Births on 29 August
2000s
Rio Ngumoha
2008
English footballer (born 2008)
1900s
Daryll Neita
1996
British sprinter (born 1996)
Ysaline Bonaventure
1994
Belgian tennis player (born 1994)
Lucas Cruikshank
1993
American YouTuber (born 1993)
Liam Payne
1993
English singer and songwriter (1993–2024)
Mallu Magalhães
1992
Musical artist
Noah Syndergaard
1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Néstor Araujo
1991
Mexican footballer (born 1991)
Deshaun Thomas
1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Jakub Kosecki
1990
Polish footballer (born 1990)
Chris Taylor (baseball)
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Patrick van Aanholt
1990
Dutch footballer (born 1990)
Charlotte Ritchie
1989
British actress (born 1989)
Tony Kane
1987
Northern Irish footballer (born 1987)
Hajime Isayama
1986
Japanese manga artist (born 1986)
Lea Michele
1986
American actress and singer (born 1986)
Jennifer Landon
1983
American actress (b. 1983)
Antti Niemi (ice hockey)
1983
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1983)
Anthony Recker
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Ruhila Adatia-Sood
1982
Kenyan radio presenter (1982–2013)
Carlos Delfino
1982
Argentine basketball player (born 1982)
Yakhouba Diawara
1982
French basketball player (born 1982)
Vincent Enyeama
1982
Nigerian footballer (born 1982)
Martin Erat
1981
Czech ice hockey player (born 1981)
Geneviève Jeanson
1981
Canadian cyclist (born 1981)
Jay Ryan (actor)
1981
New Zealand actor (born 1981)
Chris Simms
1980
American football player and coach (born 1980)
David West (basketball)
1980
American basketball player (born 1980)
Stijn Devolder
1979
Belgian road bicycle racer
Kristjan Rahnu
1979
Estonian decathlete
Ryan Shealy
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Volkan Arslan
1978
Turkish footballer and coach
Celestine Babayaro
1978
Nigerian footballer (born 1978)
Cayetano (Giorgos Bratanis)
1977
Greek musician
Devean George
1977
American basketball player (born 1977)
John Hensley
1977
American actor (born 1977)
John O'Brien (soccer)
1977
American soccer player
Roy Oswalt
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
Charlie Pickering
1977
Australian comedian and presenter
Aaron Rowand
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
Stephen Carr
1976
Irish former footballer (born 1976)
Phil Harvey (band manager)
1976
English band manager (born 1976)
Kevin Kaesviharn
1976
American football player (born 1976)
Georgios Kalaitzis
1976
Greek basketball player and coach
Pablo Mastroeni
1976
Soccer coach and former professional player
Jon Dahl Tomasson
1976
Danish footballer (born 1976)
Dante Basco
1975
American actor (born 1975)
Kyle Cook
1975
American musician (born 1975)
Kumi Tanioka
1974
Japanese composer and pianist (born 1974)
Vincent Cavanagh
1973
English musician (born 1973)
Olivier Jacque
1973
French motorcycle racer
Amanda Marshall
1972
Canadian singer (born 1972)
Bae Yong-joon
1972
South Korean businessman (born 1972)
Henry Blanco
1971
Venezuelan baseball player and coach (born 1971)
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
1971
English rock band
Carla Gugino
1971
American actress (born 1971)
Joe Swail
1969
Northern Irish snooker player
Jennifer Crittenden
1969
American screenwriter and producer
Lucero (entertainer)
1969
Mexican singer and actress
Meshell Ndegeocello
1968
American musician (born 1968)
Neil Gorsuch
1967
US Supreme Court justice since 2017
Anton Newcombe
1967
American musician
Jörn Großkopf
1966
German footballer and manager
Will Perdue
1965
American former basketball player (born 1965)
Geir-Inge Sivertsen
1965
Norwegian engineer and politician
Pebbles (musician)
1964
American singer-songwriter
Zisis Tsekos
1964
Greek footballer
Elizabeth Fraser
1963
Scottish singer (born 1963)
Carl Banks
1962
American football player (born 1962)
Hiroki Kikuta
1962
Japanese composer and game designer (born 1962)
Ian James Corlett
1962
Canadian voice actor and author (born 1962)
Simon Thurley
1962
English academic and architectural historian
Richard Angelo
1962
American serial killer
Carsten Fischer
1961
German field hockey player
Rodney McCray (basketball)
1961
American former basketball player (born 1961)
Todd English
1960
American celebrity chef
Tony MacAlpine
