Born on February 15

French physician (1755–1821), first personal physician to Napoleon I and professor at the Collège de France. He popularized chest percussion as a diagnostic method and trained a generation of clinicians who laid the foundations of modern medicine.

American civil rights activist (1820–1906), Susan B. Anthony is one of the founding figures of the American suffragist movement. She devoted her life to the abolition of slavery and to securing the right to vote for women.

Anglo-Irish polar explorer (1874–1922), an iconic figure of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. His Endurance expedition (1914–1916), despite failing to cross Antarctica, is celebrated as a feat of survival and leadership.

Miep Gies (1909-2010) was a Dutch office worker of Austrian origin who hid Anne Frank and her family in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam from 1942 to 1944. After their arrest by the Gestapo, she gathered Anne Frank's notebooks and kept them safe, making their worldwide publication possible.