Famous Personalities Born In August - 29
Friday, 18 April 2025
1387 Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.
1434 Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on August - 29.
1476 Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.
1561 Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.
1609 Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.
1619 On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
1628 On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
1632 On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance
1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer was born on this day in history.
1694 Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.
1725 Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) was born on August - 29.
1728 On this day in history birth of maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)
1756 On this day in history birth of heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)
1756 Jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830) was born on this day in history.
1773 On this day in history birth of raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)
1777 Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853) was born on August - 29.
1780 On August - 29 birth of jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather)
1805 Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.
1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer was born on this day in history.
1809 On this day in history birth of oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)
1811 Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA was born on this day in history.
1815 On this day in history birth of anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
1842 Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) was born on this day in history.
1843 On this day in history birth of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)
1844 On this day in history birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)
1849 Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97) was born on August - 29.
1851 Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer was born on August - 29.
1855 On this day in history birth of emil Pauer, composer
1857 On August - 29 birth of sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
1862 P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) was born on August - 29.
1862 Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.
1871 On August - 29 birth of albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
1874 Walter Field was born on this day in history.
1876 On this day in history birth of charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)