History Births on August 29

Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002)

#Sohn_Kee-chung

Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist

#Timothy_Shriver

Ryan Shealy, American baseball player

#Ryan_Shealy

Otis Boykin, American inventor and engineer (d. 1982)

#Otis_Boykin

Ramón Díaz, Argentinian footballer and manager

#Ramón_Díaz

Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884)

#Juan_Bautista_Alberdi

Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)

#Dimitris_Papamichael

Olivier Jacque, French motorcycle racer

#Olivier_Jacque

Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author

#Temple_Grandin

Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1767)

#Charles_Townshend

James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014)

#James_Brady

Lea Michele, American actress and singer

#Lea_Michele

Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer

#Vincent_Enyeama

Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)

#Maria_Anna_Sophia_of_Saxony

Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 1978)

#Jivraj_Narayan_Mehta

Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer

#Mark_Morris_(choreographer)

Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist

#Geneviève_Jeanson

Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese game designer and composer

#Hiroki_Kikuta

Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter

#Meshell_Ndegeocello

Neil Gorsuch, American judge

#Neil_Gorsuch

Rebecca De Mornay, American actress

#Rebecca_De_Mornay

John McCain, American captain and politician (d. 2018)

#John_McCain

Rodney McCray, American basketball player

#Rodney_McCray_(basketball)

Jay Ryan, New Zealand-Australian actor and producer

#Jay_Ryan_(actor)

Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Joel_Schumacher

Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer

#Néstor_Araujo

John Locke, English physician and philosopher (d. 1704)

#John_Locke

John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (d. 1375)

#John_Hastings,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke

John of Artois, French nobleman (d. 1387)

#John_of_Artois,_Count_of_Eu

Jan ?niadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830)

#Jan_?niadecki

Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)

#Charlie_Parker

Stephen Carr, Irish footballer

#Stephen_Carr

Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player

#Kevin_Kaesviharn

Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)

#Peder_Furubotn

Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (d. 1958)

#Charles_F._Kettering

Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator

#Hajime_Isayama

Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

#Lenny_Henry

Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor

#Bae_Yong-joon

Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer and manager

#Jon_Dahl_Tomasson

Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author (d. 1872)

#Frederick_Denison_Maurice

Robert Rubin, American lawyer and politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury

#Robert_Rubin

Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player

#Noah_Syndergaard

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1683)

#Jean-Baptiste_Colbert

Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter

#Mallu_Magalhães

Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter

#Liam_Payne

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)

#Ingrid_Bergman

John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player

#John_O'Brien_(soccer)

Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer

#Jakub_Kosecki

Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)

#Sandford_Schultz

Henry Gage, Royalist officer in the English Civil War (d. 1645)

#Henry_Gage_(soldier)

Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author (d. 1875)

#Charles_Grandison_Finney

Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic

#Helene_Ahrweiler

Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer

#Celestine_Babayaro

Dave Reichert, American soldier and politician

#Dave_Reichert

Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572)

#Nicholas_Pieck

Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic

#Robert_S._Langer

Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player

#Antti_Niemi_(ice_hockey)

Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)

#Richard_Attenborough

Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic

#Francine_D._Blau

William Friedkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#William_Friedkin

Bob Beamon, American long jumper

#Bob_Beamon

Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Anton_Newcombe

Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet (d. 1929)

#Edward_Carpenter

Doug DeCinces, American baseball player

#Doug_DeCinces

Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Kyle_Cook

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author (d. 1894)

#Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Sr.

Pablo Mastroeni, Argentine-American soccer player and manager

#Pablo_Mastroeni

Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (d. 1979)

#Dhyan_Chand

Chris Copping, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chris_Copping

Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter

#Frank_Henenlotter

László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar

#László_Garai

Byron G. Harlan, American singer (d. 1936)

#Byron_G._Harlan

Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff

#Jack_Lew

Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Amanda_Marshall

David West, American basketball player

#David_West_(basketball)

George Montgomery, American actor, stuntman, director, and producer (d. 2000)

#George_Montgomery_(actor)

Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009)

#Michael_Jackson

Aaron Rowand, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Aaron_Rowand

James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey

#James_Florio

Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962)

