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August 15 in recent years

August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá (d. 1988)
  • 1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
  • 1902Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
  • 1904George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
  • 1909Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
  • 1912Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
  • 1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
  • 1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
  • 1915Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)
  • 1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)
  • 1917Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)
  • 1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
  • 1919Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
  • 1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
  • 1920Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008)
  • 1921August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
  • 1922Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
  • 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
  • 1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
  • 1923Rose Marie, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
  • 1924Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
  • 1924 – Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)
  • 1924 – Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009)
  • 1924 – Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016)
  • 1925Mike Connors, American actor and producer (d. 2017)
  • 1925 – Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)
  • 1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
  • 1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (d. 2007)
  • 1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
  • 1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (d. 1969)
  • 1926 – Eddie Little Sky, American actor (d. 1997)
  • 1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (d. 2024)
  • 1926 – John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
  • 1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (d. 2016)
  • 1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
  • 1927 – Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
  • 1928 – Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)
  • 1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (d. 2018)
  • 1931 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
  • 1931 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
  • 1932Abby Dalton, American actress (d. 2020)
  • 1932 – Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (d. 2002)
  • 1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host and DJ (d. 2014)
  • 1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge (d. 2017)
  • 1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
  • 1933 – Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (d. 1984)
  • 1933 – Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)
  • 1934Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
  • 1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach (d. 2019)
  • 1934 – Darrell K. Sweet, American illustrator (d. 2011)
  • 1934 – Valentin Varlamov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 1980)
  • 1935Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer
  • 1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
  • 1936 – Pat Priest, American actress
  • 1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (d. 2014)
  • 1938Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • 1938 – Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer
  • 1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
  • 1938 – Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
  • 1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author (d. 1985)
  • 1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
  • 1941 – Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
  • 1941 – Don Rich, American country musician (d. 1974)
  • 1942 – Pete York, English rock drummer
  • 1943Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
  • 1944Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health (d. 2019)
  • 1945Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  • 1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1947Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress
  • 1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1948 – Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1949Phyllis Smith, American actress
  • 1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
  • 1950 – Tess Harper, American actress
  • 1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player
  • 1950 – Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
  • 1951 – Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
  • 1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
  • 1952 – Chuck Burgi, American drummer
  • 1953Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
  • 1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
  • 1953 – Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author
  • 1954Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
  • 1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
  • 1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
  • 1956 – Robert Syms, English businessman and politician
  • 1957Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
  • 1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
  • 1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1958 – Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
  • 1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
  • 1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
  • 1959 – Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1961Ed Gillespie, American political strategist
  • 1961 – Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
  • 1961 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
  • 1962Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
  • 1962 – Rıdvan Dilmen, Turkish footballer and manager
  • 1962 – Inês Pedrosa, Portuguese writer
  • 1962 – Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian lawyer and politician
  • 1963Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1963 – Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician
  • 1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
  • 1964 – Jane Ellison, English lawyer and politician
  • 1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • 1965Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
  • 1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
  • 1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
  • 1967 – Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach
  • 1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor
  • 1968Debra Messing, American actress
  • 1969Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter
  • 1969 – Carlos Roa, Argentine footballer
  • 1970Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer
  • 1970 – Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios
  • 1971Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
  • 1972Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)
  • 1972 – Mikey Graham, Irish singer
  • 1974Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
  • 1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
  • 1975Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
  • 1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
  • 1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
  • 1976Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1978Waleed Aly, Australian journalist and television host
  • 1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
  • 1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
  • 1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
  • 1979Carl Edwards, American race car driver
  • 1980Fiann Paul, Icelandic explorer
  • 1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
  • 1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
  • 1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
  • 1982 – Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
  • 1982 – David Harrison, American basketball player
  • 1983 – Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper
  • 1984Jarrod Dyson, American baseball player
  • 1984 – Emily Kinney, American actress and singer-songwriter
  • 1985Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (d. 2019)
  • 1985 – Emily Kinney, American actress, singer, and songwriter
  • 1987 – Ryan D'Imperio, American football player
  • 1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
  • 1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer
  • 1988Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
  • 1989Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
  • 1989 – Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer
  • 1989 – Carlos PenaVega, American actor and singer
  • 1989 – Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1990Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
  • 1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
  • 1992 – Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
  • 1992 – Matthew Judon, American football player
  • 1993 – Rieah Holder, Barbadian netball player
  • 1993 – Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
  • 1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
  • 1994 – Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
  • 1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
  • 1995Chief Keef, American rapper
  • 1995 – Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player
  • 1999 – Paola Reis, BMX rider

Deaths

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1601–1900

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Holidays and observances

See also

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