Birthdays In History 1929

1929 Larry L. King American journalist author and playwright (d. 2012)

1929 Tellervo Koivisto Finnish politician former First Lady of Finland

1929 Sergio Leone Italian director producer and screenwriter (d. 1989)

1929 Ernst Mahle German-Brazilian composer and conductor

1929 Gordon Moore American businessman co-founder of Intel Corporation

1929 Günter Schabowski German journalist and politician (d. 2015)

1929 Aulis Rytkönen Finnish footballer and manager (d. 2014)

1929 Robert Juniper Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)

1929 Terry Moore American actress

1929 Saeed Jaffrey Indian-British actor (d. 2015)

1929 Brian Friel Irish author playwright and director (d. 2015)

1929 Heiner Müller German poet playwright and director (d. 1995)

1929 Dmitri Bruns Estonian architect and theorist (d. 2020)

1929 Alasdair MacIntyre Scottish-American philosopher and academic

1929 Jaakko Hintikka Finnish philosopher and logician (d. 2015)

1929 Joe Pass American guitarist and composer (d. 1994)

1929 Peter Barkworth English actor (d. 2006)

1929 Earl Hooker American guitarist (d. 1970)

1929 Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)

1929 Tan Boon Teik Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)

1929 Arte Johnson American actor and comedian (d. 2019)

1929 Masaharu Kawakatsu Japanese biologist

1929 Fireball Roberts American race car driver (d. 1964)

1929 Radley Metzger American filmmaker (d. 2017)

1929 Petr Eben Czech composer organist and choirmaster (d. 2007)

1929 Myron Cope American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)

1929 Phillip Knightley Australian journalist author and critic (d. 2016)

1929 Filaret Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan

1929 Elizabeth Allen American actress and singer (d. 2006)

1929 Robert Faurisson English-French author and academic (d. 2018)

1929 Benny Golson American saxophonist and composer

1929 Jules Feiffer American cartoonist playwright screenwriter and educator

1929 Elio Petri Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)

1929 Lois Hole Canadian businesswoman and politician 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (d. 2005)

1929 Hugh Tayfield South African cricketer (d. 1994)

1929 Lucille Teasdale-Corti Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996)

1929 Rudolf Mössbauer German physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

1929 Jean Simmons English-American actress (d. 2010)

1929 Sheila Matthews Allen American actress and producer (d. 2013)

1929 George Band English engineer and mountaineer (d. 2011)

1929 Věra Chytilová Czech actress director and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1929 John Henry Holland American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)

1929 Waldemar Kmentt Austrian operatic tenor (d. 2015)

1929 Paul Burlison American rockabilly guitarist (d. 2003)

1929 Neil Johnston American basketball player (d. 1978)

1929 Hal Blaine American session drummer (d. 2019)

1929 Luc Ferrari French pianist and composer (d. 2005)

1929 Fred Sinowatz Austrian politician 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)

1929 Jim Langley English international footballer and manager (d. 2007)

1929 A. R. Antulay Indian social worker and politician 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014)

1929 Clement Meadmore Australian-American sculptor (d. 2005)

1929 Jerry Goldsmith American composer and conductor (d. 2004)

1929 Jim Whittaker American mountaineer

1929 Lou Whittaker American mountaineer

1929 Omar Torrijos Panamanian commander and politician Military Leader of Panama (d. 1981)

1929 Vic Morrow American actor and director (d. 1982)

1929 James R. Schlesinger American economist and politician 12th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2014)

1929 Gerhard Hanappi Austrian footballer and architect (d. 1980)

1929 Peter Porter Australian-English poet and educator (d. 2010)

1929 Alejandro Jodorowsky Chilean-French director and screenwriter

1929 Chaim Potok American rabbi and author (d. 2002)

1929 Nicholas Ridley Baron Ridley of Liddesdale English lieutenant and politician Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills (d. 1993)

