October 15th Birthdays
If you were born on October 15th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Barry McGuire
American musician, songwriter, Christian music and folk rock singer solo (The Eve of Destruction; The Sins of a Family; Cloudy Summer Afternoon; Child of Our Times; Bullfrogs and Butterflies), and with the New Christy Minstrels (Green, Green), born October 15, 1935. (Barry McGuire 1965 Hullabaloo)
Jim Palmer (nee Baby Boy Kennedy; aka James Alvin Palmer; “Cakes“)
Baseball Hall of Fame American baseball player, Baltimore Orioles 6X MLB All-Star pitcher, 3X World Series Champions, 3X Cy Young & 4X Gold Glove Award winner, color commentator, & Jockey International model / spokesman, born October 15, 1945. (Jim Palmer 1973: KG Graphics)
John Getz
American actor of stage, TV (Neil Johnson on Another World; Bosch; Rafferty; MacGruder and Loud; Maggie; Halt and Catch Fire; Homeland), and movies (The Fly; Elevator; Curly Sue; Blood Simple; Men at Work; A Passion to Kill), born October 15, 1946. (John Getz 1974 Another World Photo: NBC TV)
Richard Carpenter
American keyboardist & composer of The Carpenters (We’ve Only Just Begun; [They Long to Be] Close to You; Top of the World; Only Yesterday; Rainy Days and Mondays; Yesterday Once More; I Need to Be in Love) with sister Karen, born October 15, 1946. (Richard Carpenter 1973 Photo: A&M Records)
Chris De Burgh (nee Christopher John Davison)
Argentinian-British-Irish singer-songwriter (Patricia the Stripper; The Lady in Red; Don’t Pay the Ferryman; High on Emotion; Ship to Shore; The Traveller; A Spaceman Came Traveling; Missing You; Sailing Away), born October 15, 1948. Father of Rosanna Davison. (Chris de Burgh 2007: Laurent Tomassini)
Emeril Lagasse (nee Emeril John Lagasse III)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American restaurateur (Emeril’s), cookbook author (New New Orleans Cooking), & TV personality (Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse; Emeril Green; Emeril Live; Emeril’s Florida; Good Morning America), born October 15, 1959. (Emeril Lagasse 2014 Photo: L. A. Foodie)
Vanessa Marcil (ex of Corey Feldman; ex-partner of Brian Austin Green)
American actress of TV (Brenda Barrett Corinthos on General Hospital; Sam Marquez on Las Vegas; Beverly Hills, 90210; Without a Trace; Crossing Jordan) & movies (The Rock; Borrowed Moments; Storm Watch; This Space Between Us), born October 15, 1968. (Vanessa Marcil 2003 Painting: A. Hamilton)
Paige Davis (nee Mindy Paige Davis; married Patrick Page)
American host, personality, & actress of stage, TV (Trading Spaces; Home Made Simple; Home & Family; Hollywood Squares; Gameshow Marathon) and movies (Bondage), and author (Paige by Paige: A Year of Trading Spaces), born October 15, 1969. (Paige Davis Photo: Paul Gregory / PaigeDavis.com)
(Richard Carpenter 1973: A & M Records [colorized] | Ina Claire 1921: Ira L. Hill Studios [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 15th!
