August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining.
- 1888 - Lawrence of Arabia
- 1896 - Leon Theremin, inventor of the theremin
- 1912 - Julia Child, cook, writer
- 1912 - Dame Wendy Hiller, actress
- 1919 - Huntz Hall[?], actor (+ 1999)
- 1923 - Rose Marie[?], actress
- 1924 - Robert Bolt, screenwriter (+ 1995)
- 1925 - Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist
- 1925 - Mike Connors[?], actor
- 1928 - Nicolas Roeg, director
- 1933 - Jim Lange[?], game show host
- 1935 - Vernon Jordan Jr.[?], Presidential advisor
- 1944 - Linda Ellerbee[?], journalist
- 1946 - Jimmy Webb, musician, composer
- 1949 - Richard Deacon, sculptor
- 1950 - Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor[?] (Princess Anne)
- 1972 - Ben Affleck, actor
- 1974 - Natasha Henstridge[?], actress
- 778 - Roland, Frankish commander
- 1057 - King Macbeth I of Scotland
- 1935 - Wiley Post[?], pilot
- 1935 - Will Rogers, humorist, actor
- 1951 - Artur Schnabel, pianist
- 1959 - Blind Willie McTell, blues singer
- 1971 - Paul Lukas, Academy Award winning actor
- 1975 - Clay Shaw[?], John F. Kennedy assassination investigator
- 1975 - Sheikh Mujib[?], president of Bangladesh
- 1995 - John Cameron Swayze[?], journalist
See Also:
August 14 - August 16 - July 15 - September 15 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December