The 227th day of the year, the 228th in a leap year
Born on 15 August
Every 15 August birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Leo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LeoFire, fixed, ruled by the Sun.
- Birthstone
- Peridot, Spinel, SardonyxThe 1912 list gave Sardonyx and Peridot.
- Birth flower
- Gladiolus, PoppyUsually taken today to mean strength of character and remembrance.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 15 August in any year.
Which weekday 15 August falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 15 August falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 15 August is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,868 babies were born on 15 August in each year of the twenty, making it the 48th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 15 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Napoleon | 1769–1821 | French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 |
| Walter Scott | 1771–1832 | Scottish novelist, poet and playwright |
| Jennifer Lawrence | 1990– | American actress and producer |
| Ben Affleck | 1972– | American film actor, director and screenwriter |
| Louis de Broglie | 1892–1987 | French physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics |
| Sri Aurobindo | 1872–1950 | Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist |
| Gerty Cori | 1896–1957 | Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist |
| Melinda French Gates | 1964– | American philanthropist |
| Anthony of Padua | 1195–1231 | Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church |
| Anne, Princess Royal | 1950– | daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu | 1963– | Mexican film director |
| Julia Child | 1912–2004 | American chef |
| Stieg Larsson | 1954–2004 | Swedish author |
| Khaleda Zia | 1946–2025 | Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006 |
| Thomas De Quincey | 1785–1859 | British author |
| Óscar Romero | 1917–1980 | Salvadoran Catholic archbishop and saint |
| Richard F. Heck | 1931–2015 | American chemist |
| Jules Grévy | 1807–1891 | French statesman and lawyer |
Died on 15 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Grazia Deledda | 1871–1936 | Italian novelist |
| René Magritte | 1898–1967 | Belgian surrealist |
| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920–1975 | President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh |
| Gerd Müller | 1945–2021 | German footballer |
| Viktor Tsoi | 1962–1990 | Soviet rock musician |
| Honorius | 384–423 | 4th and 5th-century Roman emperor |
| Stephen I of Hungary | 975–1038 | 11th-century king of Hungary and saint |
| Alexios I Komnenos | died 1118 | Byzantine emperor |
| Paul Signac | 1863–1935 | French painter |
| Roland | died 778 | Frankish knight |
| Will Rogers | 1879–1935 | American humorist and entertainer |
| Sławomir Mrożek | 1930–2013 | Polish dramatist and writer |
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