15 August Births

Published : 15 Aug 2018, 11:27

Jagoroniya Desk

August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

1013 – Teishi, empress of Japan (d. 1094)
1171 – Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (d. 1230)
1195 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)
1385 – Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (d. 1417)
1402 – Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander (d. 1460)
1432 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
1455 – George, duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)
1507 – George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (d. 1553)
1575 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)
1589 – Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613)
1607 – Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1658)
1608 – Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1652)
1613 – Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)
1615 – Marie de Lorraine, duchess of Guise (d. 1688)
1652 – John Grubb, American politician (d. 1708)
1702 – Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (d. 1788)
1717 – Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810)
1736 – Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)
1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (d. 1815)
1769 – Napoleon, French general and emperor (d. 1821)
1771 – Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832)
1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859)
1798 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831)
1807 – Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891)
1824 – John Chisum, American businessman (d. 1884)
1839 – Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker (d. 1915)
1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)
1845 – Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator (d. 1915)
1856 – Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915)
1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)
1858 – E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924)
1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)
1860 – Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924)
1863 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
1865 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (d. 1926)
1866 – Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)
1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)
1873 – Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)
1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)
1876 – Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
1877 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (d. 1956)
1882 – Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (d. 1955)
1882 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)
1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)
1885 – Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)
1886 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (d. 1962)
1892 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1892 – Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill (d. 1950)
1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)
1896 – Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)
1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (d. 1958)
1898 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (d. 1966)
1900 – Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (d. 1995)
1900 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)
1901 – Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá (d. 1988)
1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 – Julia 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)
1915 – Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)
1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)
1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)
1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
1920 – Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008)
1921 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
1922 – Leonard 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)
1923 – Rose Marie, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
1924 – Robert 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)
1925 – Mike 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 (The Drifters) (d. 2007)
1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (d. 1969)
1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
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
1931 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
1931 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1932 – Abby Dalton, American actress
1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge
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)
1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach
1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (d. 2014)
1938 – Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and judge
1938 – Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer (The Crusaders)
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 (The Buckaroos) (d. 1974)
1942 – Pete York, English rock drummer
1943 – Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
1945 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
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
1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
1952 – Chuck Burgi, American drummer
1953 – Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
1954 – Stieg 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
1957 – Željko 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
1959 – Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1961 – Ed 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
1962 – Tom 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
1963 – Alejandro 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
1965 – Rob 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
1968 – Debra Messing, American actress
1969 – Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter
1969 – Carlos Roa, Argentine footballer
1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer
1970 – Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios
1971 – Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
1975 – Bertrand 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
1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
1979 – Carl Edwards, American race car driver
1979 – Jon Hopkins, English producer and musician[1][2]
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
1987 – Ryan D'Imperio, American football player
1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer
1988 – Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
1989 – Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer
1989 – Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player
1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
1992 – Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
1993 – Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
1994 – Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
1995 – Chief Keef, American rapper[3]

Source: wikipedia

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