History Births on August 15

Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

#Scott_Altman

Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891)

#Jules_Grévy

Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer

#Kosuke_Hagino

Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)

#Aleksey_Krylov

Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill (d. 1950)

#Abraham_Wachner

Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810)

#John_Metcalf_(civil_engineer)

Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

#Melinda_Gates

Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author

#Simon_Baron-Cohen

Óliver Pérez, American baseball player

#Óliver_Pérez

Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016)

#Phyllis_Schlafly

Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter

#Bernard_Fanning

Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)

#Stylianos_Gonatas

Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor

#Željko_Ivanek

Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer

#Oussama_Assaidi

Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)

#Ramaprasad_Chanda

Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (d. 1956)

#Alfred_Wagenknecht

Carlos Roa, Argentine footballer

#Carlos_Roa

Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)

#Hedy_Epstein

Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)

#Simple_Kapadia

Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)

#Bobby_Helms

Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (d. 1962)

#Jacques_Ibert

Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)

#Aleks_Çaçi

Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)

#Óscar_Romero

Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician

#Matt_Johnson_(singer)

Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)

#Erik_Schmidt_(painter)

Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer

#Anthony_Anderson

Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach

#Scott_Brosius

Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach

#Vijay_Bharadwaj

Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)

#Gilles_Ménage

Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer

#Rob_Thomas_(writer)

Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer

#Jim_Dale

Tom Kelly, American baseball player

#Tom_Kelly_(baseball)

Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Ben_Affleck

Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player

#Brendan_Morrison

Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager

#Boudewijn_Zenden

John Grubb, American politician (d. 1708)

#John_Grubb

Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player

#Kerri_Walsh_Jennings

Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach

#Anthony_Rocca

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter

#Alejandro_González_Iñárritu

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (d. 1417)

#Richard_de_Vere,_11th_Earl_of_Oxford

Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915)

#Keir_Hardie

Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)

#Paul_Rand

Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom

#Anne,_Princess_Royal

Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jordan_Rapana

John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)

#John_Silber

Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (d. 1788)

#Francesco_Zuccarelli

Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author (d. 1985)

#Janusz_Zajdel

Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator (d. 1915)

#Walter_Crane

Waleed Aly, Australian journalist and television host

#Waleed_Aly

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (d. 2016)

#Konstantinos_Stephanopoulos

Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924)

#Florence_Harding

Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832)

#Walter_Scott

Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (d. 1815)

#Matthias_Claudius

Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter

#Bobby_Caldwell

Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613)

#Gabriel_Báthory

Abby Dalton, American actress

#Abby_Dalton

Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)

#Gudrun_Ensslin

Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist

#Michel_Kreder

Tommy Aldridge, American drummer

#Tommy_Aldridge

Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach

#Gary_Kubiak

Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Craig_MacTavish

Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

#Patsy_Gallant

Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)

#Sri_Aurobindo

Brendan Hansen, American swimmer

#Brendan_Hansen

Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host

#Victor_Shenderovich

George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)

#George_Klein_(inventor)

Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

#Richard_F._Heck

John Chisum, American businessman (d. 1884)

#John_Chisum

Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Jimmy_Webb

Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008)

#Judy_Cassab

Jane Ellison, English lawyer and politician

#Jane_Ellison

Napoleon, French general and emperor (d. 1821)

#Napoleon

Kara Wolters, American basketball player

#Kara_Wolters

Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author

#Wolfgang_Hohlbein

Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host

#Bertrand_Berry

Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tom_Johnston_(musician)

R?dvan Dilmen, Turkish footballer and manager

#R?dvan_Dilmen

Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor

#Adnan_Sami

Rose Marie, American actress and singer (d. 2017)

#Rose_Marie

Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player

#Martin_Biron

Maxine Waters, American educator and politician

#Maxine_Waters

Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)

#Bill_Whitty

Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (d. 1230)

