History Births on December 29

Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Toad the Wet Sprocket)

#Glen_Phillips_(singer)

Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1999)

#Rick_Danko

Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter

#Alexa_Ray_Joel

Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (d. 1843)

#Charles_Macintosh

Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver

#Norbert_Siedler

Christen Press, American footballer

#Christen_Press

Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1860)

#Charles_Goodyear

Michael Cudlitz, American actor

#Michael_Cudlitz

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist

#Yvonne_Choquet-Bruhat

August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)

#August_Kitzberg

Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician

#Jake_Berry

Jessica Andrews, American singer-songwriter

#Jessica_Andrews

Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)

#Stanley_Williams

Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (d. 1921)

#Roman_von_Ungern-Sternberg

Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)

#Thomas_Joannes_Stieltjes

Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer

#Ryan_Shore

Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)

#Brad_Grey

Alison Brie, American actress and singer

#Alison_Brie

Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (d. 2001)

#Birendra_of_Nepal

Ali al-Ridha, Arab scholar and imam (d. 818)

#Ali_al-Ridha

Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist

#Allan_McNish

Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)

#Jo_Van_Fleet

Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter

#Danny_McBride

Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor

#Rajesh_Khanna

Mekhi Phifer, American actor and producer

#Mekhi_Phifer

Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

#Eliot_Vassamillet

Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player

#Kei_Nishikori

Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author

#Paula_Poundstone

Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach

#Richie_Sexson

Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)

#Helmut_Gollwitzer

Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress

#Marianne_Faithfull

Ted Danson, American actor and producer

#Ted_Danson

Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach

#Stefano_Eranio

Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee

#Thomas_Bach

Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player

#Brenton_Lawrence

Sean Payton, American football player and coach

#Sean_Payton

Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer

#Oliver_Hirschbiegel

Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013)

#Roman_Vlad

Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host

#Aled_Jones

Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)

#Andrew_Johnson

Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer

#Twinkle_Khanna

Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and former president

#Carles_Puigdemont

Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter

#Ed_Bruce

François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (d. 1949)

#François_Brandt

Juliana Huxtable, American artist

#Juliana_Huxtable

Dexter Holland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dexter_Holland

William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)

#William_Ewart_Gladstone

Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (d. 1995)

#Viveca_Lindfors

David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)

#David_Alfaro_Siqueiros

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer

#Vjatšeslav_Zahovaiko

Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)

#Ray_Nitschke

Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (d. 1999)

#Albert_Tucker_(artist)

Jude Law, English actor

#Jude_Law

Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)

#Jess_Willard

Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)

#Johann_Christian_Poggendorff

Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992)

#Magnus_Pyke

Dobrica ?osi?, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)

#Dobrica_?osi?

Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (d. 1992)

#Nie_Rongzhen

Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)

#Nels_Stewart

Jaret Wright, American baseball player

#Jaret_Wright

Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player

#Devon_White_(baseball)

Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet

#Leonhard_Lapin

Inga Swenson, American actress and singer

#Inga_Swenson

George Parros, American ice hockey player

#George_Parros

Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist

#Danny_Higginbotham

Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor

#Iain_De_Caestecker

Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player

#Ágnes_Szávay

Richard Horton, English physician and journalist

#Richard_Horton_(editor)

Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (d. 2012)

#Shlomo_Venezia

Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist

#Dave_McKean

Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)

#Ramanand_Sagar

Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player

#Besnik_Hasi

Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (d. 2018)

#Wayne_Huizenga

Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer

#Danilo_Pérez

Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (d. 1895)

#Carl_Ludwig

Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist

#Ashleigh_Banfield

Dale Morris, Australian footballer

#Dale_Morris

Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer

#Diego_Luna

Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)

#Tom_Bradley_(American_politician)

Jon Voight, American actor and producer

#Jon_Voight

Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

#Ronald_Coase

Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (d. 1968)

#Norman_Hallows

Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986)

#Cheikh_Anta_Diop

Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (d. 2010)

#Bill_Aucoin

Patricia Clarkson, American actress

#Patricia_Clarkson

Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster

#Martin_Offiah

Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Yvonne_Elliman

Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976)

#Zainul_Abedin

Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)

#Alfred_de_Grazia

Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)

#Pablo_Casals

Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach

#Kate_Schmidt

Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster

#Harvey_Smith_(equestrian)

Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster

#Shizuka_Arakawa

Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (d. 1996)

#Bill_Osmanski

Jeff Luhnow, American businessman

#Jeff_Luhnow

Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (d. 2018)

#Ray_Thomas

Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (d. 1962)

#Candido_Portinari

Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer

#Wynton_Rufer

Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jim_Reid

Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017)

#Dina_Merrill

David Boon, Australian cricketer

#David_Boon

Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player

#Filip_Kuba

Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach

#Kieron_Dyer

Ross Lynch, American singer and actor

#Ross_Lynch

Eric Berry, American football player

#Eric_Berry

James Kelly, Australian footballer

#James_Kelly_(Australian_footballer)

Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (d. 1762)

#Elizabeth_of_Russia

Alan Rusbridger, Zambia-born English journalist and academic

#Alan_Rusbridger

Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and popular science writer

#Donald_D._Hoffman

Shawn Hatosy, American actor

#Shawn_Hatosy

Theo Epstein, American businessman

#Theo_Epstein

Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist

#Mitsuhiro_Ishida

Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (d. 1692)

#Johannes_Zollikofer

William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)

#William_Gaddis

Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (d. 2017)

#Mary_Tyler_Moore

Jennifer Ehle, American actress

#Jennifer_Ehle

Shaun Suisham, American football player

#Shaun_Suisham

Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (d. 1936)

#Billy_Mitchell

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. (d. 1906)

#Womesh_Chunder_Bonnerjee

Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland

#Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)

Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)

#Klaus_Fuchs

Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)

#Kuvempu

Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920)

#Venustiano_Carranza

Evan Seinfeld, American bass player, actor, and director

#Evan_Seinfeld

David Gilbert, Australian cricketer

#Dave_Gilbert_(cricketer)

Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer (Twice)

Travis Head, Australian cricketer

Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver

Joe Anyon, English footballer

Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player

Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer

Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress

Steve Kemp, English drummer

Matthew Carr, Australian footballer

Jimmy Journell, American baseball player

Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager

Ri Pun-hui, North Korean table tennis player

Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer

Laurent Boudouani, French boxer

Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier

Des Foy, English rugby player

Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (d. 2007)

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots

Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach

Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer

Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player

Nancy J. Currie, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter

Iain Paxton, Scottish rugby player and coach

Katy Munger, American writer

Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)

Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author

Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright

Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer

David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)

Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)

David Tanner, English rower and coach

Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1998)

Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)

Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey

Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer

Molly Bang, American author and illustrator

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal

Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)

Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author

Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)

Matt Murphy, American guitarist (d. 2018)

Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (d. 1985)

Pete Dye, American golfer and architect

Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (d.2014)

Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)

Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (d. 2017)

Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)

Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)

Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (d. 1939)

Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (d. 1805)

García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (d. 1624)

Henry VI, German nobleman (d. 1572)

Munjong, Korean ruler (d. 1083)