The 196th day of the year, the 197th in a leap year
Born on 15 July
Every 15 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 15 July in any year.
Which weekday 15 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 15 July falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 15 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,862 babies were born on 15 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 57th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 15 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rembrandt | 1606–1669 | Dutch painter and printmaker |
| Jacques Derrida | 1930–2004 | French philosopher |
| Walter Benjamin | 1892–1940 | German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic |
| Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946– | Sultan of Brunei since 1967 |
| Vilfredo Pareto | 1848–1923 | Italian economist and sociologist |
| Emmeline Pankhurst | 1858–1928 | English suffragist |
| Forest Whitaker | 1961– | American actor |
| Diane Kruger | 1976– | German actress and model |
| Iris Murdoch | 1919–1999 | Irish-born British writer and philosopher |
| Leon M. Lederman | 1922–2018 | American mathematician and physicist |
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva | 1939– | Portuguese politician |
| Mario Kempes | 1954– | Argentine footballer |
| Jocelyn Bell Burnell | 1943– | British astrophysicist |
| Bertram Brockhouse | 1918–2003 | Canadian physicist |
| Linda Ronstadt | 1946– | American singer |
| Carl Bildt | 1949– | Swedish politician, prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014 |
| John Hopfield | 1933– | American scientist |
| Danilo | 1991– | Brazilian association football player |
Died on 15 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Anton Chekhov | 1860–1904 | Russian dramatist and author |
| Emil Fischer | 1852–1919 | German chemist |
| Martin Landau | 1928–2017 | American actor |
| Vladimir the Great | died 1015 | Grand Prince of Kiev |
| Bonaventure | 1221–1274 | Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, Catholic saint |
| Hugo von Hofmannsthal | 1874–1929 | Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist |
| Gottfried Keller | 1819–1890 | Swiss poet and writer of German literature |
| Rudolf I of Germany | 1218–1291 | count of Habsburg, king of Germany |
| Gianni Versace | 1946–1997 | Italian fashion designer |
| Rosalía de Castro | 1837–1885 | Galician poet and writer |
| John J. Pershing | 1860–1948 | United States Army general in World War I |
| Robert Wadlow | 1918–1940 | American who was the tallest recorded person in history |
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