List of Famous people born on August 29th
Fleur Pellerin
Fleur Pellerin is a French businesswoman, former civil servant and socialist politician who served as a French government minister from 2012 to 2016.
Julia Grosso
Julia Angela Grosso is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder. She plays for the Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 Conference. Grosso also plays for the Canada women's national soccer team. She scored the gold medal winning penalty in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Devendra Jhajharia
Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower competing in F46 events. He is first Indian Paralympian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics. He won his first gold in the javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, becoming only the second gold medalist at the Paralympics for his country. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won a second gold medal in the same event, bettering his previous record. Devendra is currently being supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.
Chris Hadfield
Chris Austin Hadfield is a retired CSA astronaut, engineer, and former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot. The first Canadian to walk in space, Hadfield has flown two Space Shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station.
Patrick van Aanholt
Patrick John Miguel van Aanholt is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Netherlands national team.
Youssoupha
Youssoupha Mabiki, better known by his nickname Youssoupha is a French rapper of Congolese descent.
Ichikawa Raizō VIII
Ichikawa Raizō VIII was a Japanese film and kabuki actor. His birth name was Akio Kamezaki , and his name was legally changed several times, first to Yoshio Takeuchi , and later to Yoshiya Ōta , separate from his performing name.
Destiny Chukunyere
Destiny Chukunyere M.Q.R. is a Maltese singer. She won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, where she represented Malta with the song "Not My Soul".
Hermann Nitsch
Hermann Nitsch is an Austrian avant-garde artist who works in experimental and multimedia modes.
Max Hauke
Max Hauke is a cross-country skier from Austria. He competed for Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the cross-country skiing events.