Famous Birthdays for March 29th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1001 – Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (d. 1044)
• 1187 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
• 1373 – Marie d'Alençon, French princess (d. 1417)
• 1517 – Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal (d. 1561)
• 1553 – Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1614)
• 1561 – Santorio Santorio, Italian biologist (d. 1636)
• 1584 – Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general and politician (d. 1648)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1602 – John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (d. 1675)
• 1620 – Edward Digges, English barrister and colonist
• 1713 – John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
• 1735 – Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (d. 1787)
• 1747 – Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German pianist and composer (d. 1822)
• 1769 – Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (d. 1851)
• 1780 – Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish adventurer (d. 1841)
• 1790 – John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
• 1799 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
• 1802 – Johann Moritz Rugendas, German landscape painter of Spanish America (d. 1858)
• 1816 – 10th Dalai Lama (d. 1837)
• 1824 – Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1899)
• 1826 – Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
• 1862 – Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (d. 1947)
• 1863 – Walter James, Australian politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1943)
• 1867 – Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
• 1869 – Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (d. 1943)
• 1869 – Sir Edwin Lutyens, British architect (d. 1944)
• 1870 – Pavlos Melas, Greek revolutionary and artillery officer of the Hellenic Army (d. 1904)
• 1871 – Tom Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1939)
• 1872 – Hal Colebatch, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1953)
• 1873 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
• 1874 – Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
• 1876 – Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960) ^[7]
• 1876 – Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (d. 1908)
• 1884 – Ed Archibald, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1965)
• 1885 – Dezső Kosztolányi, Hungarian author and poet (d. 1936)
• 1888 – Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-American engineer, designed the Budd BB-1 Pioneer and Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante (d. 1963)
• 1889 – Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
• 1889 – Howard Lindsay, American producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor (d. 1968)
• 1890 – Bert Bliss, English international footballer (d. 1968)^[8]
• 1891 – Yvan Goll, French-German poet and playwright (d. 1950)
• 1891 – Alfred Neubauer, Austrian race car driver and manager (d. 1980)
• 1892 – József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1975)
• 1893 – Astrid Holm, Danish actress (d. 1961)
• 1895 – Ernst Jünger, German philosopher and author (d. 1998)
• 1896 – Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (d. 1962)
• 1899 – Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician (d. 1953)
• 1900 – Bill Aston, English race car driver (d. 1974)
• 1900 – John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
• 1902 – Don Miller, American football player and coach (d. 1979)
• 1902 – William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
• 1903 – Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1999)^[9]
• 1906 – James Bausch, American decathlete and football player (d. 1974)
• 1907 – Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
• 1908 – Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1908 – Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
• 1909 – Moon Mullican, American country and western singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1967)
• 1912 – Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979)^[10]
• 1914 – Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1914 – Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Peter Geach, English philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (d. 2008)^[11]
• 1918 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990)^[12]
• 1918 – Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
• 1918 – Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1920 – John M. Belk, American businessman and politician (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Clarke Fraser, American-Canadian geneticist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Pierre Moinot, French author (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Theodore Trautwein, American lawyer and judge (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Bob Haymes, American singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1989)
• 1926 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli banker and economist (d. 2012)
• 1927 – John McLaughlin, American journalist and producer (d. 2016)
• 1927 – John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Keith Botsford, Belgian-American journalist, author, and academic (d. 2018)
• 1928 – Vincent Gigante, American boxer and mobster (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Sheila Kitzinger, English activist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Richard Lewontin, American biologist, geneticist, and academic (d. 2021)
• 1929 – Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Utpal Dutt, Indian Bengali actor, director and playwright (d. 1993)
• 1930 – Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Mauritius (d. 2021)
• 1931 – Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Norman Tebbit, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1933 – Jacques Brault, Canadian poet and academic
• 1934 – Shahryar Khan, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat, 20th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
• 1936 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and educator (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Mogens Camre, Danish politician (d. 2016)
• 1936 – John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Judith Guest, American author and screenwriter
• 1936 – Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Gordon Milne, English footballer
• 1938 – Bert de Vries, Dutch politician
• 1939 – Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 2008)
• 1939 – Terence Hill, Italian actor, director, and producer
• 1939 – Hanumant Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
