Deaths on 29 August
2000s
Johnny Gaudreau
2024
American ice hockey player (1993–2024)
Mike Enriquez
2023
Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter (1951–2023)
Ed Asner
2021
American actor (1929–2021)
Lee "Scratch" Perry
2021
Jamaican reggae singer and producer (1936–2021)
Jacques Rogge
2021
President of the IOC from 2001 to 2013
James Mirrlees
2018
British economist and Nobel Laureate (1936–2018)
Paul Taylor (choreographer)
2018
American choreographer (1930–2018)
Gene Wilder
2016
American actor (1933–2016)
Octavio Brunetti
2014
Argentine pianist
Björn Waldegård
2014
Swedish rally driver (1943–2014)
Joan L. Krajewski
2013
Medardo Joseph Mazombwe
2013
Bruce C. Murray
2013
American geologist and planetary scientist (1931–2013)
Ruth Goldbloom
2012
Canadian philanthropist (1923–2012)
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
2012
British historian (1953–2012)
Shoshichi Kobayashi
2012
Japanese mathematician
Anne McKnight
2012
Operatic soprano
Les Moss
2012
American baseball player and manager (1925–2012)
Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)
2012
Russian volleyball coach
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
2011
American blues guitarist and singer (1915–2011)
Junpei Takiguchi
2011
Japanese actor (1931–2011)
Geoffrey Perkins
2008
British comedy writer, producer and actor
Michael Schoenberg
2008
American theoretical geophysicist (1943–2008)
James Fletcher Jnr
2007
New Zealand businessman
Richard Jewell
2007
American law enforcement officer (1962–2007)
Pierre Messmer
2007
83rd Prime Minister of France
Alfred Peet
2007
Dutch-American businessman
Hans Vonk (conductor)
2004
Dutch conductor (1942–2004)
Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
2003
Iraqi Shia Islamic scholar and politician (1939–2003)
Patrick Procktor
2003
British artist (1936–2003)
Lance Macklin
2002
British racing driver (1919–2002)
Shirley Strachan
2001
Australian singer (1952–2001)
Francisco Rabal
2001
Spanish actor (1926–2001)
Shelagh Fraser
2000
English actress (1920–2000)
Willie Maddren
2000
British footballer and manager (1951–2000)
Conrad Marca-Relli
2000
American painter
1900s
Frank Perry
1995
American film director (1930–1995)
Félix Guattari
1992
French psychoanalyst and social activist (1930–1992)
Libero Grassi
1991
Italian clothing manufucturer
Manly P. Hall
1990
Canadian-American philosopher and writer (1901–1990)
Peter Scott
1989
British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)
Archie Campbell (comedian)
1987
American comedian (1914–1987)
Lee Marvin
1987
American actor (1924–1987)
Evelyn Ankers
1985
British-American actress (1918–1985)
Ingrid Bergman
1982
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
Lehman Engel
1982
American composer and conductor
Lowell Thomas
1981
American author, broadcaster and traveler (1892–1981)
Gertrude Chandler Warner
1979
American author (1890–1970)
Jean Hagen
1977
American actress (1923–1977)
Brian McGuire (racing driver)
1977
Australian racing driver (1945–1977)
Éamon de Valera
1975
Irish statesman (1882–1975)
Lale Andersen
1972
German singer-songwriter (1905–1972)
Leopold and Loeb
1971
American kidnapper-murderer duo
Ulysses S. Grant III
1968
American army officer and grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant (1881–1968)
Sayyid Qutb
1966
Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)
Marjorie Flack
1958
American artist and writer
Anton Piëch
1952
Austrian lawyer and car company manager (1894–1952)
Sydney Chapman (economist)
1951
English economist and civil servant
Adolphus Busch III
1946
American brewing magnate (1891–1946)
John Steuart Curry
1946
American painter (1897–1946)
Attik
1944
Greek musician
Raymond Knister
1932
Canadian poet, novelist, story writer and columnist (1899–1932)
David T. Abercrombie
1931
Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch (1867-1931)
William Archibald Spooner
1930
Oxford don (1844–1930)
George Huntington Hartford
1917
American politician (1833–1917)
Mahboob Ali Khan
1911
Nizam of Hyderabad from 1869 to 1911
Murad V
1904
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in 1876
1800s
William Forbes Skene
1892
Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary
Pierre Lallement
1891
Considered by some to be the inventor of the pedal bicycle
Stefan Dunjov
1889
Brigham Young
1877
American religious leader (1801–1877)
Tokugawa Iemochi
1866
Military ruler of Japan from 1858 to 1866
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck
1856
British writer
Edmund Ignatius Rice
1844
Catholic missionary (1762–1844)
Before 1800
Pope Pius VI
1799
Head of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799
Jacques-Germain Soufflot
1780
French architect (1713–1780) in the international circle that introduced neoclassicism
Edmond Hoyle
1769
English writer (1672–1769)
Matthias Bel
1749
Hungarian pastor and polymath
Gregory King
1712
English engraver, cartographer, and statistician (1648–1712)
John Lilburne
1657
17th-century English political activist
Hamida Banu Begum
1604
Padshah Begum of Mughal Empire (1527–1604)
Cristóvão da Gama
1542
16th-century Portuguese military commander
Atahualpa
1533
Last Inca Emperor (ruled 1532–1533)
Louis II of Hungary
1526
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1516 to 1526
Pál Tomori
1526
Catholic monk and archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
Ulrich von Hutten
1523
German scholar, poet and reformer (1488-1523)
Alesso Baldovinetti
1499
Italian painter (1427-1499)
John V, Duke of Brittany
1442
Duke of Brittany from 1399 to 1442
Albert III, Duke of Austria
1395
Duke of Austria from 1365 to 1395
Peter Tempesta
1315
Count of Eboli, Count of Gravina
Charles of Taranto
1315
Eldest son of Philip I, Prince of Taranto
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar
1298
English princess (1269–1298)
Bertha of Sulzbach
1159
Byzantine empress from 1146 to 1160
Al-Mustarshid
1135
Abbasid caliph in Baghdad (r. 1118–1135)
Eystein Magnusson
1123
King of Norway from 1103 to 1123
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
1093
Prior of the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny
Gerard of Csanád
1046
Italian Catholic saint (died 1046)
Minamoto no Yorimitsu
1021
Japanese official (948–1021)
Abu Taghlib
979
Emir of Mosul from 967 to 978
Empress Fu the Elder
956
Empress Xuanyi of (Later) Zhou
Wang Jipeng
939
Emperor of Min from 935 to 939
Li Chunyan
939
Chinese empress
Theodora of Thessaloniki
892
9th century Byzantine nun and saint
Basil I
886
Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886