| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ben Affleck |
Actor |
15-Aug-1972 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
| Anthony Anderson |
Actor |
15-Aug-1970 |
|
Kangaroo Jack, Barbershop |
| Princess Anne |
Royalty |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
The Horsey Princess Royal |
| Ethel Barrymore |
Actor |
15-Aug-1879 |
18-Jun-1959 |
None But the Lonely Heart |
| Leonard Baskin |
Sculptor |
15-Aug-1922 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Sculptor and printmaker |
| Alice M. Batchelder |
Judge |
15-Aug-1944 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Judy Biggert |
Politician |
15-Aug-1937 |
|
Congresswoman, Illinois 13th |
| Robert Bolt |
Playwright |
15-Aug-1924 |
20-Feb-1995 |
A Man for All Seasons |
| Napoleon Bonaparte |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1769 |
5-May-1821 |
Emperor of France |
| Stephen Breyer |
Judge |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Louis de Broglie |
Physicist |
15-Aug-1892 |
19-Mar-1987 |
Discovered the wave nature of electrons |
| Bobby Caldwell |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Aug-1951 |
|
What You Won't Do for Love |
| Emma Calvé |
Singer |
15-Aug-1858 |
6-Jan-1942 |
Operatic soprano, Carmen |
| Julia Child |
Chef |
15-Aug-1912 |
13-Aug-2004 |
Haute cuisine with a unique voice |
| Tom Colicchio |
Chef |
15-Aug-1962 |
|
Head Judge, Top Chef |
| Mike Connors |
Actor |
15-Aug-1925 |
|
Mannix |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1957 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Walter Crane |
Artist |
15-Aug-1845 |
17-Mar-1915 |
British children's illustrator |
| Harlow Curtice |
Business |
15-Aug-1893 |
3-Nov-1962 |
President of General Motors, 1952-58 |
| Jim Dale |
Actor |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Me and My Girl |
| Abby Dalton |
Actor |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Julia Cumson on Falcon Crest |
| Thomas De Quincey |
Author |
15-Aug-1785 |
8-Dec-1859 |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
| Duncan I |
Royalty |
15-Aug-1001 |
1-Aug-1040 |
King of Scotland, 1034-40 |
| Carl Edwards |
Auto Racing |
15-Aug-1979 |
|
NASCAR racer |
| Linda Ellerbee |
Journalist |
15-Aug-1944 |
|
"And so it goes." |
| Eni Faleomavaega |
Politician |
15-Aug-1943 |
|
Congressman, American Samoa |
| Edna Ferber |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1885 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Show Boat and Giant |
| Gianfranco Ferrè |
Fashion Designer |
15-Aug-1944 |
17-Jun-2007 |
Italian fashion designer |
| Ronnie G. Flippo |
Politician |
15-Aug-1937 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1976-91 |
| Lukas Foss |
Conductor |
15-Aug-1922 |
1-Feb-2009 |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71 |
| Melinda Gates |
Philanthropist |
15-Aug-1964 |
|
Married to Bill Gates |
| Robert F. Goheen |
Educator |
15-Aug-1919 |
31-Mar-2008 |
President of Princeton University, 1957-72 |
| Duff Green |
Journalist |
15-Aug-1791 |
10-Jun-1875 |
The United States Telegraph |
| Jules Grévy |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1807 |
19-Sep-1891 |
President of the Third Republic |
| Huntz Hall |
Actor |
15-Aug-1919 |
30-Jan-1999 |
Dead End Kids |
| Keir Hardie |
Politician |
15-Aug-1856 |
26-Sep-1915 |
Organizer of the British Labour Party |
| Florence Harding |
First Lady |
15-Aug-1860 |
21-Nov-1924 |
Wife of US President Warren G. Harding |
| Tess Harper |
Actor |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
Crimes of the Heart |
| Signe Hasso |
Actor |
15-Aug-1910 |
7-Jun-2002 |
A Double Life |
| Jill Haworth |
Actor |
15-Aug-1946 |
3-Jan-2011 |
In Harm's Way |
| Nathan L. Hecht |
Judge |
15-Aug-1949 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Mike Henry |
Football |
15-Aug-1936 |
|
Tarzan, 1966-68 |
| Natasha Henstridge |
Actor |
15-Aug-1974 |
|
Species |
| Peter Hermann |
Actor |
15-Aug-1967 |
|
Married to Mariska Hargitay |
| Wendy Hiller |
Actor |
15-Aug-1912 |
14-May-2003 |
Separate Tables |
| Joseph H. Himes |
Politician |
15-Aug-1885 |
9-Sep-1960 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1921-23 |
| Jacques Ibert |
Composer |
15-Aug-1890 |
5-Feb-1962 |
Escales |
| Roger Imhof |
Actor |
15-Aug-1875 |
15-Apr-1958 |
This Gun for Hire |
| Zeljko Ivanek |
Actor |
15-Aug-1957 |
|
Gov. James Devlin on Oz |
| Joe Jonas |
Musician |
15-Aug-1989 |
|
The Jonas Brothers |
| Vernon Jordan |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Advisor to Bill Clinton |
| Alain Juppé |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1945 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 1995-97 |
