August 15

Events

=Pre-1600=

636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.
747 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army.{{cite web|url=http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswarsto1000/p/roncevaux.htm|title=Charlemagne: Battle of Roncevaux Pass|last=Hickman|first=Kennedy|publisher=Military History|access-date=15 August 2019|archive-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224163706/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswarsto1000/p/roncevaux.htm|url-status=dead}}
805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising
927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria.
1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
1038 – King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
1070 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
1096 – Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II.{{citation|last=Hallam|first=Elizabeth|year=1989|title=Chronicles of the Crusades: Eye-witness Accounts of the Wars Between Christianity and Islam|publisher=Bramley|isbn=9781858335896|page=63}}
1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
1224 – The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a Catholic military order, occupy Tarbatu (today Tartu) as part of the Livonian Crusade.Tarvel, Enn (ed.). Henriku Liivimaa kroonika. Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982. (in Estonian)Vahtre, Sulev. Muinasaja loojang Eestis : vabadusvõitlus 1208–1227.Tallinn: Olion, 1990. (in Estonian)
1237 – Spanish Reconquista: The Battle of the Puig between the Moorish forces of Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese victory.
1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned as the first Byzantine emperor in fifty-seven years.
1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
1310 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
1511 – Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
1519 – Panama City, Panama is founded.
1534 – Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
1537 – Asunción, Paraguay is founded.
1540 – Arequipa, Peru is founded.
1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549).
1592 – Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Eok-gi, and Won Gyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.{{citation|last=Hawley|first=Samuel|year=2005|title=The Imjin War|publisher=The Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch/UC Berkeley Press|isbn=89-954424-2-5 |page=239}}
1599 – Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.

=1601–1900=

1695 – French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
1824 – The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
1893 – Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
1899 – Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aroundthegrounds.org/grounds-hub/fratton-park/|title = Fratton Park the home of Portsmouth}}

=1901–present=

1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
1914 – A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there.
1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship {{SS|Ancon|1901|6}}.
1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
1939 – Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web | title= No Place Like Home: 'Wizard of Oz' premiered here 70 years ago | url= http://host.madison.com/article_5c61ec86-41d1-5eef-a2da-e2ad874a4aeb.html | date= August 18, 2009 | first= Katjusa | last= Cisar | publisher= Madison.com | access-date= October 21, 2011 | archive-date= August 25, 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170825104341/http://host.madison.com/article_5c61ec86-41d1-5eef-a2da-e2ad874a4aeb.html | url-status= live }}
1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the {{ship|Greek cruiser|Elli|1912|6}} at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker {{SS|Ohio}} reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
1943 – World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
1945 – Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan.
1947 – India gains independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
1948 – The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula.
1950 – Measuring {{M|w|link=y}} 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.{{cite web |title=M 8.6 – 1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official19500815140934_30/executive |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |publisher=USGS |access-date=14 August 2021}}
1952 – A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
1959 – American Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 707, crashes near the Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, killing all five people on board.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-123 N7514A Calverton-Peconic River Airport, NY (CTO) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590815-0 |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
1960 – Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
1961 – Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
1962 – James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
1970 – Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1973 – Vietnam War: The USAF bombing of Cambodia ends.
1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung Hee.
1975 – Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
1975 – Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
1976 – SAETA Flight 232 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 785D Viscount HC-ARS Chimborazo Volcano|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760815-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-27|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051109171533/http://www.aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19760815-0 |archive-date=2005-11-09 }}
1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
1984 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh.
1985 – Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement.
1989 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, killing 34 of the 40 people on board.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24RV B-3417 Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890815-1 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
1995 – Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/press/pm/murayama/9508.html|title=MOFA: Statement by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama "On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the war's end" (15 August 1995)|website=www.mofa.go.jp|access-date=2020-01-24}}
1998 – Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.{{cite web |title=Omagh bomb: Bell tolls to mark 20th anniversary |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45144511 |website=BBC News |access-date=2 February 2023 |date=15 August 2018}}
1998 – Apple introduces the iMac computer.{{cite web|title=Apple Fast Facts|website=CNN|date=July 2014|access-date=January 12, 2022|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/01/business/apple-fast-facts/index.html}}
1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
2005 – Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
2013 – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
2015 – North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 8{{frac|1|2}} hours ahead of UTC.
2020 – Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.{{cite web|title=Russia Fast Facts|website=CNN|date=29 October 2013|access-date=January 11, 2022|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/29/world/russia-fast-facts/index.html}}
2021 – Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Births

