History Births on July 29

Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (d. 1901)

#Johannes_Schmidt_(linguist)

Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer

#Wilson_Palacios

Bruce R. McConkie, American colonel and religious leader (d. 1985)

#Bruce_R._McConkie

Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)

#Eyvind_Johnson

Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher (d. 1949)

#Maria_Ouspenskaya

Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter

#Doug_Ashdown

David Warner, English actor

#David_Warner_(actor)

Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Wil_Wheaton

Tarjei Bø, Norwegian biathlete

#Tarjei_Bø

Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (d. 1997)

#Samm_Sinclair_Baker

J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (d. 1993)

#J._R._D._Tata

Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1945)

#Benito_Mussolini

Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer

#Andi_Peters

Jerious Norwood, American football player

#Jerious_Norwood

Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player

#Simon_Santoso

Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (d. 2007)

#Jennifer_Dunn_(politician)

Melvin Belli, American lawyer (d. 1996)

#Melvin_Belli

Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (d. 1912)

#Gerhard_Armauer_Hansen

Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization (d. 1923)

#Max_Nordau

Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (d. 1951)

#Sigmund_Romberg

Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)

#Theda_Bara

Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player

#Ryan_Braun_(pitcher)

Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)

#Edgar_Cortright

Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (d. 2012)

#Jim_Marshall_(businessman)

Carl Cox, English DJ and producer

#Carl_Cox

Philip II, duke of Pomerania-Stettin (d. 1618)

#Philip_II,_Duke_of_Pomerania

Ronnie Musgrove, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi

#Ronnie_Musgrove

William Powell, American actor and singer (d. 1984)

#William_Powell

Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 2010)

#Harry_Mulisch

Ximena Armas, Chilean painter

#Ximena_Armas

Adele Griffin, American author

#Adele_Griffin

Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Jean-Hugues_Anglade

Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (d. 1940)

#Charles_Cochrane-Baillie,_2nd_Baron_Lamington

Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)

#Eric_Alfred_Knudsen

Julie Elliott, English politician

#Julie_Elliott

Oh Beom-seok, South Korean footballer

#Oh_Beom-seok

Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009)

#Lou_Albano

Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1845)

#Philip_Charles_Durham

Martin Körber, Baltic German pastor, composer, and conductor (d. 1893)

#Martin_Körber

J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician (d. 1942)

#J._S._Woodsworth

Dean Haglund, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Dean_Haglund

Sharon Creech, American author and educator

#Sharon_Creech

Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)

#Lloyd_Bochner

Stephen Dorff, American actor and producer

#Stephen_Dorff

Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Martina_McBride

Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935)

#Thelma_Todd

Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Okinoumi_Ayumi

Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (d. 1983)

#Neil_Ritchie

Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (d. 1966)

#Bernhard_Zondek

Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador

#Jamil_Mahuad

Patti Scialfa, American musician

#Patti_Scialfa

Foster Furcolo, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)

#Foster_Furcolo

Liam O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player

#Liam_O'Brien_(ice_hockey)

Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist and educator

#Paavo_Lötjönen

Scott Steiner, American wrestler

#Scott_Steiner

Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (d. 1942)

#Porfirio_Barba-Jacob

Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver

#Fernando_Alonso

Mike Adams, American baseball player

#Mike_Adams_(pitcher)

Teresa Noce, Italian labor leader, activist, and journalist (d. 1980)

#Teresa_Noce

Isabel, Brazilian princess (d. 1921)

#Isabel,_Princess_Imperial_of_Brazil

Troy Perkins, American soccer player

#Troy_Perkins

Chester Himes, American-Spanish author (d. 1984)

#Chester_Himes

Geddy Lee, Canadian musician

#Geddy_Lee

Stephen Timms, English politician, Minister of State for Competitiveness

#Stephen_Timms

Johann Theile, German organist and composer (d. 1724)

#Johann_Theile

Erich Priebke, German war criminal, leader of the 1944 Ardeatine massacre (d. 2013)

#Erich_Priebke

Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1982)

#Mahasi_Sayadaw

Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)

#Dag_Hammarskjöld

Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter

#Elise_Testone

Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1900)

#Ivan_Aivazovsky

Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964)

#Don_Redman

Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier (d. 1879)

#Daniel_Drew

Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942)

#Charlie_Christian

John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Sykes

Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer

#Paul_Taylor_(choreographer)

Sally Gunnell, English hurdler and sportscaster

#Sally_Gunnell

Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor

#Elizabeth_Dole

Ronald Murray, American basketball player

#Ronald_Murray

Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager

#Mircea_Lucescu

John Morris, Australian rugby league player

#John_Morris_(rugby_league)

Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer

#Karim_Essediri

Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)

#Richard_Egan_(actor)

Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (d. 2015)

#Robert_Kilpatrick,_Baron_Kilpatrick_of_Kincraig

Robert Fuller, American actor and rancher

#Robert_Fuller_(actor)

Jenny Holzer, American painter, author, and dancer

#Jenny_Holzer

Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright

#Goenawan_Mohamad

Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator

#Ruud_Janssen

Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player

#Alexei_Kaigorodov

Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy (d. 1975)

#Ralph_Austin_Bard

Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver

#Stig_Blomqvist

David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster

#David_Taylor_(snooker_player)