1960
American musician and composer (born 1960)
Rebecca De Mornay
1959
American actress (born 1959)
Ramón Díaz
1959
Argentine football manager (born 1959)
Ray Elgaard
1959
Canadian gridiron football player (born 1959)
Chris Hadfield
1959
Canadian astronaut (born 1959)
Eddi Reader
1959
Scottish singer-songwriter
Timothy Shriver
1959
American non-profit executive (born 1959)
Stephen Wolfram
1959
British-American scientist (born 1959)
Nagarjuna (actor)
1959
Indian actor and film producer (born 1959)
Lenny Henry
1958
British comedian and actor (born 1958)
Michael Jackson
1958
American singer (1958–2009)
Jerry Bailey
1957
American jockey
Grzegorz Ciechowski
1957
Musical artist
Mark Morris (choreographer)
1956
American dancer, choreographer and director (born 1956)
Eddie Murray (American football)
1956
Canadian football player (born 1956)
Charalampos Xanthopoulos
1956
Greek footballer
Steve Yarbrough (writer)
1956
American author and academic
Diamanda Galás
1955
American singer-songwriter, musician, and visual artist (born 1955)
Jack Lew
1955
American attorney (born 1955)
Michael P. Kube-McDowell
1954
American writer (born 1954)
David Boaz
1953
American libertarian author and editor (1953–2024)
Richard Harding (rugby union)
1953
English rugby union player (born 1953)
James Quesada
1953
Karen Hesse
1952
Germman writer
The Radiators (American band)
1952
American rock band
Don Schlitz
1952
American country singer-songwriter (born 1952)
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
1952
American actress
Geoff Whitehorn
1951
English guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Doug DeCinces
1950
American baseball player (born 1950)
Frank Henenlotter
1950
American film director (born 1950)
Dave Reichert
1950
American politician (born 1950)
Aki Yashiro
1950
Musical artist
Stan Hansen
1949
American professional wrestler (born 1949)
Darnell Hillman
1949
American basketball player
Robert S. Langer
1948
American scientist and academic
Temple Grandin
1947
American academic and autism activist (born 1947)
James Hunt
1947
British racing driver (1947–1993)
Bob Beamon
1946
American long jumper (born 1946)
Francine D. Blau
1946
American economist
Demetris Christofias
1946
President of Cyprus from 2008 to 2013
Warren Jabali
1946
American basketball player
Giorgio Orsoni
1946
Mayor of Venice, Italy, in 2010–2014
Chris Copping
1945
British musician
Wyomia Tyus
1945
American sprinter
Mohamed Amin
1943
Kenyan photojournalist (1943–1996)
Dick Halligan
1943
American musician and composer (1943–2022)
Arthur B. McDonald
1943
Canadian astrophysicist
James Glennon
1942
American cinematographer (1942–2006)
Gottfried John
1942
German actor and voice actor
Sterling Morrison
1942
American guitarist (1942–1995)
Robin Leach
1941
British journalist (1941–2018)
James Brady
1940
White House Press Secretary under Ronald Reagan (1940–2014)
Gary Gabelich
1940
20th-century American motorsport driver and land speed record holder
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek
1939
Hungarian discus thrower (1939–2022)
Joel Schumacher
1939
American film director (1939–2020)
Elliott Gould
1938
American actor (born 1938)
Angela Huth
1938
English novelist and journalist
Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938)
1938
German footballer
Robert Rubin
1938
American banking executive, lawyer, and government official (born 1938)
James Florio
1937
American politician (1937–2022)
John McCain
1936
American politician and naval officer (1936–2018)
Hugo Brandt Corstius
1935
Dutch computer scientist
William Friedkin
1935
American director and producer (1935–2023)
László Garai
1935
Dimitris Papamichael
1934
Greek actor and director
Sorel Etrog
1933
Romanian born Israeli-Canadian artist, writer and sculptor (1933–2014)
Arnold Koller
1933
Swiss politician
Stelios Kazantzidis
1931
Greek singer (1931–2001)
Lise Payette
1931
Canadian politician and journalist (1931–2018)
Jacques Bouchard
1930
Canadian marketing executive
Carlos Loyzaga
1930
Filipino basketball player, coach and politician
Thom Gunn
1929
English poet (1929–2004)
Herbert Meier
1928
Swiss writer and translator (1928–2018)
Jimmy C. Newman
1927
American country music singer-songwriter (1927–2014)
Hélène Ahrweiler
1926
Greek Byzantinologist (1926–2026)
