Notable Birthdays for December 15
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- The Roman Emperor Nero in A.D. 37
- French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Paris tower that bears his name and engineer of the Statue of Liberty, in 1832
- Polish linguist Ludwik Zamenhof, creator of the international language Esperanto, in 1859
- Playwright Maxwell Anderson in 1888
- Billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty in 1892
- Bandleader Stan Kenton in 1911
- Pioneer rock 'n' roll disc jockey Alan Freed in 1921
- Comic actor Tim Conway in 1933 (age 80)
- Rock musician Dave Clark in 1942 (age 71)
- And actors Don Johnson in 1949 (age 64), Helen Slater in 1963 (age 50), Garrett Wang in 1968 (age 45) and Adam Brody in 1979 (age 34).
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