1929 Patricia Routledge English actress and singer

1929 Len Deighton English historian and author

1929 André Mathieu Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1968)

1929 Jacques Deray French director and screenwriter (d. 2003)

1929 Amanda Blake American actress (d. 1989)

1929 Chespirito Mexican actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1929 James Hong American actor and director

1929 Rebecca Schull American stage film and television actress

1929 Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (d. 2008)

1929 Elston Howard American baseball player and coach (d. 1980)

1929 Kintaro Ohki South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)

1929 Jack Gibson Australian rugby league player coach and sportscaster (d. 2008)

1929 Djalma Santos Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)

1929 Patricia Ward Hales British tennis player (d. 1985)

1929 Hayden Fry American football player and coach (d. 2019)

1929 John Montague American-Irish poet and academic (d. 2016)

1929 Georgi Markov Bulgarian journalist and author (d. 1978)

1929 Bernard Haitink Dutch violinist and conductor (d. 2021)

1929 Peter Swerling American theoretician and engineer (d. 2000)

1929 Erik Carlsson Swedish race car driver (d. 2015)

1929 J. B. Lenoir American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)

1929 Dan Jacobson South African-English author and critic (d. 2014)

1929 Desmond Hoyte Guyanese lawyer politician and President of Guyana (d. 2002)

1929 Zillur Rahman Bangladeshi politician 19th President of Bangladesh (d. 2013)

1929 Sam Steiger American journalist and politician (d. 2012)

1929 Timothy Carey American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1994)

1929 Jackie McGlew South African cricketer (d. 1998)

1929 Win Tin Burmese journalist and politician co-founded the National League for Democracy (d. 2014)

1929 Zbigniew Messner Polish economist and politician 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 2014)

1929 Bob Goalby American golfer (d. 2022)

1929 Betty Johnson American singer (d. 2022)

1929 Tihomir Novakov Serbian-American physicist and academic (d. 2015)

1929 Nadja Tiller Austrian actress (d. 2023)

1929 Samuel Pisar Polish-American lawyer and author (d. 2015)

1929 William Andrew MacKay Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2013)

1929 Germán Robles Spanish-Mexican actor and director (d. 2015)

1929 Maurice Catarcio American wrestler (d. 2005)

1929 Yayoi Kusama Japanese artist

1929 P. Ramlee Malaysian actor director singer songwriter composer and producer (d. 1973)

1929 Michael Manser English architect and engineer (d. 2016)

1929 Mark Rydell American actor director and producer

1929 Cecil Taylor American pianist and composer (d. 2018)

1929 Edward Sorel American illustrator and caricaturist

1929 Edwin Turney American businessman co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)

1929 Anne Ramsey American actress (d. 1988)

1929 Reg Evans Australian actor (d. 2009)

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 actor director and playwright (d. 1993)

1929 Richard Dysart American actor (d. 2015)

1929 Ray Musto American soldier and politician (d. 2014)

1929 István Rózsavölgyi Hungarian runner (d. 2012)

1929 Bert Fields American lawyer and author

1929 Jonathan Haze American actor producer screenwriter and production manager

1929 Milan Kundera Czech-born novelist poet and playwright

1929 Payut Ngaokrachang Thai animator and director (d. 2010)

1929 Jane Powell American actress singer and dancer (d. 2021)

1929 Ed Dorn American poet and educator (d. 1999)

1929 Fazlur Rahman Khan Bangladeshi engineer and architect co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (d. 1982)

1929 Poul Schlüter Danish lawyer and politician 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 2021)

1929 Humbert Allen Astredo American actor (d. 2016)

1929 Hugo Claus Belgian author poet and painter (d. 2008)

1929 Ivar Giaever Norwegian-American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1929 Nigel Hawthorne English actor and producer (d. 2001)

