August 29th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 29th

2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

• Mike Enriquez (b. 1951)

  Filipino broadcaster

2021

• Jacques Rogge

  Belgian surgeon, former olympic sailor. he was named as the new president of international olympic committee on july 16, 2001.

• Lee Perry (Scratch)

  Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (d. 2021)

• Ed Asner

  American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021)

2020

• Frank Press

  Renowned geophysicist known for his contributions to understanding the Earth's structure and dynamics.

• Cliffard Robinson

  NBA player known for his versatility and longevity.

• Clifford Robinson

  Clifford Robinson was a professional basketball player known for his versatile skills and longevity in the NBA.

• Cliff Robinson

  NBA star who played for multiple teams during his career.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

• Ritta Pavone

  Ritta Pavone was an Italian actress, singer, and television personality who was a major star in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s.

• Lila Cockrell

  Lila Cockrell was the first woman mayor of San Antonio, Texas, serving multiple terms.

2018

• James Mirrlees

  Scottish economist and academic, nobel prize laureate (d. 2018)

• Hilton McConnico

  Renowned artist and designer known for his work in various mediums including painting and set design.

• Paul Taylor

  American choreographer (b. 1930)

2017

• Remas Kanafani

  Remas Kanafani was a renowned Palestinian painter known for his vibrant and politically-charged works.

• Angelo Persichilli

  Italian-Canadian journalist and political commentator known for his columns in various newspapers.

2016

• Gene Wilder

  American actor and comedian who made his screen debut with "bonnie and clyde", followed by "the producers." he was a frenetic, talented, and uncontrollable comedian. he also appeared in "everything you always wanted to know about sex." he began to direct his own films in 1975.

2015

• Wayne Dyer

  Wayne Dyer was an American self-help author and motivational speaker known for his book 'Your Erroneous Zones' and his appearances on public television.

• Wayne W. Dyer

  Bestselling self-help author and motivational speaker.

2014

• Björn Waldegård

  Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)

• Octavio Brunetti

  Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)

2013

• Medardo Joseph Mazombwe

  Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)

• Bruce C. Murray

  American geologist and academic, co-founded the planetary society (b. 1931)

• Joan L. Krajewski

  American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

2012

• Ruth Goldbloom

  Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded pier 21 (b. 1923)

• Sergei Ovchinnikov

  Russian volleyball coach and player (d. 2012).

• Les Moss

  American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)

• Anne McKnight

  American soprano (b. 1924)

• Shoshichi Kobayashi

  Japanese-american mathematician and academic (b. 1932)

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

English historian and author (b. 1953)

2011

• Norris Church

  American politician and wife of author John Grisham.

• Junpei Takiguchi

  Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)

• Honeyboy Edwards

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

• Gennaro Angiulo

  Italian-American mobster associated with the Patriarca crime family.

2008

• Geoffrey Perkins

  English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)

• Michael Schoenberg

  American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)

• Geoffrey Perkins

  British comedian (born 1953).

2007

• Irys Bergman

  Irys Bergman was a renowned Swedish actress and director, known for her collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.

• Yandell Hendrix

  Fiction writer celebrated for his captivating novels.

• Richard Jewell

  Richard Jewell was an American security guard who was initially suspected of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, but was later exonerated.

• Pierre Messmer

  French politician. he was prime minister under georges pompidou, 6 july 1972 to 27 mai 1974. he was a gaullist and served in the "free french" forces from 1940-1945. he was married once.

• Alfred Peet

  Dutch-american entrepreneur, founder of peet’s coffee & tee (born 1920).

James Muir Cameron Fletcher

New zealand businessman (b. 1914)

Pierre Messmer

French civil servant and politician, 154th prime minister of france (b. 1916)

Richard Jewell

American police officer (b. 1962)

2006

• David Booth

  Known for his contributions to programming languages and software engineering.

2005

• Layson Wilkins

  Layson Wilkins was an American painter and sculptor known for his abstract expressionist works.

2004

• Hans Vonk

  Dutch conductor (born 1942).

2003

• Michel Constantin

  French film actor (born in 1924)

• Patrick Procktor

  Irish-english painter and academic (d.2003)

• Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim

  Iraqi politician (b. 1939)

2002

• Lance Macklin

  English race car driver and businessman (d.2002)

2001

• Francisco Rabal

  Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

• Graeme Strachan

  Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952)

• Graeme ''Shirley'' Strachan

  Australian singer (skyhooks), radio and tv star (born 1952).

2000

• Shelagh Fraser

  English actress (b. 1922)

• Conrad Marca-Relli

  American-italian painter and academic (d. 2000)

• Willie Maddren

  English manager and footballer (d. 2000).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1995

• Selma Burke

  Selma Burke was an African-American sculptor known for creating the bas relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the dime.

