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Williams made her acting debut in 2011 as Arya Stark, a lead character in the HBO epic medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019).
Famous Birthdays on April 15
1997 — Maisie Williams
English actress
April 15 has 258 recorded notable births across history, from 68 BC to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on April 15
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- 1960 At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Source
- 1861 President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War. Source
- 1922 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal. Source
- 1755 Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London. Source
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Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale was an Italian actress.
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Leonhard Euler spent most of his adult life in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in Berlin, then the capital of Prussia.
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For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity.
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Michael Cooper was an eight-time selection to the NBA All-Defensive Team, including five times on the first team.
More major people born on April 15
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1938
Claudia Cardinale
Italian actress (died 2025)
Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale was an Italian actress.
1707
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1783)
Leonhard Euler was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, music theorist and engineer.
1949
Alla Pugacheva
Russian singer-songwriter and actress
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva is a Russian singer and songwriter. Her career began in 1965 and continues to this day, although she retired from performing in 2010 after the international concert tour "Dreams of Love".
1956
Michael Cooper
American basketball player and coach
Michael Jerome Cooper, nicknamed "Coop", is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles men's basketball team.
1984
Antonio Cromartie
American football player
Antonio Cromartie Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons.
1889
A. Philip Randolph
American activist (died 1979)
Asa Philip Randolph was an American railwayman, trade unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union.
1980
Willie Mason
New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
William Marshall Mason, also nicknamed "Big Willie", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s.
1915
Elizabeth Catlett
African-American sculptor and illustrator (died 2012)
Elizabeth Catlett, born as Alice Elizabeth Catlett, also known as Elizabeth Catlett Mora was an American and Mexican sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the 20th…
1961
Dawn Wright
American geographer and oceanographer
Dawn Jeannine Wright is an American geographer and oceanographer.
1951
John L. Phillips
American captain and astronaut
John Lynch Phillips is a NASA astronaut. Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain, United States Navy Reserve. Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors.
1955
Joice Mujuru
Zimbabwean politician
Joice Runaida Mujuru, also known by her nom-de-guerre Teurai Ropa Nhongo, is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2004 to 2014.
1972
Arturo Gatti
Italian-Canadian boxer (died 2009)
Arturo Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007.
1892
Corrie ten Boom
Dutch-American clocksmith, Nazi resister, and author (died 1983)
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family members to help…
1942
Walt Hazzard
American basketball player and coach (died 2011)
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He played in college for the UCLA Bruins and was a member of their first national championship team in 1964.
1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1519)
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.
1917
Hans Conried
American actor (died 1982)
Hans Georg Conried Jr. was an American actor and comedian. Among his numerous roles, he voiced Captain Hook and George Darling in Walt Disney's Peter Pan (1953), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's Dudley Do-Right cartoons,…
1942
Kenneth Lay
American businessman and criminal (died 2006)
Kenneth Lee Lay was an American businessman and political donor who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron.
1974
Danny Pino
American actor and screenwriter
Daniel Gonzalo Pino is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC crime drama Law & Order: Special…
1965
Linda Perry
American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
Linda Perry is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was the lead singer, primary songwriter, and guitarist of 4 Non Blondes, including their 1993 hit "What's Up?".