#Alfonso_IX_of_León

Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast

#Lilia_Podkopayeva

Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá (d. 1988)

#Arnulfo_Arias

Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859)

#Thomas_De_Quincey

Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)

#Wendy_Hiller

Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (d. 1969)

#Julius_Katchen

George, duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)

#George,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)

#Albert_Ballin

Debra Messing, American actress

#Debra_Messing

Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter

#Suhasini_Maniratnam

Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player

#Baskaran_Adhiban

Robert Syms, English businessman and politician

#Robert_Syms

Jennifer Lawrence, American actress

#Jennifer_Lawrence

Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (d. 1926)

#Mikao_Usui

Chuck Burgi, American drummer

#Chuck_Burgi

Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

#Louis_de_Broglie

Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)

#Mike_Seeger

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress

#Natasha_Henstridge

Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)

#Ethel_Barrymore

Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)

#Oscar_Peterson

Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer

#Lasse_Vigen_Christensen

Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)

#Luigi_Pulci

Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician

#Simon_Hart

Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper

#Siobhan_Chamberlain

Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)

#Ernest_C._Brace

Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health

#Dimitris_Sioufas

Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios

#Ben_Silverman

Ed Gillespie, American political strategist

#Ed_Gillespie

Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)

#Charles_Comiskey

Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer

#Clinton_N'Jie

Marie de Lorraine, duchess of Guise (d. 1688)

#Marie_de_Lorraine,_Duchess_of_Guise

Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)

#Edna_Ferber

Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)

#Tachiyama_Mineemon

Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (d. 1966)

#Jan_Brzechwa

Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (d. 1955)

#Marion_Bauer

Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)

#Thomas-Alfred_Bernier

Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (d. 2018)

#Nicolas_Roeg

Chief Keef, American rapper

#Chief_Keef

Bartol Kaši?, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)

#Bartol_Kaši?

August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)

#August_Kowalczyk

Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

#Gerty_Cori

Pete York, English rock drummer

#Pete_York

Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer

#Ryan_McGowan

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer

#Alex_Oxlade-Chamberlain

Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker (d. 1915)

#Antonín_Petrof

George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (d. 1553)

#George_III,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau

Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress

#Rakhee_Gulzar

Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)

#Italo_Santelli

Carl Edwards, American race car driver

#Carl_Edwards

Mike Connors, American actor and producer (d. 2017)

#Mike_Connors

Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer (The Crusaders)

#Stix_Hooper

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)

#Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor

Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)

#Carl_Joachim_Classen

E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924)

#E._Nesbit

Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)

#Julia_Child

Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)

#Anthony_of_Padua

Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright

#Sami_Michael

Tom Colicchio, American chef and author

#Tom_Colicchio

Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and judge

#Stephen_Breyer

Ivan Meštrovi?, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)

#Ivan_Meštrovi?

Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)

#Jan_Campert

Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter

#Joe_Jonas

Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh

#Khaleda_Zia

Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)

#Jack_Lynch

Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)

#Signe_Hasso

Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)

#Régine_Deforges

Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder

Sean McAllister, English footballer

Ryan D'Imperio, American football player

David Harrison, American basketball player

Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer

Casey Burgener, American weightlifter

Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer

Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer

Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)

Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach

Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach

Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach

Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian lawyer and politician

Inês Pedrosa, Portuguese writer

Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist

Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer

Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)

Mark Thatcher, English businessman

Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author

John Childs, English cricketer

Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer

Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Don Rich, American country musician (d. 1974)

Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)

Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)

Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (d. 2014)

Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach

Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)

Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (d. 1984)

Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge

Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)

Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge

Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)

Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)

Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)

Yoshir? Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009)

Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)

Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)

Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)

Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)

Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)

Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)

Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)

Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)

Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)

Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (d. 1995)

Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (d. 1958)

Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)

Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)

Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)

Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831)

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist (d. 1860)

Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)

Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1652)

Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1658)

Teishi, empress of Japan (d. 1094)