August 1929 calendar

Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987).

Belgian-American financier, seen as an unpreposing businessman, a slightly overweight diamond merchant.

American model and actress Miss Kansas 1948.

French politician, jurist and state counselor.

French writer of novels, essays and travel books.

Author (Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day).

English thief, known for his role in the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963, for his escape from prison in 1965, for living as a fugitive...

Dutch musician, a choirmaster, composer and music therapist who specializes in healing with harp music.

American film maker of movies and TV, the director of "Rin Tin Tin," and of the series "Knot's Landing," working for Lorimar studios.

American journalist, cartoonist, co-creator of syndicated cartoon "Sneakers," feature writer, travel and society editor and columnist.

American musician, a country-western singer, songwriter and guitarist who also played trumpet and saxophone.

dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at age 57.

American actress (Born 1882).

German-born American inventor who made important contributions to telephone technology and developed the phonograph record disc.

German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71.

French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929).

Russian ballet manager and critic founded the Ballets Russes (d. 1929).

Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1929).

American economist and sociologist (d. 1929).