Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 29:
Actor Elliott Gould is 87.
Singer-songwriter Tom Northcott is 82.
Chris Copping, bass guitarist and organist with Procul Harum, is 80.
Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh ("Too Close For Comfort") is 73.
Country music songwriter Don Schlitz (The Gambler, Forever and Ever) is 73.
Singer-guitarist Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo) is 71.
Keyboardist Dan Truman of Diamond Rio is 69.
Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 69.
Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 66.
Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is 66.
Singer Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) is 62.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is 58.
Bassist-singer Me'Shell NdegeOcello is 57.
Actress Carla Gugino is 54.
Singer Amanda Marshall is 53.
Actor John Hensley ("Nip/Tuck") is 48.
Actress Emily Hampshire ("Schitt's Creek") is 44.
Rapper A+ (born Andre Levins) is 44.
Actress Jennifer Landon is 42.
Actor Jeffrey Licon is 40.
Actress Lea Michele ("Glee") is 39.
Actress Charlotte Ritchie ("Call the Midwife") is 36.
Actress Nicole Gale Anderson is 35.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1809, American author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (Oct. 7, 1894)
In 1876, auto engineering pioneer Charles Kettering. (Nov. 25, 1958)
In 1915, actress Ingrid Bergman. (Aug. 29, 1982)
In 1917, actress Isabel Sanford. (July 9, 2004)
In 1920, alto saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker. (March 12, 1955)
In 1922, fashion critic Richard Blackwell. (Oct. 19, 2008)
In 1923, actor-director Lord Richard Attenborough. (Aug. 24, 2014)
In 1924, singer Dinah Washington. (Dec. 14, 1963)
In 1926, actress Betty Lynn ("The Andy Griffith Show.") (Oct. 21, 2021)
In 1929, gospel singer Albertina Walker. (Oct. 8, 2010)
In 1929, poet Thom Gunn. (Apr. 25, 2004)
In 1933, Romanian-born Canadian sculptor Sorel Etrog (Feb. 26, 2014)
In 1933, singer Liam Payne (One Direction). (Oct. 16, 2024)
In 1935, movie director William Friedkin. (Aug. 7, 2023)
In 1936, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (Aug. 25, 2018)
In 1939, movie director Joel Schumacher. (June 22, 2020)
In 1941, TV personality Robin Leach ("Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous") (Aug. 24, 2018)
In 1943, Dick Halligan of Blood, Sweat and Tears. (Jan. 18, 2022)
In 1958, Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop." (June 25, 2009)
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