=Pre-1600=

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){{cite ODNB |last1=Ross |first1=James |title=Vere, Richard de, eleventh earl of Oxford (1385–1417), magnate and soldier |date=5 January 2012 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/101270}}
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)

=1601–1900=

1607 – Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1658)
1608 – Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1652){{cite ODNB |last1=Goodwin |first1=Gordon |last2=Peacey |first2=J. T. |title=Howard, Henry Frederick, fifteenth earl of Arundel, fifth earl of Surrey, and second earl of Norfolk (1608–1652), nobleman |date=28 September 2006 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/13915}}
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){{cite journal |last1=West |first1=Shearer |title=Zuccarelli, Francesco |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T093658|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}
1717 – Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810){{cite ODNB |last1=Hallas |first1=Christine S. |title=Metcalf, John [called Blind Jack of Knaresborough] (1717–1810), road builder and surveyor |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18616}}
1736 – Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803){{cite Grove |last1=Fellerer |first1=Karl Gustav |title=Kellner, Johann Christoph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14851}}
1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (d. 1815)
1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and emperor (d. 1821){{cite book |title=Bonaparte |first1=Eugene Viktorovich |last1=Tarlé |page=13 |date=1937 |publisher=Knight Publications |location=New York |translator-first1=John |translator-last1=Cournos |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/bonaparte00tarl |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=en}}
1771 – Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832){{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Clive |title=Scott, Sir Walter |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T077153}}
1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859){{cite ODNB |last1=Lindop |first1=Grevel |title=Quincey, Thomas Penson De (1785–1859), essayist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/7524}}
1787 – Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist (d. 1860){{cite book|last=Hannan|first=Caryn|title=Massachusetts Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ntj6SFIEKoEC&pg=PA165|date=2008|publisher=State History Publications|isbn=978-1-878592-66-8|pages=165–}}
1798 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831)
1807 – Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891)
1810 – Louise Colet, French poet (d. 1876){{cite web |title=Louise Colet {{!}} French writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-Colet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}
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){{cite journal |last1=Newall |first1=Christopher |title=Crane, Walter |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T020135}}
1856 – Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915){{cite ODNB |last1=Morgan |first1=Kenneth O. |title=Hardie, (James) Keir [formerly James Kerr] (1856–1915), founder of the Labour Party |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33696}}
1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)
1858 – E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924){{cite ODNB |last1=Briggs |first1=Julia |title=Nesbit [married name Bland], Edith (1858–1924), writer |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31919}}
1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931){{cite ANB |last1=Lindberg |first1=Richard C. |title=Comiskey, Charles Albert (1859–1931), professional baseball player and team owner |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900263}}
1860 – Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924){{cite ANB |last1=Gutin |first1=Myra G. |title=Harding, Florence Mabel Kling DeWolfe (1860–1924), first lady of the United States |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600764}}
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){{cite Grove |last1=Banfield |first1=Stephen |title=Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel |date=16 October 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2248993}}
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){{cite Grove |last1=Edwards |first1=J. Michele |title=Bauer, Marion Eugénie |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02353}}
1882 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)
1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962){{cite journal |last1=Mikuž |first1=Jure |title=Meštrović, Ivan |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T057367}}
1885 – Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968){{cite book|first=Kirstin|last=Olsen|title=Chronology of Women's History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1994|page=191|isbn=978-0-31328-803-6}}
1886 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (d. 1962){{cite Grove |last1=Laederich |first1=Alexandra |title=Ibert, Jacques |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13675}}
1892 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987){{cite journal |last1=Abragam |first1=Anatole |title=Louis Victor Pierre Raymond De Broglie, 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=December 1988 |volume=34 |pages=21–41 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1988.0002}}
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){{cite ANB |last1=Ihde |first1=Aaron J. |title=Cori, Carl Ferdinand (1896–1984), biochemists |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302062}}
1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)
1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (d. 1958){{cite journal |last1=Fontanella |first1=Lee |journal=Oxford Art Online |title=Outerbridge, Paul (Everard), jr |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T064301}}
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){{cite journal |last1=Bryant |first1=Edward |title=Tworkov, Jack |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T086738}}

