List of Famous people born on May 15th
Claude Picasso
Claude Ruiz Picasso is a French photographer, cinematographer, movie director, visual artist, graphic designer, and businessman. He is a child of Françoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso and the older brother of Paloma Picasso; by wish on Gilot's part, he was named after Claude Gillot, a pioneering French Rococo artist and mentor to fellow artist Jean-Antoine Watteau. His name was Claude Gilot until age 12. In 1968 he met Sara Lavner (Schultz), a young woman from Brooklyn. Sara and Claude married in 1969 and divorced in 1972. He was a photographer in New York City when his father died. At the time, he had experienced a period of estrangement from his father due to his mother's memoir Life with Picasso. His father's legacy nevertheless proved important to him and he established the "Picasso Administration" to look after copyright and other legal matters.
Sigizmund Levanevsky
Sigizmund Aleksandrovich Levanevsky was a Soviet pioneer of long-range flight who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1934 for his role in the SS Chelyuskin rescue.
Judith Hermann
Judith Hermann is a German author. She has published several books of short stories and her first novel was published in 2014. She is a leading figure of the Fräuleinwunder of women writers.
Ceyhun Eriş
Ceyhun Eriş is a Turkish retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Carl Medjani
Carl Medjani is a professional retired footballer who played as a central defender or defensive midfielder.
Emi Fujita
Emi Fujita is a Japanese singer. She debuted as a singer with her husband Ryuji Fujita as the duo Le Couple. Their first album was released in 1994. Fujita made her solo debut in 2001. Her series of Camomile CDs are covers of popular western songs. Rembrandt Sky is her first original album, a collaboration with music producers Toshiyuki Mori, Seiji Kameda and Yoshiyuki Sahashi. Several of her solo albums have charted in Japan, including Camomile Best Audio, which reached number 27 on the Oricon chart. She has also found some success in Southeast Asia.
Pong Nan
Nan Yik-Pong, better known by his stage name Pong Nan, is a Cantopop musician, singer-songwriter and actor in Hong Kong of Hakka ancestry.
Hiroyuki Takei
Hiroyuki Takei is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the multicultural hit, Shaman King.
Renato Dirnei Florêncio
Renato Dirnei Florêncio Santos, known simply as Renato, is a Brazilian former professional footballer, and is the director of football of Santos FC.
Satsuki Muramoto
Satsuki Muramoto is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Triglav Trophy champion and 2009 Merano Cup silver medalist. Muramoto was coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura. After retiring from competition, she became a coach.