1929 Joe Meek English songwriter and producer (d. 1967)

1929 Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iranian wrestler

1929 Willis Hall English playwright and author (d. 2005)

1929 Joi Lansing American model actress and nightclub singer (d. 1972)

1929 André Previn American pianist composer and conductor (d. 2019)

1929 Christos Sartzetakis Greek jurist supreme justice and President of Greece (d. 2022)

1929 Bob Denard French soldier (d. 2007)

1929 Renzo De Felice Italian historian and author (d. 1996)

1929 Sharan Rani Backliwal Indian sarod player and scholar (d. 2008)

1929 Fred Hollows New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist (d. 1993)

1929 Paule Marshall American author and academic (d. 2019)

1929 Elspet Gray Scottish actress (d. 2013)

1929 Mukhran Machavariani Georgian poet and educator (d. 2010)

1929 Marilynn Smith American golfer (d. 2019)

1929 Roy Hamilton American singer (d. 1969)

1929 Ralph Slatyer Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)

1929 Ed Townsend American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)

1929 Peter Hordern English soldier and politician

1929 Michael Atiyah English-Lebanese mathematician and academic (d. 2019)

1929 Robert Wade-Gery English diplomat British High Commissioner to India (d. 2015)

1929 George Steiner French-American philosopher author and critic (d. 2020)

1929 Dr. Rajkumar Indian actor and singer (d. 2006)

1929 Yvette Williams New Zealand long jumper shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2019)

1929 Richard Mitchell American author and educator (d. 2002)

1929 Nina Ponomaryova Russian discus thrower and coach (d. 2016)

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

1929 Ralf Dahrendorf German-English sociologist and politician (d. 2009)

1929 Édouard Balladur Turkish-French economist and politician 162nd Prime Minister of France

1929 James Dillion American discus thrower (d. 2010)

1929 Link Wray American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)

1929 Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan (d. 1972)

1929 Denise Lor American singer and actress (d. 2015)

1929 Manuel Contreras Chilean general (d. 2015)

1929 Paige Rense American magazine editor (d. 2021)

1929 Ilene Woods American actress (d. 2010)

1929 Rosemary Cramp English archaeologist and academic

1929 Paul Lauterbur American chemist and biophysicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)

1929 John Taylor English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)

1929 Dick Williams American baseball player coach and manager (d. 2011)

1929 Ethel D. Allen American physician and politician (d. 1981)

1929 John C. Bogle American businessman investor and philanthropist (d. 2019)

1929 Girija Devi Indian classical singer (d. 2017)

1929 Claude Castonguay Canadian banker and politician (d. 2020)

1929 Miyoshi Umeki Japanese-American actress and singer (d. 2007)

1929 Audun Boysen Norwegian runner (d. 2000)

1929 George Coe American actor and producer (d. 2015)

1929 Antonine Maillet Canadian author and playwright

1929 Sam Nujoma Namibian politician first President of Namibia

1929 Dollard St. Laurent Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)

1929 John Galvin American general (d. 2015)

1929 Barbara Branden Canadian-American author (d. 2013)

1929 Henry McGee English actor and singer (d. 2006)

1929 Gump Worsley Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

1929 Betty Carter American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)

1929 John Conyers American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)

1929 Claude Morin Canadian academic and politician

1929 Adrienne Rich American poet essayist and feminist (d. 2012)

1929 Branko Zebec Yugoslav football player and coach (d. 1988)

1929 Helmut Braunlich German-American violinist and composer (d. 2013)

1929 Richard Larter Australian painter (d. 2014)

1929 John Stroger American politician (d. 2008)

1929 Gilles Loiselle Canadian politician and diplomat 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance

1929 Larance Marable American drummer (d. 2012)

1929 Robert Welch English silversmith and industrial designer (d. 2000)

1929 Ahmed Fouad Negm Egyptian poet (d. 2013)

1929 Ulla Jacobsson Swedish-Austrian actress (d. 1982)

1929 Beverly Sills American soprano and actress (d. 2007)

1929 J. F. Ade Ajayi Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)

1929 Ernie Carroll Australian television personality and producer

1929 Hans Freeman Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)

1929 Catherine Sauvage French singer and actress (d. 1998)

1929 Patrick McNair-Wilson English politician

1929 Harry Frankfurt American philosopher and academic

1929 Peter Higgs English-Scottish physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1929 Roberto Vargas Puerto Rican-American baseball player coach and manager (d. 2014)

