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===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Aurèle Joliat]], Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1986) *[[1904]] – [[Werner Forssmann]], German physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979) *[[1905]] – [[Dhyan Chand]], Indian field hockey player (d. 1979) * 1905 – [[Arndt Pekurinen]], Finnish activist (d. 1941) *[[1910]] – [[Vivien Thomas]], American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Soylu |first1=Erdinc |last2=Athanasiou |first2=Thanos |last3=Jarral |first3=Omar A |title=Vivien Theodore Thomas (1910–1985): An African-American laboratory technician who went on to become an innovator in cardiac surgery |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |date=May 2017 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=106–113 |doi=10.1177/0967772015601566 |pmid=26307408 |s2cid=31036235 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[John Charnley]], British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982) *[[1912]] – [[Sohn Kee-chung]], South Korean runner (d. 2002) * 1912 – [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]], American actor (d. 1994) * 1912 – [[Wolfgang Suschitzky]], Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) *[[1913]] – [[Len Butterfield]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) *[[1913]] – [[Jackie Mitchell]], American baseball pitcher (d. 1987)<ref name="obit">{{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |title=Overlooked No More: Jackie Mitchell, Who Fanned Two of Baseball's Greats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |access-date=29 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (d. 1982)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 29: Elliott Gould, Liam Payne |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/29/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-29-Elliott-Gould-Liam-Payne/9421661699862/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=28 August 2023 |date=29 August 2022}}</ref> * 1915 – [[Nathan Pritikin]], American nutritionist and author (d. 1985) *[[1916]] – [[Luther Davis]], American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008) *[[1917]] – [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1920]] – [[Otis Boykin]], American inventor and engineer (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Boykin |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/otis-boykin |website=lemelson.mit.edu |publisher=Lemelson-MIT Program |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Frank Boykin |url=https://www.nsbp.org/nsbp-news/bhm-physics-profiles/2019-honorees/128-otis-frank-boykin |website=www.nsbp.org |publisher=[[National Society of Black Physicists]] |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> * 1920 – [[Charlie Parker]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1920 – [[Herb Simpson]], American baseball player (d. 2015) *[[1921]] – [[Iris Apfel]], American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/fashion/iris-apfel-dead.html|title=Iris Apfel, Eye-Catcher With a Kaleidoscopic Wardrobe, Dies at 102|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 1, 2024|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Arthur Anderson (actor)|Arthur Anderson]], American actor (d. 2016) * 1922 – [[Richard Blackwell]], American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008) * 1922 – [[John Edward Williams]], American author and educator (d. 1994) *[[1923]] – [[Richard Attenborough]], English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1924]] – [[Dinah Washington]], American singer and pianist (d. 1963)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1926]] – [[Helene Ahrweiler]], Greek historian and academic * 1926 – [[René Depestre]], Haitian writer<ref>{{cite news |title=Les grandes voix de l'Afrique – René Depestre: un très long exil |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/emission/20180806-haiti-depestre-rene-ecrivain-exil |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=[[Radio France Internationale]] |date=6 August 2018 |language=fr |trans-title=The great voices of Africa - René Depestre: a very long exile}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Donn Fendler]], American author and speaker (d. 2016) * 1926 – [[Betty Lynn]], American actress (d. 2021) *[[1927]] – [[Jimmy C. Newman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014) *[[1928]] – [[Herbert Meier]], Swiss author and translator (d. 2018) *[[1929]] – [[Thom Gunn]], English-American poet and academic (d. 2004) *[[1930]] – [[Jacques Bouchard]], Canadian businessman (d. 2006) * 1930 – [[Carlos Loyzaga]], Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016) *[[1931]] – [[Stelios Kazantzidis]], Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001) * 1931 – [[Lise Payette]], Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2018) *[[1933]] – [[Sorel Etrog]], Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014) * 1933 – [[Arnold Koller]], Swiss politician *[[1934]] – [[Dimitris Papamichael]], Greek actor and director (d. 2004) *[[1935]] – [[Hugo Brandt Corstius]], Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014) * 1935 – [[William Friedkin]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dagan |first1=Carmel |title=William Friedkin, 'The Exorcist' Director, Dies at 87 |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/william-friedkin-dead-the-exorcist-1235689676/ |access-date=August 7, 2023 |publisher=Variety |date=August 7, 2023}}</ref> * 1935 – [[László Garai]], Hungarian psychologist and scholar (d. 2019) *[[1936]] – [[John McCain]], American captain and politician (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1937]] – [[James Florio]], American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th [[Governor of New Jersey]] (d. 2022) *[[1938]] – [[Elliott Gould]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 29, 2022 includes celebrities Liam Payne, Lea Michele |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-29-2022-includes-celebrities-liam-payne-lea-michele.