=1901–present=

1901 – Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panamanian politician, 21st President 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){{cite book |last1=Bourgeois-Doyle |first1=Richard I. |title=George J. Klein: The Great Inventor |date=2004 |publisher=NRC Press |location=Ottawa |isbn=9780660193229 |page=13}}
1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004){{cite ANB |last1=Deutsch |first1=Tracey |title=Child, Julia (1912–2004), cookbook author and television chef |date=October 2013 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1603573}}
1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003){{cite news |title=Dame Wendy Hiller |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/may/16/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2003}}
1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996){{cite journal |last1=Barlow |first1=Margaret |title=Rand, Paul |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T070729}}
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){{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Obituary: Huntz Hall |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-huntz-hall-1068351.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=3 February 1999}}
1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007){{cite news |last1=Pine |first1=Richard |last2=Gillan |first2=P. J. |title=Benedict Kiely |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/12/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=12 February 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){{cite journal |last1=Jaffe |first1=Irma B. |title=Baskin, Leonard |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T006734}}
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){{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Rose Marie obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/02/rose-marie-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=2 January 2018}}
1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995){{cite news |last1=Calder |first1=John |title=Obituary : Robert Bolt |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-robert-bolt-1574410.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=23 February 1995}}
1924 – Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016){{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Hedy Epstein, Rights Activist and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/us/hedy-epstein-rights-activist-and-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-91.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 May 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){{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Phyllis Schlafly, 'First Lady' of a Political March to the Right, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/obituaries/phyllis-schlafly-conservative-leader-and-foe-of-era-dies-at-92.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 September 2016}}
1925 – Mike Connors, American actor and producer (d. 2017){{cite news |last1=Grode |first1=Eric |title=Mike Connors, Long-Running TV Sleuth in 'Mannix,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2017}}
1925 – Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998){{cite news |last1=Wadey |first1=Paul |title=Obituary: Rose Maddox |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-rose-maddox-1161000.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=5 May 1998}}
1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007){{cite Grove |last1=Dobbins |first1=Bill |title=Peterson, Oscar |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21443}}
1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (d. 2007)
1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (d. 1969){{cite Grove |last1=Morrison |first1=Bryce |title=Katchen, Julius |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14758}}
1926 – Eddie Little Sky, American actor (d. 1997){{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |pages=192–193}}
1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (d. 2024){{cite news |last1=Berger |first1=Joseph |title=Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/books/sami-michael-idead.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 April 2024}}
1926 – John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012){{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=John Silber Dies at 86; Led Boston University |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/us/john-r-silber-who-led-boston-universitys-renaissance-dies-at-86.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 September 2012}}
1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (d. 2016){{cite news |title=Former Greek President Constantine Stephanopoulos dies at 90 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/20/former-greek-president-stephanopoulos-dies-at-90/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Denver Post |agency=The Associated Press |date=21 November 2016}}
1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011){{cite news |last1=Frith |first1=David |title=Eddie Leadbeater obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/09/eddie-leadbeater-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 June 2011}}
1927 – Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge (d. 2024){{cite news |last1=Bowcott |first1=Owen |title=Sir Oliver Popplewell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/jun/11/sir-oliver-popplewell-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=11 June 2024}}
1928 – Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014){{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Malcolm Glazer, Owner of Buccaneers and Manchester United, Is Dead at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/sports/malcolm-glazer-owner-of-buccaneers-and-manchester-united-is-dead-at-85.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 May 2014}}
1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (d. 2018){{cite news |last1=Baxter |first1=Brian |title=Nicolas Roeg obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/25/nicolas-roeg-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=25 November 2018}}
1931 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014){{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Ernest Brace, Civilian Pilot Held as P.O.W. in Vietnam, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/us/ernest-brace-civilian-pilot-held-as-pow-in-vietnam-dies-at-83.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 December 2014}}
