The 241st day of the year, the 242nd in a leap year
Born on 29 August
Every 29 August birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Virgo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- VirgoEarth, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- Peridot, Spinel, SardonyxThe 1912 list gave Sardonyx and Peridot.
- Birth flower
- Gladiolus, PoppyUsually taken today to mean strength of character and remembrance.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 29 August in any year.
Which weekday 29 August falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 29 August falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 29 August is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,804 babies were born on 29 August in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 194th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 29 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Jackson | 1958–2009 | American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer |
| John Locke | 1632–1704 | English philosopher and physician; born 29 August in the Julian calendar, which is 8 September in the Gregorian |
| Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | 1780–1867 | French painter |
| Maurice Maeterlinck | 1862–1949 | Belgian playwright and essayist |
| John McCain | 1936–2018 | American politician |
| Ingrid Bergman | 1915–1982 | Swedish actress |
| Richard Attenborough | 1923–2014 | British actor |
| Charlie Parker | 1920–1955 | American jazz saxophonist |
| Liam Payne | 1993–2024 | English singer-songwriter |
| Jean-Baptiste Colbert | 1619–1683 | French statesman |
| Albert Lebrun | 1871–1950 | 15th President of the French Republic |
| Arthur B. McDonald | 1943– | Canadian physicist |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. | 1809–1894 | American poet and physician |
| Demetris Christofias | 1946–2019 | 6th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2008-2013) |
| Carla Gugino | 1971– | American actress |
| John Flamsteed | 1646–1720 | English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal; born 29 August in the Gregorian calendar, 19 August in the Julian |
| James Hunt | 1947–1993 | British racing driver |
| Ramón Díaz | 1959– | Argentine association football player and coach |
Died on 29 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Ingrid Bergman | 1915–1982 | Swedish actress |
| Gene Wilder | 1933–2016 | American actor |
| Pope Pius VI | 1717–1799 | Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799 |
| Ed Asner | 1929–2021 | American actor |
| Éamon de Valera | 1882–1975 | Irish statesman |
| Murad V | 1840–1904 | 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
| Lee Marvin | 1924–1987 | American actor |
| Sayyid Qutb | 1906–1966 | Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary |
| Jacques Rogge | 1942–2021 | President of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2013 |
| Basil I | 811–886 | Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886 |
| Brigham Young | 1801–1877 | American religious leader, second president of the LDS Church, and governor of Utah Territory |
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