Celebrity Birthdays August 29th:

Entertainment:

Carla Gugino is an actress known for the movies “Watchmen” and “Sucker Punch”.

Lea Michele is an actress known for the TV shows “Glee” and “Scream Queens”.

William Levy is an actor known for the TV shows “Don’t Mess with an Angel” and “Acorralda”.

Nicole Byer is an actress known for the TV shows “Grand Crew” and “Tuca & Bertie”.

Eduardo Franco is an actor known for the TV show “Gabby’s Dollhouse” and the movie “Booksmart”.

Jay Ryan is an actor known for the TV shows “Neighbours” and “Beauty and the Beast”.

Dante Basco is an actor known for the movies “Hook” and “Hang Loose”.

Echo Kellum is an actor known for the TV shows “Arrow” and “Grand Crew”.

Elliott Gould is an actor known for the movies “M*A*S*H” and “Ocean’s Eleven”.

Jennifer Landon is an actress known for the TV shows “As the World Turns” and “Yellowstone”.

Rebecca De Mornay is an actress known for the movies “Runaway Train” and “Risky Business”.

Speedy Gonzales is a character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as “The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico” with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast, being quick-witted and heroic while speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent.

Liam Payne is a singer who rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Payne made his debut as a singer in 2008 when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor. After being eliminated in the competition, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other boys to form One Direction, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.

Sports:

Football:

Carl Banks is a former linebacker who made one Pro-Bowl and won two Super Bowl Championships with the New York Giants.

Basketball:

Carlos Delfino is a former forward who won five Gold Medals, one Silver Medal and two Bronze Medals.

Will Perdue is a former forward who won four NBA Championships.

Baseball:

Roy Oswalt is a former starting pitcher who made three All-Star teams and won one NLCS MVP.

SAN FRANCISCO – 1988: Doug Drabek #15 of the Pittsburgh Pirates winds up for a pitch during a 1988 MLB season game against the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

Doug DeCinces is a former third basemen who made one All-Star team and won one Silver Slugger Award.

Aaron Rowand is a former centerfielder who made one All-Star team and won two World Series Championships.

Noah Syndergaard is a starting pitcher who has made one All-Star team.

Chris Taylor is an infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers who has made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2020.

Alex Reyes is a pitcher who has made one All-Star team and has the record for most consecutive saves to begin career.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Brent Suter, Marc Rzepcyznski, Eric Mackenzie, Hal Stowe, Dan Schneider, Bill McNulty, John Sipin, George Zeber, Marv Foley, Reggie Williams, Rusty Tillman, Bill Latham, Jeff Richardson, Bronson Helfin, Henry Blanco, John Riedling, Ed Rodgers, Ryan Shealy, David Sanders, Eduardo Villacis, Drew Meyer, Anthony Recker, Alex White, Robby Scott, Logan Watkins, Seth Martinez, Jose Rodriguez, Justin Sterner, Hunter Brown, Drew Romo & Evan Carter!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Ingrid Bergman was an actress known for the movies “Casablanca” and “Gaslight”.

Richard Attenborough was an actor known for the movies “Jurassic Park” and “The Great Escape”.

Michael Jackson was a singer-songwriter who was dubbed the “King of Pop”, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a four-decade career, his contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture. Jackson influenced artists across many music genres. Through stage and video performances, he popularized street dance moves such as the moonwalk, which he named, and the robot.

Sports:

Baseball:

Jackie Mitchell was one of the first female American pitchers in professional baseball history. She was 17 years old when she pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, and struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.