Famous Birthdays for 15th August 2026

1575 – Bartol Kaši?, Croatian writer and linguist, born in Pag, Croatia (d. 1650)
1858 – Edith Nesbit, British children books author (The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It), born in London, England (d. 1924)
1892 – Louis Victor de Broglie, French quantum physicist (studied electrons, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1929), born in Dieppe, France (d. 1987)
1910 – Josef Klaus, Austrian conservative politician (Minister of Finance, 1961-63; Chancellor, 1966-70), born in Kötschach-Mauthen, Austria (d. 2001)
1925 – George Morrow, American jazz double-bassist (Max Roach and Clifford Brown; Sonny Rollins), born in Pasadena, California (d. 1992)
1930 – Antonio Permunian, Swiss soccer goalkeeper (11 caps; AC Bellinzona, FC Luzern), born in Bellinzona, Switzerland (d. 2020)
1944 – Sylvie Vartan, Armenian-Bulgarian-French pop-yé-yé singer (“Twiste et Chante”), and actress, born in Iskretz, Bulgaria
1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball manager (Minnesota Twins), born in Graceville, Minnesota
1953 – Carol Thatcher, English journalist, author, media personality, and daughter of Margaret Thatcher, born in London
1970 – Ben Silverman, American TV executive (NBC Entertainment), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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