August 15

August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year. ^{Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)}

15 August 1885

Born on the same birth day (15 August): Anthony of Padua • Bill Whitty • Darrell K. Sweet • Emily Kinney • Ernest C. Brace • Ethel Barrymore • Hugo Winterhalter • Jennifer Lawrence • Jimmy Webb • Julius Katchen • Patsy Gallant • Valentin Varlamov • Óliver Pérez • Óscar Romero

Born in the same month (August 1885): Dino Campana • DuBose Heyward • George de Hevesy • Grace Hutchins • Jean Cabannes • Juhan Simm • Jules Romains • Keith Murdoch • Nettie Palmer • Stephen Butterworth • Tedda Courtney • Vance Palmer • Édouard Fabre