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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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