Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
G. G. Allin |
Musician |
29-Aug-1956 |
28-Jun-1993 |
Hated |
Richard Attenborough |
Film Director |
29-Aug-1923 |
|
Gandhi |
Jerry Bailey |
Jockey |
29-Aug-1957 |
|
Two-time Kentucky Derby winner |
Rosemary Barkett |
Judge |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Craig R. Barrett |
Business |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
Chairman of Intel |
Carol Bartz |
Business |
29-Aug-1948 |
|
CEO of Yahoo, 2009-11 |
Dante Basco |
Actor |
29-Aug-1975 |
|
American Dragon: Jake Long |
Ingrid Bergman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1982 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
James Crawford Biggs |
Politician |
29-Aug-1872 |
30-Jan-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1933-35 |
Stanley F. Birch, Jr. |
Judge |
29-Aug-1945 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Mr. Blackwell |
Critic |
29-Aug-1922 |
19-Oct-2008 |
Issued an annual "Worst-Dressed List" |
David Boaz |
Activist |
29-Aug-1953 |
|
Cato Institute |
James Brady |
Government |
29-Aug-1940 |
|
White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley |
Garrey Carruthers |
Politician |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
Governor of New Mexico, 1987-91 |
Giovanni Battista Casti |
Poet |
29-Aug-1724 |
5-Feb-1803 |
Novelle Galanti |
John Charnley |
Doctor |
29-Aug-1912 |
5-Aug-1982 |
Hip replacement surgery |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert |
Government |
29-Aug-1619 |
6-Sep-1683 |
Economic reformer under Louis XIV |
Lauren Collins |
Actor |
29-Aug-1986 |
|
Degrassi: The Next Generation |
Anthony Crosland |
Politician |
29-Aug-1918 |
19-Feb-1977 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77 |
Lucas Cruikshank |
YouTube Personality |
29-Aug-1993 |
|
Fred Figglehorn |
Justin Dart, Jr. |
Activist |
29-Aug-1930 |
22-Jun-2002 |
Father of the Americans with Disabilities Act |
David Desrosiers |
Bassist |
29-Aug-1980 |
|
Bassist for Simple Plan |
Carol Doda |
Performance Artist |
29-Aug-1937 |
|
Stripper at San Francisco's Condor Club |
Charles Grandison Finney |
Religion |
29-Aug-1792 |
16-Aug-1875 |
Second Awakening |
Andrew Fisher |
Head of State |
29-Aug-1862 |
22-Oct-1928 |
Former Prime Minister of Australia |
James Florio |
Politician |
29-Aug-1937 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 1990-94 |
Werner Forssmann |
Doctor |
29-Aug-1904 |
1-Jun-1979 |
Cardiac catheterization |
Elizabeth Fraser |
Singer |
29-Aug-1963 |
|
Vocalist for Cocteau Twins |
William Friedkin |
Film Director |
29-Aug-1935 |
|
The Exorcist |
Neil M. Gorsuch |
Judge |
29-Aug-1967 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Elliott Gould |
Actor |
29-Aug-1938 |
|
Trapper John in M*A*S*H film |
Temple Grandin |
Architect |
29-Aug-1947 |
|
Autistic slaughterhouse designer |
Charles Gray |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
7-Mar-2000 |
Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset |
Poet |
29-Aug-1709 |
16-Jun-1777 |
Vert Vert |
Carla Gugino |
Actor |
29-Aug-1971 |
|
Spy Kids |
Thom Gunn |
Poet |
29-Aug-1929 |
25-Apr-2004 |
The Man with Night Sweats |
Joyce C. Hall |
Business |
29-Aug-1891 |
29-Oct-1982 |
Founder of Hallmark Cards |
Lenny Henry |
Comic |
29-Aug-1958 |
|
The Lenny Henry Show |
John Hensley |
Actor |
29-Aug-1977 |
|
Matt McNamara on Nip/Tuck |
George F. Hoar |
Politician |
29-Aug-1826 |
30-Sep-1904 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1877-1904 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Author |
29-Aug-1809 |
7-Oct-1894 |
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table |
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres |
Painter |
29-Aug-1780 |
14-Jan-1867 |
Odalisque |
Michael Jackson |
