Phyllis Smith

American actress.

Born August 15th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Lemay.

Ayan Mukerji

Indian film director (born 1983).

Born August 15th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Kolkata.

Malcolm Glazer

American businessman, sports franchise owner (1928–2014).

Born August 15th, 1928 in Rochester.

Died May 28th, 2014 at 85 years old in Palm Beach (disease).

Aurobindo Ghosh

Indian bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950).

Born August 15th, 1872 in Sri Aurobindo Bhawan.

Died December 5th, 1950 at 78 years old in Pondicherry.

Suhasini Maniratnam

Indian actress and director.

Born August 15th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Chennai.

Emily Kinney

American actress and singer-songwriter.

Born August 15th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Wayne.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

Teacher and half-sister of barack obama.

Born August 15th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Jakarta.

Carlos PenaVega

American film and tv actor, singer-songwriter, dancer and television show host.

Born August 15th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Columbia.

Željko Ivanek

Slovenian–american actor.

Born August 15th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Ljubljana.

Carol Thatcher

British journalist.

Born August 15th, 1953 (age 72 years) in London.

Stieg Larsson

Swedish author (1954–2004).

Born August 15th, 1954 in Skelleftehamn.

Died November 9th, 2004 at 50 years old in Stockholm (myocardial infarction).

Tony Robinson

British actor.

Born August 15th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Homerton.

Abiy Ahmed

Prime minister of ethiopia since 2018.

Born August 15th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Beshasha. ^[ref]

Khaleda Zia

Prime minister of bangladesh (1991–1996, 2001–2006).

Born August 15th, 1946 in Jalpaiguri.

Died December 30th, 2025 at 79 years old in Evercare Hospital Dhaka. ^[ref]

Dina Wadia

Daughter of the founding father of pakistan (1919-2017).

Born August 15th, 1919 in London.

Died November 2nd, 2017 at 98 years old in New York City (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Rakhee Gulzar

Indian actress.

Born August 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ranaghat.

Melinda Gates

American philanthropist.

Born August 15th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Dallas. ^[ref]

Rose Marie

American actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer (1923–2017).

Born August 15th, 1923 in Manhattan.

Died December 28th, 2017 at 94 years old in Van Nuys. ^[ref]

Simple Kapadia

Indian actress and costume designer.

Born August 15th, 1958 in Edinburgh.

Died November 10th, 2009 at 51 years old in Mumbai (cancer). ^[ref]

Mike Connors

American actor (1925–2017).

Born August 15th, 1925 in Fresno. ^[ref]

Died January 26th, 2017 at 91 years old in Tarzana (leukemia). ^[ref]

Anita Sarkeesian

American blogger (born 1983).

Born August 15th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Toronto. ^[ref]

Khushwant Singh

Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician (1914–2014).

Born August 15th, 1915 in Hadali.

Died March 20th, 2014 at 98 years old in New Delhi, Delhi.

Con O'Neill

English actor and singer.

Born August 15th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Weston-super-Mare.

Bobby Caldwell

American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1951-2023).

Born August 15th, 1951 in Manhattan. ^[ref]

Died March 14th, 2023 at 71 years old in Great Meadows, Manhattan (peripheral neuropathy). ^[ref]

Kerri Walsh Jennings

American professional beach volleyball player.

Born August 15th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Santa Clara.