History Deaths on August 29

Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)

#Geoffrey_Perkins

Eystein I, king of Norway (b. 1088)

#Eystein_I_of_Norway

Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)

#Brigham_Young

Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)

#Pierre_Lallement

Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933)

#Gene_Wilder

John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)

#John_Steuart_Curry

Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)

#Pope_Pius_VI

Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (b. 1427)

#Alesso_Baldovinetti

Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)

#Björn_Waldegård

Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)

#Anne_McKnight

Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)

#Lee_Marvin

William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)

#William_Forbes_Skene

Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (b. 1488)

#Ulrich_von_Hutten

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)

#Ingrid_Bergman

Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)

#Pál_Tomori

Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)

#Stefan_Dunjov

John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)

#John_Lilburne

Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)

#Matthias_Bel

Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)

#Michael_Schoenberg

Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)

#Mary_Anne_Schimmelpenninck

Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)

#Lale_Andersen

Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)

#Edmund_Ignatius_Rice

Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)

#Sayyid_Qutb

Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)

#Murad_V

Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

#Francisco_Rabal

Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar, English princess (b. 1269)

#Eleanor_of_England,_Countess_of_Bar

Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (b. 1931)

#Bruce_C._Murray

Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (b. 1918)

#Evelyn_Ankers

Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (b. 1923)

#Ruth_Goldbloom

Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)

#Jean_Hagen

Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)

#Ulysses_S._Grant_III

Hamida Banu Begum, Mughal empress (b. 1527)

#Hamida_Banu_Begum

Basil I, Byzantine emperor (b. 811)

#Basil_I

Gerard of Csanád Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (b.980)

#Gerard_of_Csanád

Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)

#Les_Moss

Louis II, king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1506)

#Louis_II_of_Hungary

Honeyboy Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)

#David_"Honeyboy"_Edwards

Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1846)

#Tokugawa_Iemochi

Albert III, duke of Austria (b. 1349)

#Albert_III,_Duke_of_Austria

Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (b. 1924)

#Libero_Grassi

Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

#Lowell_Thomas

Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)

#Leopold_and_Loeb

Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)

#Edmond_Hoyle

William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)

#William_Archibald_Spooner

Atahualpa, Inca emperor (b. 1497)

#Atahualpa

Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)

#Éamon_de_Valera

Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)

#Jacques-Germain_Soufflot

Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)

#Conrad_Marca-Relli

Pierre Messmer, French civil servant and politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (b. 1916)

#Pierre_Messmer

John V, duke of Brittany (b. 1389)

#John_V,_Duke_of_Brittany

Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (b. 1516)

#Cristóvão_da_Gama

Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

#Joan_L._Krajewski

Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)

#Shoshichi_Kobayashi

Paul Taylor, American choreographer (b. 1930)

#Paul_Taylor_(choreographer)

Peter Scott, English explorer and painter (b. 1909)

#Peter_Scott

George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

#George_Huntington_Hartford

Hugh I, duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)

#Hugh_I,_Duke_of_Burgundy

David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)

#David_T._Abercrombie

James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1936)

Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)

Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)

Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (b. 1953)

Junpei Takiguchi, Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)

Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)

Richard Jewell, American police officer (b. 1962)

James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)

Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)

Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (b. 1936)

Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)

Lance Macklin, English race car driver (b. 1919)

Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952)

Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (b. 1951)

Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)

Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)

Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)

Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)

Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)

Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (b. 1890)

Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)

Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)

Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)

Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)

Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)

Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)

Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)

Charles of Taranto, Italian nobleman (b. 1296)

Peter Tempesta, Italian nobleman (b. 1291)

Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine empress

Al-Mustarshid, Abbasid caliph (b. 1092)

Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Japanese nobleman (b. 948)

Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid emir

Fu the Elder, Chinese empress

Li Chunyan, Chinese empress

Wang Jipeng, Chinese emperor of Min