1931 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015){{cite journal |last1=Colacot |first1=Thomas |title=Richard F. Heck (1931–2015) |journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition |date=21 December 2015 |volume=54 |issue=52 |pages=15611–15612 |doi=10.1002/anie.201510300|pmid=26644371 }}
1932 – Abby Dalton, American actress (d. 2020){{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Abby Dalton, Actress on 'Falcon Crest' and 'The Joey Bishop Show,' Dies at 88 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/abby-dalton-dead-actress-falcon-crest-joey-bishop-show-was-88-1305960/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 November 2020}}
1932 – Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (d. 2002){{Cite journal|last1=Benford|first1=Gregory|last2=Benford|first2=James|date=2003-08-01|title=Robert Lull Forward|journal=Physics Today|volume=56|issue=8|pages=66–67|doi=10.1063/1.1611362|bibcode=2003PhT....56h..66B|issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free}}
1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host and DJ (d. 2014){{Cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=2014-02-28|title=Jim Lange, Genial Host of 'Dating Game,' Dies at 81|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/arts/television/jim-lange-genial-host-of-dating-game-dies-at-81.html|access-date=2021-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407064111/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/arts/television/jim-lange-genial-host-of-dating-game-dies-at-81.html?_r=0|archive-date=2014-04-07|issn=0362-4331}}
1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge (d. 2017){{cite news |last1=Childs |first1=Martin |title=Lord Steyn: Judge who opposed Tony Blair and George Bush over Iraq war and Guantanamo |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lord-steyn-died-judge-who-opposed-iraq-war-and-guantanamo-blair-bush-a8089426.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=3 December 2017}}
1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
1933 – Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (d. 1984){{cite journal |last1=Russell |first1=Nestar John Charles |title=Milgram's obedience to authority experiments: Origins and early evolution |journal=British Journal of Social Psychology |date=March 2011 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=140–162 |doi=10.1348/014466610X492205|pmid=21366616 }}
1933 – Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009){{cite Grove |last1=Allen |first1=Ray |title=Seeger, Mike |date=31 January 2014 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2258158}}
1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007){{cite news |last1=Clayson |first1=Alan |title=Bobby Byrd |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/09/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 October 2007}}
1934 – Purushottam Upadhyay, Indian musician, singer and composer (d. 2024){{Cite web |last=Mule |first=Balkrishna Madhavrao |title=ઉપાધ્યાય, પુરુષોત્તમ |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%89%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AF-%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%AE/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Gujarati Vishwakosh |language=gu}}{{Cite news |date=2024-12-11 |title=Legendary Gujarati singer Purushottam Upadhyay passes away at 90, PM Narendra Modi expresses condolences |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/music/legendary-gujarati-singer-purushottam-upadhyay-passes-away-at-90-pm-narendra-modi-expresses-condolences/articleshow/116223361.cms |access-date=2024-12-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach (d. 2019)
1934 – Darrell K. Sweet, American illustrator (d. 2011){{cite web|title=Sweet, Darrell|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=February 17, 2024|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sweet_darrell}}
1934 – Valentin Varlamov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 1980){{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=70 |lccn=2008935694}}
1935 – Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer{{cite web|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|title=Dale, Jim (1935-)|website=BFI Screenonline|date=2014|access-date=18 August 2018|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/471643/index.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Blackwell|first=Earl|title=Earl Blackwell's Celebrity Register|location=Detroit, Mich.|publisher=Gale Research|date=1990|isbn=9780810368750|page=[https://archive.org/details/earlblackwellsce0000unse/page/107 107]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/earlblackwellsce0000unse/page/107}}
1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014){{cite news |title=Régine Deforges – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10909581/Regine-Deforges-obituary.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=18 June 2014 |language=en}}
1936 – Pat Priest, American actress
1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (d. 2014){{cite Grove |last1=Ellison |first1=Cori |title=Shane, Rita |date=2002 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009241}}
1938 – Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1938 – Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer{{cite Grove |last1=Mattingly |first1=Rick |title=Hooper, Stix |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J207200}}
1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
1938 – Maxine Waters, American educator and politician{{CongBio |id=W000187 |name=WATERS, Maxine |inline=YES}}
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 (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 (d. 2019)
1945 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh{{cite web |title=Khaleda Zia |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/khaleda-zia |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}
1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist{{cite Grove |last1=Simonot |first1=Colette |title=Webb, Jimmy |date=20 January 2016 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2289683}}
1947 – Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodbubble.com/features/you-will-be-amazed-to-know-the-controversial-off-screen-life-of-this-on-screen-mother/|title = You will be amazed to know the controversial off-screen life of this on-screen mother|date = 28 September 2015}}