Remember These October 15th Famous Birthdays
Linda Lavin (ex of Ron Leibman)
Tony Award-winning American singer-actress of films (I Want to Go Home), stage (Broadway Bound), and TV (Alice Hyatt on Alice; Room for Two; Conrad Bloom; Sean Saves the World; Barney Miller; The Doctors; The Good Wife; Mom; 9JKL; B Positive; Santa Clarita Diet; No Good Deed) (born Oct. 15, 1937 – died Dec. 29, 2024; age 87). (Linda Lavin c 1970s Painting: A. Hamilton)
Tanya Roberts (nee Victoria Leigh Blum)
American model and actress of TV (Julie Rogers on Charlie’s Angels; Midge Pinciotti on That 70’s Show; Hot Line) and movies (The Beastmaster; Sheena; A View to a Kill; Inner Sanctum; California Dreaming; Deep Down) (born Oct. 15, 1955 – died Jan. 3, 2021; age 65). Tanya Roberts died of a sepsis caused by a urinary tract infection. (Tanya Roberts 1982 Charlie’s Angel’s Photo: ABC)
Bobby Joe Morrow
National Track and Field Hall of Fame American athlete and triple gold-medal winning sprinter at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay), 1956 Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year” (born Oct. 15, 1935 – died May 30, 2020; age 84. Bobby Joe Morrow died of natural causes. (Bobby Joe Morrow 1956 Photo: AP Wirephoto)
Penny Marshall (nee Carole Penny Marshall; ex of Rob Reiner)
American movie producer & director (Big; Awakenings; A League of Their Own; The Preacher’s Wife; Bewitched; Cinderella Man), actress of TV (Laverne on Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days; Myrna on The Odd Couple; That Girl) and films (The Hard Way) (born Oct. 15, 1943 – died Dec. 17, 2018; age 75). Sister of Garry Marshall. (Penny Marshall 1976 Laverne & Shirley Photo: ABC)
Ed McBain / Evan Hunter (nee Salvatore Albert Lombino)
American crime fiction author (Cop Hater, The Mugger & 87th Precinct series; Rumplestiltskin, The Last Best Hope & Matthew Hope series), novelist and screenwriter (The Blackboard Jungle; The Birds; Fuzz; Strangers When We Meet) (born Oct. 15, 1926 – died July 6, 2005; age 78). Ed McBain died of laryngeal cancer. (Ed McBain / Evan Hunter 2001 Photo: James M. Curran)
Jean Peters (nee Elizabeth Jean Peters; ex of Howard Hughes)
Miss Ohio 1945, American movie actress (Captain from Castile; Deep Waters; Anne of the Indies; Viva Zapata; Niagara; Vicki; Three Coins in the Fountain; Broken Lance; Apache; Niagara; A Blueprint for Murder; A Man Called Peter; It Happens Every Spring; Love That Brute) (born Oct. 15, 1926 – died Oct. 13, 2000; age 73). Jean Peters died of leukemia. (Jean Peters 1953 Vicki Trailer)
Peter Haskell
American actor on stage, TV (Bracken’s World; Rich Man, Poor Man – Book II; Lloyd Kendall on Search for Tomorrow; Ryan’s Hope; Rituals; The Law and Harry McGraw; Mannix; Medical Center; The Colbys; Barnaby Jones; Matlock) & movies (Child’s Play 2) (born Oct. 15, 1934 – died Apr. 12, 2010; age 75). Cause of death for Peter Haskell was a heart attack. (Peter Haskell 1968 Lassie)
Jeffrey Hayden (married Eva Marie Saint)
American TV director (Peyton Place; The Donna Reed Show; 77 Sunset Strip; Alias Smith and Jones; The Andy Griffith Show; The Lloyd Bridges Show; Knight Rider; The Incredible Hulk; Quincy, M.E.; Ironside; Leave it to Beaver) and husband of actress Eva Marie Saint (born Oct. 15, 1926 – died Dec. 24, 2016; age 90). Jeffrey Hayden died of cancer. (Jeffrey Hayden 1990 Photo: Alan Light)
Jane Darwell (nee Patti Woodard)
Academy Award-winning American film actress (The Grapes of Wrath; Tom Sawyer; The Ox-Bow Incident; Jesse James; The Great Gildersleeve; Gone With the Wind; My Darling Clementine; 3 Godfathers; The Devil and Daniel Webster) (born Oct. 15, 1879 – died Aug. 13, 1967; age 87). Jane Darwell died of a myocardial infarction. (Jane Darwell 1939 Photo: Motion Picture Herald)
John L Sullivan (nee John Lawrence Sullivan; “Boston Strong Boy“)