• Frank Perry

  American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)

• Harry Broadhurst

  British pilot, who dies at 89

• Jack Stoddart

  Designer/socialist, dies at 70

• Thomas Strittmatter

  Writer dies at 33

Frank Perry

American screenwriter and producer (d. 1995).

1994

• Gladys Marea Hartman

  Athletics administrator, dies at 74

• Michael Peters

  Deaths due to aids in 46

• Phillip Gilmore

  Actress malcolm x, dies at 38

• Arthur Ernest Mourant

  A haematologist dies at the age of 90

• Tushar Kanti Ghosh

  Longest-serving newspaper editor dies at 93

1993

• Henry J "Harry" Smeets

  Dealer in volkskrant, died at 56

• Dorian Corey

  Actor in paris is burning, dies from aids at 56

1992

• Félix Guattari

  French philosopher and psychotherapist (d. 1992).

• Felix Guattari

  French social theorist and philosopher (born 1930).

• Teddy Turner

  English actor (d. 1992).

• Mary Norton

  Children book author (borrowers), dies at 88

1991

• Dixie Dunbar

  American actress who appeared in films and on Broadway.

• Libero Grassi

  After taking a stand against their extortion requests, an italian businessman from palermo was killed by the mafia.

• Dixie Dunbar [Charlotte King]

  72-year-olds die from a heart attack

• Daniel Ocko

  At 78, a person with a chronic respiratory condition dies

• Dallas Adams

  British painter, writer, and actor (terror from within).

Kathryn Cravens

News correspondent dies at 92

1990

• Manly Palmer Hall

  Canadian mystic, author and philosopher (d. 1990)

• Sandy

  Dog in the play annie, dies at 16

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

• Evea Braun

  Evea Braun was a German architect who designed several notable buildings in Germany during the mid-20th century.

• Peter Scott

  English naturalist, explorer, and painter (born in 1909)

• Peter Scott

  Newcastle, nsw -- canoeist (1996 olympics)

1988

• Renji Kosaka

  Renji Kosaka was a prominent playwright known for his impactful works.

1987

• Naji Al-Ali

  Naji Al-Ali was a Palestinian political cartoonist known for his satirical and critical depictions of the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian struggle.

• Naji al-Ali

  Naji al-Ali was a Palestinian political cartoonist known for his satirical depictions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Lee Marvin

  American actor, television and film. marvin is known for his distinctive voice and white hair. he stands 6 feet 2 inches (1.88m) tall. his first roles were supporting characters, mostly soldiers and villains. he starred in m squad, a hit nbc crime series, as detective lieutenant frank ballinger, from 1957 to 1960.

• Jaymes Mansfield

  Jaymes Mansfield was an American actor known for his roles in classic Hollywood films.

• Archie Campbell

  American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)

Archie Campbell

American screenwriter and actor (d. 1987).

1985

• Evelyn Ankers

  Actress (black beauty and jungle woman), died at 67

• Alexander Abramsky

  Composer dies at 87

• Patrick Barr

  Actor (black orchid on the run), died at 77

1984

• Field Hawthorne

  Field Hawthorne was a celebrated sculptor known for his innovative use of materials.

• Muhammad Naguib

  Egyptian politician and general 1st president (d. 1984).

1983

• William Goyen

  Writer dies at 68

• Simon Oakland

  Actor (toma, kolchak, baa baa black sheep), dies at 61

1982

• Ingrid Bergman

  Swedish-american actress, who won oscars for the films "gaslight," 1945, and "anastasia," 1956. she was nominated for a tony in 1946 for "joan of lorraine" and for her performance in "turn of the screw" 1959 for an emmy. she received seven oscar nominations over her career.

• Lehman Engel

  Jackson, mississippi -- conductor/comp (streetcar named desire).

• Nahum Goldmann

  President zionist world organization dies at 87

1981

• Lowell Thomas

  American author and broadcaster known for his travels and writings on the Middle East.

• Lowell Thomas

  American journalist, radio commentator, author, and world traveler. he was sent by president wilson to europe during ww i to record a historical record. he made his radio debut in 1930. his most well-known book was "with lawrence, arabia", 1924.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

• Gertrude Chandler Warner

  American author and educator (b. 1890)

• Mary Marquet

  Actress (landru paris canaille), is killed at 84

1978

• Hope Mirrlees

  Hope Mirrlees was a British author known for her modernist novel 'Lud-in-the-Mist'.

1977

• Jean Hagen

  American actress, best known for her role as hagen's wife, danny thomas, in "make room for daddy", for four years.

• Brian McGuire

  Australian race car driver (b. 1945)

• Brian McGuire

  American screenwriter and producer of actor directors

1976

• Jimmy Reed

  American singer-songwriter/guitarist (d. 1976).

