Famous Birthdays for April 29th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 912 – Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (d. 997)
• 1469 – William II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1509)
• 1587 – Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1635)
• 1636 – Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (d. 1679)
• 1665 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1745)
• 1667 – John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)
• 1686 – Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1742)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1727 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (d. 1810)
• 1745 – Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
• 1758 – Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (d. 1820)
• 1762 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1833)
• 1780 – Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (d. 1844)
• 1783 – David Cox, English landscape painter (d. 1859)
• 1784 – Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)
• 1810 – Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (d. 1892)
• 1814 – Sadok Barącz, Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist (d. 1892)
• 1818 – Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)
• 1837 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1891)
• 1842 – Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)
• 1847 – Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer, conductor, and co-founder of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (d. 1907)
• 1848 – Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)
• 1854 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1912)
• 1858 – Georgia Hopley, American journalist, temperance advocate, and the first woman prohibition agent (d. 1944)
• 1863 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)
• 1863 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)
• 1863 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)
• 1872 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)
• 1872 – Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)
• 1875 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)
• 1878 – Friedrich Adler, German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
• 1880 – Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician (d. 1943)
• 1882 – Auguste Herbin, French painter (d. 1960)
• 1882 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (d. 1945)
• 1885 – Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)
• 1887 – Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (d. 1921)
• 1891 – Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
• 1894 – Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)^[30]
• 1895 – Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1967)
• 1899 – Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Mary Petty, American illustrator (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1979)^[31]

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006)
• 1909 – Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1915 – Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961)
• 1917 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
• 1918 – George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)
• 1919 – Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1920 – Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (d. 2020)
• 1925 – John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Dorothy Manley, English sprinter (d. 2021)
• 1927 – Bill Slater, English footballer (d. 2018)
• 1928 – Carl Gardner, American singer (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (d. 2017)
• 1929 – Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1929 – April Stevens, American pop singer
• 1930 – Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (d. 2017)
• 1931 – Frank Auerbach, British-German painter
• 1931 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)
• 1932 – David Tindle, English painter and educator
• 1933 – Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Mark Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1933 – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1934 – Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1934 – Peter de la Billière, English general
• 1934 – Erika Fisch, German sprinter and hurdler
• 1934 – Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde
• 1935 – Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
• 1936 – Zubin Mehta, Indian bassist and conductor
• 1936 – Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 2020)
• 1936 – Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist
• 1937 – Arvo Mets, Estonian-Russian poet and translator (d. 1997)
• 1937 – Jill Paton Walsh, English author (d. 2020)
• 1938 – Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (d. 2021)^[32]
• 1938 – Klaus Voormann, German artist, bass player, and producer
• 1940 – Stephanos of Tallinn, Estonian metropolitan
• 1940 – Brian Taber, Australian cricketer
• 1941 – Jonah Barrington, English-Irish squash player
• 1941 – Dorothy Edgington, British philosopher
• 1941 – Hanne Darboven, German painter (d. 2009)
• 1942 – Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1942 – Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic
• 1942 – Galina Kulakova, Russian skier
• 1943 – Duane Allen, American country singer
• 1943 – Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (d. 2018)
• 1943 – Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic
• 1944 – Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman
• 1945 – Brian Charlesworth, English biologist, geneticist, and academic
• 1945 – Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist (d. 2009)
• 1945 – Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1945 – Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970)
• 1946 – Aleksander Wolszczan, Polish astronomer
• 1947 – Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1947 – Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 – Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1947 – Jim Ryun, American runner and politician
