What the data says
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every February birthday · battle February 15 against another date · all rankings
Who shares February 15
Share of the 53 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
Entrepreneur
1951 · United States
Jane Seymour is a British actress. After making her screen debut as an uncredited teenage extra in the 1969 musical comedy Oh!
Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1995 · United States
Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actress. She gained recognition when videos of her freestyling went viral on social media, leading her to sign with 1501 Certified Entertainment in 2018.
ADWEEK, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Politician
1845–1937 · United States
Elihu Root was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary of State, also under Roosevelt.
George Prince, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1873–1964 · Sweden
Hans Karl August Simon Euler-Chelpin, since 28 July 1884 von Euler-Chelpin, was a German-born Swedish biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes.
Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1861–1938 · Switzerland
Charles-Édouard Guillaume was a Swiss physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 "for the service he had rendered to precision measurements in physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys."
Auguste Léon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1964–1997 · United States
Christopher Crosby Farley was an American actor and comedian. Farley was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for five seasons, from 1990 to 1995.
Builders
Entrepreneur
1965 · The Gambia
Adama Barrow is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has served as third president of the Gambia since 2017. A member of the National People's Party (NPP), he has served as the party's president since its creation in 2019.
Марсель Бадышкин, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1969 · United States
Bryan Christopher Williams, better known by his stage names Birdman and Baby, is an American rapper and record executive. He is the public face of Cash Money Records, a record label he co-founded with his older brother, Ronald "Slim" Williams, in 1991.
Cole Lundstrom for Chicks With Guns Magazine, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1974 · United States
Omarosa Onee Newman, known as Omarosa, is an American reality television star, author, former political consultant and White House aide. She held White House staff roles during the presidential terms of Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1944 · India
Nusli Neville Wadia is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of the Wadia Group, a conglomerate with interests in textiles, aviation, chemicals, and real estate.
Forbes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1962 · Thailand
Srettha Thavisin is a Thai businessman and former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Thailand from 2023 until his removal from office in 2024.
首相官邸ホームページ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · HEAD
1962 · Sweden
Johan Eliasch is a Swedish-British businessman, investor, sports administrator and environmentalist. He was the chief executive of Head, a sporting goods company, from 1995 to 2021, and is now its chairman.
Vlada Republike Slovenije from Ljubljana, Slovenia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
February 15 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Actor
1954 · United States
Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist and animator. He is the creator of the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama, and Disenchantment (2018–2023), as well as the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012).
PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Explorer
1874–1922 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Nadar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1890–1945 · Germany
Robert Ley was a German Nazi politician and head of the German Labour Front during its entire existence, from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Nazi Party, including Gauleiter, Reichsleiter and Reichsorganisationsleiter.
Author
1820–1906 · United States
Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1971 · United States
Alexandrea Borstein is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer best known as Lois Griffin in Family Guy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award, and Susie Myerson in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), which won her two Primetime Emmy Awards.
File:Alex Borstein by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg: Gage Skidmore derivative work: Begoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1907–1994 · United States
César Julio Romero Jr. was an American actor. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years.
Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1748–1832 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
Henry William Pickersgill, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1931 · United Kingdom
Patricia Claire Bloom is an English actress. She is known for leading roles on stage and screen and has received two BAFTA Awards, an Emmy award and a Drama Desk Award, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award.
MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1861–1947 · United Kingdom
Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician and philosopher. He created the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which has been applied in a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology.
unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1986 · United States
Amber Patrice Riley, sometimes known mononymously as Riley, is an American actress, singer and songwriter.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Explorer
1935–1967 · United States
Roger Bruce Chaffee was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program.
NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1988 · Portugal
Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1898–1997 · Malawi
Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian politician who served as the leader of Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He served as Prime Minister from independence in 1964 to 1966, when Malawi was a Dominion/Commonwealth realm.
National Archives of Malawi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1988 · Argentina
Alejandro Darío "Papu" Gómez Villaverde is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward, left winger or attacking midfielder for Serie B club Padova.
jmmuguerza, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1947 · United States
John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, many of which center around historical events.
The original uploader was Macror at English Wikipedia. (Original text: Deborah O'Grady), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1905–1986 · United States
Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide.
Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1823–1901 · Qing dynasty
Li Hongzhang, Marquis Suyi was a Chinese statesman of the late Qing dynasty. He held important positions in the Qing government, including the Viceroy of Zhili, Huguang and Liangguang.
Russell & Sons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1899–1985 · United States
Gale Sondergaard was an American actress.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1803–1880 · United States
John Augustus Sutter, born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1934–2024 · Switzerland
Niklaus Emil Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering.
Actor
1898–1967 · Italy
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio, best known by his stage name Totò, or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il principe della risata, was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1811–1888 · Argentina
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the Generation of 1837, who had a great influence on 19th-century Argentina.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1984 · Poland
Dorota Aqualiteja Rabczewska, known professionally as Doda, is a Polish singer-songwriter, producer, actress and television personality. A three-time MTV Europe Music Award winner, she is one of the most-awarded Polish music artists.
Wojciech Pędzich, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1906–1944 · Soviet Union
Musa Cälil was a Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter during World War II.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1861–1947 · United Kingdom
Sir Halford John Mackinder was a British geographer, academic and politician, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics and geostrategy. He is considered to have introduced the terms "manpower" and "heartland" into the English language.
Entrepreneur · International Harvester · automotive
1809–1884 · United States
Cyrus Hall McCormick was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902.
Cyrus_McCormick_engraving.jpg: George Smillie[1] derivative work: — raeky (talk | edits), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · Steinway & Sons · manufacturing
1797–1871 · German Empire
Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, anglicized name Henry Engelhard Steinway, was a German-American piano maker. He was the founder of the piano company Steinway & Sons.
Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1884–1961 · United States
Alfred Carlton Gilbert was an American inventor, athlete, magician, toy maker and businessman. As the founder of A. C. Gilbert Company, Gilbert was known for inventing the Erector Set and American Flyer Trains.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1817–1878 · France
Charles-François Daubigny was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Investor
1762–1829 · Kingdom of Great Britain
Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish surgeon, surveyor and botanist who made significant contributions as a geographer and zoologist while living in India.
This page lists 53 people born on February 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 February 15. Read the full methodology.
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