Birthday: 29 August
Famous people born on 29 August
30 of the best-known people in our data were born on 29 August, including Michael Jackson, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and John McCain. The longest life among them was Iris Apfel's, at 102 years.
- Michael JacksonAmerican singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer · 1958–200950 yrs
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresFrench painter · 1780–186786 yrs
- John McCainAmerican politician · 1936–201881 yrs
- Maurice MaeterlinckBelgian playwright and essayist · 1862–194986 yrs
- CaligulaThird Roman emperor · AD 12–4128 yrs
- Ingrid BergmanSwedish actress · 1915–198267 yrs
- Richard AttenboroughBritish actor · 1923–201490 yrs
- Charlie ParkerAmerican jazz saxophonist · 1920–195534 yrs
- Albert Lebrun ↗15th President of the French Republic · 1871–195078 yrs
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert ↗French statesman · 1619–168364 yrs
- Dimitris Christofias ↗6th President of the Republic of Cyprus · 1946–201972 yrs
- Oliver Wendell Holmes ↗American poet and physician · 1809–189485 yrs
- John Flamsteed ↗English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal · 1646–172073 yrs
- Werner Forssmann ↗German physician, Nobel prize winner · 1904–197974 yrs
- Joel Schumacher ↗American director, screenwriter, and producer · 1939–202080 yrs
- Major Dhyan Chand Singh ↗Indian field hockey player · 1905–197974 yrs
- Takeo Wakabayashi ↗Japanese association football player · 1907–193729 yrs
- William Friedkin ↗American director and producer · 1935–202387 yrs
- Andrew Fisher ↗Australian politician, fifth Prime Minister of Australia · 1862–192866 yrs
- Kim Ku ↗Korean politician · 1876–194972 yrs
- Dinah Washington ↗American singer · 1924–196339 yrs
- Michael Chekhov ↗Russian actor and director · 1891–195564 yrs
- Émilie Dequenne ↗Belgian actress · 1981–202543 yrs
- Robert Merle ↗French writer · 1908–200495 yrs
- Aimé Bonpland ↗French physician, botanist and explorer · 1773–185884 yrs
- Valery Larbaud ↗French writer and poet · 1881–195775 yrs
- Iris Apfel ↗American interior designer and fashion icon · 1921–2024102 yrs
- Alexandre Koyré ↗French philosopher · 1892–196471 yrs
- Jean-Baptiste Bagaza ↗President of Burundi · 1946–201669 yrs
- Leonardo De Lorenzo ↗Italian flautist and music educator · 1875–196286 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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