| 92371 | August 15 | Event | 2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivoran species found in the Americas in 35 years. |
| 92372 | August 15 | Event | 2015 – North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 8.5 hours ahead of UTC. |
| 92373 | August 15 | Birth | 1171 – Alfonso IX of León (d. 1230) |
| 92374 | August 15 | Birth | 1195 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231) |
| 92375 | August 15 | Birth | 1385 – Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (d. 1417) |
| 92376 | August 15 | Birth | 1432 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484) |
| 92377 | August 15 | Birth | 1575 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650) |
| 92378 | August 15 | Birth | 1613 – Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692) |
| 92379 | August 15 | Birth | 1702 – Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (d. 1788) |
| 92380 | August 15 | Birth | 1717 – Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810) |
| 92381 | August 15 | Birth | 1736 – Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803) |
| 92382 | August 15 | Birth | 1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (d. 1815) |
| 92383 | August 15 | Birth | 1769 – Napoleon, French general and emperor (d. 1821) |
| 92384 | August 15 | Birth | 1771 – Walter Scott, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1832) |
| 92385 | August 15 | Birth | 1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859) |
| 92386 | August 15 | Birth | 1798 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831) |
| 92387 | August 15 | Birth | 1813 – Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891) |
| 92388 | August 15 | Birth | 1824 – John Chisum, American businessman (d. 1884) |
| 92389 | August 15 | Birth | 1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908) |
| 92390 | August 15 | Birth | 1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918) |
| 92391 | August 15 | Birth | 1858 – E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924) |
| 92392 | August 15 | Birth | 1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931) |
| 92393 | August 15 | Birth | 1860 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (d. 1941) |
| 92394 | August 15 | Birth | 1860 – Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924) |
| 92395 | August 15 | Birth | 1863 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945) |
| 92396 | August 15 | Birth | 1865 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (d. 1926) |
| 92397 | August 15 | Birth | 1866 – Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945) |
| 92398 | August 15 | Birth | 1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950) |
| 92399 | August 15 | Birth | 1873 – Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942) |
| 92400 | August 15 | Birth | 1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912) |