List of Famous people born on August 29th

Dante R. Basco is an American film, television and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's Hook, and for his many voice acting roles, most notably as Prince Zuko from Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jake Long from Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long, and Spin Kick from Carmen Sandiego.

Gonzalo Alejandro Jara Reyes is a Chilean professional footballer who currently plays for Chilean Primera División club Coquimbo Unido. He is a versatile defender and can play in either a full-back role or as a centre-back.

Mieko Kawakami is the author of the internationally best-selling novel, Breasts and Eggs, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and one of TIME’s Best 10 Books of 2020.

Irina Olegovna Lachina is a Moldovan-Russian actress, the daughter of Svetlana Toma.

Koppillil Radhakrishnan is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) between November 2009 and December 2014 as Chairman of Space Commission, Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO. Prior to this, he was the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (2007-2009) and Director of National Remote Sensing Agency (2005-2008) of the Department of Space. He had a brief stint of five years (2000-2005) in the Ministry of Earth Sciences as Director of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).

Julian Weber is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won the European Junior Championship in 2013.

Nadia Edith Whittome is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East since the 2019 general election. She was elected at the age of 23, and became the Baby of the House as the youngest MP. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, a parliamentary group of Labour MPs.

Annu Rani is an Indian javelin thrower from Bahadurpur, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She was the 1st Indian to reach the finals of women's javelin throw event in the World Athletics Championships, Doha, 2019. Annu had qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics through world rankings after missing out on the Olympic Qualification mark. Her career best effort is 63.24m which helped her win the gold in the National Interstate Athletic Championship, Patiala, 2021.

Vincent Enyeama is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team from 2002 until October 2015, serving as its captain from 2013 until his retirement from international football. With 101 caps, he is Nigeria's most capped player of all time.

Yuliana Peniche is a Mexican actress. Peniche was born Yuliana Peniche Hernandez Huici in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico on August 29, 1981. She has participated in various soap operas; she started when she was a little girl in Madres Egoistas (1991) as Carmen. Then she starred in Alondra, Maria la del Barrio, Salomé, Niña Amada Mía, Velo de novia II, and in 2005 in the TV series Bajo el mismo techo sharing credits with Laura Flores, Imanol Landeta, and Jose Elias Moreno. In 2007 she starred in Destilando Amor as Margarita.