• 1940 – Ray Davis, American bass singer (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1940 – John Suchet, English journalist and game show host
• 1941 – Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 – Bob Lurtsema, American football player
• 1942 – Scott Wilson, American actor (d. 2018)
• 1943 – Vangelis, Greek keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2022)
• 1943 – Chad Allan, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Eric Idle, English actor and comedian
• 1943 – John Major, English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1944 – Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1944 – Denny McLain, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1944 – Lynne Segal, Australian-British feminist academic and activist
• 1945 – Walt Frazier, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1945 – Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2002)
• 1946 – Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2007)
• 1946 – Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (d. 2017)
• 1947 – Inge Bödding, German sprinter
• 1947 – Robert Gordon, American singer and actor (d. 2022)
• 1947 – Bobby Kimball, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1948 – Piet Souer, Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger
• 1949 – Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Dave Greenfield, English musician (d. 2020)
• 1949 – Pauline Marois, Canadian social worker and politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
• 1949 – Keith Simpson, English historian and politician
• 1951 – William Clarke, American harmonica player (d. 1996)
• 1951 – Geoff Howarth, New Zealand cricketer
• 1951 – Tina Monzon-Palma, Filipino journalist
• 1952 – Rainer Bonhof, German footballer
• 1952 – Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1952 – John Hendricks, American businessman, founded Discovery Communications
• 1952 – Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (d. 2012)
• 1953 – Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician, 39th Mayor of Tallinn
• 1955 – Earl Campbell, American football player
• 1955 – Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1955 – Marina Sirtis, British-American actress
• 1956 – Patty Donahue, American singer (d. 1996)
• 1957 – Elizabeth Hand, American author
• 1957 – Christopher Lambert, American-born French actor
• 1958 – Pedro Bial, Brazilian journalist and producer
• 1958 – Travis Childers, American businessman and politician
• 1958 – Nouriel Roubini, Turkish-American economist and academic
• 1958 – Victor Salva, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Marc Silvestri, American publisher, founded Top Cow Productions
• 1959 – Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
• 1959 – Perry Farrell, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1959 – Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1960 – Wayne Pearce, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1961 – Gary Brabham, English-Australian race car driver
• 1961 – Mike Kingery, American baseball player
• 1961 – Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
• 1961 – Michael Winterbottom, English director and producer
• 1962 – Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager
• 1962 – Ted Failon, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1962 – Kirk Triplett, American golfer^[13]
• 1964 – Catherine Cortez Masto, American attorney and politician
• 1964 – Jill Goodacre, American model and actress
• 1964 – Elle Macpherson, Australian model and actress
• 1964 – Ming Tsai, American chef and television host
• 1965 – Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 2005)
• 1965 – William Oefelein, American commander, pilot, and astronaut
• 1965 – Voula Patoulidou, Greek hurdler, long jumper, and politician
• 1966 – Krasimir Balakov, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• 1966 – Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch politician
• 1966 – Eric Gunderson, American baseball player
• 1966 – Sigrid Kirchmann, Austrian high jumper
• 1967 – Ainars Bagatskis, Latvian basketball player and coach
• 1967 – Michel Hazanavicius, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Brian Jordan, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
• 1969 – Kim Batten, American hurdler
• 1969 – Shinichi Mochizuki, Japanese mathematician
• 1969 – Jimmy Spencer, American football player and coach
• 1971 – Robert Gibbs, American political adviser, 28th White House Press Secretary
• 1971 – Lara Logan, South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent
• 1971 – Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
• 1972 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
• 1972 – Piet-Hein Geeris, Dutch field hockey player
• 1972 – Alex Ochoa, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1972 – Priti Patel, British Indian politician, Secretary of State for the Home Department
• 1973 – Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1973 – Sebastiano Siviglia, Italian footballer
• 1973 – Steve Smith, English high jumper
• 1974 – Miguel Gómez, Colombian-American photographer and educator
• 1976 – Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
• 1976 – Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
• 1977 – Vegard K. Thorsen, Norwegian guitarist^[14]
• 1978 – Aaron Persico, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1980 – Bill Demong, American skier
• 1980 – Bruno Silva, Uruguayan footballer
• 1981 – Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (d. 2018)
• 1982 – Jēkabs Rēdlihs, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Efstathios Aloneftis, Greek-Cypriot footballer ^[15]
• 1983 – Darius Draudvila, Lithuanian decathlete
• 1984 – Juan Mónaco, Argentinian tennis player
• 1985 – Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan international footballer^[16]
• 1985 – Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Mickey Pimentel, American football player
• 1986 – Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
• 1986 – Ivan Ukhov, Russian high jumper
• 1987 – Gianluca Freddi, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Dimitri Payet, French footballer
• 1987 – Romain Hamouma, French footballer
• 1988 – Esther Cremer, German runner
• 1988 – Jesús Molina, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player
• 1989 – James Tomkins, English footballer
• 1990 – Carlos Peña, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Teemu Pukki, Finnish footballer
• 1990 – Lyle Taylor, English footballer^[17]
• 1991 – Irene, South Korean idol, actress and television host^[18]
• 1991 – Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
• 1991 – N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
• 1993 – Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer^[19]
• 1994 – Jung Jae-won, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor^[20]