1929 Georges Gilson French archbishop

1929 Menahem Golan Israeli director and producer (d. 2014)

1929 Norton Juster American architect author and academic (d. 2021)

1929 Ken McGregor Australian tennis player (d. 2007)

1929 Werner Arber Swiss microbiologist and geneticist Nobel Prize laureate

1929 Chuck Barris American game show host and producer (d. 2017)

1929 Karolos Papoulias Greek lawyer and politician 5th President of Greece (d. 2021)

1929 James Barnor Ghanaian photographer

1929 Sunil Dutt Indian actor director producer and politician (d. 2005)

1929 Nada Inada Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013)

1929 Johnny Ace American singer and pianist (d. 1954)

1929 James McDivitt American general pilot and astronaut (d. 2022)

1929 Ian Sinclair Australian farmer and politician 42nd Australian Minister for Defence

1929 Thomas Taylor Baron Taylor of Blackburn British Labour Party politician (d. 2016)

1929 E. O. Wilson American biologist author and academic (d. 2021)

1929 Ayhan Şahenk Turkish businessman (d. 2001)

1929 Brigid Brophy English author and critic (d. 1995)

1929 Jameel Jalibi Pakistani linguist and academic (d. 2019)

1929 John McCluskey Baron McCluskey Scottish lawyer judge and politician Solicitor General for Scotland (d. 2017)

1929 Ralph McQuarrie American illustrator (d. 2012)

1929 Robert W. Scott American farmer and politician 67th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2009)

1929 Cy Coleman American pianist and composer (d. 2004)

1929 Alan Davidson Australian cricketer (d. 2021)

1929 Johnny Wilson Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)

1929 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir of Kuwait (d. 2020)

1929 Bud Collins American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2016)

1929 Tigran Petrosian Armenian chess player (d. 1984)

1929 Jürgen Habermas German sociologist and philosopher

1929 Tibor Rubin Hungarian-American soldier Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2015)

1929 Edgar Bronfman Sr. Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

1929 Anne Weale English journalist and author (d. 2007)

1929 Edith Windsor American lesbian gay bisexual and transgender rights activist (d. 2017)

1929 Bruce Kent English activist and laicised Roman Catholic priest (d. 2022)

1929 Mario Ghella Italian racing cyclist

1929 Carolyn S. Shoemaker American astronomer (d. 2021)

1929 Francesco Marchisano Italian cardinal (d. 2014)

1929 June Bronhill Australian soprano and actress (d. 2005)

1929 Fred Bruemmer Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (d. 2013)

1929 Milton Glaser American illustrator and graphic designer (d. 2020)

1929 Dick the Bruiser American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)

1929 Peter Maas American journalist and author (d. 2001)

1929 Alfred Miodowicz Polish politician (d.2021)

1929 Pat Crawford Brown American actress (d. 2019)

1929 Pete George American weightlifter (d. 2021)

1929 Oriana Fallaci Italian journalist and author (d. 2006)

1929 Yang Ti-liang Chinese judge

1929 Gerald Edelman American biologist and immunologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)

1929 Clément Perron Canadian director producer and screenwriter (d. 1999)

1929 Joanne Herring American socialite businesswoman political activist philanthropist diplomat and television talk show host

1929 Bill Tuttle American baseball player (d. 1998)

1929 Jimmy Carruthers Australian boxer (d. 1990)

1929 Katherine Helmond American actress and director (d. 2019)

1929 Tony Lock English cricketer (d. 1995)

1929 Jovan Rašković Serbian psychiatrist academic and politician (d. 1992)

1929 Jiří Reynek Czech poet and graphic artist (d. 2014)

1929 Hélène Carrère d'Encausse French politician historian

1929 Hasan Abidi Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)

1929 Sergio Romano Italian writer journalist and historian

1929 Lee Hazlewood American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)

1929 Jesse McReynolds American singer and mandolin player

1929 Chi Haotian Chinese general

1929 Hassan II of Morocco (d. 1999)

1929 Winnie Ewing Scottish lawyer and politician

1929 George Clayton Johnson American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1929 Moe Norman Canadian golfer (d. 2004)

