The 288th day of the year, the 289th in a leap year
Born on 15 October
Every 15 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Thursday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 15 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 15 October falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Thursday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 15 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,836 babies were born on 15 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 111th 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Nietzsche | 1844–1900 | German philosopher |
| Virgil | 70–19 BC | Roman poet (1st century BC) |
| Akbar | 1542–1605 | Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605 |
| Mikhail Lermontov | 1814–1841 | Russian writer, poet and painter |
| Michel Foucault | 1926–1984 | French philosopher |
| Mesut Özil | 1988– | Turkish-German association football player |
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 1931–2015 | Indian scientist, president and statesman |
| Evangelista Torricelli | 1608–1647 | Italian physicist and mathematician |
| Italo Calvino | 1923–1985 | Italian journalist and writer |
| Mario Puzo | 1920–1999 | American author, screenwriter, and journalist |
| Didier Deschamps | 1968– | French association football player and coach |
| John Kenneth Galbraith | 1908–2006 | Canadian-American economist and diplomat |
| Mohammad Zahir Shah | 1914–2007 | King of Afghanistan (1933-1973) |
| Sali Berisha | 1944– | Albanian politician |
| David Trezeguet | 1977– | French footballer |
| P. G. Wodehouse | 1881–1975 | English author |
| Penny Marshall | 1943–2018 | American actress, director and producer |
| David Trimble | 1944–2022 | First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 |
Died on 15 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Lucretius | died 55 BC | 1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher |
| Hermann Göring | 1893–1946 | German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal |
| Thomas Sankara | 1949–1987 | President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987 |
| Mata Hari | 1876–1917 | Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy |
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1922–2012 | Cambodian monarch and politician |
| Paul Allen | 1953–2018 | American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft |
| Andreas Vesalius | 1514–1564 | Flemish anatomist, physician and author |
| Raymond Poincaré | 1860–1934 | French statesman and lawyer, President of France |
| Stepan Bandera | 1909–1959 | Ukrainian nationalist leader |
| Pope Urban VI | 1318–1389 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1389 |
| Tadeusz Kościuszko | 1746–1817 | Polish, Lithuanian and American military leader |
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