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After signing with Hollywood Records, the group released their self-titled second studio album in 2007, which became their breakthrough record.
Famous Birthdays on August 15
1989 — Joe Jonas
American singer, songwriter, and actor
August 15 has 227 recorded notable births across history, from 1013 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1013 – 2003
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Major events on August 15
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- 1945 Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan. Source
- 2025 US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such summit since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Source
- 1975 Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II. Source
- 2013 The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years. Source
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Stieg Larsson is best known for writing the first trilogy in the Millennium series of crime novels, which was published posthumously, starting in 2005, after he died of a sudden heart attack.
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In 1980, Romero was fatally shot by an assassin while celebrating Mass.
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Coleridge-Taylor premiered the first section in 1898, when he was 23.
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Sangolli Rayanna served as a senior commander in the military of Kittur ruled by Kittur Chennamma, the kingdom - like many others - called by the British as a princely state, during the early 19th century.
More major people born on August 15
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1954
Stieg Larsson
Swedish journalist and author (died 2004)
Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist.
1917
Óscar Romero
Salvadoran archbishop (died 1980)
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador; he served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and…
1875
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
English pianist, violinist, and composer (died 1912)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a British composer and conductor. He was particularly known for his three cantatas on the epic 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha by American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
1798
Sangolli Rayanna
Indian warrior (died 1831)
Sangolli Rayanna was an Indian military leader. Born in Sangolli, Belagavi district. His father was Bharamappa Rogannavar. His mother was Kenchava.
1807
Jules Grévy
French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1891)
François Judith Paul Grévy, known as Jules Grévy, was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887.
1883
Ivan Meštrović
Croatian sculptor and architect (died 1962)
Ivan Meštrović was a Croatian sculptor, architect, and writer. He was the most prominent modern Croatian sculptor and a leading artistic personality in contemporary Zagreb.
1787
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
American writer, editor, abolitionist (died 1860)
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen was an American writer, editor, and abolitionist. In her early life, she contributed various pieces of prose and poetry to papers and magazines. In 1828, she married Prof.
1873
Ramaprasad Chanda
Indian archaeologist and historian (died 1942)
Ramaprasad Chanda was an Indian anthropologist, historian and archaeologist from Bengal.
1922
Leonard Baskin
American sculptor and illustrator (died 2000)
Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor, draughtsman, and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (1942–2000).
1857
Albert Ballin
German businessman (died 1918)
Albert Ballin was a German shipping magnate. He was the general director of the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) or Hamburg-America Line, which for a time was the world's largest shipping…
1717
Blind Jack
English engineer (died 1810)
John Metcalf, known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough or Blind Jack Metcalf, was an English road builder, the first professional road builder to emerge during the Industrial Revolution.
1589
Gabriel Báthory
Prince of Transylvania (died 1613)
Gabriel Báthory was Prince of Transylvania from 1608 to 1613. The Ottomans nicknamed him "Deli Kiral".
1892
Louis de Broglie
French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie was a French theoretical physicist and aristocrat known for his contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 Ph.D.
1914
Paul Rand
American graphic designer and art director (died 1996)
Paul Rand was an American art director and graphic designer. He is known for his corporate logo designs, including logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Morningstar, Inc., Westinghouse, ABC, and NeXT.
1917
Jack Lynch
Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 1999)
John Mary Lynch was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.
1925
Oscar Peterson
Canadian pianist and composer (died 2007)
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.
1860
Florence Harding
American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (died 1924)
Florence Mabel Harding was First Lady of the United States from 1921 until the death of her second husband, President Warren G. Harding, in 1923.
1971
Adnan Sami
Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
Adnan Sami Khan is an Indian singer, musician, composer, actor and pianist. He performs Indian and Western music in many languages, such as Hindi, Urdu, English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
1974
Natasha Henstridge
Canadian model and actress
Natasha Tonya Henstridge is a Canadian actress. In 1995, she rose to prominence with her debut role in the science-fiction horror film Species, followed by performances in Species II and Species III.