1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Phyllis Smith, American actress
1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
1950 – Tess Harper, American actress
1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player
1950 – Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom{{cite web |title=Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-queen-elizabeth-ii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}
1951 – Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter (d. 2023){{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Alex |title=Bobby Caldwell, Silky-Voiced R&B Crooner, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/arts/music/bobby-caldwell-dead.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 2023}}
1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
1952 – Chuck Burgi, American drummer
1953 – Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
1953 – Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author
1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer{{cite Grove |last1=Miller |first1=Mark |title=Desmarais, Lorraine |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J554000}}
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
1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
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 Gates Foundation{{cite news |title=Profile: Melinda Gates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/26/theobserver |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=26 November 2006 |language=en}}
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
1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 15–21 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/celebrity-birthdays-week-aug-15-21-79362885 |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=ABC News |language=en}}
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)
1972 – Mikey Graham, Irish singer{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|date=2021-08-15|title=Today in History |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/15/metro/today-history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816034628/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/15/metro/today-history/|archive-date=2021-08-16|access-date=2021-08-16|website=The Boston Globe|language=en-US}}
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 – Waleed Aly, Australian journalist and television host[https://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/aly_waleed,15569.html Waleed Aly, profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903094158/https://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/aly_waleed,15569.html |date=2018-09-03 }}, Gallery of Australian Biographies, Civics and Citizenship Education, Education Services Australia; [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/waleed-aly-why-all-the-haters/news-story/231adcd9faf13e305af52c03a5d5e0d5 "Waleed Aly: why all the haters?"] by John Lyons, The Australian, 23 April 2016
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 – Fiann Paul, Icelandic explorer{{Cite web|title=Youngest person to row three different oceans|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/527576-youngest-person-to-row-three-different-oceans|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Guinness World Records|date=5 June 2016 |language=en-GB}}
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
1983 – Rachel Haot, American businesswoman{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/06/rachel-haot.html |title=The CNBC Next List: Rachel Haot |date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=CNBC}}
1984 – Jarrod Dyson, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Jarrod Dyson |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jarrod-dyson-502481 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=14 August 2023}}
1984 – Emily Kinney, American actress and singer-songwriter{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 15, 2022 includes celebrities Jennifer Lawrence, Joe Jonas |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-15-2022-includes-celebrities-jennifer-lawrence-joe-jonas.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=14 August 2023 |date=15 August 2022}}
1985 – Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (d. 2019)
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 – Carlos PenaVega, American actor and singer{{Cite web|last=Rentería|first=Melissa|date=2009-11-25|title=Plans change as Pena lands co-starring role in Nickelodeon's 'Big Time Rush'|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/article/Plans-change-as-Pena-lands-co-starring-role-in-857714.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702212459/https://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/article/Plans-change-as-Pena-lands-co-starring-role-in-857714.phpChange-Last-Name.htm|archive-date=2019-07-02|access-date=2021-06-14|website=mySA|language=en-US}}
1989 – Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
1992 – Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
1992 – Matthew Judon, American football player{{cite web |title=Matthew Judon |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3961466/matthew-judon |publisher=ESPN |access-date=14 August 2023}}
1993 – Rieah Holder, Barbadian netball player{{cite web |title=Netball {{!}} Athlete Profile: Rieah Holder – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6004125-rieah-holder.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=18 October 2020}}
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{{cite web |last=Buyanovsky |first=Dan |date=May 6, 2013 |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/05/from-the-mag-chief-keef-at-home/ |title=From The Mag: Chief Keef At Home |website=XXL |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=May 10, 2013}}
1995 – Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player{{cite web|title=Setyana MAPASA I Profile|url=https://bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com/player/77441/setyana-mapasa|website=BWF World Tour Finals|publisher=BWF|access-date=2 December 2023}}
1999 – Paola Reis, BMX rider{{cite web |title=Cycling BMX {{!}} Athlete Profile: Reis Paola – Pan American Games Lima 2019 |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/cycling-bmx/athlete-profile-n1144541-reis-paola.htm |website=wrsd.lima2019.pe |access-date=30 May 2020}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

