Famous Personalities Born In August - 29
Saturday, 05 July 2025
1387 Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on this day in history.
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 On August - 29 birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)
1609 On this day in history birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)
1619 On this day in history 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 On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance
1686 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer
1694 On this day in history 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 August - 29.
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 On this day in history birth of nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)
1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather) was born on this day in history.
1805 On August - 29 birth of frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer was born on August - 29.
1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) was born on August - 29.
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 On August - 29 birth of alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)
1843 David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) was born on August - 29.
1844 On August - 29 birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)
1849 On August - 29 birth of titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)
1851 On this day in history birth of willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer
1855 Emil Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.
1857 Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.
1862 P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) was born on this day in history.
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 On August - 29 birth of walter Field
1876 Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) was born on August - 29.