Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 29:
Actor Elliott Gould is 86.
Singer-songwriter Tom Northcott is 81.
Chris Copping, bass guitarist and organist with Procul Harum, is 79.
Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh ("Too Close For Comfort") is 72.
Country music songwriter Don Schlitz (The Gambler, Forever and Ever) is 72.
Singer-guitarist Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo) is 70.
Keyboardist Dan Truman of Diamond Rio is 68.
Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 68.
Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 65.
Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is 65.
Singer Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) is 61.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is 57.
Bassist-singer Me'Shell NdegeOcello is 56.
Actress Carla Gugino is 53.
Singer Amanda Marshall is 52.
Actor John Hensley ("Nip/Tuck") is 47.
Actress Emily Hampshire ("Schitt's Creek") is 43.
Rapper A+ (born Andre Levins) is 43.
Actress Jennifer Landon is 41.
Actor Jeffrey Licon is 39.
Actress Lea Michele ("Glee") is 38.
Actress Charlotte Ritchie ("Call the Midwife") is 35.
Actress Nicole Gale Anderson is 34.
Singer Liam Payne (One Direction) is 31.
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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 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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