August 29th Birthdays

Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop”, was born on this day in 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He and his siblings formed The Jackson 5 in the late 1960s, with young Michael singing lead to much success. In the 1970s, Michael emerged as a superstar in his own right. He passed away at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009. Here is Michael performing his 1983 smash hit “Billie Jean”.

Also born on August 29th:

• 1938
  Elliott Gould, American actor
• 1950
  Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
• 1952
  Dave Malone, American rock guitarist
  Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
• 1955
  Diamanda Galás, American singer
• 1958
  Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian, actor
• 1959
  Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
• 1960
  Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist
• 1962
  Carl Banks, American football player
  Will Perdue, American basketball player
  Dina Spybey, American actress
• 1967
  Anton Newcombe, American musician
• 1968
  Me’Shell Ndegeocello, American singer
• 1971
  Carla Gugino, American actress
• 1975
  Dante Basco, Filipino-American actor
  Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor
• 1976
  Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
• 1977
  John Patrick O’Brien, American soccer player
  Aaron Rowand, American baseball player
  Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
  Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian
  Jo Weil, German actor
• 1979
  Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
• 1980
  David Desrosiers, Canadian musician
  Chris Simms, American football player
• 1981
  Jay Ryan, Australian actor
• 1981
  Dennis Oh, Korean-American actor
• 1985
  Jeffrey Licon, American actor
  Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player
• 1986
  Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
  Lea Michele, American actress, singer
• 1990
  Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress
• 1993
  Lucas Cruikshank, American comedian
  Liam Payne, English singer

August Birthday Calendar

Died on August 29th:

• 1877
  Brigham Young, American religious leader (age 76)
• 1968
  Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (age 87)
• 1975
  Éamon de Valera, 3rd President of Ireland (age 92)
• 1977
  Jean Hagen, American actress (age 54)
• 1982
  Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress, 3x Oscar winner (age 67)
• 1985
  Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (age 67)
• 1987
  Archie Campbell, American actor, screenwriter (age 72)
  Lee Marvin, American actor (age 63)
• 2000
  Shelagh Fraser, English actress (age 79)
• 2008
  Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (age 55)
• 2016
  Gene Wilder, American actor, director (age 83)
• 2018
  Paul Taylor, American dancer, choreographer (age 88)
• 2021
  Ed Asner, American actor (age 91)
• 2022
  Luke Bell, American country singer (age 32)