Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

1860  On August - 15 birth of florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)   

1860  On this day in history birth of roosje Vos, Dutch union organizer   

1860  On August - 15 birth of henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)   

1863  On August - 15 birth of alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)   

1865  On August - 15 birth of johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)   

1865  On this day in history birth of usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (d. 1926)   

1872  On August - 15 birth of harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

1872  Rubin Goldmark, composer was born on August - 15.   

1874  On this day in history birth of joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert   

1875  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) was born on August - 15.   

1876  On August - 15 birth of aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist   

1878  Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general (White Armies, WW II) was born on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history birth of ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green)   

1881  Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956) was born on August - 15.   

1883  Ivan MeÅ¡trović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962) was born on August - 15.   

1885  On August - 15 birth of andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer   

1885  Edna Ferber, author, playwright was born on August - 15.   

1885  On this day in history birth of mary Nash, Troy NY, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By)   

1886  Bill Whitty, cricketer (Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12) was born on this day in history.   

1887  Edna Ferber, US, author (American Beauty, Cimarron) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On August - 15 birth of albert Spalding, composer   

1888  T E Lawrence Tremadoc, [Lawrence of Arabia], Wales, soldier/writer was born on August - 15.   

1890  Jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales) was born on this day in history.   

1890  Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (d. 2006) was born on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history birth of knud Christian Jeppesen, composer   

1892  On this day in history birth of louis-Victor prince of Broglie, France, physicist (Nobel 1929)   

1893  Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer was born on August - 15.   

1893  On August - 15 birth of harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8)   

1893  Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950) was born on August - 15.   

1896  On August - 15 birth of leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor   

1896  On August - 15 birth of catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)   

1897  Marion Eugene Bauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1898  Lillian Carter, Pres Carter's (1977-1981) mom was born on this day in history.   

1898  Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.   

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0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.   

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)