International Boxing Hall of Fame American, last heavyweight bare knuckle boxing champ (London Prize Ring Rules), 1st heavyweight gloved boxing champion (1882-1892, Marquess of Queensberry Rules), lost by knockout to “Gentleman Jim” Corbett; stage actor, & public speaker (born Oct. 15, 1858 – died Feb. 2, 1918; age 59). (John L. Sullivan 1882: Jose Maria Mora)
Ina Claire (nee Ina Fagan; ex of John Gilbert)
American actress of vaudeville & Broadway stages (The Last of Mrs. Cheyney; End of Summer), silent films (The Wild Goose Chase; The Puppet Crown), and classic movies (Ninotchka; The Royal Family of Broadway; The Awful Truth; The Greeks Had a Word For Them; Claudia; Stage Door Canteen; Rebound) (born Oct. 15, 1893 – died Feb. 21, 1985; age 91). (Ina Claire 1931)
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (nee Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger)
American historian awarded 1946 Pulitzer Prize for History, author (The Age of Jackson; A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House; The Imperial Presidency), speechwriter (John F. Kennedy), WWII OSS intelligence analyst, (born Oct. 15, 1917 – died Feb. 28, 2007; age 89). Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. died of cardiac arrest. (Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1951 Photo: NBC TV)
Alexander Kent (nee Douglas Reeman)
English historical fiction writer, author of the Blackwood Saga Royal Marines series (Badge of Glory; The Horizon) and the Richard Bolitho Napoleonic naval war series (Richard Bolitho, Midshipman) (born Oct. 15, 1924 – died Jan. 23, 2017; age 92). Cause of death for Alexander Kent / Douglas Reeman is unknown. (Douglas Reeman Photo: by permission of Kimberley Reeman)
P. G. Wodehouse (nee Pelham Grenville Wodehouse)
British-American humorist, playwright, comic fiction writer, best-selling novelist (The White Feather; Thank You, Jeeves; Money in the Bank; Joy in the Morning ; The Mating Season; Galahad at Blandings; Piccadilly Jim) (born Oct. 15, 1881 – died Feb. 14, 1975; age 93). Cause of death for P. G. Wodehouse is unknown. (P. G. Wodehouse 1904 Photo: The American Legion Weekly)
John Kenneth Galbraith
Canadian-American institutional economist, U.S. Ambassador to India, Harvard University professor of economics, author (The Affluent Society), Fortune magazine editor, and screenwriter (The Age of Uncertainty) (born Oct. 15, 1908 – died Apr. 29, 2006; age 97). John Kenneth Galbraith died of natural causes. (John Kenneth Galbraith 1944 Photo: Royden Dixon)
Best-selling American novelist, author of mafia family sagas (The Family; The Godfather; The Sicilian; The Last Don; Omerta), and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (The Godfather; The Godfather Part II; Superman; Earthquake; The Cotton Club) (born Oct. 15, 1920 – died July 2, 1999; age 78). Mario Puzo died of heart failure. (Mario Puzo 1970s Photo: United International Pictures)
Lee Iacocca (nee Lido Anthony Iacocca)
American automobile executive “if you can find a better car, buy it” for Ford Motor Company (Mustang; Pinto; Ford Escort; Mercury Cougar) and Chrysler Corporation (K-Cars; Dodge Minivan), and author (Iacocca: An Autobiography) (born Oct. 15, 1924 – died July 2, 2019; age 94). Lee Iacocca died of Parkinson’s Disease complications. (Lee Iacocca 1977 Photo: AP Laserphoto)
Mervyn LeRoy (cousin of Jesse L. Lasky)
American producer, director, writer & actor of silent films (The Call of the Canyon) and classic movies (The Wizard of Oz; Little Caesar; Waterloo Bridge; The Gold Diggers of 1933; Anthony Adverse; Random Harvest; Tugboat Annie; Five Star Final; Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo; Little Women; Mister Roberts; Gypsy) (born Oct. 15, 1900 – died Sept. 13, 1987; age 86). (Mervyn LeRoy 1927)
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