1929 José Vicente Rangel Venezuelan politician; 21st Vice President of Venezuela (d. 2020)

1929 Danny Flores American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (d. 2006)

1929 David Kelly Irish actor (d. 2012)

1929 Sofia Muratova Russian gymnast (d. 2006)

1929 Svein Ellingsen Norwegian visual artist and hymnist (d. 2020)

1929 Charles Anthony American tenor and actor (d. 2012)

1929 Francis Bebey Cameroonian-French guitarist (d. 2001)

1929 Ian Stewart Scottish racing driver (d. 2017)

1929 Sergei K. Godunov Russian mathematician and academic

1929 Dick Button American former figure skater and actor

1929 Screamin' Jay Hawkins American R&B singer-songwriter musician and actor (d. 2000)

1929 Gaston Glock Austrian engineer and businessman co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H.

1929 Orville Turnquest Bahamian politician

1929 Hazel Hawke Australian social worker and pianist 23rd Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2013)

1929 Rajendra Kumar Pakistani-Indian actor and producer (d. 1999)

1929 David Tonkin Australian politician 38th Premier of South Australia (d. 2000)

1929 Bob Orton American wrestler (d. 2006)

1929 John Barber English racing driver (d. 2015)

1929 Leonid Stolovich Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (d. 2013)

1929 Neil Welliver American painter (d. 2005)

1929 Baselios Thomas I Indian bishop

1929 Danny Barcelona American drummer (d. 2007)

1929 Lateef Jakande Nigerian journalist and politician 5th Governor of Lagos State (d. 2021)

1929 Judd Buchanan Canadian businessman and politician 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works

1929 Somnath Chatterjee Indian lawyer and politician 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2018)

1929 Eddie Mazur Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1995)

1929 Marc Lalonde Canadian lawyer and politician 34th Canadian Minister of Justice

1929 Alexis Weissenberg Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (d. 2012)

1929 Jean Baudrillard French sociologist and philosopher (d. 2007)

1929 Harvey Fuqua American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)

1929 Jack Higgins English author and academic (d. 2022)

1929 Marc Wilkinson French-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2022)

1929 Shirley Ann Grau American novelist and short story writer (d. 2020)

1929 Sid Krofft Canadian-American puppeteer and producer

1929 Lynne Reid Banks English author

1929 Gilles Carle Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1929 Don Murray American actor

1929 José Santamaría Uruguayan footballer and manager

1929 Hafizullah Amin Afghan educator and politician Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1979)

1929 Ann Calvello American roller derby racer (d. 2006)

1929 Leila Abashidze Georgian actress (d. 2018)

1929 Roy Crimmins English trombonist and composer (d. 2014)

1929 John Gale English director and producer

1929 Vidya Charan Shukla Indian politician Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)

1929 David Waddington Baron Waddington English lawyer and politician Governor of Bermuda (d. 2017)

1929 Kishore Kumar Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)

1929 Vellore G. Ramabhadran Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu India (d. 2012)

1929 Don Matheson American soldier police officer and actor (d. 2014)

1929 Mike Elliott Jamaican saxophonist

1929 Roch La Salle Canadian politician 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007)

1929 Don Larsen American baseball player (d. 2020)

1929 Larisa Bogoraz Russian linguist and activist (d. 2004)

1929 Luis García Meza Tejada Bolivian general and politician 68th President of Bolivia (d. 2018)

1929 Abdi İpekçi Turkish journalist and activist (d. 1979)

1929 Buck Owens American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)

1929 Pat Harrington Jr. American actor (d. 2016)

1929 Giacomo Capuzzi Italian Roman Catholic prelate bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi from 1989 to 2005 (d. 2021).