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=28 August 2023 |date=29 August 2022}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Angela Huth]], English journalist and author * 1938 – [[Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938)|Christian Müller]], German footballer and manager * 1938 – [[Robert Rubin]], American lawyer and politician, 70th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] *[[1939]] – [[Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek]], Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter (d. 2022) * 1939 – [[Joel Schumacher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020) *[[1940]] – [[James Brady]], American politician and activist, 15th [[White House Press Secretary]] (d. 2014) * 1940 – [[Gary Gabelich]], American race car driver (d. 1984) *[[1941]] – [[Robin Leach]], English journalist and television host (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1942]] – [[James Glennon]], American cinematographer (d. 2006) * 1942 – [[Gottfried John]], German actor (d. 2014) * 1942 – [[Sterling Morrison]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |title=Sterling Morrison |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |author-link=Richie Unterberger |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207085628/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Mohamed Amin]], Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996) * 1943 – [[Dick Halligan]], American pianist and composer (d. 2022) * 1943 – [[Arthur B. McDonald]], Canadian astrophysicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1945]] – [[Chris Copping]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1945 – [[Wyomia Tyus]], American sprinter *[[1946]] – [[Bob Beamon]], American long jumper * 1946 – [[Francine D. Blau]], American economist and academic * 1946 – [[Demetris Christofias]], Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th [[President of Cyprus]] (d. 2019) * 1946 – [[Warren Jabali]], American basketball player (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Warren Jabali |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/bio/_/id/369 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Giorgio Orsoni]], Italian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Mayor of Venice]] *[[1947]] – [[Temple Grandin]], American ethologist, academic, and author<ref name="UPI" /> * 1947 – [[James Hunt]], English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993) *[[1948]] – [[Robert S. Langer]], American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic *[[1949]] – [[Stan Hansen]], American wrestler and actor * 1949 – [[Darnell Hillman]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darnell Hillman |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77028/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Doug DeCinces]], American baseball player * 1950 – [[Frank Henenlotter]], American director and screenwriter * 1950 – [[Dave Reichert]], American soldier and politician * 1950 – [[Aki Yashiro]], Japanese singer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=【追悼】八代亜紀 |publisher=[[Tower Records]] Japan |url=https://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2024/01/09/0712 |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=9 January 2024 |lang=ja}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Geoff Whitehorn]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1952]] – [[Karen Hesse]], American author and poet * 1952 – [[Dave Malone]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 – [[Don Schlitz]], American [[Country Music Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] country music songwriter * 1952 – [[Deborah Van Valkenburgh]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1953]] – [[David Boaz]], American businessman and author * 1953 – [[Richard Harding (rugby union)|Richard Harding]], English rugby union player * 1953 – [[James Quesada]], Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic *[[1954]] – [[Michael P. Kube-McDowell]], American journalist, author, and academic *[[1955]] – [[Diamanda Galás]], American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1955 – [[Jack Lew]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[White House Chief of Staff]] *[[1956]] – [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]], American dancer and choreographer * 1956 – [[Eddie Murray (American football)|Eddie Murray]], American football player * 1956 – [[Charalambos Xanthopoulos]], Greek footballer * 1956 – [[Steve Yarbrough (writer)|Steve Yarbrough]], American novelist and short story writer *[[1957]] – [[Jerry D. Bailey]], American jockey and sportscaster * 1957 – [[Grzegorz Ciechowski]], Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001) *[[1958]] – [[Lenny Henry]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter * 1958 – [[Michael Jackson]], American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Brackett |first1=David |title=Jackson, Michael |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47207}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Rebecca De Mornay]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1959 – [[Ramón Díaz]], Argentine footballer and manager * 1959 – [[Ray Elgaard]], Canadian football player * 1959 – [[Chris Hadfield]], Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut<ref name="UPI" /> * 1959 – [[Eddi Reader]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1959 – [[Timothy Shriver]], American businessman and activist * 1959 – [[Stephen Wolfram]], English-American physicist and mathematician * 1959 – [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman *[[1960]] – [[Todd English]], American chef and author * 1960 – [[Tony MacAlpine]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer *[[1961]] – [[Carsten Fischer]], German field hockey player * 1961 – [[Rodney McCray (basketball)|Rodney McCray]], American basketball player *[[1962]] – [[Carl Banks]], American football player and sportscaster * 1962 – [[Hiroki Kikuta]], Japanese game designer and composer * 1962 – [[Ian James Corlett]], Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author * 1962 – [[Simon Thurley]], English historian and academic * 1962 – [[Richard Angelo]], American serial killer and poisoner<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thoughtco.com/profile-of-serial-killer-richard-angelo-973130 | title=Richard Angelo: Angel of Death Serial Killer }}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Elizabeth Fraser]], Scottish singer-songwriter *[[1964]] – [[Perri "Pebbles" Reid]], American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter * 1964 – [[Zisis Tsekos]], Greek footballer *[[1965]] – [[Will Perdue]], American basketball player and sportscaster * 1965 – [[Geir-Inge Sivertsen]], Norwegian politician and engineer, [[Minister of Fisheries (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Seafood]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=GIS | title=Biografi: Sivertsen, Geir Inge | date=9 November 2021 }}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Jörn Großkopf]], German footballer and manager *[[1967]] – [[Neil Gorsuch]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] * 1967 – [[Anton Newcombe]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1968]] – [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], German-American singer-songwriter *[[1969]] – [[Joe Swail]], Northern Irish snooker player * 1969 – [[Jennifer Crittenden]], American screenwriter and producer * 1969 – [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]], Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host<ref>{{citation|website=All Music.com |title=Lucero|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucero-mn0000306033/biography|author=Heather Phares}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Henry Blanco]], Venezuelan baseball player and coach * 1971 – [[Alex Griffin]], English bass player * 1971 – [[Carla Gugino]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1972]] – [[Amanda Marshall]], Canadian singer-songwriter * 1972 – [[Bae Yong-joon]], South Korean actor *[[1973]] – [[Vincent Cavanagh]], English singer and guitarist * 1973 – [[Olivier Jacque]], French motorcycle racer *[[1974]] – [[Kumi Tanioka]], Japanese keyboard player and composer *[[1975]] – [[Dante Basco]], American actor<ref name="UPI" /> * 1975 – [[Kyle Cook]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> *[[1976]] – [[Stephen Carr]], Irish footballer * 1976 – [[Phil Harvey (band manager)|Phil Harvey]], English manager<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 April 2022 |title=Conoce a Phil Harvey, el Quinto Integrante de Coldplay |trans-title=Meet Phil Harvey, Coldplay's Fifth Member |url=https://www.telehit.com/musica/conoce-a-phil-harvey-el-quinto-integrante-de-coldplay |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230227015556/https://www.telehit.com/musica/conoce-a-phil-harvey-el-quinto-integrante-de-coldplay |archive-date=27 February 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Telehit |language=es}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Kevin Kaesviharn]], American football player * 1976 – [[Georgios Kalaitzis]], Greek basketball player * 1976 – [[Pablo Mastroeni]], Argentine-American soccer player and manager * 1976 – [[Jon Dahl Tomasson]], Danish footballer and manager *[[1977]] – [[Cayetano (Giorgos Bratanis)|Cayetano]], Greek DJ and producer * 1977 – [[Devean George]], American basketball player * 1977 – [[John Hensley]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1977 – [[John O'Brien (soccer)|John Patrick O'Brien]], American soccer player * 1977 – [[Roy Oswalt]], American baseball player * 1977 – [[Charlie Pickering]], Australian comedian and radio host * 1977 – [[Aaron Rowand]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1978]] – [[Volkan Arslan]], German-Turkish footballer * 1978 – [[Celestine Babayaro]], Nigerian footballer *[[1979]] – [[Stijn Devolder]], Belgian cyclist * 1979 – [[Kristjan Rahnu]], Estonian decathlete * 1979 – [[Ryan Shealy]], American baseball player *[[1980]] – [[Chris Simms]], American football player * 1980 – [[David West (basketball)|David West]], American basketball player *[[1981]] – [[Martin Erat]], Czech ice hockey player * 1981 – [[Geneviève Jeanson]], Canadian cyclist * 1981 – [[Jay Ryan (actor)|Jay Ryan]], New Zealand-Australian actor and producer *[[1982]] – [[Ruhila Adatia-Sood]], Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013) * 1982 – [[Carlos Delfino]], Argentine–Italian basketball player * 1982 – [[Yakhouba Diawara]], French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yakhouba Diawara |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200821/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Vincent Enyeama]], Nigerian footballer *[[1983]] – [[Jennifer Landon]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1983 – [[Antti Niemi (ice hockey)|Antti Niemi]], Finnish ice hockey player * 1983 – [[Anthony Recker]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Recker |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/anthony-recker-489232 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Hajime Isayama]], Japanese illustrator * 1986 – [[Lea Michele]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1987]] – [[Tony Kane]], Irish footballer *[[1989]] – [[Charlotte Ritchie]], English actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1990]] – [[Jakub Kosecki]], Polish footballer * 1990 – [[Chris Taylor (baseball)|Chris Taylor]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Taylor |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chris-taylor-621035 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Patrick van Aanholt]], Dutch footballer *[[1991]] – [[Néstor Araujo]], Mexican footballer * 1991 – [[Deshaun Thomas]], American basketball player *[[1992]] – [[Mallu Magalhães]], Brazilian singer-songwriter * 1992 – [[Noah Syndergaard]], American baseball player *[[1993]] – [[Lucas Cruikshank]], American YouTuber and actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cruikshank |first1=Lucas |date=Mar 14, 2013 |title=Draw My Life – Lucas Cruikshank |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-p1xx8kkhA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317081050/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-p1xx8kkhA&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2013-03-17 |access-date=October 27, 2014 |website=[[YouTube]] |format=Adobe Flash}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Liam Payne]], English singer-songwriter from [[One Direction]] (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2024 |title=Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies at 31 in Argentina hotel fall |url=https://apnews.com/article/liam-payne-dies-one-direction-6b7893a56e0d8701096775f611399dd8 |access-date=17 October 2024|website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=One Direction {{!}} Members, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/One-Direction |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Ysaline Bonaventure]], Belgian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ysaline Bonaventure {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317317/ysaline-bonaventure |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Daryll Neita]], British sprinter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daryll Neita |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/130202 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
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