List of Famous people born on October 15th

Mira Nair is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural spheres. Among her best known films are Mississippi Masala, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, The Namesake, the Golden Lion winning Monsoon Wedding, and Salaam Bombay!, which received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari is an Indian filmmaker and writer. After working in advertising for several years, she made her debut by directing the 2016 comedy drama Nil Battey Sannata. The film garnered critical acclaim and Tiwari went on to direct its Tamil remake entitled Amma Kanakku. She had previously served as the Executive Creative Director at Leo Burnett before she moved on to pursue a filmmaking career. Tiwari won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for the 2017 comedy Bareilly Ki Barfi.

John Cooper is an American politician and businessman who is the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. A Democrat, he served as a councilman at-large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 2015 until 2019. He is the brother of U.S. Representative Jim Cooper, who represents Tennessee's 5th congressional district, which is based in Nashville.

Bob Harris is an American radio commentator, writer, comedian, and former Jeopardy! champion.

Carlos Núñez Cortés is an actor, composer, multi-instrumentist and singer. He has been a member of Les Luthiers since 1965 until 2017, when he retired. He also wrote 3 books : "Los juegos de Mastropiero", "100 caracoles argentinos" and "Memorias de un luthier".

Stanley Fischer is an Israeli American economist and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. Born in Northern Rhodesia, he holds dual citizenship in Israel and the United States. He served as governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 to 2013. He previously served as chief economist at the World Bank. On January 10, 2014, United States President Barack Obama nominated Fischer to be Vice-Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors. On September 6, 2017, Stanley Fischer announced that he was resigning as Vice-Chairman for personal reasons effective October 13, 2017.

Hiroshige Yanagimoto is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Michael Köhlmeier is a contemporary Austrian writer and musician.

Sandra Caldarone, better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986. Her father was an Italian immigrant from Torrebruna in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

Naoto Watanabe is a Japanese former professional baseball player who is currently a coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Saitama Seibu Lions of the NPB.