• 1948 – Bruce Cutler, American lawyer
• 1950 – Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
• 1950 – Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician
• 1951 – Rick Burleson, American baseball player
• 1951 – Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
• 1951 – John Holmes, English diplomat, British Ambassador to France
• 1952 – Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
• 1952 – David Icke, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1952 – Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
• 1952 – Rob Nicholson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1952 – Ron Washington, American baseball player and manager
• 1954 – Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder and businessman, founded Burton Snowboards
• 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1955 – Don McKinnon, Australian rugby league player
• 1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress
• 1956 – Karen Barad, American physicist and philosopher
• 1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
• 1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
• 1958 – Eve Plumb, American actress
• 1958 – Gary Cohen, American baseball play-by-play announcer
• 1958 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (d. 2013)^[33]
• 1960 – Bill Glasson, American golfer
• 1960 – Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic
• 1962 – Bruce Driver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Rob Druppers, Dutch runner
• 1962 – Stephan Burger, German Catholic archbishop
• 1963 – Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1964 – Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Radek Jaroš, Czech mountaineer and author
• 1965 – Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic
• 1965 – Peter Rauhofer, Austrian-American disc jockey and producer (d. 2013)
• 1965 – Larisa Turchinskaya, Russian-Australian heptathlete and coach
• 1965 – Brendon Tuuta, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1966 – Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist
• 1966 – Phil Tufnell, English cricketer and radio host
• 1967 – Marcel Albers, Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)
• 1967 – Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, 4th President of Croatia
• 1968 – Carnie Wilson, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Jack Mackenroth, American swimmer, model, and fashion designer
• 1970 – Andre Agassi, American tennis player^[34]
• 1970 – Uma Thurman, American actress
• 1972 – Dustin McDaniel, American lawyer and politician, 55th Arkansas Attorney General
• 1974 – Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist and educator
• 1974 – Anggun, Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter
• 1975 – Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1975 – Artem Yashkin, Ukrainian footballer
• 1976 – Fabio Liverani, Italian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Chiyotaikai Ryūji, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1977 – Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player^[35][36]
• 1977 – Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager^[37]
• 1977 – Titus O'Neil, American football player and wrestler
• 1977 – Attila Zsivoczky, Hungarian decathlete and high jumper
• 1978 – Tony Armas Jr., Venezuelan baseball player
• 1978 – Bob Bryan, American tennis player^[38]
• 1978 – Mike Bryan, American tennis player^[39]
• 1978 – Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1978 – Craig Gower, Australian rugby player
• 1978 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1979 – Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer
• 1979 – Ryan Sharp, Scottish race car driver and manager
• 1980 – Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player
• 1981 – Lisa Allen, English chef
• 1981 – George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
• 1981 – Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner (d. 2006)
• 1983 – Jay Cutler, American football player
• 1983 – Tommie Harris, American football player
• 1983 – David Lee, American basketball player
• 1984 – Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer
• 1984 – Paulius Jankūnas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1984 – Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player^[40]
• 1984 – Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1985 – Jean-François Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor^[41]
• 1986 – Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress^[42]
• 1986 – Viljar Veski, Estonian basketball player
• 1986 – Sisa Waqa, Fijian rugby league player
• 1986 – Monique Alfradique, Brazilian actress
• 1987 – Knut Børsheim, Norwegian golfer
• 1987 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player^[43]
• 1987 – Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer^[44]
• 1988 – Elías Hernández, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer^[45]
• 1988 – Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete^[46]
• 1988 – Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer^[47]
• 1989 – Candace Owens, American conservative influencer, political commentator, and activist.^[48]
• 1990 – James Faulkner, Australian cricketer^[49]
• 1990 – Chris Johnson, American basketball player^[50]
• 1991 – Adam Smith, English footballer
• 1991 – Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress^[51]
• 1991 – Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player^[52]
• 1992 – Emilio Orozco, American soccer player
• 1992 – Alina Rosenberg, German Paralympic equestrian^[53]
• 1994 – Christina Shakovets, German tennis player^[54][55]
• 1995 – Victoria Sinitsina, Russian ice dancer
• 1996 – Katherine Langford, Australian actress
• 1998 – Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player^[56]
• 1998 – Mallory Pugh, American soccer player^[57]
• 2002 – Sinja Kraus, Austrian tennis player^[58][59]
• 2007 – Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess^[60]