Anniversaries 15 August
Birth
![Jeremy Taylor photo]()
English clergyman
1613–1667
![Napoleon I of France photo]()
French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
1769–1821
![Walter Scott photo]()
Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet
1771–1832
![Henry James Sumner Maine photo]()
British comparative jurist and historian
1822–1888
![Charles Godfrey Leland photo]()
Union Army soldier
1824–1903
![Edward McKendree Bounds photo]()
clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
1835–1913
![Keir Hardie photo]()
Scottish socialist and labour leader
1856–1915
![Sri Aurobindo photo]()
Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, gur…
1872–1950
![Marion Bauer photo]()
American composer
1882–1955
![Edna Ferber photo]()
Novelist, playwright
1885–1968
![Grigori Sokolnikov photo]()
Soviet diplomat
1888–1939
![Louis de Broglie photo]()
French physicist
1892–1987
![Catherine Doherty photo]()
Religious order founder; Servant of God
1896–1985
![Paul Rand photo]()
American graphic designer
1914–1996
![Óscar Romero photo]()
Fourth Archbishop of San Salvador
1917–1980
![Leonard Baskin photo]()
American sculptor
1922–2000
![Phyllis Schlafly photo]()
American activist
1924–2016
![Robert Bolt photo]()
English playwright
1924–1995
![Marion Woodman photo]()
Canadian writer
1928–2018
![Talal bin Abdul Aziz photo]()
Member of House of Saud
1931–2018
![Robert L. Forward photo]()
American physicist, science fiction writer
1932–2002
![Stanley Milgram photo]()
Social psychologist
1933–1984
![Bounnhang Vorachit photo]()
former General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary …
1937
![Maxine Waters photo]()
U.S. Representative from California
1938
![Gudrun Ensslin photo]()
German terrorist
1940–1977
![Barry Schwartz photo]()
American psychologist
1946
![Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi photo]()
Iranian politician and cleric
1948–2018
![Anne, Princess Royal photo]()
daughter of Elizabeth II
1950
![John Mackey (businessman) photo]()
is an American businessman. He is the current CEO of Whole …
1953
![Simon Baron-Cohen photo]()
psychologist and author
1958
![Ed Gillespie photo]()
American political strategist
1961
![Melinda Gates photo]()
American businesswoman, philanthropist and co-founder of th…
1964
![James Carver photo]()
British MEP for UKIP
1969
![Ben Affleck photo]()
American film actor, director and screenwriter
1972
![Abiy Ahmed photo]()
Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1976
![Opal Tometi photo]()
Nigerian–American writer, strategist and community organizer
1984
Death
![Li Yu (Southern Tang) photo]()
ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom in ancient China
937–978
![Richard Cecil (clergyman) photo]()
British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer
1748–1810
![Frederick William Robertson photo]()
British writer and theologian
1816–1853
![Florian Cajori photo]()
American mathematician
1859–1930
![John Livingston Lowes photo]()
American academic
1867–1945
![Will Rogers photo]()
American humorist and entertainer
1879–1935
![Artur Schnabel photo]()
Austrian pianist
1882–1951
![Carol Ryrie Brink photo]()
American children's writer
1895–1981
![René Magritte photo]()
Belgian surrealist artist
1898–1967
![Alfred Barr photo]()
American art historian
1902–1981
![John Bonica photo]()
Anesthesiologist; pioneer in pain management
1917–1994
![Sheikh Mujibur Rahman photo]()
Bengali revolutionary, founder ("father") of Bangladesh
1920–1975
![Harry Harrison photo]()
American science fiction author
1925–2012
![Viktor Tsoi photo]()
Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
1962–1990