1929 Dick Tiger Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)

1929 Bill Evans American pianist and composer (d. 1980)

1929 Helmut Rahn German footballer (d. 2003)

1929 Fritz Von Erich American wrestler and trainer (d. 1997)

1929 Hugues Aufray French singer-songwriter

1929 Bill Foster American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)

1929 Ion N. Petrovici Romanian-German neurologist and academic (d. 2021)

1929 Kevin Heffernan Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)

1929 Herman Badillo Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

1929 X. J. Kennedy American poet translator anthologist editor

1929 Ahmed Kathrada South African politician and political prisoner (d. 2017)

1929 Valery Alekseyev Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)

1929 Ulrich Wegener German police officer and general (d. 2017)

1929 Vladimir Beekman Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)

1929 Zoltán Czibor Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)

1929 Betty Dodson American author and educator (d. 2020)

1929 Reuben Kamanga Zambian soldier and politician 1st Vice President of Zambia (d. 1996)

1929 Ira Levin American novelist playwright and songwriter (d. 2007)

1929 George Scott Canadian-American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)

1929 István Kertész Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)

1929 Roxie Roker American actress (d. 1995)

1929 Thom Gunn English-American poet and academic (d. 2004)

1929 Guy de Lussigny French painter and sculptor (d. 2001)

1929 Ian McNaught-Davis English mountaineer and television host (d. 2014)

1929 Mava Lee Thomas American baseball player (d. 2013)

1929 Maurice Vachon Canadian wrestler (d. 2013)

1929 Hal Ashby American actor director and producer (d. 1988)

1929 Beulah Bewley English physician and academic (d. 2018)

1929 Rex Hartwig Australian tennis player

1929 Victor Spinetti Welsh actor and director (d. 2012)

1929 Carlo Clerici Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)

1929 Steve Rickard New Zealand-Australian wrestler trainer and promoter (d. 2015)

1929 Armand Vaillancourt Canadian sculptor and painter

1929 Thomas Eagleton American lawyer and politician 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (d. 2007)

1929 Robert V. Keeley Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat United States Ambassador to Greece (d. 2015)

1929 Andriyan Nikolayev Russian general pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2004)

1929 Yash Johar Indian film producer founded Dharma Productions (d. 2005)

1929 Ljubov Rebane Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)

1929 Clyde Lovellette American basketball player (d. 2016)

1929 Christoph von Dohnányi German conductor

1929 Claude Nougaro French singer-songwriter (d. 2004)

1929 Michel Bélanger Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)

1929 John Golding English historian scholar and curator (d. 2012)

1929 Luis García Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2014)

1929 Primož Kozak Slovenian playwright (d. 1981)

1929 Patrick Mayhew English lawyer and politician Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)

1929 Harvey Schmidt American composer and illustrator (d. 2018)

1929 Larry Collins American-French journalist historian and author (d. 2005)

1929 Eva Burrows Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2015)

1929 Murray Gell-Mann American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)

1929 Stan Kelly-Bootle English singer-songwriter computer scientist and author (d. 2014)

1929 Dick Latessa American actor (d. 2016)

1929 John Julius Norwich English historian and author (d. 2018)

1929 Wilbur Snyder American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)

1929 Mümtaz Soysal Turkish academic and politician 30th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2019)

1929 Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar last sultan of Zanzibar

