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Birthdays of Personalities on August 29

1387 : Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)
1434 : Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator
1476 : Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)
1561 : Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)
1609 : Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)
1619 : Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
1632 : John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance
1773 : Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)
1780 : Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather)
1808 : Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer
1809 : Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)
1811 : Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA
1815 : Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
1849 : Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)
1851 : Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer
1862 : P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)
1862 : Andrew Fisher, 5th Australian Prime Minister (1908-09, 10-13, 14-15)
1874 : Walter Field,
1876 : Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)
1877 : Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II)
1879 : Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher
1880 : Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117
1881 : Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator (Enfantines)
1884 : Ehm Welk, writer
1894 : E Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962
1899 : Lyman L Lemnitzer, Marine Corps general (WW II)
xxxx : Dulce, spanish star
1900 : Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)
1903 : Ernst Kreuder, writer
1903 : Olive Ann Beech, aircraft industry executive
1904 : Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)
1905 : Martinus A Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70)
1907 : Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird)
1909 : Francis Henry Smith, librarian
1909 : Roy Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader
1912 : Emil Schumacher, German painter (Tangible Objects)
1915 : Denys Hay, historian
1918 : Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank
1920 : Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist
1922 : Emile Habibi, writer
1923 : Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist/MP (VVD)
1924 : Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes)
1924 : James W Wood, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)
1927 : Marion Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith)
1928 : Thomas Stewart, San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio)
1929 : Thom Gunn, Kent England, poet (The Wound)
1930 : Marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch undersecretary (CDA)
1933 : Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt
1934 : David H Pryor, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1979- )
1934 : Gene Allison, US R&B-singer (You Can Make It If You Try)
1935 : Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch essayist/mathematician
1936 : John McCain, (Rep-R-Arizona, 1983-86)
1937 : James J Floria, (Rep-D-NJ, 1975-90/Gov-D-NJ, 1990-94)
1939 : William Friedkin, Chic, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection)
1940 : James Brady, press secretary (wounded during Reagan assassin attempt)
1941 : Robin Leach, London England, TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous)
1942 : Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician
1943 : Mohamed Amin, cameraman
1943 : Richard Halligan, Troy NY, rock vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears)
1945 : Chris Copping, Essex England, rock bassist (Procol Harum)
1948 : Charles David Walker, astronaut (STS 12 STS 16 STS 23)
1950 : Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1953 : Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1954 : Chet Catallo, guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1954 : Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1954 : Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, US, sci-fi author (Enigma, Empery)
1957 : Pim Kops, rock musician (Dike, Bloedend Heart)
1958 : Michael Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad)
1959 : Chris Hadfield, Sarnia Ontario Canada, RCAF/astronaut (STS 74, sk: 99)
1959 : Eddi Reader, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1961 : Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity)
1963 : Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer
1963 : Greg Steele, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
1966 : Dan Truman, St George Utah, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1973 : Devin Wyman, defensive tackle (New England Patriots)
1973 : Jermane Mayberry, guard/tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)

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