Famous Personalities Born In August - 29
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
1387 On August - 29 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)
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 this day in history.
1609 Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.
1619 On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
1628 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.
1632 John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on August - 29.
1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer was born on August - 29.
1694 On August - 29 birth of charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)
1725 Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.
1728 Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797) was born on August - 29.
1756 Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.
1756 Jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830) was born on August - 29.
1773 On August - 29 birth of raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)
1777 On August - 29 birth of nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)
1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather) was born on August - 29.
1805 Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history birth of hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer
1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) was born on this day in history.
1811 Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA was born on this day in history.
1815 On August - 29 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 David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) was born on August - 29.
1844 Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929) was born on August - 29.
1849 Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97) was born on this day in history.
1851 Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer was born on August - 29.
1855 Emil Pauer, composer was born on August - 29.
1857 Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937) was born on August - 29.
1862 On August - 29 birth of p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)
1862 Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history birth of albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
1874 On this day in history birth of walter Field
1876 On August - 29 birth of charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)