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• 1915–1973Alan WattsBritish and American writer and lecturerJanuary 6
• 1915–2005Saul BellowAmerican writerJune 10
• 1915–2012Yitzhak ShamirPrime Minister of Israel (1983–1984; 1986–1992)October 22
• 1915–2000Stanley MatthewsEnglish footballerFebruary 1
• 1915–1991Vasily ZaitsevSoviet sniperMarch 23
• 1915–1989Hu YaobangChinese politicianNovember 20
• 1915–1980Roland BarthesFrench philosopher and essayistNovember 12
• 1915–1976Joachim PeiperSS officer and war criminalJanuary 30
• 1915–1947Aung SanBurmese independence activistFebruary 13
• 1915–1985Edmond O'BrienAmerican actorSeptember 10
• 1915–2009Paul SamuelsonAmerican economist and Nobel LaureateMay 15
• 1915–1998Bob KaneAmerican comic book artistOctober 24
• 1915–1967Ann SheridanAmerican actress and singerFebruary 21
• 1915–1973Sister Rosetta TharpeAmerican gospel and rock musicianMarch 20
• 1915–2011Sargent ShriverAmerican diplomat, politician and activistNovember 9
• 1915–2011Harry MorganAmerican actorApril 10
• 1915–1996Jo Van FleetAmerican actressDecember 29
• 1915–2001Fred HoyleEnglish astronomerJune 24
• 1915–2005Israel EpsteinChinese journalistApril 20
• 1915–2011M. F. HusainIndian artistSeptember 17
• 1915–1944Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.American naval aviatorJuly 25
• 1915–2019Herman WoukAmerican writerMay 27
• 1915–1987Lorne GreeneCanadian actorFebruary 12
• 1915–2010Norman WisdomEnglish actor, comedian and singerFebruary 4
• 1915–2003Denis ThatcherEnglish businessmanMay 10
• 1915–1998Alice FayeAmerican actress and singerMay 5
• 1915–1997Sviatoslav RichterSoviet pianistMarch 20
• 1915–2006Ghulam Ishaq KhanPresident of Pakistan from 1988 to 1993January 20
• 1915–2004John RandolphAmerican actorJune 1
• 1915–1994Terence YoungBritish film director and screenwriterJune 20
• 1915–2006John ProfumoBritish politicianJanuary 30
• 1915–1987Peter MedawarBrazilian-British biologistFebruary 28
• 1915–1983John VorsterSouth African politicianDecember 13
• 1915–2014Khushwant SinghIndian writerFebruary 2
• 1915–2002Eddie BrackenAmerican actorFebruary 7
• 1915–1992Willie DixonAmerican blues musicianJuly 1
• 1915–1985Paul CastellanoAmerican crime bossJune 26
• 1915–1988Franz Josef StraussGerman politicianSeptember 6
• 1915–2010Barbara BillingsleyAmerican actressDecember 22
• 1915–2015Charles H. TownesAmerican physicistJuly 28
• 1915–1997Shoichi YokoiJapanese World War II holdoutMarch 31
• 1915–1970William HopperAmerican actorJanuary 26
• 1915–2016Jerome BrunerAmerican psychologist and scholarOctober 1
• 1915–1990Gary MerrillAmerican actorAugust 2
• 1915–2002Alan LomaxAmerican musicologistJanuary 31
• 1915–1991W. Arthur LewisSaint Lucian economist and Nobel laureateJanuary 23
• 1915–2002Abba EbanIsraeli diplomat and politicianFebruary 2
• 1915–1990Robert HofstadterAmerican physicistFebruary 5
• 1915–1967Billy StrayhornAmerican jazz pianist, composer, lyricist, and arrangerNovember 29
• 1915–1989Ewan MacCollBritish folk singer-songwriter and activistJanuary 25
• 1915–2016Takahito, Prince MikasaJapanese princeDecember 2
• 1915–1998Richard HammingAmerican mathematician and information theoristFebruary 11
• 1915–2000Don BudgeAmerican tennis playerJune 13
• 1915–1978Dan DaileyAmerican actor and dancerDecember 14
• 1915–2013Princess Lilian, Duchess of HallandBritish fashion model and Swedish royalAugust 30
• 1915–1995Priscilla LaneAmerican actressJune 12
• 1915–2003Stu HartCanadian professional and amateur wrestler, promoter, and trainerMay 3
• 1915–1978Leigh BrackettAmerican novelist and screenwriterDecember 7
• 1915–1982Fernando LamasArgentine-American actorJanuary 9
• 1915–1977Modibo KeïtaFirst President of Mali from 1960 to 1968June 4