BIRTHDAY BOT?

[Hightower]

Where the frick is the birthday bot on this prestigious day?!

[kmount]

It's been gone for a while.

 

Happy Birthday.

[RabbieBurns]

Who's Birthday is it today?? August 29th doesn't show much on Google..

[tech_guy]

Here's some notable 29th August birthdays:

 

1619 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)

1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)

1632 – John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)

1694 – Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)

1725 – Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)

1728 – Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)

1756 – Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)

1756 – Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)

1777 – Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)

1780 – Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)

1805 – Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)

1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894)

1810 – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian politician, writer and Constitution main promoter (d. 1884)

1811 – Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888)

1842 – Alfred Shaw, English cricketer (d. 1907)

1843 – David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)

1844 – Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)

1857 – Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)

1862 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)

1862 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949)

1871 – Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)

1876 – Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)

1876 – Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)

1898 – Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959)

1901 – Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)

1904 – Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979)

1905 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (d. 1941)

1905 – Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979)

1910 – Vivien Thomas, African American surgeon (d. 1985)

1912 – Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian/Polish cinematographer

1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)

1912 – Sohn Kee-chung, Korean runner (d. 2002)

1913 – Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)

1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)

1915 – Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985)

1916 – Luther Davis, American playwright (d. 2008)

1916 – George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)

1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)

1920 – Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)

1922 – Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (d. 2008)

1923 – Richard Attenborough, English film director

1923 – Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)

1923 – Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer

1924 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)

1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)

1926 – Helene Ahrweiler, Greek Byzantinologist

1926 – Betty Lynn, American actress

1926 – María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer

1927 – Jimmy C. Newman, American Country and Western and Cajun Singer.

1928 – Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)

1929 – Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004)

1930 – Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006)

1931 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)

1931 – Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist

1933 – Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor

1934 – John Guy, New Zealand cricketer

1934 – Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)

1935 – William Friedkin, American film director

1935 – Laszlo Garai, Hungarian scientist, psychologist

1936 – John McCain, American politician

1937 – James Florio, American politician

1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor

1938 – Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury

1939 – Joel Schumacher, American film director

1940 – James Brady, American White House Press Secretary and gun control activist

1940 – Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)

1941 – Robin Leach, English television host

1942 – James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)

1942 – John Heuser, Electron microscopist

1943 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (d. 1996)

1945 – Wyomia Tyus, American athlete

1946 – Bob Beamon, American long jumper

1946 – Dimitris Christofias, Cypriot politician and sixth President of the Republic of Cyprus

1947 – Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert

1947 – James Hunt, English raceing driver (d. 1993)

1950 – Doug DeCinces, American baseball player

1950 – Dave Reichert, American politician and sheriff

1950 – Frank Henenlotter, American director

1952 – Karen Hesse, American children's writer

1952 – Dave Malone, American rock guitarist

1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress

1953 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist

1954 – Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist

1955 – Diamanda Galas, American singer

1955 – Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist

1955 – Jacob Lew, American government official

1956 – GG Allin, American rock singer (d. 1993)

1956 – Mark Morris, American choreographer

1957 – Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey

1958 – Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor

1958 – Michael Jackson, American pop singer (d. 2009)

1959 – Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer

1959 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor

1959 – Timothy Perry Shriver, member of the Kennedy Family

1959 – Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut

1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, American actress

1959 – Stephen Wolfram, British physicist and mathematician (Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, A New Kind of Science)

1960 – Todd English, American chef

1960 – Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist

1961 – Carsten Fischer, German field-hockey player

1961 – Rodney McCray, American basketball player

1962 – Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer

1962 – Carl Banks, American football player

1962 – Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor

1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer

1965 – Will Perdue, American basketball player

1965 – Dina Spybey, American actress

1966 – Jörn Großkopf, German footballer

1967 – Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)

1968 – Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer

1969 – Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player

1970 – Chris Daugherty, Winner of Survivor: Vanuatu

1971 – Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player

1971 – Carla Gugino, American actress

1972 – Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor

1973 – Adam Sessler, American TV show host

1973 – Olivier Jacque, motorcyclist

1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer

1975 – Dante Basco, Filipino/American actor

1975 – Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor

1976 – Stephen Carr, Irish footballer

1976 – Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player

1976 – Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player

1976 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer

1977 – John Patrick O'Brien, American footballer

1977 – Aaron Rowand, American baseball player

1977 – Devean George, American basketball player

1977 – Roy Oswalt, American baseball player

1977 – Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian

1977 – Jo Weil, German actor

1978 – Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer

1979 – Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist

1979 – Ryan Shealy, American baseball player

1979 – Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist

1980 – David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)

1980 – Chris Simms, American football player

1980 – David West, American basketball player

1980 – Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor

1980 – Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer

1981 – Lanny Barbie, Canadian pornographic actress

1981 – Geneviève Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist

1981 – Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor

1981 – Dennis Oh, Korean-American actor

1982 – Carlos Delfino, Argentine basketball player

1984 – Alexander Hug, German rugby player

1984 - Hightower, Footballer & Geek

1985 – Jeffrey Licon, American actor

1985 – Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player

1986 – Lauren Collins, Canadian actress

1986 – Lea Michele, American actress and singer

1987 – Tony Kane, Irish footballer

1990 – Nicole Anderson, American actress

1992 – Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter

 

Edited August 30, 2010 by tech_guy

[RabbieBurns]

Ah yeh, how could I forget about Elizabeth Fraser

[Hightower]

@TechGuy - you forgot the most important one in that list, please add it.

 

1984 - Hightower - Footballer & Geek

[tech_guy]

It was there all along...