| Tom Kelly |
Baseball |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
Minnesota Twins Manager, 1986-2001 |
| Otto Kerner |
Politician |
15-Aug-1908 |
9-May-1976 |
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68 |
| Natalia Kills |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Aug-1986 |
|
Perfectionist |
| Gary Kubiak |
Football |
15-Aug-1961 |
|
Head Coach, Houston Texans |
| Thomas H. Kuchel |
Politician |
15-Aug-1910 |
21-Nov-1994 |
US Senator from California, 1953-69 |
| Jim Lange |
Game Show Host |
15-Aug-1933 |
|
The Dating Game |
| Jennifer Lawrence |
Actor |
15-Aug-1990 |
|
Winter's Bone |
| Lew Lehrman |
Business |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
Rite Aid drugstore founder |
| Charles Godfrey Leland |
Poet |
15-Aug-1824 |
20-Mar-1903 |
Hans Breitmann's Ballads |
| Jack Lynch |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1917 |
20-Oct-1999 |
Twice Prime Minister of Ireland |
| Rose Marie |
Actor |
15-Aug-1923 |
|
Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Tom Marino |
Politician |
15-Aug-1952 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 10th |
| Larry Mathews |
Actor |
15-Aug-1955 |
|
Ritchie Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Debi Mazar |
Actor |
15-Aug-1964 |
|
Meet Wally Sparks |
| Paul W. Merrill |
Astronomer |
15-Aug-1887 |
19-Jul-1961 |
S-process of nucleosynthesis |
| Debra Messing |
Actor |
15-Aug-1968 |
|
Grace on Will & Grace |
| Stanley Milgram |
Psychologist |
15-Aug-1933 |
20-Dec-1984 |
Milgram Experiment |
| Tom Murphy |
Politician |
15-Aug-1944 |
|
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1994-2006 |
| Yoweri Museveni |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1944 |
|
President of Uganda |
| Mary Nash |
Actor |
15-Aug-1884 |
3-Dec-1976 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| E. Nesbit |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1858 |
4-May-1924 |
The Story of the Treasure Seekers |
| Jorma Ollila |
Business |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
CEO of Nokia, 1992-2006 |
| Oscar Peterson |
Jazz Musician |
15-Aug-1925 |
24-Dec-2007 |
Maharajah of the keyboard |
| Clifford A. Pickover |
Mathematician |
15-Aug-1957 |
|
Mathematician and prolific author |
| Pat Priest |
Actor |
15-Aug-1936 |
|
Marilyn Munster on The Munsters |
| Chuck Reed |
Politician |
15-Aug-1948 |
|
Mayor of San Jose |
| Richard Samuel Reynolds |
Business |
15-Aug-1881 |
29-Jul-1955 |
Founder of Reynolds Metals |
| William R. Rhodes |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Vice Chairman of Citigroup |
| Tony Robinson |
Actor |
15-Aug-1946 |
|
Blackadder |
| Nicolas Roeg |
Film Director |
15-Aug-1928 |
|
The Man Who Fell to Earth |
| H. Onno Ruding |
Government |
15-Aug-1939 |
|
Dutch Finance Minister, 1982-89 |
| Janice Rule |
Actor |
15-Aug-1931 |
17-Oct-2003 |
3 Women |
| John R. Ryan |
Military |
15-Aug-1945 |
|
Chancellor of SUNY, 2006-07 |
| Thomas C. Sawyer |
Politician |
15-Aug-1945 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1987-2003 |
| Phyllis Schlafly |
Activist |
15-Aug-1924 |
|
Opponent of women's liberation |
| Sir Walter Scott |
Author |
15-Aug-1771 |
21-Sep-1832 |
Ivanhoe |
| Andres Serrano |
Artist |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
Piss Christ |
| Barbara Shelley |
Actor |
15-Aug-1933 |
|
Village of the Damned |
| Rondell Sheridan |
Actor |
15-Aug-1958 |
|
Victor Baxter on That's So Raven |
| John Silber |
Educator |
15-Aug-1926 |
|
President of Boston University, 1971-96 |
| Albert Spalding |
Violinist |
15-Aug-1888 |
26-May-1953 |
American violin virtuoso |
| Jeremy Taylor |
Religion |
15-Aug-1613 |
13-Aug-1667 |
Holy Living and Holy Dying |
| Nigel Terry |
Actor |
15-Aug-1945 |
|
Excalibur |
| Mark Thatcher |
Relative |
15-Aug-1953 |
|
Margaret Thatcher's ne'er-do-well son |
| John Torrey |
Botanist |
15-Aug-1796 |
10-Mar-1873 |
Flora of North America |
| Gene Upshaw |
Football |
15-Aug-1945 |
20-Aug-2008 |
NFL Hall-of-Fame Guard, NFLPA Leader |
| Gerald W. VandeWalle |
Judge |
15-Aug-1933 |
|
North Dakota Chief Justice |
| Kerri Walsh |
Sports Figure |
15-Aug-1978 |
|
Top beach volleyball player |
| Ned Washington |
Songwriter |
15-Aug-1901 |
20-Dec-1976 |
When You Wish Upon a Star |
| Maxine Waters |
Politician |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
Congresswoman, California 35th |
| Jimmy Webb |
Songwriter |
15-Aug-1946 |
|
Up, Up, and Away! |
| Kathryn J. Whitmire |
Politician |
15-Aug-1946 |
|
Mayor of Houston, 1982-91 |
| Khaleda Zia |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1945 |
|
Twice Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