Singer |
29-Aug-1958 |
25-Jun-2009 |
King of Pop |
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins |
Actor |
29-Aug-1937 |
14-Aug-2001 |
MGM child star |
Gottfried John |
Actor |
29-Aug-1942 |
|
GoldenEye |
Charles F. Kettering |
Engineer |
29-Aug-1876 |
25-Nov-1958 |
Invented the electric starter |
Jennifer Landon |
Actor |
29-Aug-1983 |
|
As the World Turns |
Robert S. Langer |
Chemist |
29-Aug-1948 |
|
Institute Professor at MIT |
Valery Larbaud |
Author |
29-Aug-1881 |
2-Feb-1957 |
Poèmes par un riche amateur |
Robin Leach |
TV Personality |
29-Aug-1941 |
|
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous |
Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
Military |
29-Aug-1899 |
12-Nov-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69 |
William Levy |
Actor |
29-Aug-1980 |
|
Triunfo del Amor |
Jacob J. Lew |
Government |
29-Aug-1955 |
|
Obama's White House Chief of Staff |
Jamal Lewis |
Football |
29-Aug-1979 |
|
Cleveland Browns RB |
John Locke |
Philosopher |
29-Aug-1632 |
28-Oct-1704 |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
Betty Lynn |
Actor |
29-Aug-1926 |
|
The Andy Griffith Show |
George Macready |
Actor |
29-Aug-1908 |
2-Jul-1973 |
Paths of Glory |
Maurice Maeterlinck |
Playwright |
29-Aug-1862 |
6-May-1949 |
Pelléas et Mélisande |
Frederick Denison Maurice |
Religion |
29-Aug-1805 |
1-Apr-1872 |
19th c. Anglican theologian |
John McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
Lea Michele |
Actor |
29-Aug-1986 |
|
Rachel Berry on Glee |
Slobodan Milosevic |
Head of State |
29-Aug-1941 |
11-Mar-2006 |
Deposed President of Yugoslavia |
George Montgomery |
Actor |
29-Aug-1916 |
12-Dec-2000 |
Coney Island |
Rebecca De Mornay |
Actor |
29-Aug-1959 |
|
And God Created Woman |
Me'Shell NdegéOcello |
Singer |
29-Aug-1969 |
|
Eclectic R&B singer and bassist |
Tony Newton |
Politician |
29-Aug-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97 |
Hermann Nitsch |
Performance Artist |
29-Aug-1938 |
|
6-Tage-Spiel des Orgies Mystries Theater |
Dick O'Neill |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Charlie Cagney on Cagney and Lacey |
Charlie Parker |
Jazz Musician |
29-Aug-1920 |
12-Mar-1955 |
Be-bop jazz musician |
Liam Payne |
Singer |
29-Aug-1993 |
|
One Direction |
Pebbles |
Singer |
29-Aug-1964 |
|
R&B singer and Savvy records founder |
David Pryor |
Politician |
29-Aug-1934 |
|
US Senator from Arkansas, 1979-97 |
Dave Reichert |
Politician |
29-Aug-1950 |
|
Congressman, Washington 8th |
Adam Roberts |
Historian |
29-Aug-1940 |
|
President of the British Academy |
Robert E. Rubin |
Government |
29-Aug-1938 |
|
US Treasury Secretary, 1995-99 |
Richard Rush |
Diplomat |
29-Aug-1780 |
30-Jul-1859 |
Negotiated the Rush-Bagot Agreement |
Isabel Sanford |
Actor |
29-Aug-1917 |
9-Jul-2004 |
Louise Jefferson on The Jeffersons |
Joe Sawyer |
Actor |
29-Aug-1906 |
21-Apr-1982 |
Character actor 1930s to 1950s |
Joel Schumacher |
Film Director |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
The Lost Boys |
Preston Sturges |
Screenwriter |
29-Aug-1898 |
6-Aug-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
Barry Sullivan |
Actor |
29-Aug-1912 |
6-Jun-1994 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
Wyomia Tyus |
Track and Field |
29-Aug-1945 |
|
Olympic sprinter |
Dinah Washington |
Singer |
29-Aug-1924 |
14-Dec-1963 |
Queen of the Blues |
Willard Waterman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1914 |
2-Feb-1995 |
The Great Gildersleeve |
John Giffen Weinmann |
Attorney |
29-Aug-1928 |
|
White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93 |
Ray Wise |
Actor |
29-Aug-1947 |
|
Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks |
Stephen Wolfram |
Mathematician |
29-Aug-1959 |
|
Creator of Mathematica |