Every yearApril 15
Everything April 15 celebrates
9 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for April 15 every year, and 4 more land on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Anime DayLead | Kids & Family | |
| 02 | Income Tax Pay Day | Celebration | |
| 03 | Jackie Robinson Day | Sports | |
| 04 | National ASL Day | Community | |
| 05 | National D.A.R.E. Day | Kids & Family |
| 06 | National Glazed Spiral Ham Day | Food | |
| 07 | National High Five Day | Celebration | |
| 08 | Take Action for Libraries Day | Books | |
| 09 | World Art Day | Celebration |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on April 15 in some years.
Holy Saturday — 2028
Boston Marathon Day — 2030
Patriots' Day — 2030
Good Friday — 2033
Born on April 15
Historic figures
- Leonardo da Vinci1452–1519Italian painter, sculptor, and architect
- Leonhard Euler1707–1783Swiss mathematician and physicist
- Kim Il Sung1912–1994North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea
- Émile Durkheim1858–1917French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher
- Guru Nanak1469–1539the first Sikh guru
- Tomas Tranströmer1931–2015Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate
- Henry James1843–1916American novelist, short story writer, and critic
- Claudia Cardinale1938–2025Italian actress
- Johannes Stark1874–1957German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Richard von Weizsäcker1920–2015German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany
Celebrities & public figures
- Emma Watsonb. 1990English actress
- Emma Thompsonb. 1959English actress
- Maisie Williamsb. 1997English actress
- Alla Pugachevab. 1949Russian singer-songwriter and actress
- Seth Rogenb. 1982Canadian-American actor
- Luke Evansb. 1979Welsh actor and singer
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttirb. 1930Icelandic educator and politician
- Samantha Foxb. 1966English singer-songwriter and actress
- Alice Bragab. 1983Brazilian actress
- Luis Fonsib. 1978Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers April 15 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see April 15, 2027.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.