398 – Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Later Yan
423 – Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384)
465 – Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)
698 – Theodotus of Amida, Syrian Orthodox holy man{{cite encyclopedia |first=Jack |last=Tannous |title=Theodotos of Amid |encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition |editor1=Sebastian P. Brock |editor2=Aaron M. Butts |editor3=George A. Kiraz |editor4=Lucas Van Rompay |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/entry/Theodotos-of-Amid |publisher=Gorgias Press |year=2011 |postscript=. Published online by Beth Mardutho in 2018.}}
767 – Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (b. 699){{Cite book |url=http://www.islamicinformationcentre.co.uk/alsunna.htm |title=Understanding the Ahle al-Sunnah: Traditional Scholarship & Modern Misunderstandings |last=Ammar |first=Abu |publisher=Islamic Information Centre |year=2001 |chapter=Criticism levelled against Imam Abu Hanifah |access-date=2018-06-13 |chapter-url=http://www.islamicinformationcentre.co.uk/alsunna7.htm}}{{Cite web |url=https://habibur.com/hijri/150/7/ |title=Islamic Hijri Calendar For Rajab - 150 Hijri |website=habibur.com |access-date=2018-06-13}}
778 – Roland, Frankish military leader
873 – Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 833)
874 – Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim
912 – Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855)
932 – Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (b. 899)
955 – Bulcsú, Hungarian tribal chieftain (harka){{cite book |last=Kristó |first=Gyula |year=1985 |title=Az augsburgi csata [The Battle of Augsburg] |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |isbn=963-05-3838-5|language=hu |page=94}}
955 – Lehel, Hungarian tribal chieftain
955 – Súr, Hungarian tribal chieftain
978 – Li Yu, ruler ('king') of Southern Tang
986 – Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot{{cite book |last1=Hogan |first1=J.F. |title=Irish Monasteries in Germany |date=1898 |publisher=Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 4th series, Vol. 3 |pages=526–535}}
1022 – Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel
1038 – Stephen I, Hungarian king (b. 975)
1057 – Macbeth, King of Scotland
1118 – Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
1196 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
1224 – Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1198)
1257 – Saint Hyacinth of Poland
1274 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)
1275 – Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
1328 – Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan dynasty (b. 1293)
1369 – Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (b. 1314)
1388 – Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (b. circa 1320)
1399 – Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (b. 1358)
1496 – Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (b. 1428)
1506 – Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445){{cite Grove |last1=Wegman |first1=Rob C. |last2=Fitch |first2=Fabrice |last3=Lerner |first3=Edward R. |title=Agricola [Ackerman], Alexander |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.52210}}
1507 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
1528 – Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
1552 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
1594 – Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)

