List of Famous people born on February 15th
Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
Dr. Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales was a Brazilian lawyer, coffee farmer, and politician who served as the fourth President of Brazil. He was born in the city of Campinas, São Paulo. He graduated as a lawyer from the Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco, São Paulo, in 1863. He served as a provincial deputy three times, general-deputy once, and also as minister of justice (1889-1891), senator and governor of São Paulo (1896–1897). The pinnacle of his political career was his election as president of Brazil, an office he held between 1898 and 1902. Austere financial reforms were adopted during his tenure.
Guillermo Ortega Ruiz
Guillermo Ortega Ruiz is a Mexican journalist. He was Televisa Nightly News Anchor.
George Alexander Albrecht
George Alexander Albrecht is a German conductor. His brother Ernst Albrecht (1930–2014) was a politician. His son is the conductor Marc Albrecht.
Keizo Miura
Keizo Miura was a Japanese skier. He was a skiing teacher and photographer of mountain landscapes. He was notable for his fitness and outdoor-sport undertakings at advanced age; at 77 he was the oldest person to climb Kilimanjaro and at 99 descended a Gletscher of Mont Blanc together with his oldest son Yuichiro and grandson Yuta. Yuichiro Miura was also the oldest person to climb Mount Everest and the Himalayas, at age 70, at age 75 and later at age 80. Keizo Miura wrote two books on his health routine, one of them co-written with his physician. On February 15, 2004, Keizo Miura celebrated his hundredth birthday with a ski descent together with more than 170 friends and family members, including four generations of his family, at Snowbird ski resort in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Keizo died 41 days short of his 102nd birthday.
Yoshitaka Yamaya
Yoshitaka Yamaya is a Japanese voice actor. He was previously affiliated by With Line, but is now currently represented by First Wind Production.
Olla Ramlan
Olla Ramlan Tissa or better known as Olla Ramlan, is an Indonesian presenter, model, TV personality and socialite.
Giambattista Basile
Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known European fairy tales.
Renee O'Connor
Renee O'Connor is an American actress, producer, and director, known for the role of Gabrielle on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.
María Bernabéu
María Bernabéu Avomo is a Spanish judoka of Equatoguinean descent. She currently competes for Spain, which she represented at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Nathan Davis
Nathan Tate Davis was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute. He is known for his work with Eric Dolphy, Kenny Clarke, Ray Charles, Slide Hampton and Art Blakey.