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

Aug. 15 (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

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-- 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)

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-- 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)

-- 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)

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-- 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)

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