René Depestre
1926
Haitian-French poet (born 1926)
Donn Fendler
1926
American lost child (1926–2016)
Betty Lynn
1926
American actress (1926–2021)
Dinah Washington
1924
American singer, songwriter, pianist (1924–1963)
Richard Attenborough
1923
British actor and director (1923–2014)
Arthur Anderson (actor)
1922
American actor (1922–2016)
Richard Blackwell
1922
American journalist and fashion critic
John Edward Williams
1922
American writer (1922–1994)
Iris Apfel
1921
American interior designer and fashion icon (1921–2024)
Otis Boykin
1920
American inventor and engineer
Charlie Parker
1920
American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)
Herb Simpson
1920
American baseball player
Isabel Sanford
1917
American actress (1917–2004)
Luther Davis
1916
American dramatist (1916–2008)
Ingrid Bergman
1915
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
Nathan Pritikin
1915
American nutritionist and inventor (1915–1985)
Len Butterfield
1913
New Zealand cricketer
Jackie Mitchell
1913
Baseball player (1913-1987)
Sohn Kee-chung
1912
Korean marathon runner (1912–2002)
Barry Sullivan (American actor)
1912
American actor (1912–1994)
Wolfgang Suschitzky
1912
Austrian cinematographer (1912–2016)
John Charnley
1911
British surgeon
Vivien Thomas
1910
American laboratory supervisor (1910–1985)
Dhyan Chand
1905
Indian field hockey player (1905–1979)
Arndt Pekurinen
1905
Finnish pacifist
Werner Forssmann
1904
German physician, Nobel prize winner (1904–1979)
Aurèle Joliat
1901
Canadian professional ice hockey player (1901-1986)
1800s
Preston Sturges
1898
American film director and screenwriter
Marquis James
1891
American historian (1891–1955)
Peder Furubotn
1890
Norwegian cabinetmaker, politician and resistance member
Salme Pekkala-Dutt
1888
Estonian-British communist politician
Jivraj Narayan Mehta
1887
1st Chief Minister of Gujarat
Han Yong-un
1879
Korean writer (1879–1944)
Charles F. Kettering
1876
American inventor, engineer and businessman (1876–1958)
Kim Ku
1876
Korean independence activist (1876–1949)
Leonardo De Lorenzo
1875
Musical artist
Albert Lebrun
1871
President of France from 1932 to 1940
Andrew Fisher
1862
Australian prime minister (1862–1928)
Maurice Maeterlinck
1862
Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)
Byron G. Harlan
1861
American singer
Sandford Schultz
1857
English cricketer
William C. White
1854
Seventh-day Adventist minister
Edward Carpenter
1844
English poet and academic (1844–1929)
David B. Hill
1843
American politician (1843–1910)
Alfred Shaw
1842
English cricketer and rugby footballer (1842-1907)
Henry Bergh
1813
American activist (1813–1888)
Juan Bautista Alberdi
1810
Argentine political theorist and diplomat (1810–1884)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
1809
American poet, essayist, physician (1809–1894)
F. D. Maurice
1805
English Anglican socialist theologian (1805–1872)
Before 1800
Charles Grandison Finney
1792
American minister and writer (1792–1875)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1780
French painter (1780–1867)
Hyacinth (Bichurin)
1777
Russian sinologist, historian, and missionary (1777–1853)
James Finlayson (industrialist)
1772
British business magnate (1772-1852)
Jan Śniadecki
1756
Polish mathematician and philosopher
Heinrich von Bellegarde
1756
Savoyard Nobleman and Habsburg Military Commander
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
1728
Electress consort of Bavaria
Charles Townshend
1725
British politician (1725–1767)
Giovanni Battista Casti
1724
John Locke
1632
English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
1628
English Royalist soldier and statesman (1628–1701)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
1619
French statesman (1619–1683)
Henry Gage (soldier)
1597
Royalist officer during the English Civil War (1597-1645)
Nicholas Pieck
1534
16th-century Dutch Friar Minor and martyr declared a saint by the Catholic Church
García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio
1514
Spanish general and politician (1514–1577)
Janus Pannonius
1434
Croatian-Hungarian poet
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
1347
English nobleman and soldier (1347–1375)
John of Artois, Count of Eu
1321
French nobleman; count of Eu
Otto, Count of Vermandois
979
French noble