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Happy Birthday To:
* 1619 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)
* 1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
* 1632 – John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
* 1694 – Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)
* 1725 – Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
* 1728 – Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)
* 1756 – Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian statesman (d. 1845)
* 1756 – Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)
* 1780 – Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
* 1805 – Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
* 1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894)
* 1810 – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian politician, writer and Constitution main promoter (d. 1884)
* 1811 – Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888)
* 1842 – Alfred Shaw, English cricketer (d. 1907)
* 1843 – David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)
* 1844 – Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)
* 1857 – Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
* 1862 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
* 1862 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
* 1871 – Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
* 1876 – Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)
* 1876 – Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)
* 1898 – Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959)
* 1901 – Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
* 1904 – Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
* 1905 – Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979)
* 1910 – Vivien Thomas, African American surgeon (d. 1985)
* 1912 – Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian/Polish cinematographer
* 1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1912 – Sohn Kee-chung, Korean runner (d. 2002)
* 1913 – Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
* 1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
* 1915 – Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985)
* 1916 – Luther Davis, American playwright (d. 2008)
* 1916 – George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)
* 1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
* 1920 – Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
* 1922 – Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (d. 2008)
* 1923 – Richard Attenborough, English film director
* 1923 – Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)
* 1923 – Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
* 1924 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
* 1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)
* 1926 – Betty Lynn, American actress
* 1926 – María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer
* 1927 – Jimmy C. Newman, American Country and Western and Cajun Singer
* 1928 – Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)
* 1929 – Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004)
* 1930 – Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006)
* 1931 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)
* 1931 – Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist
* 1933 – Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor
* 1934 – John Guy, New Zealand cricketer
* 1934 – Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)
* 1935 – William Friedkin, American film director
* 1935 – Laszlo Garai, Hungarian scientist, psychologist
* 1936 – John McCain, American politician
* 1937 – James Florio, American politician
* 1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor
* 1938 – Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury
* 1939 – Joel Schumacher, American film director
* 1940 – Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)
* 1941 – Robin Leach, English television host
* 1942 – James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)
* 1942 – John Heuser, Electron microscopist
* 1943 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (d. 1996)
* 1945 – Wyomia Tyus, American athlete
* 1946 – Bob Beamon, American long jumper
* 1946 – Dimitris Christofias, Cypriot politician and sixth President of the Republic of Cyprus
* 1947 – Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert (Autobiography: Temple Grandin Played By Claire Danes)
* 1947 – James Hunt, English raceing driver (d. 1993)
* 1950 – Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
* 1950 – Dave Reichert, American politician and sheriff
* 1950 – Frank Henenlotter, American director
* 1952 – Karen Hesse, American children’s writer
* 1952 – Dave Malone, American rock guitarist
* 1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
* 1953 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist
* 1954 – Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist
* 1955 – Diamanda Galas, American singer
* 1955 – Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist
* 1955 – Jacob Lew, American government official
* 1956 – GG Allin, American rock singer (d. 1993)
* 1956 – Mark Morris, American choreographer
* 1957 – Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey
* 1958 – Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor
* 1958 – Michael Jackson, American pop singer (d. 2009)
* 1959 – Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer
* 1959 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor
* 1959 – Timothy Perry Shriver, member of the Kennedy Family
* 1959 – Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut
* 1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
* 1959 – Stephen Wolfram, British physicist and mathematician (Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, A New Kind of Science)
* 1960 – Todd English, American chef
* 1960 – Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist
* 1961 – Carsten Fischer, German field-hockey player
* 1961 – Rodney McCray, American basketball player
* 1962 – Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer
* 1962 – Carl Banks, American football player
* 1962 – Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor
* 1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer
* 1965 – Will Perdue, American basketball player
* 1965 – Dina Spybey, American actress
* 1966 – Jörn Großkopf, German footballer
* 1967 – Anton Newcombe, American musician
* 1968 – Me’Shell NdegéOcello, American singer
* 1969 – Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
* 1970 – Chris Daugherty, Winner of Survivor: Vanuatu
* 1971 – Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1971 – Carla Gugino, American actress
* 1972 – Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor
* 1973 – Adam Sessler, American TV show host
* 1973 – Olivier Jacque, motorcyclist
* 1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer
* 1975 – Dante Basco, Filipino/American actor
* 1975 – Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor
* 1976 – Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
* 1976 – Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
* 1976 – Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player
* 1976 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer
* 1977 – John Patrick O’Brien, American footballer
* 1977 – Aaron Rowand, American baseball player
* 1977 – Devean George, American basketball player
* 1977 – Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
* 1977 – Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian
* 1977 – Jo Weil, German actor
* 1978 – Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
* 1979 – Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist
* 1979 – Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
* 1979 – Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist
* 1980 – David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
* 1980 – Chris Simms, American football player
* 1980 – David West, American basketball player
* 1980 – Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor
* 1980 – Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer
* 1981 – Geneviève Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist
* 1981 – Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor
* 1981 – Dennis Oh, Korean-American actor
* 1982 – Carlos Delfino, Argentine basketball player
* 1984 – Alexander Hug, German rugby player
* 1985 – Jeffrey Licon, American actor
* 1985 – Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player
* 1986 – Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
* 1986 – Lea Michele, American actress and singer
* 1987 – Tony Kane, Irish footballer
* 1990 – Nicole Anderson, American actress (JONAS, JONAS L.A.)
* 1992 – Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_29
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