Famous Birthdays for January 29th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 133 – Didius Julianus, Roman emperor (probable; d. 193)
• 919 – Shi Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 951)
• 1455 – Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (d. 1522)^[16]
• 1475 – Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter (d. 1555)^[17]
• 1499 – Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther; formerly a Roman Catholic nun (d. 1552)^[18]
• 1525 – Lelio Sozzini, Italian humanist and reformer (d. 1562)^[19]
• 1584 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)^[20]
• 1591 – Franciscus Junius, pioneer of Germanic philology (d. 1677)^[21]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1602 – Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1651)^[22]
• 1632 – Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (d. 1703)^[23]
• 1650 – Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (d. 1739)
• 1688 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772)^[24]
• 1711 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)^[25]
• 1715 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)^[26]
• 1717 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1797)
• 1718 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (d. 1794)
• 1737 – Thomas Paine, prominent for publishing Common Sense (1776), which established him as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States (d. 1809)^[27]
• 1749 – Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
• 1754 – Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1806)
• 1756 – Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (d. 1818)
• 1761 – Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)
• 1782 – Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)
• 1801 – Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1857)
• 1810 – Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1893)
• 1810 – Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (d. 1862)^[28]
• 1843 – William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
• 1846 – Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1915)
• 1852 – Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1935)
• 1858 – Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (d. 1904)
• 1861 – Florida Ruffin Ridley, American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (d. 1943)^[29]
• 1862 – Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)^[30]
• 1866 – Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter (d. 1944)
• 1866 – Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)^[31]
• 1867 – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author (d. 1928)^[32]
• 1870 – Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (d. 1927)
• 1874 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1960)^[33]
• 1876 – Havergal Brian, English composer (d. 1972)
• 1877 – Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat (d. 1969)
• 1880 – W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
• 1881 – Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (d. 1975)^[34]
• 1884 – Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (d. 1982)
• 1888 – Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)
• 1888 – Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman (d. 1985)
• 1891 – Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator (d. 1975)
• 1891 – R. Norris Williams, Swiss-American tennis player and banker (d. 1968)
• 1892 – Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (d. 1947) ^[35]
• 1895 – Muna Lee, American poet and author (d. 1965)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965)
• 1901 – E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder (d. 1989)
• 1903 – Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher (d. 1994)
• 1905 – Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (d. 1970)
• 1906 – Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Bill Peet, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
• 1915 – John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d. 2003)^[36][37]
• 1917 – John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
• 1918 – John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Geraldine Pittman Woods, American science administrator and embryologist (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Jack Burke Jr., American golfer
• 1923 – Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1926 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 1926 – Amelita Ramos, 11th First Lady of the Philippines
• 1927 – Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (d. 1989)
• 1929 – Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1929 – Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer (d. 2021)
• 1931 – Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee^[38]
• 1932 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1933 – Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)^[39]
• 1934 – Branko Miljković, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1961)
• 1936 – Veturi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Hassan Habibi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 1st Vice President of Iran (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Bobby Scott, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1990)
• 1939 – Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author
• 1940 – Katharine Ross, American actress and author
• 1940 – Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2022)
• 1941 – Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author
• 1943 – Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host^[40]
• 1943 – Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager
• 1944 – Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican lawyer and judge
• 1944 – Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
• 1945 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2022)
• 1945 – Jim Nicholson, Northern Irish politician
• 1945 – Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman
• 1946 – Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 – David Byron, English singer-songwriter (d. 1985)
• 1947 – Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer (d. 2017)
• 1948 – Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
• 1949 – Doris Davenport, American poet and teacher^[41]
• 1949 – Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer and manager
• 1949 – Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Ann Jillian, American actress and singer
• 1950 – Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver and sportscaster
• 1951 – Fereydoon Forooghi, Iranian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1951 – Andy Roberts, Caribbean cricketer
• 1953 – Peter Baumann, German keyboard player and songwriter
• 1953 – Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 – Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
• 1954 – Christian Bjelland IV, Norwegian businessman and art collector
• 1954 – Terry Kinney, American actor and director
• 1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions
• 1956 – Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1957 – Philippe Dintrans, French rugby player
• 1957 – Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
• 1957 – Grażyna Miller, Polish journalist and poet (d. 2009)
• 1959 – Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 – Gia Carangi, American supermodel (d. 1986)
• 1960 – Greg Louganis, American diver and author
• 1961 – Petra Thümer, German swimmer and photographer
• 1962 – Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – John Anthony Gallagher, English-New Zealand rugby player
• 1965 – Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
• 1965 – Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis player and coach
• 1966 – Romário, Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
• 1967 – Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1968 – Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
• 1968 – Susi Erdmann, German luger and bobsledder
• 1970 – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician
• 1970 – Heather Graham, American actress
• 1970 – Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer^[42]
• 1970 – Paul Ryan, American politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1970 – Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian Islamist leader, founded Boko Haram (d. 2009)
• 1975 – Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host
• 1980 – Ivan Klasnic, German-Croatian footballer
• 1982 – Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor^[43]
• 1984 – Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
• 1984 – Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 – Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player^[44]
• 1987 – José Abreu, Cuban baseball player^[45]
• 1988 – Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
• 1988 – Shay Logan, English footballer^[46]
• 1988 – Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
• 1989 – Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player^[47]
• 1992 – Markel Brown, American basketball player^[48]
• 1993 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer ^[49]