• Kazi Nazrul Islam

  Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary (born 1899).

• Anissa Jones

  Actress (buffy family affair), ods at 18.

1975

• Eamon de Valera

  Irish political leader who served as Taoiseach and President of Ireland.

• Éamon de Valera

  Irish soldier and politician, 3rd president of ireland (b. 1882)

• Leland T

  Weed

1973

• Michael Dunn

  Shattuck (oklahoma) -- actor (house of the damned ship of fools).

• Waldemar Cordeiro

  Brazilian artist known for his contributions to kinetic art.

• Stringer Davis

  Actress (mouse on the moon, miranda), is killed at 77

1972

• Lale Andersen

  German singer best known for her wartime hit song 'Lili Marleen.'

• Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson

  German night club performer / singer

• Rene Leibowitz

  Composer dies at 59

• Lale Andersen

  German chanson singer-songwriter, most famous for her interpretation of "lili marleen" (1939), which was hugely popular on both side during the second world war.

1971

• Nathan Leopold

  American murderer (leopold & loeb) (born in 1904)

• Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.

  American murderer (b. 1904)

1970

• Ruben Salazar

  Ruben Salazar was a Mexican-American journalist known for his reporting on civil rights and social issues.

• Mary Clare

  Dies at 76

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1968

• Ulysses S. Grant III

  American soldier and planner, served as a major general in the United States Army during World War I.

• Victor Sutherland

  Dies at 79

• Ulysses S Grant III

  American soldier and planner (born in 1881)

1966

• Sayyid Qutb

  Egyptian author, educator, Islamic theorist, poet, and a leading member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

• Melvin Tolson

  American poet and educator known for his work in the Harlem Renaissance.

1960

• Alexander Gauge

  Actor (adventures of robin hood) dies at 46

• Hazza el-Majali

  Assassination of the prime minister of jordan

• Vicki Baum

  Austrian-born american novelist. his menschen im hotel (1929) was a bestseller. it was also adapted into a play (1930), an academy award-winning movie (1932), and a broadway musical (1989).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

• Harman Kardon

  Harman Kardon was an engineer who co-founded the audio equipment company Harman Kardon.

• Coe Squire

  Pioneering astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of galaxies.

1958

• Marjorie Flack

  American illustrator and author (d. 1958).

1952

• Vyolet Capen

  Prolific writer of novels and short stories during the early 20th century.

• Anton Piëch

  Austrian lawyer and businessman (d. 1952).

1951

• Sydney Chapman

  English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)

• Sydney Chapman

  English geophysicist and mathematician (d. 1970).

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1946

• John Steuart Curry

  American painter and academic (b. 1897)

• Adolphus Busch III

  American businessman (b. 1891)

• Adolphus Busch III

  American brewing magnate, president and ceo of anheuser-busch company (born in 1891)

• Milan Harasta

  26. composer dies

• J E Feenstra

  Commandant of the nazi military police executed

Grigory Semyonov

Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (born 1890)

1944

• Attik

  Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)

1941

• Louis Henri

  French officer/resistant fighter executed at 40

• Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik

  French resistance fighter dutch, executed at 36

1940

• Arthur De Greef

  Composer dies at 77

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

• Jozsef Karinthy

  Hungarian writer and poet, known for his satirical works.

1935

• Charles Lee Williams

  Composer dies at 82

• Astrid S L T Bernadotte

  Queen of belgium/princess of sweden

• Queen Astrid

  Belgium (born in 1905)

1933

• Georgy Eduardovich Konyus

  Composer dies at age 70

1932

• Raymond Knister

  Canadian poet and author (b. 1899)

1931

• David T. Abercrombie

  American businessman, co-founded abercrombie & fitch (b. 1867)

• David T Abercrombie

  Abercrombie & fitch founder (born 1867)

1930

• William Archibald Spooner

  English priest and author (b. 1844)

• William Archibald Spooner

  English writer (born 1844).

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1928

• Richard B Haldane

  British viscount/ lord-chancellor dies at 72

1921

• Joel Asaph Allen

  Us zoologist (rules of allen), dies at 83

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

• Max Dauthendey

  German painter and author (d. 1918).

1917

• George Huntington Hartford

  American businessman (b. 1833)

1914

• Machagovsky

  Russian general (tannenberg), dies in battle

1911

• Mir Mahboob Ali Khan

  6th nizam of hyderabad (b. 1866)

1910

• Rebecca Davis

  South African author known for her short stories and children's literature.

• Johann O Backlund

  Swedish astronomer dies at 64

• John YWJ Eilerts de Cock

  At 44, a sea officer (suriname) dies

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 29th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1909

• Emil C Hansen

  Danish physiologist

1904

• Murad V

  Ottoman sultan (d. 1904)