August 29th, 1932

Born on August 29th, 1932

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 33,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 522 days, exactly on September 30th, 2025, people who were born on August 29th, 1932 will be 34,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, later overseeing the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

August 29th, 2007

Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

August 29th, 1996

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.

August 29th, 1991

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.

August 29th, 1984

Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.

August 29th, 1960

Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.

August 29th, 1959

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.

August 29th, 1930

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.

August 29th, 1916

Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

August 29th, 1911

The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.

August 29th, 1903

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

August 29th, 1885

Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

August 29th, 1842

Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.

August 29th, 1831

Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.

August 29th, 1786

Farmers in western Massachusetts angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement began an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays against the U.S. federal government.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 29th

Born on August 29th, 1932

54

Esther Sutherland

African-American film actress

*August 29th, 1932, New York City †December 31st, 1986, Los Angeles

84

Rodolfo Stavenhagen

United Nations official (1932-2016)

*August 29th, 1932, Frankfurt †November 5th, 2016, Mexico City

91

Carlos Massad

Chilean politician and economist

*August 29th, 1932, Santiago

90

Jerry Dodgion

American musician

*August 29th, 1932, Richmond †February 17th, 2023, New York City

91

Klaus Rother

German university teacher

*August 29th, 1932, Chemnitz

82

Rudolf Erlemann

German general

*August 29th, 1932, Krefeld †April 30th, 2015

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 29th?

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

90

Richard Attenborough

British actor (1923–2014)

*August 29th, 1923, Cambridge †August 24th, 2014, Greater London

74

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

34

Charlie Parker

American jazz musician (1920–1955)

*August 29th, 1920, Kansas City †March 12th, 1955, New York City

87

Gilbert Amy

French composer and conductor

*August 29th, 1936, Paris

73

James Brady

White House Press Secretary under Ronald Reagan (1940-2014)

*August 29th, 1940, Centralia †August 3rd, 2014, Alexandria

79

Lukas Hartmann

Swiss novelist and children's writers

*August 29th, 1944, Bern

82

Ole Ritter

Danish racing cyclist, born 1941

*August 29th, 1941, Slagelse Municipality

102

Iris Apfel

American interior designer and fashion icon (1921–2024)

*August 29th, 1921, Queens †March 1st, 2024, Palm Beach

52

Carla Gugino

American actress

*August 29th, 1971, Sarasota

Same year
Born in 1932

68

David McTaggart

Badminton player and Greenpeace founder

*June 24th, 1932, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2001, Paciano

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

79

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

*February 27th, 1932, Hampstead Garden Suburb †March 23rd, 2011, Los Angeles

84

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

92

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

*August 6th, 1932, Hammersmith †March 9th, 2017, London

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

86

Jacques Chirac

President of France from 1995 to 2007

*November 29th, 1932, 5th arrondissement of Paris †September 26th, 2019, 6th arrondissement of Paris

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

*November 4th, 1932, Vienna †July 6th, 2004, Vienna

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

82

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

German politician (1932–2015)

*July 3rd, 1932, Alt-Treptow †June 21st, 2015, Rottach-Egern

84

Debbie Reynolds

American actress, singer, and dancer (1932-2016)

*April 1st, 1932, El Paso †December 28th, 2016, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

84

Dan Rooney

American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomat (1932-2017)

*July 20th, 1932, Pittsburgh †April 13th, 2017, Pittsburgh

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 29th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on August 29th, 1932
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1932 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

Calendar
August 1932