April 29th Birthdays
Births
* 1665 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)
* 1667 John Arbuthnot, English physician and satirist (d. 1735)
* 1686 Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
* 1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer (d. 1810)
* 1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
* 1758 Georg Carl von Dφbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (d. 1820)
* 1762 Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833)
* 1769 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
* 1780 Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)
* 1784 Samuel Turell Armstrong, American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)
* 1810 Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English author and journalist, (d. 1892)
* 1837 Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (d. 1891)
* 1842 Karl Millφcker, Dutch composer (d. 1899)
* 1848 Raja Ravi Varma,Indian painter (d.1906)
* 1854 Henri Poincarι, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
* 1863 William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (d. 1951)
* 1863 Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (d. 1933)
* 1863 Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (d. 1922)
* 1872 Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1930)
* 1875 Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (d. 1950)
* 1876 Zauditu of Ethiopia (d. 1930)
* 1879 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961)
* 1882 Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (d. 1945)
* 1885 Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)
* 1893 Harold Urey, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
* 1895 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (d. 1967)
* 1899 Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 1974)
* 1901 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)
* 1907 Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983)
* 1907 Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (d. 1997)
* 1908 Jack Williamson, American writer (d. 2006)
* 1909 Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1912 Richard Carlson, American actor (d. 1977)
* 1915 Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (d. 1999)
* 1917 Celeste Holm, American actress
* 1918 George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)
* 1919 Gιrard Oury, French film actor and director (d. 2006)
* 1920 Harold Shapero, American composer
* 1922 Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcyclist (d. 2001)
* 1922 Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player
* 1924 Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)
* 1924 Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer and actress
* 1925 Ned Austin, American character actor (d. 2007)
* 1925 John Compton, Saint Lucian Prime Minister (d. 2007)
* 1925 Iwao Takamoto, American animator, producer and film director (d. 2007)
* 1926 Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (d. 2009)
* 1928 Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters)
* 1929 Ray Baretto, American jazz musician (d. 2006)
* 1929 Walter Kempowski, German author (d. 2007)
* 1929 Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)
* 1929 Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer
* 1930 Jean Rochefort, French actor
* 1931 Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter
* 1931 Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (d. 2002)
* 1932 Joy Clements, American soprano (d. 2005)
* 1933 Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium
* 1933 Rod McKuen, American poet and composer
* 1934 Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1934 Pedro Pires, 3rd President of Cape Verde
* 1934 Otis Rush, American musician
* 1936 Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor
* 1936 April Stevens, American singer
* 1936 Lane Smith, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1937 Jill Paton Walsh, English writer
* 1938 Fred Dibnah, English television personality (d. 2004)
* 1938 Bernard Madoff, American convict, who was a financier and Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange.
* 1938 Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer
* 1942 Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country skier
* 1944 Princess Benedikte of Denmark
* 1944 Richard Kline, American actor and director
* 1944 Francis Lee, English footballer
* 1945 Tammi Terrell, American singer (d. 1970)
* 1947 Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1947 Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
* 1947 Tommy James, American musician
* 1947 Jim Ryun, American athlete and politician
* 1948 Bruce Cutler, American attorney
* 1948 Michael Karoli, German guitarist and violinist (Can) (d. 2001)
* 1950 Phillip Noyce, Australian film director
* 1950 Debbie Stabenow, American politician
* 1951 Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
* 1952 Nora Dunn, American actress
* 1952 David Icke, English writer
* 1952 Bob McClure, American baseball player
* 1954 Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder
* 1954 Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian
* 1955 Wendee Lee, American voice actress
* 1955 Kate Mulgrew, American actress
* 1955 Gino Quilico, Canadian baritone
* 1956 Sofia Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower and politician
* 1956 Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer
* 1957 Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
* 1957 Mark Kendall, American guitarist
* 1957 Timothy Treadwell, American ecologist (d. 2003)
* 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
* 1958 Eve Plumb, American actress
* 1958 Gary Cohen, Baseball broadcaster
* 1958 Martin Whitmarsh, Current CEO of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 Racing Team
* 1960 Phil King, English bassist
* 1960 Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian writer
* 1960 Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker
* 1961 Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiyū
* 1963 Mike Babcock, NHL Coach
* 1964 Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor
* 1964 Mohammad Qatanani, Muslim Imam
* 1966 Phil Tufnell, English cricketer
* 1967 Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1967 Master P, American rapper
* 1968 Carnie Wilson, American singer
* 1969 Paul Adelstein, American actor
* 1969 İzel, Turkish singer
* 1970 Andre Agassi, American tennis player
* 1970 Sir Francis Tinkleton, Artic Explorer, Bear Tamer. Lion Fighter and Motorhead Fan
* 1970 China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini)
* 1970 Uma Thurman, American actress
* 1971 Sam Michael, Australian engineer
* 1971 Tamara Johnson-George, American singer (SWV)
* 1972 Dustin McDaniel, American politician
* 1973 David Belle, French physical educator
* 1973 Johan Hegg, Swedish heavy metal vocalist
* 1974 Anggun, Indonesian singer
* 1974 Pascal Cygan, French footballer
* 1974 Julian Knowle, Austrian tennis player
* 1974 Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist
* 1975 Bιres Zoo, Hungarian radio DJ
* 1975 Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1975 Eric Koston, Thai American professional skateboarder
* 1976 Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and producer
* 1977 Rocνo Carrasco, Spanish TV host and socialite
* 1977 Claus Jensen, Danish footballer
* 1978 Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player
* 1978 Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, American tennis players
* 1979 Ryan Sharp, Scottish racing driver
* 1979 Jo O'Meara, British singer (S Club)
* 1979 Lee Dong-Gook, Korean footballer
* 1979 Matt Tong, English drummer (Bloc Party)
* 1980 Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife)
* 1980 Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player
* 1981 George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
* 1981 Ιmilie Mondor, Canadian athlete (d. 2006)
* 1981 Alex Vincent, American actor
* 1982 Travis Smith, American drummer (Trivium)
* 1983 Jay Cutler, American football player
* 1983 Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress
* 1983 David Lee, American basketball player
* 1983 Tommie Harris, American football player
* 1983 Sam Jones III, American Actor
* 1984 Taylor Cole, American actress
* 1984 Firass Dirani, Australian actor
* 1984 Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer
* 1984 Vasilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player
* 1986 Renee Alway, American model
* 1987 Alicia Morton, American actress
* 1988 Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1988 Younha, Korean pop singer
* 2003 Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007)
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