Henri Becquerel
1852 – 1908
French physicist (1852–1908)
Famous Birthdays on December 15
18 notable people were born on December 15.
19th Century
France
Niels Ryberg Finsen
1860 – 1904
Faroese physician and scientist of Icelandic descent
20th Century
Oscar Niemeyer
1907 – 2012
Brazilian architect (1907–2012)
designeruniversity teacherurban planner
Gualberto Villarroel
1908 – 1946
President of Bolivia (1908-1946)
military officerpolitician
Maurice Wilkins
1916 – 2004
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
crystallographerbiophysicistresearcher
Albert Memmi
1920 – 2020
French writer of Tunisian-Jewish origin
essayistwriter
Emmanuel Wamala
1926
Ugandan Catholic Bishop | Once Archbishop of Kampala
Catholic deacontheologianCatholic bishop
Princess Dina bint Abdul-Hamid Hashem
1929 – 2019
Queen Consort of Jordan
university teacher
Gregory III Laham
1933
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
Greek-Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic priest
Stanisław Šuškievič
1934 – 2022
Belarusian nuclear physicist and politician (1934—2022)
nuclear physicistuniversity teacherphysicist
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
1938
44.° President of Paraguay
civil engineerentrepreneurpolitician
Ali Zeidan
1950
Libyan politician (born 1950)
diplomatpolitician
Allan Simonsen
1952
Danish footballer
Rabah Madjer
1958
Algerian association football player and manager
association football player
Roman Pavlyuchenko
1981
Russian footballer
Zlatan Ljubijankič
1983
Slovenian association football player
association football playerassociation football coach
Martin Škrtel
1984
Slovak association football player
association football player
Keylor Navas
1986
Costa Rican association football player
association football player