Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 29
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[edit] Births
- 1619 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)
- 1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
- 1725 - Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
- 1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician (d. 1894)
- 1871 - Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
- 1898 - Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959)
- 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, (pictured) Swedish actress (d. 1982)
- 1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director
- 1938 - Elliott Gould, American actor
- 1947 - James Hunt, English race car driver (d. 1993)
- 1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer
- 1962 - Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
[edit] Deaths
- 1533 - Atahualpa, last Inca ruler of Peru
- 1877 - Brigham Young, American religious leader and western settler (b. 1801)
- 1904 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1840)
- 1975 - Eamon de Valera, first Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (b. 1882)
- 1982 - Ingrid Bergman, (pictured) Swedish actress (b. 1915)
- 1987 - Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1989 - Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909)
- 2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b.1939)