#Leonardo_De_Lorenzo

Devean George, American basketball player

#Devean_George

Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Diamanda_Galás

Carl Banks, American football player and sportscaster

#Carl_Banks

Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963)

#Dinah_Washington

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)

#Maurice_Maeterlinck

Arnold Koller, Swiss politician

#Arnold_Koller

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (d. 1867)

#Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres

Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014)

#Gottfried_John

Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Tony_MacAlpine

Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1986)

#Aurèle_Joliat

Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist

#Stijn_Devolder

Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus (d. 2019)

#Demetris_Christofias

Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

#Chris_Hadfield

Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)

#Jimmy_C._Newman

Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor

#Stan_Hansen

Carla Gugino, American actress

#Carla_Gugino

Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA (d. 1888)

#Henry_Bergh

Wyomia Tyus, American runner

#Wyomia_Tyus

Chris Simms, American football player

#Chris_Simms

Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician

#Stephen_Wolfram

Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472)

#Janus_Pannonius

Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001)

#Grzegorz_Ciechowski

Roy Oswalt, American baseball player

#Roy_Oswalt

Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016)

#Wolfgang_Suschitzky

Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer-songwriter

#Elizabeth_Fraser

Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)

#Isabel_Sanford

Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Geoff_Whitehorn

Alfred Shaw, English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (d. 1907)

#Alfred_Shaw

Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)

#Aimé_Bonpland

Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and composer

#Kumi_Tanioka

Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer

#Patrick_van_Aanholt

David Boaz, American businessman and author

#David_Boaz

Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology (d. 1853)

#Hyacinth_(Bichurin)

David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (d. 1910)

#David_B._Hill

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1701)

#John_Granville,_1st_Earl_of_Bath

Betty Lynn, American actress

#Betty_Lynn

Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)

#Andrew_Fisher

Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player

#Deshaun_Thomas

Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian and radio host

#Charlie_Pickering

Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player

#Joe_Swail

Steve Yarbrough, American novelist and short story writer

#Steve_Yarbrough_(writer)

Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice

#Giorgio_Orsoni

Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Eddi_Reader

Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Arthur_B._McDonald

Carlos Delfino, Argentinian-Italian basketball player

#Carlos_Delfino

Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016)

#Carlos_Loyzaga

Robin Leach, English journalist and television host (d. 2018)

#Robin_Leach

Phil Harvey, English businessman

#Phil_Harvey_(manager)

Elliott Gould, American actor and producer

#Elliott_Gould

Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

#Werner_Forssmann

Vincent Cavanagh, English singer and guitarist

#Vincent_Cavanagh

Lucero, Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host

#Lucero_(entertainer)

James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993)

#James_Hunt

Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014)

#Hugo_Brandt_Corstius

Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach

#Henry_Blanco

Tony Kane, Irish footballer

Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013)

Kristjan Rahnu, Estonian decathlete

Volkan Arslan, German-Turkish footballer

Cayetano, Greek DJ and producer

Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player

Alex Griffin, English bass player

Jennifer Crittenden, American screenwriter and producer

Jörn Großkopf, German footballer and manager

Will Perdue, American basketball player and sportscaster

Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer

Perri "Pebbles" Reid, American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter

Simon Thurley, English historian and academic

Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author

Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player

Todd English, American chef and author

Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman

Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player

Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and sportscaster

Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer

Eddie Murray, American football player

Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American journalist, author, and academic

James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic

Richard Harding, English rugby player

Don Schlitz, American Hall of Fame country music songwriter

Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Karen Hesse, American author and poet

Dick Halligan, American pianist and composer

Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996)

James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)

Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)

Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter

Christian Müller, German footballer and manager

Angela Huth, English journalist and author

Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014)

Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician

Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001)

Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)

Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (d. 2004)

Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator

Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)

Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (d. 2016)

Arthur Anderson, American actor (d. 2016)

John Edward Williams, American author and educator (d. 1994)

Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008)

Herb Simpson, American baseball player (d. 2015)

Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008)

Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author (d. 1985)

Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)

Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)

John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982)

Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)

Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (d. 1941)

Preston Sturges, American director and producer (d. 1959)

Marquis James, American journalist and author (d. 1955)

Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (d. 1964)

Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)

Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (d. 1950)

Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician (d. 1845)

Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (d. 1803)

García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1577)

Otto (or Eudes), French nobleman (d. 1045)