BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on August 15.

Everyone born on August 15 is a Leo — ruled by the Sun, generous, and would like that noted. The stone is peridot, the flower gladiolus, and the day is shared with Napoleon Bonaparte and Ben Affleck.

Leo, the Lion — an engraving
Sun sign
Leo ♌︎
the Lion · ruled by the Sun · generous, and would like that noted
Peridot, the birthstone for August — an engraving
Birthstone
Peridot
August
Gladiolus, the birth flower for August — an engraving
Birth flower
Gladiolus
& poppy

Your book

Born on August 15? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Leo, July 23 to August 22.

The Lion, ruled by the Sun itself, and the books do not pretend otherwise: this is the sign of the centre of the room. A fire sign, credited with warmth, generosity and a need to be seen that its people would call a gift for being seen. The tradition gives Leo courage and a big heart and a weakness for applause, and notes that it tends to earn the applause, which is the annoying part.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on August 15.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1769
Napoleon Bonaparte
French general and emperor
1972
Ben Affleck
American actor and filmmaker
1912
Julia Child
American author and chef
1990
Jennifer Lawrence
American actress and producer
1950
Anne, Princess Royal
of the United Kingdom
1771
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist and playwright
1958
Simon Baron-Cohen
English-Canadian author and psychiatrist
1953
Carol Thatcher
English author and journalist

On this day

What August 15 has seen.

It is Independence Day in India (1947).

1261Michael VIII Palaiologos was crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
1909A military coup against the government of Dimitrios Rallis began in the neighbourhood of Goudi in Athens, Greece.
1948The Republic of Korea was established with Syngman Rhee as its first president.
1977Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University, received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal (printout pictured).

The calendar

When August 15 falls.

A Saturday in 2026, a Sunday in 2027, a Tuesday in 2028, a Wednesday in 2029, and a Thursday in 2030.