May 15th Birthdays

American singer, Lenny Welch, was born on this day in 1938 in New York City, NY as Leon Welch. He passed away on April 8, 2025 in Kissimmee, Florida, at age 86.

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

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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)
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