List of Famous people born on August 15th

Jesper Westerlin Nielsen is a Danish film director and editor, known for films like The Bouncer, Okay, and Pagten. He also wrote the 2008 series Sommer with Karina Dam.

Samuel Roukin is an English actor and DJ. He is best known for his role as John Graves Simcoe in the series, Turn: Washington's Spies.

Jérôme Neuville is a French racing cyclist.

Anne Marie Pohtamo is a Finnish actress, model and beauty queen who was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador.

Tasha Sandra Mota e Cunha de Vasconcelos is a Mozambique-born Anglo-Portuguese, supermodel, actress and humanitarian ambassador. She is also the ambassador for the Institut Pasteur. She has just been appointed as a UN Women Global champion for Planet 50-50 by 2030.

Yao Bin is a Chinese figure skating coach. He is considered one of the pioneers of the sport in China. Yao and his partner Luan Bo were the first team to represent China at the World Figure Skating Championships. Since then Yao has almost single-handedly turned China into a pair skating world power.

Jerome Cady was a Hollywood screenwriter.

Frédéric Nihous is a French politician from the Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (CPNT) party. He was a candidate for the 2007 French presidential election, but was eliminated in the first round of balloting. He was second to last, with 1.15% of votes.