Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Member of the house of saud (1931-2018).

Born August 15th, 1930 in Ta'if.

Died December 22nd, 2018 at 88 years old in Riyadh.

Robert Bolt

English playwright (1924–1995).

Born August 15th, 1924 in Sale.

Died February 20th, 1995 at 70 years old in Petersfield (stroke). ^[ref]

Henri de Castries

French businessman.

Born August 15th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Bayonne.

Jacek Koman

Polish/australian actor.

Born August 15th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bielsko-Biała.

Matthew Wood

American sound editor and voice actor.

Born August 15th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Walnut Creek.

Charles Comiskey

American baseball player, manager, team owner (1859–1931).

Born August 15th, 1859 in Chicago.

Died October 26th, 1931 at 72 years old in Eagle River.

Yui Ogura

Japanese voice actress, singer and actress.

Born August 15th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Midori.

Tom Mboya

Kenyan politician anti-colonialist activist (1930-1969).

Born August 15th, 1930 in Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park.

Died July 5th, 1969 at 38 years old in Nairobi (gunshot wound).

Bernard Fanning

Australian recording artist; musician and singer-songwriter.

Born August 15th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Brisbane.

Carlo M. Cipolla

Italian economic historian (1922–2000).

Born August 15th, 1922 in Pavia.

Died September 5th, 2000 at 78 years old in Pavia.

Justin Broadrick

English musician, singer and songwriter.

Born August 15th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Birmingham.

Gerty Cori

Austro-hungarian-american biochemist (1896–1957).

Born August 15th, 1896 in Prague. ^[ref]

Died October 26th, 1957 at 61 years old in St. Louis (kidney failure, myelofibrosis).

Oussama Assaidi

Dutch footballer.

Born August 15th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Beni Boughafer.

Gry Bay

Danish actress.

Born August 15th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Frederiksberg.

Hamilton Mourão

Vice president of brazil from 2019 to 2023 and senator of the republic for the state of rio grande do sul since 2023..

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

Mikao Usui

Founder of reiki (1865-1926).

Born August 15th, 1865 in Gifu Prefecture.

Died March 9th, 1926 at 60 years old in Fukuyama (stroke).

Mbark Boussoufa

Moroccan footballer.

Born August 15th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Amsterdam.

Amir Khan

Indian singer (1912–1974).

Born August 15th, 1912 in Indore.

Died February 13th, 1974 at 61 years old in Kolkata (traffic collision).

Jules Grévy

French statesman and lawyer (1807–1891).

Born August 15th, 1807 in Mont-sous-Vaudrey.

Died September 9th, 1891 at 84 years old in Mont-sous-Vaudrey (engorgement).

Natalie Press

English actress.

Born August 15th, 1980 (age 45 years) in London.

Jakub Voráček

Czech republic ice hockey player.

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

Annie Corley

American actress.

Born August 15th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Lafayette.

Walter Crane

British artist (1845-1915).

Born August 15th, 1845 in Liverpool.

Died March 14th, 1915 at 69 years old in Horsham.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

Georgian chechen field commander (1979-2019).

Born August 15th, 1979 in Duisi. ^[ref]

Died August 23rd, 2019 at 40 years old in Moabit (gunshot wound). ^[ref]

Jack Lynch

Taoiseach of ireland; from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.

Born August 15th, 1917 in Cork.

Died October 20th, 1999 at 82 years old in Dublin (cerebrovascular disease).