History Births on April 29

Claus Jensen, Danish footballer and sportscaster

#Claus_Jensen

Carnie Wilson, American singer-songwriter

#Carnie_Wilson

Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Federico_Castelluccio

Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)

#Joy_Clements

Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player

#Kelly_Shoppach

Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)

#Raja_Ravi_Varma

Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

#Harold_Urey

Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (d. 2007)

#Walter_Kempowski

Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)

#Tom_Ewell

Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)

#Harry_Payne_Whitney

Tommie Harris, American football player

#Tommie_Harris

John Holmes, English diplomat, British Ambassador to France

#John_Holmes_(British_diplomat)

Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1742)

#Peregrine_Bertie,_2nd_Duke_of_Ancaster_and_Kesteven

Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Tommy_James

Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress

#Lee_Chae-young

Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1974)

#Duke_Ellington

Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (d. 997)

#Minamoto_no_Mitsunaka

Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1979)

#Amelia_Best

Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)

#Constantine_P._Cavafy

Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor, and producer

#Jerry_Seinfeld

Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)

#Celeste_Holm

Aleksander Wolszczan, Polish astronomer

#Aleksander_Wolszczan

Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (d. 1810)

#Jean-Georges_Noverre

Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress

#Michelle_Pfeiffer

Anggun, Diva Indonesia

#Anggun

Uma Thurman, American actress

#Uma_Thurman

George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)

#George_Allen_(American_football_coach)

Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961)

#Maya_Deren

Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)

#Hirohito

Bruce Driver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Bruce_Driver

Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)

#Vladimir_Propp

Knut Børsheim, Norwegian golfer

#Knut_Børsheim

Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess

#Infanta_Sofía_of_Spain

Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer

#Alfred_Hui

Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)

#Alexander_II_of_Russia

Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player

#Kimberly_Birrell

William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)

#William_Randolph_Hearst

Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress

#Zizi_Jeanmaire

Sisa Waqa, Fijian rugby league player

#Sisa_Waqa

Mark Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Belgium

#Mark_Eyskens

Frank Auerbach, British-German painter

#Frank_Auerbach

Auguste Herbin, French painter (d. 1960)

#Auguste_Herbin

Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic

#Robert_J._Sawyer

Bob Bryan, American tennis player

#Bob_Bryan

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1833)

#Jean-Baptiste_Jourdan

Zubin Mehta, Indian bassist and conductor

#Zubin_Mehta

Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor

#Byun_Yo-han

Sadok Bar?cz, Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist (d. 1892)

#Sadok_Bar?cz

Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 2001)

#Helmut_Krackowizer

Monique Alfradique, Brazilian actress

#Monique_Alfradique

Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)

#Gérard_Oury

Rick Burleson, American baseball player

#Rick_Burleson

Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist and educator

#Jasper_Wood

Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician (d. 1943)

#Fethi_Okyar

Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)

#Samuel_Turell_Armstrong

Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic

#Michel_Bussi

Fabio Liverani, Italian footballer and manager

#Fabio_Liverani

Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)

#Maurice_Strong

Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)

#Richard_Carlson_(actor)

George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer

#George_McCartney

Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1912)

#Henri_Poincaré

Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (d. 1844)

#Charles_Nodier

Georgia Hopley, American journalist, temperance advocate, and the first woman prohibition agent (d. 1944)

#Georgia_Hopley

Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (d. 2017)

#Jean_Rochefort

Rob Druppers, Dutch runner

#Rob_Druppers

Paulius Jank?nas, Lithuanian basketball player

#Paulius_Jank?nas

Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player

#Rafael_Betancourt

Craig Gower, Australian rugby player

#Craig_Gower

Jean-François Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jean-François_Jacques

Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist (d. 2009)

#Hugh_Hopper

Mike Bryan, American tennis player

#Mike_Bryan

Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster

#Johnny_Miller

Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)

#Thomas_Beecham

William II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1509)

#William_II,_Landgrave_of_Hesse

Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)

#Friedrich_Adler_(artist)

Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1891)

#Georges_Ernest_Boulanger

Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Curtis_Joseph

Radek Jaroš, Czech mountaineer and author

#Radek_Jaroš

Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)

#Rafael_Sabatini

Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer, conductor, and co-founder of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (d. 1907)

#Joachim_Andersen

Katherine Langford, Australian actress

#Katherine_Langford

Jim Ryun, American runner and politician

#Jim_Ryun

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist

#Jacob_Rothschild,_4th_Baron_Rothschild

Gary Cohen, American baseball play-by-play announcer (New York Mets)

#Gary_Cohen

Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress

#Jung_Hye-sung

Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009)

#Elmer_Kelton

Chiyotaikai Ry?ji, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Chiyotaikai_Ry?ji

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (d. 1945)

#Hendrik_Nicolaas_Werkman

Dustin McDaniel, American lawyer and politician, 55th Arkansas Attorney General

#Dustin_McDaniel

Jack Mackenroth, American swimmer, model, and fashion designer

#Jack_Mackenroth

Stephan Burger, German Catholic archbishop

#Stephan_Burger

Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)

#Paul_Holmes_(broadcaster)

Stephanos of Tallinn, Estonian metropolitan

#Stephanos_of_Tallinn

Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic

#Ruth_Deech,_Baroness_Deech

Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (d. 1679)

#Esaias_Reusner

Ryan Sharp, Scottish race car driver and manager

#Ryan_Sharp

Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (d. 2017)

#Heinz_Wolff

Sara Errani, Italian tennis player

#Sara_Errani

Klaus Voormann, German artist, bass player, and producer

#Klaus_Voormann

Don McKinnon, Australian rugby league player

#Don_McKinnon_(rugby_league)

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi?, 4th President of Croatia (2015-)

#Kolinda_Grabar-Kitarovi?

Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist (d. 1964)

#Bharathidasan

Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1635)

#Sophie_of_Saxony,_Duchess_of_Pomerania

Kate Mulgrew, American actress

#Kate_Mulgrew

Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician

#Javier_Colon

Ron Washington, American baseball player and manager

#Ron_Washington

Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jonathan_Toews

Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player

#Luis_Aparicio

Eve Plumb, American actress

#Eve_Plumb

Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)

#Rod_McKuen

Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist

#Catherine_Lara

Ed Charles, African-American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)

#Ed_Charles

Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

#Willie_Nelson

Victoria Sinitsina, Russian ice dancer

#Victoria_Sinitsina

Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian

#Tyler_Labine

Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer

#Lee_Dong-gook

Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)

#Fred_Zinnemann

Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)

#Mickey_McDermott

Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde

#Pedro_Pires

Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (d. 1892)

#Thomas_Adolphus_Trollope

Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Mike_Babcock

Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)

#Oliver_Ellsworth

Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer

#Younha

Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)

#Carl_Millöcker

Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)

#Otis_Rush

Duane Allen, American country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)

#Duane_Allen

Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician

#Debbie_Stabenow

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1745)

#James_Butler,_2nd_Duke_of_Ormonde

Andre Agassi, American tennis player

#Andre_Agassi

Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor

#Daniel_Day-Lewis

Phil Tufnell, English cricketer and radio host

#Phil_Tufnell

Elías Hernández, Mexican footballer

#Elías_Hernández

Titus O'Neil, American football player and wrestler

#Titus_O'Neil

David Icke, English footballer and sportscaster

#David_Icke

Artem Yashkin, Ukrainian footballer

#Artem_Yashkin

John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)

#John_Arbuthnot

Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus

#Adolfo_Nicolás

Adam Smith, English footballer

#Adam_Smith_(footballer,_born_1991)

April Stevens, American pop singer

#April_Stevens

David Lee, American basketball player

#David_Lee_(basketball)

Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer

#Phillip_Noyce

Rob Nicholson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Rob_Nicholson

David Cox, English landscape painter (d. 1859)

#David_Cox_(artist)

Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016)

#Toots_Thielemans

Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)

#Irvin_Kershner

Dorothy Manley, English sprinter

#Dorothy_Manley

Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach

#Bob_McClure

Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player

#Mathieu_Biron

Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)

#Dale_Earnhardt

Galina Kulakova, Russian skier

#Galina_Kulakova

Peter Rauhofer, Austrian-American disc jockey and producer (d. 2013)

#Peter_Rauhofer

Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (d. 1820)

#Georg_Carl_von_Döbeln

Christina Shakovets, German tennis player

Emilio Orozco, American soccer player

Jovan Leacock, American football player

Viljar Veski, Estonian basketball player

Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player

Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player

Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer

Jay Cutler, American football player

Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner (d. 2006)

Lisa Allen, English chef

Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player

Attila Zsivoczky, Hungarian decathlete and high jumper

Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player

Marcel Albers, Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)

Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist

Brendon Tuuta, New Zealand rugby league player

Larisa Turchinskaya, Russian-Australian heptathlete and coach

Bill Glasson, American golfer

Mark Kendall, American guitarist and songwriter

Karen Barad, American physicist and philosopher

Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder and businessman, founded Burton Snowboards

Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian

Bruce Cutler, American lawyer

Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player

Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970)

Brian Charlesworth, English biologist, geneticist, and academic

Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman

Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (d. 2018)

Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic

Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, English politician, Minister of State for Europe

Hanne Darboven, German painter (d. 2009)

Dorothy Edgington, British philosopher

Jonah Barrington, English-Irish squash player

Brian Taber, Australian cricketer

Bernard Madoff, American businessman and financier

Jill Paton Walsh, English author

Arvo Mets, Estonian-Russian poet and translator (d. 1997)

Erika Fisch, German sprinter and hurdler

Peter de la Billière, English general

David Tindle, English painter and educator

Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)

Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)

Carl Gardner, American R&B/rock & roll singer (The Robins, The Coasters) (d. 2011)

Bill Slater, English footballer (d. 2018)

Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)

John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)

Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)

Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013)

Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (d. 1996)

Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)

Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006)

Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1972)

Mary Petty, American illustrator (d. 1976)

Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1967)

Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (d. 1921)

Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)

Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)

Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)

Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)