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)

— 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)

— 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)