May 15th Birthdays

American singer, Lenny Welch, was born on this day in 1938 in New York City, NY as Leon Welch.

Also born on May 15th:

• 1936
  Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress
• 1940
  Lainie Kazan, American actress, singer
  Don Nelson, American basketball coach
• 1941
  K.T. Oslin, American musician
• 1945
  Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese noble
• 1947
  Graeham Goble, Australian musician, record producer
• 1948
  Brian Eno, British musician, record producer
• 1950
  Nicholas Hammond, American actor
• 1952
  Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director
• 1953
  George Brett, American baseball player
  Mike Oldfield, British composer
• 1955
  Lee Horsley, American actor
• 1959
  Andrew Eldritch, British singer, songwriter
• 1960
  Rob Bowman, American film director
• 1961
  Melle Mel, American musician
• 1966
  Pete Wiggs, British musician
• 1967
  John Smoltz, baseball player
• 1968
  Seth Putnam, American musician
• 1969
  Emmitt Smith, American football player
• 1970
  Desmond Howard, American football player
  Martin Rossiter, British musician
  Rod Smith, American football player
• 1974
  Ahmet Zappa, American musician
• 1975
  Ray Lewis, American football player
• 1976
  Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
  Ryan Leaf, American football player
  Tyler Walker, American baseball player
• 1978
  Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
  David Krumholtz, American actor
  Robert Royal, American football player
• 1980
  Josh Beckett, American baseball player
  Rocky Marquette, American actor
• 1981
  Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
• 1982
  Alex Breckenridge, American actress
  Jessica Sutta, American singer, actress
• 1986
  Thomas Brown, American football player

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 15th:

• 1886
  Emily Dickinson, American poet (age 55)
• 1948
  Father Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (age 61)
• 1967
  Edward Hopper, American painter (age 84)
• 1971
  Tyrone Guthrie, English director, playwright (age 70)
• 1985
  Jackie Curtis, American actress, writer (age 38)
• 1994
  Royal Dano, American actor (age 71)
  Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor (age 88)
• 1995
  Eric Porter, English actor (age 67)
• 2003
  June Carter Cash, American singer, guitarist (age 73)
• 2008
  Alexander Courage, American composer, conductor (age 88)
• 2009
  Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director (age 86)
• 2023
  Sharon Farrell, American actress (age 82)