=1601–1900=

1621 – John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582){{cite ODNB |last1=Royan |first1=Nicola |title=Barclay, John (1582–1621), writer |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1342}}
1666 – Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591){{cite book |last1=MacDonnell |first1=Joseph F. |chapter=Schall von Bell, Johann Adam |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |pages=1017–1018 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1225|isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 }}
1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
1728 – Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656){{cite Grove |last1=Gorce |first1=Jérôme De La |last2=Milliot |first2=Sylvette |title=Marais, Marin |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.17702}}
1758 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698){{cite book |last1=Débarbat |first1=Suzanne |chapter=Bouguer, Pierre |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |pages=154–155 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_186|isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 }}
1799 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
1844 – José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733){{cite book|author=Rafael Nieto y Cortadellas|title=Genealogías Habaneras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6azEkZpg7v8C|access-date=7 July 2013|date=1 January 1979|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-00-04474-9|pages=214–215}}
1852 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
1859 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777){{CongBio |id=C000405 |name=CLAIBORNE, Nathaniel Herbert |inline=YES}}

=1901–present=

1907 – Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831){{cite Grove |last1=Borchard |first1=Beatrix |title=Joachim, Joseph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14322}}
1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878){{cite journal |last1=Kuznetsov |first1=Sergey |title=Mägi, Konrad |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T053121}}
1928 – Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898){{cite ANB |last1=Norris |first1=Vincent P. |title=Post, Wiley (1899-1935), aviator |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2000813}}
1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879){{cite ANB |last1=Rollins |first1=Peter C. |title=Rogers, Will (04 November 1879–15 August 1935), entertainer and social commentator |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800998}}
1935 – Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863){{cite journal |last1=Rapetti |first1=Rodolphe |title=Signac, Paul |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T078644}}
1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871){{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=Sharon |title=The Challenge of the Modern: Essays on Grazia Deledda |date=2007 |publisher=Troubador publ |location=Leicester |isbn=9781906221676 |page=31}}
1942 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892){{cite journal |last1=Desai |first1=Narayan |title=Mahadev Desai: "Mahadev, Arise Mahadev!" |journal=Indian Literature |date=2004 |volume=48 |issue=1 (219) |pages=114–124 |jstor=23341431 |issn=0019-5804}}
1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
1945 – Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882){{cite Grove |last1=Glock |first1=William |last2=Plaistow |first2=Stephen |title=Schnabel, Artur |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24970}}
1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875){{cite journal |last1=Busemann |first1=A. |title=Ludwig Prandtl, 1875-1953 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=February 1960 |volume=5 |pages=193–205 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1960.0015}}
1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898){{cite journal |last1=Wijnbeek |first1=Anneke E. |title=Magritte, René(-François-Ghislain) |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T053159}}
1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887){{cite news |title=Paul Lukas, 1943 Oscar Winner, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/17/archives/paul-lukas-1943-oscarwinne-des.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1971}}
1974 – Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913){{cite news |last1=Bird |first1=David |title=Clay Shaw Is Dead at 60; Freed in Kennedy 'Plot' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/16/archives/clay-shaw-is-dead-at-60-freed-in-kennedy-plot-new-orleans.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 August 1974}}
1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920){{cite news |title=Who was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman? Architect of independent Bangladesh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/who-was-sheikh-mujibur-rahman-architect-of-independent-bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-protest-unrest-resignation/articleshow/112306676.cms |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=6 August 2024}}
1975 – Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
1981 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895){{cite book|first1=Bernice E.|last1=Cullinan|first2=Diane Goetz|last2=Person|title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature|location=New York|publisher=Continuum|year=2005|page=112|isbn=978-0-82641-778-7}}
1981 – Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
1982 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905){{cite news |last1=Daley |first1=Suzanne |title=ERNIE BUSHMILLER, 76, IS DEAD; DREW 'NANCY' FOR HALF CENTURY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/17/obituaries/ernie-bushmiller-76-is-dead-drew-nancy-for-half-century.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1982}}
1982 – Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954){{cite news |title=Motorcyclist Dies Of Crash Injuries |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/16/sports/motorcyclist-dies-of-crash-injuries.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 August 1982}}
1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903){{cite journal |last1=Dalziel |first1=Keith |title=Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell, 6 July 1903 - 15 August 1982 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1983 |volume=29 |pages=584–621 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1983.0021}}
1989 – Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904){{cite news |last1=Flint |first1=Peter B. |title=GENERAL MINORU GENDA, 84, DIES: PLANNED ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/17/obituaries/general-minoru-genda-84-dies-planned-attack-on-pearl-harbor.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1989}}
1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962){{cite news |last1=Watrous |first1=Peter |title=Viktor Tsoi, Singer And Songwriter, 28; Star of Soviet Rock |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/22/obituaries/viktor-tsoi-singer-and-songwriter-28-star-of-soviet-rock.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 August 1990}}
1992 – Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947){{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Bruce |title=Linda Laubenstein, 45, Physician And Leader in Detection of AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/17/nyregion/linda-laubenstein-45-physician-and-leader-in-detection-of-aids.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1992}}
1994 – Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906){{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Randy |title=John Cameron Swayze, 89, Journalist and TV Pitchman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/17/obituaries/john-cameron-swayze-89-journalist-and-tv-pitchman.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1995}}
1997 – Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)
1999 – Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910){{cite journal |last1=Powers |first1=Alan |title=Casson, Sir Hugh |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T014611|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}
2000 – Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (b. 1915){{Cite news|title=Obituary: Lancelot Ware|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/18/guardianobituaries|last=Barker|first=Dennis|date=18 August 2000|work=The Guardian}}
2001 – Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972){{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=Pete |title=Richard Chelimo |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/29/guardianobituaries.athletics |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2001}}
