15 July: today's birthdays

• Rudolf Arnheim - German writer, historian and psychologist
• Enriqueta Basilio - Mexican athlete
• Jocelyn Bell - English astrophysicist
• Walter Benjamin - German writer and philosopher
• Clive Cussler - American author and marine archaeologist. He writes adventure and thriller novels. He created the fictional character Dirk Pitt, who appeared for the first time in the book Pacific Vortex!
• Jacques Derrida - French philosopher born in Algeria
• William Dieterle - German-born American film director
• John Dolmayan - Lebanese-born American songwriter and drummer of Armenian descent. Drummer of the System of a Down
• Amanda Foreman - American actress
• Damian Lillard - American basketball player who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA.
• Vincent Lindon - French actor. He starred in The Measure of a Man (La Loi du marché)
• Clement Clarke Moore - American professor of Greek and Eastern Europe literature and writer
• ​Pier Alessandro Paravia - Italian scholar and translator
• Graziano Pellè - Italian professional footballer
• Rembrandt - Dutch painter and etcher, born Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. He is the most important artist in Holland
• Nur Mohammad Taraki - Afghan politician
• Forest Whitaker - American actor and film director, born Forest Steven Whitaker. He won an Oscar for Best Actor in 2007 for his role as President of Uganda Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland.
• Carl Woese - American microbiologist and biophysicist, born Carl Richard Woese.