Anniversaries 15 August

Birth

Anthony of Padua3

Franciscan 1195–1231

Jeremy Taylor13

English clergyman 1613–1667

Matthias Claudius1

German poet 1740–1815

Napoleon I of France259

French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French 1769–1821

Walter Scott151

Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

Thomas De Quincey13

English author 1785–1859

Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge10

Dutch minister 1803–1874

Henry James Sumner Maine3

British comparative jurist and historian 1822–1888

Charles Godfrey Leland4

Union Army soldier 1824–1903

Edward McKendree Bounds5

clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South 1835–1913

Keir Hardie14

Scottish socialist and labour leader 1856–1915

Sri Aurobindo224

Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, gur… 1872–1950

Marion Bauer4

American composer 1882–1955

Edna Ferber6

Novelist, playwright 1885–1968

Grigori Sokolnikov5

Soviet diplomat 1888–1939

Jan Mankes11

Dutch painter 1889–1920

Louis de Broglie5

French physicist 1892–1987

Catherine Doherty29

Religious order founder; Servant of God 1896–1985

Paul Rand7

American graphic designer 1914–1996

Óscar Romero2

Fourth Archbishop of San Salvador 1917–1980

Leonard Baskin2

American sculptor 1922–2000

Phyllis Schlafly22

American activist 1924–2016

Robert Bolt13

English playwright 1924–1995

Marion Woodman25

Canadian writer 1928–2018

Talal bin Abdul Aziz1

Member of House of Saud 1931–2018

Robert L. Forward4

American physicist, science fiction writer 1932–2002

Lori Nelson2

Actress, model 1933

Stanley Milgram11

Social psychologist 1933–1984

Bounnhang Vorachit1

former General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary … 1937

Maxine Waters13

U.S. Representative from California 1938

Gudrun Ensslin11

German terrorist 1940–1977

Linda Ellerbee1

journalist 1944

Barry Schwartz17

American psychologist 1946

Denise Chávez4

American writer 1948

Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi1

Iranian politician and cleric 1948–2018

Edward McMillan-Scott1

British politician 1949

Anne, Princess Royal2

daughter of Elizabeth II 1950

John Mackey (businessman)1

is an American businessman. He is the current CEO of Whole … 1953

Simon Baron-Cohen1

psychologist and author 1958

AnnMaria De Mars2

American judoka 1958

Ed Gillespie2

American political strategist 1961

David Zayas3

Puerto Rican actor 1962

Melinda Gates1

American businesswoman, philanthropist and co-founder of th… 1964

Melissa Senate2

american writer 1965

Sergiy Kyslytsya2

Ukrainian diplomat 1969

James Carver1

British MEP for UKIP 1969

Erin Gruwell5

American academic 1969

Ben Affleck3

American film actor, director and screenwriter 1972

Abiy Ahmed1

Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1976

Anita Sarkeesian19

American blogger 1983

Opal Tometi11

Nigerian–American writer, strategist and community organizer 1984

Jennifer Lawrence4

American actress 1990

Death

Li Yu (Southern Tang)1

ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom in ancient China 937–978

Ibn Hazm27

Arab theologian 994–1064

Richard Cecil (clergyman)29

British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer 1748–1810

Frederick William Robertson50

British writer and theologian 1816–1853

Florian Cajori13

American mathematician 1859–1930

Paul Signac9

French painter 1863–1935

John Livingston Lowes2

American academic 1867–1945

Will Rogers121

American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935

Artur Schnabel5

Austrian pianist 1882–1951

Carol Ryrie Brink2

American children's writer 1895–1981

René Magritte6

Belgian surrealist artist 1898–1967

Alfred Barr1

American art historian 1902–1981

John Bonica8

Anesthesiologist; pioneer in pain management 1917–1994

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman17

Bengali revolutionary, founder ("father") of Bangladesh 1920–1975

Harry Harrison30

American science fiction author 1925–2012

Jacques Verges1

French lawyer 1925–2013

Viktor Tsoi5

Soviet rock musician (1962-1990) 1962–1990