J. Wade Gilley (85)
August 15th, 1938

American academic – J. Wade Gilley was born in Fries (Town in Grayson County, Virginia, United States) on August 15th, 1938 and is 85 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 15

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

28

Setyana Mapasa

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1995, Kawangkoan

33

Nipsey Hussle

American rapper (1985–2019)

*August 15th, 1985, Crenshaw †March 31st, 2019, Los Angeles

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

84

Jean-Claude Mathis

French politician

*August 15th, 1939, Bouzonville

82

Laura Mulvey

British feminist film theorist

*August 15th, 1941, England

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

86

Bounnhang Vorachith

Former General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (2016-2021)

*August 15th, 1937, Savannakhet Province

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

51

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

*August 15th, 1769, Ajaccio †May 5th, 1821, Longwood House

88

Jim Dale

British actor, singer, songwriter

*August 15th, 1935, Rothwell

55

Tomomi Matsuo

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1968, Kumamoto Prefecture

28

Chief Keef

American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1995)

*August 15th, 1995, Chicago

33

Jennifer Lawrence

American actress and producer

*August 15th, 1990, Indian Hills

59

Charlotte Bøving

Danish actress

*August 15th, 1964, Aarhus

32

Rena Wang

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1991, Pasadena

30

Viktor Sheen

Czech rapper

*August 15th, 1993, Almaty

29

Oliver Schaller

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1994, Bösingen

51

Ben Affleck

American film actor, director and screenwriter

*August 15th, 1972, Berkeley

83

Bill Dowdy

American musician

*August 15th, 1933, Arkansas †May 12th, 2017, Battle Creek

34

Mikkel Elbjørn

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1989, Hvidovre

73

Anne, Princess Royal

Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

*August 15th, 1950, Clarence House

26

Ty Alexander Lindeman

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1997, St. Albert

55

Debra Messing

American actress

*August 15th, 1968, Brooklyn

21

Srivedya Gurazada

US American badminton player

*August 15th, 2002, Boston

90

Wendy Hiller

English film and stage actress (1912-2003)

*August 15th, 1912, Stockport †May 14th, 2003, Beaconsfield

61

Detlef Seif

German politician

*August 15th, 1962, Euskirchen

79

Alice M. Batchelder

American attorney and jurist

*August 15th, 1944, Wilmington

Also born in 1938

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

85

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

86

Frank Langella

American actor

*January 1st, 1938, Bayonne

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

39

Michael Findlay

Film director, producer

*January 1st, 1938, United States of America †May 16th, 1977, New York City

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

*May 8th, 1938, Nogent-sur-Marne †March 10th, 2012, Montrouge

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

85

Heinz Fischer

8th president of Austria

*October 9th, 1938, Graz

85

Enrico Macias

French recording artist; singer,(Born on December 11, 1938 he is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.He was born in Constantine, Algeria.)

*December 11th, 1938, Constantine

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

J. Wade Gilley