Famous birthdays for April 15: Emma Watson, Chris Stapleton

April 15 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries.

They include:

-- Italian painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci in 1452

-- British polar explorer James Clark Ross in 1800

-- Distiller Joseph E. Seagram in 1841

-- Author Henry James in 1843

-- Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1894

-- Singer Bessie Smith in 1894

-- Actor Marian Jordan, "Molly" in the long-running Fibber McGee and Molly radio show, in 1898

-- Former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in 1912

-- Businessman Alfred S. Bloomingdale in 1916

-- Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, in 1922

-- Country singer Roy Clark in 1933 (age 85)

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-- Actor Elizabeth Montgomery in 1933

-- Actor Claudia Cardinale in 1938 (age 80)

-- Musician Dave Edmunds in 1944 (age 74)

-- Actor Amy Wright in 1950 (age 68)

-- Newspaper columnist Heloise Cruse Evans ("Hints from Heloise") in 1951 (age 67)

-- Actor Emma Thompson in 1959 (age 59)

-- Country singer Chris Stapleton in 1978 (age 40)

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-- Actor Luke Evans in 1979 (age 39)

-- Actor Seth Rogen in 1982 (age 36)

-- Singer/actor Ester Dean in 1986 (age 32)

-- Actor Samira Wiley in 1987 (age 31)

-- Actor Emma Watson in 1990 (age 28)

-- Actor Cody Christian in 1995 (age 23)

-- Actor Maisie Williams in 1997 (age 21)

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