List of Famous people born on March 15th

Kohei Oda is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Yomiuri Giants from 1998 to 2005 and for the Chunichi Dragons from 2006 to 2014.

Holger Stromberg, is a German celebrity chef. At the age of 23 in 1994, he gained his first Michelin star whilst head chef at the restaurant Goldschmieding in Castrop-Rauxel, making him Germany's youngest Michelin starred chef. He is owner and chef patron of Restaurant G in Munich, and the chef of the Germany national football team.

Valdir de Moraes Filho, commonly known as Valdir Bigode, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

Paulo Paim is a Brazilian steelworker turned politician. He served as a federal deputy from Rio Grande do Sul for the Workers' Party from 1987 to 2002. On 2002, he was elected Senator from the same state. Re-elected in 2010, he is currently the only Afro-Brazilian Senator. He also served as Vice-President of trade union center Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) from 1984 to 1986.

Sebastián Marcelo Blanco is an Argentine footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.

Reda Abdel Aal is an Egyptian football coach and former player.

Lin Yu-fang is a Taiwanese politician. Lin was a Kuomintang legislator from 2008 to 2016 and the chairman of the Legislative Yuan's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee.

Jochen Herbert Drees is a former German football referee who is based in Münster-Sarmsheim. He refereed for SV Blau Weiß Münster-Sarmsheim of the Southwest German Football Association.

Álvaro Medrán Just is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.

Markus Merk is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. He ended his career by refereeing the match between Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC Berlin on the last day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season on 17 May 2008.