Martin the Elder, king of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca (d. 1410)

#Martin_of_Aragon

Dave Stevens, American illustrator (d. 2008)

#Dave_Stevens

Leslie Easterbrook, American actress

#Leslie_Easterbrook

Denis Urubko, Kazakh mountaineer

#Denis_Urubko

Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)

#Archbishop_Iakovos_of_America

Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)

#Don_Marquis

Teddy Atlas, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster

#Teddy_Atlas

Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player

#Dale_Copley

George Bradshaw, English cartographer and publisher (d. 1853)

#George_Bradshaw

Nicole Melichar, American tennis player

#Nicole_Melichar

Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (d. 1918)

#Sophie_Menter

Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)

#Isidor_Isaac_Rabi

Chad Billingsley, American baseball player

#Chad_Billingsley

Rupert Hamer, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (d. 2004)

#Rupert_Hamer

Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (d. 1946)

#Booth_Tarkington

Francesco Mochi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)

#Francesco_Mochi

Simon Dach, German poet and hymn-writer (d. 1659)

#Simon_Dach

Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic

#Gail_Dines

Robert Horton, American actor (d. 2016)

#Robert_Horton_(actor)

Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (d. 2006)

#Stanley_Kunitz

Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (d. 1859)

#Alexis_de_Tocqueville

Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer

#Sanjay_Dutt

Graham Poll, English footballer, referee, and journalist

#Graham_Poll

Yoshihiro Akiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist

#Yoshihiro_Akiyama

Chang-Rae Lee, South Korean-American author and academic

#Chang-Rae_Lee

Giulio Maria della Somaglia, Italian cardinal (d. 1830)

#Giulio_Maria_della_Somaglia

Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)

#Clara_Bow

Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast and coach

#Nellie_Kim

Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager

#Dave_LaPoint

Alexandra Paul, American actress and producer

#Alexandra_Paul

Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author

#Didier_Van_Cauwelaert

Randy Sparks, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (The New Christy Minstrels)

#Randy_Sparks

Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter

#Woody_Weatherman

Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (d. 1982)

#Vladimir_K._Zworykin

Gordon Mitchell, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2003)

#Gordon_Mitchell

Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach

#Dan_Driessen

Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist (d. 1930)

#Jakob_Mändmets

Ken Burns, American director and producer

#Ken_Burns

Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer

#Besart_Berisha

Irakli Logua, Russian footballer

#Irakli_Logua

Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005)

#Peter_Jennings

Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor

#Peter_Schreier

Tim Gunn, American television host and actor

#Tim_Gunn

Gale Page, American actress (d. 1983)

#Gale_Page

Jim Bridwell, American rock climber and mountaineer

#Jim_Bridwell

Fernando González, Chilean tennis player

#Fernando_González

Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist

#Susan_Blackmore

Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer

#Mikis_Theodorakis

Nancy Kassebaum, American businesswoman and politician

#Nancy_Kassebaum

Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

#Luis_Alicea

Irwin Corey, American actor and activist (d. 2017)

#Irwin_Corey

Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician

#Norman_Blackwell,_Baron_Blackwell

Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi (d. 1942)

#Berthold_Oppenheim

Allison Mack, American actress and criminal

#Allison_Mack

Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

#Neal_Doughty

Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete

#Grit_Šadeiko

Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2019)

#Ted_Lindsay

Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer

Inés Gómez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress

Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler

Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer

Janez Aljan?i?, Slovenian footballer

Andrés Madrid, Argentinian footballer

Ben Koller, American drummer

Juris Umbraško, Latvian basketball player

Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player

Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer

Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer

Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer

Andrea Philipp, German sprinter

John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer

Gideon Henderson, English geologist and academic

Stuart Lampitt, English cricketer

Xavier Waterkeyn, Australian author

Stan Koziol, American soccer player (d. 2014)

Adam Holloway, English captain and politician

Jaanus Veensalu, Estonian footballer

Azeem Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer

Jim Beglin, Irish footballer and sportscaster

Hans-Holger Albrecht, Belgian-German businessman

Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner

Frank Neubarth, German footballer and manager

Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer

Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer

Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player (d. 2016)

Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (d. 2014)

Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist

Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician

Joe Johnson, English snooker player and sportscaster

Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer

John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)

Dick Harmon, American golfer and coach (d. 2006)

Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player

Diane Keen, English actress

Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer

Winnie Monsod, Filipina economist and political commentator

Betty Harris, American chemist

Jean Rochon, Canadian physician and politician

Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate

Colin Davis, English race car driver (d. 2012)

Leslie Fielding, English diplomat

Kjell Karlsen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader

Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)

George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)

Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (d. 2012)

Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman (d. 2007)

Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005)

Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (d. 1968)

Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (d. 2014)

Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013)

Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)

Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist (d. 1986)

Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)

Maria L. de Hernández, Mexican-American rights activist (d. 1986)

Horace Abbott, American businessman and banker (d. 1887)

Pedro Téllez-Girón, Spanish nobleman (d. 1590)

Henry II, French nobleman and king of Jerusalem (d. 1197)

Fujiwara no Norimichi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1075)

Muhammad al-Mahdi, Iraqi 12th Imam (d. 941)