Did you know
Richard Jewell discovered a backpack containing three pipe bombs on the park grounds and helped evacuate the area before the bomb exploded, saving many people from injury or death.
Notable Deaths on August 29
2007 — Richard Jewell
American police officer (born 1962)
August 29 has 104 recorded notable deaths across history, from 886 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
104 source records
886 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on August 29
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1842 Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. Source
- 1825 Portuguese and Brazilian diplomats sign the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro, which has Portugal recognise Brazilian independence, formally ending the Brazilian War of Independence. The treaty will be ratified by the King of Portugal three months later. Source
- 1758 The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape. Source
- 1475 Hundred Years' War: The Treaty of Picquigny formally ends the war between the kingdoms of France and England. Source
Did you know
Gaudreau was a Calder Memorial Trophy finalist for the NHL's best rookie and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player for the 2016–17 season.
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Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian", was Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886.
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Frank Perry's 1962 independent film David and Lisa earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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But his own frail physical and mental health made his reign unstable, and Murad V was deposed in favor of his half-brother Abdul Hamid II after only 93 days.
More major people who died on August 29
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2024
Johnny Gaudreau
American ice hockey player (born 1993)
John Michael Gaudreau was an American professional ice hockey player. A left winger, he played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).
886
Basil I
Byzantine emperor (born 811)
Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian", was Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886.
1995
Frank Perry
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
Frank Joseph Perry Jr. was an American stage director and filmmaker. His 1962 independent film David and Lisa earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
1904
Murad V
Ottoman sultan (born 1840)
Murad V was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the conversion of the government to a constitutional monarchy.
2021
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Jamaican reggae producer (born 1936)
Lee "Scratch" Perry was a Jamaican record producer, singer and songwriter noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style.
2003
Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
Iraqi politician (born 1939)
Ayatollah al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Muhsin al-Hakim at-Tabataba'i, also known as Shaheed al-Mehraab, was a senior Iraqi Shia Islamic scholar and the leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
2007
Alfred Peet
Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (born 1920)
Alfred H. Peet was a Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea in Berkeley, California, in 1966. Peet is widely credited with starting the specialty coffee revolution in the US.
2007
Pierre Messmer
French civil servant and politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (born 1916)
Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a French Gaullist politician.
2012
Ruth Goldbloom
Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (born 1923)
Ruth Miriam Goldbloom was a Canadian philanthropist who co-founded the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was born and raised in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, to immigrant parents.
1046
Gerard of Csanád Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (born980)
Gerard or Gerard Sagredo was the first bishop of Csanád in the Kingdom of Hungary from around 1030 to his death.
1917
George Huntington Hartford
American businessman (born 1833)
George Huntington Hartford headed the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) from 1878 to 1917.
1991
Libero Grassi
Italian businessman (born 1924)
Libero Grassi was an Italian clothing manufacturer from Palermo, Sicily, who was killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
1657
John Lilburne
English activist (born 1614)
John Lilburne, also known as Freeborn John, was an English political Leveller before, during and after the English Civil Wars 1642–1650.
1977
Jean Hagen
American actress (born 1923)
Jean Hagen was an American actress best known for her role as Doll Conovan in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best…
1972
Lale Andersen
German singer-songwriter (born 1905)
Lale Andersen was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Lehe.
2016
Gene Wilder
American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (born 1933)
Gene Wilder was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker.
2023
Mike Enriquez
Filipino broadcaster (born 1951)
Miguel "Mike" Castro Enriquez was a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter.
1987
Lee Marvin
American actor (born 1924)
Lamont Warren Marvin Jr., known as Lee Marvin, was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and prematurely white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters.
1982
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress (born 1915)
Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress. With a career spanning five decades, Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential actresses in the history of cinema.