History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

August 29 Birthdays in History - August 29 Deaths - August 29 Events
1979 Natasha Fisher, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 1997
1978 Aimee Michelle Voshell, Felton Delaware, Miss America-Delaware 1997
1978 Larissa Meek, Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997
1976 Chris Renaud, Fredericton New Brunswick, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Kasia Kulesza, born in Warsaw, Poland, Canadian synchro swimmer, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics
1976 Stephanie Worcester, Miss USA-Maine 1997
1974 Brad Boston, Sarnia Ontario, soling yachter 1996 Olympics
1973 Devin Wyman, defensive tackle for the New England Patriots
1973 Jermane Mayberry, guard and tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
1973 Joe Carollo, WLAF G for the Frankfurt Galaxy
1973 Leigh Sherer, Jasper Alabama, Miss America, Alabama-Top 10-1996
1972 Michael Roan, NFL tight end/halfback, Houston/Tennessee Oilers
1972 Amanda Marshall, Canadian Musician
1971 Dennis de Brown, soccer player, Sparta
1970 Jacco Elringh, Netherlands, tennis star
1969 Amanda Hope, born in Austin, Texas, playmate, Jul, 1992
1969 Brady Katytman, Greece, New York, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
1969 Jerry Simons, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Vitesse
1968 Darren Joseph, CFL fullback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
1967 Shaun Van Allen, Shaunavon, NHL center, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
1966 Dan Truman, St. George Utah, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle
1965 Alphons Arts, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1965 Will Perdue, NBA center for the San Antonio Spurs
1964 Jordi Arrese, Spain, tennis star
1963 Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer
1963 Greg Holmes, Covina Cal, tennis star
1963 Greg Steele, rocker, Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over
1962 Carl Banks, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants
1961 Rebecca De Mornay, born in Santa Rose, California, actress, Hand that Rocks Cradle
1961 Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Edge of Insanity
1959 Chris Hadfield, Sarnia Ontario Canada, RCAF/astronaut, STS-74, sk: 99
1959 Eddi Reader, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love
1959 Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist
1958 Michael Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Thriller, Bad
1957 Pim Kops, rock musician, Dike, Bloedend Heart
1957 Therese Hession, LPGA golfer
1956 Edddie Murray, NFL kicker, Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings
1956 Kelly Murray, Vancouver, Canadian Tour golfer, 985 Alberta Open
1956 Mark Morris, American Dancer
1956 GG Allin, American Musician
1955 Diamanda Galas, composer
1954 Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1954 Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, U.S., sci-fi author, Enigma, Empery
1953 Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult
1950 Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach for the Amsterdam Admirals
1950 Dick Spring, Irish Politician
1950 Dave Reichert, American Politician
1949 Peter John Wiegold, composer
1948 Charles David Walker, astronaut, STS-12 STS-16 STS-23
1947 Temple Grandin, American Educator
1946 Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, long jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m
1946 Humphrey Carpenter, English Author
1945 Chris Copping, Essex England, rock bassist, Procol Harum
1945 Wyomia Tyus, born in Griffin, Georgia, 100m runner, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics
1943 Mohamed Amin, cameraman
1943 Richard Halligan, Troy, New York, rock vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears
1942 Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician
1941 Robin Leach, born in London, England, TV host, Life Styles of Rich and Famous
1940 James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt
1940 Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics
1939 William Friedkin, Chicago, dir, Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection
1939 Joel Schumacher, American Director
1938 Elliott Gould, Queens, New York, actor, M*A*S*H, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice
1938 Bob Rubin, American Businessman
1938 Robert E. Rubin, American Businessman
1937 James Florio, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-New Jersey 1975 - 1990, Governor-D-New Jersey,1990 - 1994
1936 Gilbert Amy, French composer, Coeur de Fumee
1936 John McCain, born in Panama, Representative-R-Arizona 1983 - 1986, Senator-R-Arizona 1987 -
1935 Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch essayist/mathematician
1934 David H Pryor, Sen-D Arkansas, 1979-
1934 Gene Allison, U.S. R&B-singer, You Can Make It If You Try
1934 Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer
1934 John Guy, cricketer, solid left-handed batsman for New Zealand in late 1950's
1933 Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt
1933 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch cabaret actor, Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen
1930 Marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch undersecretary, CDA
1929 Thom Gunn, Kent England, poet, The Wound
1928 Charles Gray, Bournemouth England, actor, Clay-Rawhide
1928 Thomas Stewart, San Saba Texas, baritone, La Roche Capriccio
1927 Marion Williams, U.S. gospel singers, Stars of Faith
1925 Donald O'Connor, born in Chicago, Illinois, dancer/actor, Singing in the Rain
1924 Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer, What a Difference a Day Makes
1924 James W. Wood, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar
1923 Hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder, Test for India 1952-53
1923 Lester Albert Trimble, composer
1923 Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist/MP, VVD
1923 Richard Attenborough, England, actor and director, Gandhi, Young Winston
1922 Emile Habibi, writer
1922 Yorgos Sicilianos, composer
1920 Charles White, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Airpot 95, Serpico
1920 Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist
1918 Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/president Netherlands Bank
1918 Anthony Crosland, British Politician
1917 Isabel Sanford, New York City, actress, Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family
1916 George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor, Battle of Bulge, Hallucination
1916 Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman
1915 Denys Hay, historian
1915 Ingrid Bergman, born in Stockholm, actress, Casablanca, Cactus Flower
1913 Len Butterfield, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder, Test
1912 Barry Sullivan, New York City, actor, Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man
1912 Emil Schumacher, German painter, Tangible Objects
1910 Robert Pineda-Duque, composer
1909 Francis Henry Smith, librarian
1909 Roy Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader
1907 Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/U.S. writer, Looking For a Bluebird
1906 Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake, Indiana, actress, Father of Bride, Julia
1905 Martinus A Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam, 1956-70
1904 Werner Forssman, German urologist, Nobel 1956
1903 Olive Ann Beech, aircraft industry executive
1900 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect, Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou
1899 George Macready, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Martin Peyton-Peyton Place
1899 Lyman L Lemnitzer, Marine Corps general, WW II
1898 Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director, Sullivan's Travels
1894 E Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962
1892 Diana Cooper, English Celebrity
1891 Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor, Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody
1884 Ehm Welk, writer
1881 Edvin Kallstenius, composer
1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator, Enfantines
1880 Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117
1879 Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher
1877 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II
1876 Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor, auto self-starter
1876 Charles Kettering, American Inventor
1874 Walter Field,
1862 P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet, Blue Bird, Nobel 1911
1862 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist
1855 Emil Pauer, composer
1851 Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer
1849 Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname, 1891-97
1844 Edward Carpenter, English Activist
1842 Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler
1817 John Leech, English Artist
1815 Anna Ella Carroll, U.S., civil war writer, Reconstruction
1811 Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA
1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides
1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer
1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter, Valpincon Bather
1780 Richard Rush, American Lawyer
1773 Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, Arab Music
1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer
1632 John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance
1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
1609 Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter, Madonna
1561 Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician, Trigonometry
1476 Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder, Kano school of painting
1434 Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator
1387 Henry V, king of England, 1413 - 1422, France, 1416 - 1419
History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com