Notable Birthdays for August 15
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Those born on this date include:
- French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1769
- Scottish novelist Walter Scott in 1771
- U.S. first lady Florence Harding in 1860
- British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in 1875
- actor Ethel Barrymore in 1879
- chef Julia Child in 1912
- conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly in 1924
- actor Mike Connors in 1925
- actor Jim Dale in 1935 (age 84)
- civil rights leader Vernon Jordan Jr. in 1935 (age 84)
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in 1938 (age 81)
- journalist Linda Ellerbee in 1944 (age 75)
- football Hall of Fame member/players' union leader Gene Upshaw in 1945
- songwriter Jimmy Webb in 1946 (age 73)
- Britain's Princess Anne in 1950 (age 69)
- Swedish writer Stieg Larsson in 1954
- chef Tom Colicchio in 1962 (age 57)
- filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu in 1963 (age 56)
- philanthropist Melinda Gates in 1964 (age 55)
- actor Debra Messing in 1968 (age 51)
- actor Anthony Anderson in 1970 (age 49)
- actor Ben Affleck in 1972 (age 47)
- Olympic beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh Jennings in 1978 (age 41)
- actor Emily Kinney in 1985 (age 34)
- rapper Nipsey Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, in 1985
- pop singer Joe Jonas in 1989 (age 30)
- actor Jennifer Lawrence in 1990 (age 29).
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