2001 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (b. 1919){{cite journal|last=Perevozchikova |first=O. L. |title=Ekaterina Logvinovna Yushchenko |journal=Cybernetics and Systems Analysis |volume=45 |number=6 | year=2009| page=843|doi=10.1007/s10559-009-9161-x |s2cid=116901283 }}
2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941){{cite news |title=Cong leader Amarsinh Chaudhary dead |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cong-leader-amarsinh-chaudhary-dead/articleshow/815802.cms |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |agency=PTI |date=15 August 2004}}
2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927){{cite journal |last1=Rao |first1=G. Raghurama |title=Obituary-Prof. Dr. BV Satyanarayana (30-1-1927-15-8-2005). |journal=Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology |date=Nov–Dec 2005 |volume=71 |issue=6 |page=454}}
2006 – Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931){{cite news |title=Dame Te Atairangikaahu |url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2006/08/31/dame-te-atairangikaahu |access-date=14 August 2024 |newspaper=The Economist |date=31 August 2006}}
2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2007 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (b. 1944){{cite news |last1=Millington |first1=Barry |title=Richard Bradshaw |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/aug/29/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2007}}
2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918){{cite news |last1=Pearce |first1=Jeremy |title=John W. Gofman, 88, Scientist and Advocate for Nuclear Safety, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/us/26gofman.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=26 August 2007}}
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925){{cite news |title=Canadiens' architect Sam Pollock dies |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canadiens-architect-sam-pollock-dies-1.677254 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=CBC Sports |date=15 August 2007}}
2008 – Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929)
2008 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917){{cite news |title=Jerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/americas/15iht-obit.5.15340565.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 August 2008}}
2011 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984){{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Malcolm |last2=Labby |first2=Bryan |title=NHLer Rypien remembered at funeral |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhler-rypien-remembered-at-funeral-1.992850 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=CBC Sports |date=20 August 2011}}
2012 – Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
2012 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (b. 1925){{cite news |last1=Priest |first1=Christopher |title=Harry Harrison obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/15/harry-harrison |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=15 August 2012}}
2013 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944){{cite news |last1=Eaude |first1=Michael |title=Rosalía Mera obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/aug/21/rosalia-mera |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=21 August 2013}}
2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930){{cite news |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=Sławomir Mrozek obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/slawomir-mrozek |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=21 August 2013}}
2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942){{cite news |title=Former Nepal PM Shrestha dies at age 71 |url=https://apnews.com/8cf580a64c2049f598c415b45ce33275 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=AP News |date=15 August 2013}}
2013 – August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (b. 1936){{Cite news|last=Garcia|first=Uriel J.|date=2013-08-18|title=August Schellenberg, who acted in 'Free Willy' films, dies at 77|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/august-schellenberg-who-acted-in-free-willy-films-dies-at-77/2013/08/18/faa45a70-0759-11e3-9259-e2aafe5a5f84_story.html|access-date=2021-05-07|issn=0190-8286}}
2014 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909){{cite news |last1=Blyth |first1=Alan |title=Licia Albanese obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/18/licia-albanese |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=18 August 2014}}
2015 – Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (b. 1940){{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Roy |title=Julian Bond, Charismatic Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/us/julian-bond-former-naacp-chairman-and-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-75.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 August 2015}}
2015 – Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (b. 1936){{cite news |last1=Legg |first1=Paul |title=Hamid Gul obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/27/hamid-gul |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=27 August 2015}}
2017 – Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (b. 1925){{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Gunnar Birkerts, Architect, Dies at 92; Gave Shape to the Unexpected |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/arts/design/architect-gunnar-birkerts-is-dead.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 2017}}
2020 – Robert Trump, American real-estate developer, business executive (b. 1948){{Cite news|last=Karni|first=Annie|date=2020-08-16|title=Robert S. Trump, the President's Younger Brother, Dies at 71|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/politics/robert-s-trump-dead.html|access-date=2021-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819163842/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/politics/robert-s-trump-dead.html|archive-date=2020-08-19|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|last=Mustian|first=Jim|date=2020-08-15|title=Robert Trump, the president's brother, dead at 71|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/robert-trump-the-president-s-brother-dead-at-71-1.5066234|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-29|website=CTV News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816131157/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/robert-trump-the-president-s-brother-dead-at-71-1.5066234 |archive-date=2020-08-16 }}
2021 – Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945){{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|date=2021-08-15|title=Gerd Müller, 'the best striker in history,' dies at 75|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/gerd-mller-best-striker-history-dies-75-79469152|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-17|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815203244/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/gerd-mller-best-striker-history-dies-75-79469152 |archive-date=2021-08-15 }}
2024 – Peter Marshall, American game show host, performer, and singer (b. 1926){{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2024-08-15 |title=Peter Marshall, Longtime Host of 'The Hollywood Squares,' Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/television/peter-marshall-dead.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815200213/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/television/peter-marshall-dead.html |archive-date=2024-08-15 |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Poland)
Christian feast day:
Altfrid
Alypius of Thagaste
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances:
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
Ferragosto (Italy)
Lady's Day (Ireland)
Māras (Latvia)
Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
National Acadian Day (Acadians)
Navy Day (Romania)
Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism)
Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism)
Tarcisius
August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea)
Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
National Day (Liechtenstein)
National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)
The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)
The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances:
Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture)
Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances:
End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held (Japan)

References

External links

{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
{{NYT On this day|month=08|day=15}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/15 |title=Historical Events on August 15 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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