August 15 - Births

Births

• 1171 – Alfonso IX of León (d. 1230)
• 1195 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)
• 1432 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
• 1575 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
• 1613 – Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
• 1717 – Blind Jack, English road builder (d. 1810)
• 1736 – Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)
• 1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
• 1769 – Napoleon, Corsican-French military officer and political leader (d. 1821)
• 1771 – Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832)
• 1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
• 1798 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1831)
• 1813 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 3rd President of the French Republic (d. 1891)
• 1824 – John Chisum, American cattle baron (d. 1884)
• 1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
• 1846 – Charles Woodruff, American archer (d. 1927)
• 1856 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (d. 1916)
• 1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)
• 1858 – E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
• 1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)
• 1860 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American writer and public speaker (d. 1941)
• 1860 – Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924)
• 1863 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
• 1865 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader (d. 1926)
• 1866 – Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1873 – Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian historian and archaeologist (d. 1942)
• 1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer (d. 1912)
• 1876 – Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966)
• 1877 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
• 1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian army officer (d. 1928)
• 1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
• 1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (d. 1956)
• 1882 – Marion Bauer, American composer, writer, and critic (d. 1955)
• 1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Edna Ferber, American novelist (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
• 1890 – Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian (d. 2006)
• 1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
• 1892 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (d. 1950)
• 1896 – Gerty Cori, Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
• 1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
• 1896 – Léon Theremin, Russian inventor, invented the Theremin (d. 1993)
• 1898 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
• 1900 – Estelle Brody, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
• 1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
• 1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
• 1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
• 1910 – Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Amir Khan, Indian singer (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
• 1915 – A. K. Hangal, Indian actor (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (d. 1989)
• 1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish author (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Dina Wadia, Pakistani daughter Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• 1921 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor, director, and Holocaust survivor (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek composer and musician (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Rose Marie, American actress and singer
• 1924 – Werner Abrolat, German actor (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1925 – Mike Connors, American actor
• 1925 – Münir Özkul, Turkish actor
• 1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author
• 1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist (d. 1969)
• 1926 – John Silber, American academic (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek politician, 6th President of Greece
• 1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer
• 1929 – Georgios Roubanis, Greek pole vaulter
• 1930 – Ageeda Paavel, Estonian activist
• 1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1933 – Jim Lange, American game show host
• 1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Famous Flames) (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and actor (d. 1998)
• 1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer
• 1935 – Jim Dale, English actor
• 1935 – Vernon Jordan, American lawyer, businessman, and activist
• 1935 – Lionel Taylor, American football player
• 1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano
• 1938 – Maxine Waters, American politician
• 1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish writer
• 1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
• 1941 – Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
• 1942 – Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor and author (d. 2007)
• 1943 – María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
• 1944 – Linda Ellerbee, American journalist
• 1944 – Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., American politician
• 1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
• 1944 – Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian-French singer
• 1945 – Duffy Dyer, American baseball player
• 1945 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
• 1946 – Tony Robinson, English actor
• 1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer
• 1947 – Raakhee, Indian actress
• 1947 – Jenny Hanley, English actress
• 1948 – Uschi Digard, Swedish porn actress and model
• 1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1948 – George Ryton, English engineer
• 1949 – Beverly Burns, American pilot
• 1949 – Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
• 1949 – Garry Disher, Australian author
• 1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg, American academic
• 1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer (Black Oak Arkansas and Thin Lizzy)
• 1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player and manager
• 1950 – Anne, Princess Royal, English daughter of Elizabeth II
• 1951 – Ann Biderman, American scriptwriter and producer
• 1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 – John Childs, England cricketer
• 1951 – Daba Diawara, Malian politician
• 1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004)
• 1954 – Hillar Mets, Estonian cartoonist
• 1954 – Mary Jo Salter, American poet
• 1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
• 1957 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
• 1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, English psychiatrist and author
• 1958 – Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer (d. 2010)
• 1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
• 1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian writer
• 1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and director
• 1959 – Scott Altman, American astronaut
• 1961 – Ed Gillespie, American political strategist
• 1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
• 1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef
• 1963 – Lady Miss Kier, American singer-songwriter, producer, and DJ (Deee-Lite)
• 1963 – Valery Levaneuski, Russian activist
• 1963 – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director
• 1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
• 1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• 1965 – Rob Thomas, American writer
• 1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player
• 1966 – Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actress
• 1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1967 – Peter Hermann American actor
• 1968 – Debra Messing, American actress
• 1969 – Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actor
• 1969 – Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter (Powderfinger)
• 1969 – Cris Judd, American actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
• 1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress
• 1970 – Ben Silverman, American television producer, founded Electus Studios
• 1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
• 1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
• 1972 – Chris Morrissey, American director and actor
• 1972 – Matthew Wood, American voice actor and sound editor
• 1973 – Amitabh Bhattacharjee Indian actor
• 1973 – Adnan Sami, English-Pakastani singer, actor, pianist, and composer
• 1973 – Adam Willard, American drummer (The Offspring, Rocket from the Crypt, Danko Jones, and The Special Goodness)
• 1974 – Gry Bay, Danish actress and singer
• 1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
• 1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
• 1975 – Bertrand Berry, American football player
• 1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer
• 1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
• 1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer
• 1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
• 1977 – Nicole Paggi, American actress
• 1978 – Tim Foreman, American bass player (Switchfoot)
• 1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
• 1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
• 1979 – Carl Edwards, American race car driver
• 1980 – Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Natalie Press, English actress
• 1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
• 1981 – Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
• 1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
• 1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
• 1982 – Heather Carolin, American model and actress
• 1982 – Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Japanese actor
• 1982 – Cori Yarckin, American actress and singer
• 1983 – Timati, Russian rapper and actor
• 1984 – Quinton Aaron, American actor
• 1985 – Cogie Domingo, Filipino actor
• 1985 – Leah Hackett, English actress
• 1985 – Andrea Lewis, Canadian actress and singer
• 1985 – Santiago Stieben, Argentine actor
• 1986 – Natalia Kills, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
• 1988 – Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
• 1988 – Zaira Nara, Argentine model
• 1989 – Belinda, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
• 1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
• 1989 – Carlos Pena, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush)
• 1990 – Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1990 – Aglaja Brix, German actress
• 1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
• 1990 – Danny Verbeek, Dutch footballer
• 1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
• 1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
• 1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer