Famous People Born on August 15
Famous people born on August 15 include Napoleon Bonaparte (1769), Walter Scott (1771) and Jennifer Lawrence (1990).
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Walter Scott
Scottish novelist (1771–1832)
Jennifer Lawrence
American actress and producer (born 1990)
Ben Affleck
American actor and filmmaker (born 1972)
Louis de Broglie
French physicist (1892–1987)
Sri Aurobindo
Indian yogi (1872–1950)
Gerty Cori
Czech-American biochemist (1896–1957)
Melinda French Gates
American philanthropist (born 1964)
Anthony of Padua
Portuguese Catholic saint (1195–1231)
Anne, Princess Royal
British princess (born 1950)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mexican filmmaker (born 1963)
Julia Child
American cooking personality (1912–2004)
Stieg Larsson
Swedish writer, journalist, and activist (1954–2004)
Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996; 2001–2006)
Richard F. Heck
American chemist (1931–2015)
Thomas De Quincey
English essayist, translator and political economist (1785–1859)
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Grazia Deledda
Italian writer (1871–1936)
René Magritte
Belgian painter (1898–1967)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangladeshi revolutionary and statesman (1920–1975)
Abu Hanifa
Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian (699–767)
Gerd Müller
German footballer (1945–2021)
Viktor Tsoi
Soviet musician and actor (1962–1990)
Honorius
Western Roman emperor from 393 to 423
Alexios I Komnenos
Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118
Paul Signac
French painter (1863–1935)
Roland
Frankish military leader under Charlemagne