Famous birthdays for Aug. 15: Debra Messing, Jennifer Lawrence

Debra Messing attends the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on January 7. The actor turns 50 on August 15. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

UPI

Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo.

They include:

-- French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1769

-- Scottish novelist Walter Scott in 1771

-- British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in 1875

-- Actor Ethel Barrymore in 1879

-- Chef Julia Child in 1912

- Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly in 1924

-- Actor Mike Connors in 1925

-- Actor Jim Dale in 1935 (age 83)

-- Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan Jr. in 1935 (age 83)

-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in 1938 (age 80)

-- Journalist Linda Ellerbee in 1944 (age 74)

-- Football Hall of Fame member/players' union leader Gene Upshaw in 1945

-- Songwriter Jimmy Webb in 1946 (age 72)

-- Britain's Princess Anne in 1950 (age 68)
[post_ads_2]
-- Swedish writer Stieg Larsson (the Millennium Trilogy) in 1954

-- Chef Tom Colicchio in 1962 (age 56)

-- Actor Debi Mazar in 1964 (age 54)

-- Actor Debra Messing in 1968 (age 50)

-- Actor Anthony Anderson in 1970 (age 48)

-- Actor Ben Affleck in 1972 (age 46)

-- Olympic beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh Jennings in 1978 (age 40)

-- Actor Emily Kinney in 1985 (age 33)

-- Pop singer Joe Jonas in 1989 (age 29)

-- Actor Jennifer Lawrence in 1990 (age 28)