Aug 15,1769 - Napolean Bonaparte emperor of France; died May 5, 1821 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 15,1771 - Sir Walter Scott writer: Ivanhoe, The Talisman, The Heart of Midlothian, Rob Roy, The Fortunes of Nigel; died Sep 21, 1832 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 15,1879 - Ethel Barrymore (Ethel Mae Blythe) Academy Award-winning actress: None But the Lonely Heart [1944]; The Farmer ’s Daughter, Pinky; died June 18, 1959 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 15,1885 - Edna Ferber Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist: So Big [1925]; Show Boat, Cimarron, Saratoga Trunk, Ice Palace, Giant, Dawn O’Hara; playwright [w/George Kaufman]: The Royal Family, Dinner at Eight, Stage Door, The Land is Bright, Bravo; died Apr 16, 1968 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---