast (Olympics-gold/silver-96)
1978 David Krumholtz New York NY, actor (Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons)
1978 Krissy Taylor model
1981 Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips daughter of Princess Anne-10th in succession to British throne
Deaths which occurred on May 15:
0392 Valentinianus II emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
0884 Marinus I [Martinus II] Pope (882-84), dies
1174 Nur ad-Din Mahmud King of Syria, dies
1470 Charles VIII Knutsson Bonde, king of Sweden (14??-70), dies
1482 Paolo Toscanelli Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
1591 Dimitri Ivanovitch Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9
1621 Henrick de Keyser Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56
1622 Peter Plancius Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69
1685 Henri Otto Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
1746 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, dies at 67
1761 Jacob Mossel Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56
1785 Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at 29
1801 Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian diplomat, dies at 73
1821 John Wall Calcott composer, dies at 54
1822 Christian Ludwig Dieter composer, dies at 64
1823 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, dies at 69
1824 Alexander Campbell composer, dies at 60
1832 Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, dies at 73
1833 Edmund Kean English actor (Shylock), dies at 46
1842 Emanuel Count de las Cases French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76
1845 Samuel I Wiselius Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
1855 Jan Mazereeuw Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75
1872 Thomas Hastings composer, dies at 87
1873 Alexander J Cuza monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53
1886 Emily Dickinson US poet, dies at 55
1889 Alfred Potocki premier Austrian/Governor/Viceroy of Galicia, dies
1892 Arthur Hodister British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
1895 Joseph Whitaker British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75
1899 Francisque Sarcey French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70
1924 Paul d'Estornelles de Constant French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
1926 Mohammed VI Vahideddin last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
1932 Ki Inukai premier Japan (1931-32), murdered
1933 Ernest Torrence actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54
1940 Joseph Limburg liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75
1940 Willem A Bonger Dutch criminologist (Race & Crime), suicide at 63
1945 Major Courtney US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
1952 Albert Basserman actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84
1952 Italo Montemezzi composer, dies at 76
1958 Michael G the Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
1959 Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
1964 Cornelis H Edelman Dutch geologist, dies at 61
1965 Adrian Schoevers Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
1967 Edward Hopper US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
1967 Jaromir Fiala composer, dies at 74
1972 Nigel Green actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47
1973 Willem H Rassers Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95
1976 Samuel Eliot Morison US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88
1984 Lionel Charles Robbins British economist, dies at 85
1985 Jackie Curtis playwright/actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
1986 Theodore H White US journalist (Making of President, Pulitzer), dies at 71
1987 John Baur museum director, dies at 78
1987 Wynne Gibson actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies
1988 Andrew Duggan actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64
1988 Greta Nissen actress (Ambassador Bill), dies
1989 John Waldo Green composer, dies at 80
1991 Bud Freeman jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84
1991 Freddie Paris dies
1991 Reno Brown dies
1991 Ronald Lacey actor (Raiders of Lost Ark, Next Victim), dies at 55
1992 Bruce Hopkins performer/director, dies at 44
1992 Robert Morris Page US physicist (radar), dies at 88
1994 [Henry] John Baker resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79
1994 Frederik baron van Pallandt Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61
1994 Gilbert Roland Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88
1994 Ronnie Potsdammer singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71
1994 Royal Dano actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
1995 Edouard Dermit actor (Testament of Orpheus), dies at 69
1995 Eric Richard Porter actor (Crucible, Hennessy), dies at 67
1995 Johnny Van Derrick jazz violinist, dies at 68
1995 Perry Lederman folk singer, dies at 52
1996 George M Tindley songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1961 MC MORROW JOHN P. 08/17/62 RELEASED
1961 SHORE EDWARD R. JR. 08/15/62 RELEASED AIR AMERICA PILOT
1961 WOLFKILL GRANT 08/17/62 RELEASED AIR AMERICA NBC REPORTER? ALIVE 98 H34 PASSENGER ONLY
1966 BALCOM RALPH C. SEATTLE WA NEGATIVE SAR CONTACT
1966 JENSEN GEORGE W. SEATTLE WA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 MADISON WILLIAM L. LEXINGTON KY NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 MC KENNEY KENNETH D. AUBURN MA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 PRESTON JAMES A. BOWDEN GA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED - DISPUTED 12/13/99
1966 REILLY LAVERN G. ST PAUL MN NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 TAPP MARSHALL L. LOS ANGELES CA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 THOMPSON GEORGE W. BECKLEY WV NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 WILLIAMS JAMES E. OXFORD MS NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1967 HEILIGER DONALD L. MADISON WI 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 HILL CHARLES DALE ROLLA MO
1967 POLLARD BEN M. SHELBYVILLE KY 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1975 BENEDETT DANIEL A. AUBURN KING WA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 BLESSING LYNN LANCASTER PA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS ID 05/08/00
1975 BOYD WALTER NORFOLK VA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
1975 COPENHAVER GREGORY S. PORT DEPOSIT MD 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
1975 GAUSE BERNARD JR. BIRMINGHAM AL 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS 06/22/00
1975 GARCIA ANDRES CARLSBAD NM 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
1975 HALL GARY L. COVINGTON KY 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 HARGROVE JOSEPH N. MT OLIVE NC 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 JACQUES JAMES J. DENVER CO 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 LONEY ASHTON N. ALBANY NY 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 MARSHALL DANNY G. WAVERLY WV 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 MANNING RONALD J. TORONTO OH 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 06/22/00
1975 MAXWELL JAMES R. CENTER RIDGE AR 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 RIVENBURGH RICHARD W. SAN DIEGO CA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 RUMBAUGH ELWOOD E. SPANGLER PA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 SANDOVAL ANTONIO R. SAN ANTONIO TX 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
1975 TURNER KELTON R. LOS ANGELES CA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS ID'D 05/17/00
1975 VAN DE GEER RICHARD COLUMBUS OH 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REAMINS IDENTIFIED 06/22/00
1979 RAPP JEFF 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
1979 SMITH EMMETT Q. 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
1979 SMITH KAREN 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V