What the data says
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every December birthday · battle December 15 against another date · all rankings
Who shares December 15
Share of the 47 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Actor
1979 · United States
Adam Jared Brody is an American actor. His breakout role was as Seth Cohen on the Fox television series The O.C. (2003–2007).
Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1949 · United States
Don Wayne Johnson is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, for which he won a Golden Globe, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Peter Kudlacz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1852–1908 · France
Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French experimental physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.
Paul Nadar / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Author
1916–2004 · United Kingdom
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins was a New Zealand-born British biophysicist and Nobel laureate whose research spanned multiple areas of physics and biophysics, contributing to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1860–1904 · Kingdom of Denmark
Niels Ryberg Finsen was a physician and scientist.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1981 · United Kingdom
Michelle Suzanne Dockery is an English actress, best known for starring as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Vbrunophotog, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur
1954 · United States
Mark Robert Warner is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Virginia, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Warner served as the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006.
U.S. Senator Mark Warner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1892–1976 · United States
Jean Paul Getty Sr. was an American petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the longtime patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of pioneer oilman George Getty. In 1957, Fortune magazine named J.
Publication:Los Angeles Daily News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1832–1923 · France
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Métiers, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit Viaduct.
Nadar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1951 · Russia
Arkady Romanovich Rotenberg is a Russian billionaire businessman and oligarch. With his brother Boris Rotenberg, he was co-owner of the Stroygazmontazh, the largest construction company for gas pipelines and electrical power supply lines in Russia.
Администрация Президента России, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1846–1918 · Spain
Eusebi Güell Bacigalupi, 1st Count of Güell, also referred as Eusebio Güell, was a Spanish entrepreneur who profited greatly from the industrial revolution in Catalonia in the late 19th century.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1938 · Paraguay
Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti is a Paraguayan former politician and engineer who was the 44th president of Paraguay from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the Colorado Party, and the country's first freely elected president, as well as the first civilian president in 39 years.
Jonathan Padwe, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
December 15 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Actor
1982 · United States
Charles Thomas Cox is an English actor. He is known for portraying Matt Murdock / Daredevil in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2015, including in the television series Daredevil (2015–2018) and Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present).
GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1992 · United Kingdom
Jesse Ellis Lingard is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Corinthians.
Explicit, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1933–2019 · United States
Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway was an American comedian, actor, writer, and director.
Alex Erde, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1996 · Ukraine
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder. Currently a free agent, he last played for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Ukraine national team.
Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1986 · Spain
Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa, known as Keylor Navas, is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Liga MX club Pumas UNAM and the Costa Rica national team.
Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1972 · South Korea
Lee Jung-jae is a South Korean actor, filmmaker, and businessman.
K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1970 · Canada
Michael Garrett Shanks is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and as Dr. Charles Harris in the Canadian medical drama Saving Hope.
Le Commissaire, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1923–2020 · United States
Freeman John Dyson was a British-American theoretical physicist and mathematician who worked in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering.
ioerror, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1988 · France
Steven Nkemboanza Mike Christopher Nzonzi is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 2 club Dunkerque.
Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1907–2012 · Brazil
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.
Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1859–1917 · Russian Empire
L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917) was the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1984 · Slovakia
Martin Škrtel is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is currently the sporting director of Slovak First League club Spartak Trnava.
Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1928–2000 · Austria
Friedrich Stowasser, better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser, was an Austrian visual artist, architect and activist.
Creator
1930–2024 · Ireland
Josephine Edna O'Brien was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer.
Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1992 · Brazil
Alex Nicolao Telles is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo and the Brazil national team.
Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1952 · Kingdom of Denmark
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a Danish former footballer and manager. He most prominently played as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona in Spain, winning the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup.
Panini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1981 · Russia
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He works as a forwards coach with Rodina-2 Moscow.
Дмитрий Голубович, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1923–2002 · Germany
Uziel "Uzi" Gal was a German-born Israeli firearm designer who invented and became the eponym of the Uzi submachine gun.
Fritz Cohen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1478–1529 · Duchy of Milan
Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
Raphael, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1934–2022 · Belarus
Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1991 to 1994.
Saligorsk.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1802–1860 · Austrian Empire
János Bolyai or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry.
Halmágyi Zsolt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1870–1956 · United States
Josef Hoffmann was an Austrian-Moravian architect and designer. He was among the founders of Vienna Secession and co-establisher of the Wiener Werkstätte.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1879–1958 · Hungary
Rudolf (von) Laban, also known as Rudolph von Laban, was an Austro-Hungarian dance artist, choreographer, and movement theorist. He is considered a "founding father of expressionist dance" and a pioneer of modern dance.
AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1971 · Turkey
Muhammed Necati Şaşmaz is a Turkish actor, best known for playing the lead role of Polat Alemdar in the popular television series Kurtlar Vadisi and its movie spin-offs, including Kurtlar Vadisi Irak.
Indian cricketer
1999 · India
Digvesh Singh Rathi is an Indian cricketer, who plays as a leg break bowler. He plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.
Entrepreneur
1923–2025 · United States
Marian "Cindy" Pritzker was an American philanthropist. She headed the Chicago Public Library board and co-founded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. As the wife of Jay Pritzker, the co-founder of Hyatt Hotels, she was the matriarch of the Pritzker family.
Athlete
1983 · Slovenia
Zlatan Ljubijankić is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a forward.
Russia_vs_Slovenia_World_Cup_2010_Qualification,_2009-11-14_(05).jpg: Новикова Юлия derivative work: Sporti, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1987 · Japan
Yōsuke Kashiwagi is a Japanese former footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Entrepreneur
1962 · India
Pankaj M Munjal is an Indian businessman, and chairman and managing director of Hero Cycles Limited, based in Punjab, India, taking over the company from his father in 2015.
Murli.rk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1961–2018 · People's Republic of China
Wang Jian was a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. Together with Chen Feng, he was co-founder and co-chairman of Hainan Airlines and the conglomerate HNA Group, with assets worth US$230 billion as of 2018.
This page lists 47 people born on December 15, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. No one here has a sourced net-worth estimate yet, so no wealth figures are shown. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on December 15. Read the full methodology.
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