Famous people born on 29 August

14 of the people we track were born on 29 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Michael Jackson 1958American singer and songwriterdied aged 50
2. John Locke 1632English philosopher and physiciandied aged 72
3. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1780French painterdied aged 86
4. Maurice Maeterlinck 1862Belgian playwright and essayistdied aged 86
5. John McCain 1936American politiciandied aged 81
6. Ingrid Bergman 1915Swedish actordied aged 67
7. Richard Attenborough 1923British actordied aged 90
8. Charlie Parker 1920American saxophonistdied aged 34
9. Liam Payne 1993British singer-songwriterdied aged 31
10. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619French economistdied aged 64
11. Albert Lebrun 1871French politician who served as President of the French Republicdied aged 78
12. Arthur B. McDonald 1943Canadian physicistliving, 83
13. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 1809American poet and physiciandied aged 85
14. Demetris Christofias 1946Cypriot politician who served as President of Cyprusdied aged 72