August 15 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on August 15, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♌︎ Leo
Jul 23 – Aug 22
Birth stone
Peridot
Birth flower
Gladiolus
How common
#11 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous August 15 birthdays
Sri Aurobindo · Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist1872
Ethel Barrymore · American actress1879
Louis de Broglie · Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character1892
Gerty Cori · Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist1896
Julia Child · American chef1912
Rose Marie · American actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer1923
Phyllis Schlafly · American conservative activist1924
Richard F. Heck · American chemist1931
Barbara Bouchet · German-American actress and entrepreneuse1943
Khaleda Zia · Prime Minister of Bangladesh1945
Anne, Princess Royal · Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh1950
Stieg Larsson · Swedish author1954
Alejandro González Iñárritu · Mexican film director1963
Melinda French Gates · American philanthropist1964
Debra Messing · American actress1968
Anthony Anderson · American actor1970
Ben Affleck · American film actor, director and screenwriter1972
Abiy Ahmed · Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 20181976
Joe Jonas · American singer, actor and musician1989
Jennifer Lawrence · American actress and producer1990
On this day in history
1812War of 1812: Potawatomi warriors ambushed a United States Army convoy after it had evacuated Fort Dearborn, in present-day Chicago, and razed the fort.
1963President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
1977Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University, received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal (printout pictured).
2005The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending more than 28 years of fighting.
1965The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
1969The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
1970Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
1971President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
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