HISTORICAL BIRTH IN THE WORLD

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Famous Births on 29 Aug

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 - Jan Ã...Å¡niadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)
1756 - Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)
1777 - Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)
1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
1805 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician (d. 1894)
1810 - Juan Bautista Alberdi, founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. 1884)
1811 - Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888)
1843 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)
1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)
1862 - Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, 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 - Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
1905 - Werner Forssmann, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1905 - Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979)
1912 - Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer
1912 - Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)
1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1916 - Luther Davis, American playwright
1916 - George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)
1917 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
1920 - Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director
1923 - Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)
1924 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
1924 - Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)
1926 - María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer
1928 - Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)
1929 - Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004)
1930 - Jacques Bouchard, Quebec 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
1935 - William Friedkin, American film director
1936 - John McCain, American politician
1937 - James Florio, Governor of New Jersey
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 - John Heuser, Electron Microscopist, Washington University in Saint Louis
1942 - James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)
1945 - Wyomia Tyus, American athlete
1946 - Bob Beamon, American jumper
1947 - James Hunt, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1993)
1950 - Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
1950 - Dave Reichert, American politician and former sheriff
1952 - Dave Malone, American rock guitarist
1952 - Karen Hesse, American children's writer
1953 - James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist
1954 - Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist
1955 - Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist
1956 - GG Allin, American rock singer
1957 - Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey
1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer, dancer and composer
1958 - Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor
1959 - Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer
1959 - Akkineni Nagarjuna, Telugu film actor
1959 - Timothy Perry Shriver, Member of the Kennedy Family
1959 - Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut
1959 - Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
1960 - Tony MacAlpine, American shred guitarist
1961 - Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
1961 - Rodney McCray, Former basketball player
1962 - Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer
1962 - Carl Banks, American Football Player
1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer
1965 - Dina Spybey, American actress
1965 - Will Perdue, American basketball player
1967 - Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
1969 - Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer
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
1976 - Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
1976 - Kevin Kaesviharn, National Football League player
1976 - Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player
1976 - Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer
1977 - Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian
1977 - Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
1977 - Devean George, American basketball player
1977 - Aaron Rowand, American baseball player
1977 - John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player
1978 - Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
1979 - Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist
1979 - Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
1980 - Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor
1980 - David West, American basketball player
1980 - Chris Simms, American football player
1980 - David Desrosiers, Canadian musician(Simple Plan)
1981 - Lanny Barbie, Canadian adult actress
1981 - Geneviève Jeanson, Quebec bicycle racer
1981 - Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor
1982 - A+, American rapper
1982 - Carlos Delfino, Argentinean basketball player
1985 - Jeffrey Licon, American actor
1985 - Pouyan Afkary, Iranian-American musician (Scary Kids Scaring Kids)
1986 - Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
1987 - Tony Kane, Irish footballer
1990 - Sam Stern, English Chef / Author
1992 - Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1993 - Lucas Cruikshank, youtube comedian