1929 Stan Stephens Canadian-American politician 20th Governor of Montana (d. 2021)

1929 Sil Austin American saxophonist (d. 2001)

1929 David Craig Baron Craig of Radley Northern Irish air marshal and politician

1929 Sir Stirling Moss English racing driver and sportscaster (d. 2020)

1929 Teddi King American singer (d. 1977)

1929 Nancy Littlefield American director and producer (d. 2007)

1929 Marge Roukema American educator and politician (d. 2014)

1929 Anne Meara American actress and playwright (d. 2015)

1929 Vittorio Taviani Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)

1929 Joe Temperley Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2016)

1929 Sándor Kocsis Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1979)

1929 Edgar Valter Estonian author and illustrator (d. 2006)

1929 Bernard Williams English-Italian philosopher and academic (d. 2003)

1929 Serge Garant Canadian composer and conductor (d. 1986)

1929 Carlo Ubbiali Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2020)

1929 John Carter American clarinet player saxophonist and flute player (d. 1991)

1929 Ronnie Barker English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)

1929 Delia Scala Italian ballerina and actress (d. 2004)

1929 Calvin Jones American pianist composer and educator (d. 2004)

1929 Bruno Junk Estonian race walker (d. 1995)

1929 Barbara Murray English actress (d. 2014)

1929 Lata Mangeshkar Indian playback singer and composer (d. 2022)

1929 Carol Fenner American author and illustrator (d. 2002)

1929 Vassilis Papazachos Greek seismologist and academic

1929 Leticia Ramos-Shahani Filipino politician diplomat and writer (d. 2017)

1929 Dorothee Sölle German theologian and author (d. 2003)

1929 Ken Arthurson Australian rugby player and coach

1929 Grady Chapman American singer (d. 2011)

1929 Bonnie Owens American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

1929 Peter Bronfman Canadian businessman (d. 1996)

1929 Moses Gunn American actor (d. 1993)

1929 Scotty Beckett American actor and singer (d. 1968)

1929 John E. Mack American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)

1929 Leroy Van Dyke American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1929 Richard F. Gordon Jr. American captain pilot and astronaut (d. 2017)

1929 Bill Wirtz American businessman (d. 2007)

1929 George Mattos American pole vaulter (d. 2012)

1929 Graeme Ferguson Canadian director and producer co-founded the IMAX Corporation (d. 2021)

1929 Mariano Gagnon American Catholic priest and author (d. 2017)

1929 Robert Westall English journalist and author (d. 1993)

1929 Betty Boothroyd English academic and politician British Speaker of the House of Commons

1929 Ayten Alpman Turkish singer (d. 2012)

1929 Herb Levinson American actor (d. 2012)

1929 Bernard Mayes English-American journalist and academic (d. 2014)

1929 Curtis Amy American saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2002)

1929 Nappy Brown American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2008)

1929 Robert Coles American psychologist author and academic

1929 Magnus Magnusson Icelandic journalist and academic (d. 2007)

1929 Richard Howard American poet critic and translator

1929 Walasse Ting Chinese-American painter and poet (d. 2010)

1929 Yvon Durelle Canadian boxer and wrestler (d. 2007)

1929 Will Insley American painter and architect (d. 2011)

1929 Fernanda Montenegro Brazilian actress

1929 Mário Wilson Mozambican footballer and manager (d. 2016)

1929 Violeta Chamorro Nicaraguan publisher and politician President of Nicaragua

1929 Hillard Elkins American producer and manager (d. 2010)

1929 Kees Fens Dutch author and critic (d. 2008)

1929 Frank Stanmore Australian rugby league player (d. 2005)

1929 Lewis Wolpert South African-English biologist author and academic (d. 2021)

1929 Pierre Bellemare French radio and television host (d. 2018)

1929 Fritz Hollaus Austrian footballer (d. 1994)

1929 Ursula K. Le Guin American author and critic (d. 2018)

1929 Michael Birkett 2nd Baron Birkett English director and producer (d. 2015)

1929 Dory Previn American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)

1929 Lev Yashin Russian footballer (d. 1990)

1929 Luis Alarcón Chilean actor

1929 Shamsur Rahman Bangladeshi poet and journalist (d. 2006)

1929 Hubert Aquin Canadian activist author and director (d. 1977)

1929 George Crumb American composer and educator (d. 2022)

1929 Rachel Douglas-Home 27th Baroness Dacre English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)

1929 Yordan Radichkov Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)

1929 Sos Sargsyan Armenian actor (d. 2013)

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