Famous Birthdays on July 29

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 224

• 1166 Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197)
• 1590 Gilles Hayne, Flemish composer, baptized in Liège, Habsburg Netherlands (now Liège, Belgium) (d. 1650)
• 1605 Simon Dach, Prussian-German poet, born in Memel, East Prussia (d. 1659)

• 1620 Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist, classical scholar and diplomat, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1681)
• 1646 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), born in Naumburg, Hesse-Homburg (now Germany) (d. 1724)
• 1723 Christleib Siegmund Binder, German organist and composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1789)
• 1739 Johannes Ritschel, German composer (Gioas, re di Giuda), born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1766)
• 1755 Franz Gotz, Bohemian composer, born in Strašice, Bohenia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1815)
• 1758 Antonius van Gils, Dutch Roman Catholic theologist (opposed Enlightenment), born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1834)
• 1778 Carl Borromaus Neuner, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1830)

• 1797 Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
• 1801 George Bradshaw, British publisher, born in Manchester, England (d. 1853)
• 1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political writer (Democracy in America), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)
• 1817 James Blair Steedman, American Major General (Union Army), born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
• 1820 Clement Vallandigham, American politician (Rep-D-Ohio, convicted of opposing civil war, exiled to Confederate States), born in New Lisbon, Ohio (d. 1871)
• 1828 Cuvier Grover, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bethel, Maine (d. 1885)
• 1830 Alvan Cullom Gillem, American Major General (Union Army), born in Gainesboro, Tennessee (d. 1875)
• 1835 Joe Coburn, Irish boxer (Heavyweight C'ship of America 1863-65), born in Middletown County, Armagh, Ireland (d. 1890)
• 1841 Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (1st to identify leprosy as bacteria), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1912) [1]
• 1843 Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
• 1846 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (while serving as regent signed law abolishing slavery), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1921)
• 1849 Max Nordau, Austrian author and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
• 1853 Esther de Boer-van Rijk, Dutch actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing), born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1937)
• 1853 Henry Morton Dunham, American organist, composer, and educator (New England Conservatory), born in Brockton, Massachusetts (d. 1929)
• 1854 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educational theorist (Theorie der Bildungsorganisation), born in Munich (d. 1932)
• 1857 Iacob Mureșianu, Romanian composer, born in Brașov, Austrian Empire (now Romania) (d. 1917)
• 1861 Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt, born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (d. 1884)
• 1861 Sergei Sazonov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1910-16), born in Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1927)
• 1865 Nicola Spinelli, Italian opera composer, born in Turin, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1909)
• 1866 George Morrison, American entrepreneur (owner of Mammoth Caves), born at the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania (d. 1937) [1]
• 1869 Booth Tarkington, American novelist (17, The Magnificent Ambersons), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1946)
• 1870 George Dixon, Canadian boxer (World Bantamweight title, 1892; World Featherweight champion, 1891-97 & 1898-1901; 1st Black athlete to win a World C'ship in any sport), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1908)
• 1872 Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (d. 1957)
• 1874 August Stramm, German poet and playwright, born in Cathedrals (d. 1915)
• 1874 James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
• 1876 Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian actress (The Wolf Man, Waterloo Bridge), born in Tula, Russian Empire (d. 1949)
• 1878 Don Marquis, Ill, American journalist, poet and playwright (archy & mehitabel), born in Walnut, Illinois (d. 1937)

• 1883 Manuel Infante, Spanish composer and conductor, born in Osuna, Seville, Spain (d. 1958)
• 1883 Porfirio Barba-Jacob [Miguel Ángel Osorio], Colombian poet and writer (Poemas intemporales), born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia (d. 1942)
• 1884 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright and journalist (d. 1955)
• 1884 Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
• 1885 Theda Bara, American film actress (Cleopatra, The Unchastened Woman), born in Avondale, Ohio (d. 1955)
• 1887 Komako Kimura, Japanese suffragette, actress and editor, born in Tokyo (d. 1980)
• 1887 Rudi Stephan, German composer (Die ersten Menschen), born in Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (now Germany) (d. 1915)
• 1887 Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American operetta composer (Blossom Time), born in Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary (d. 1951)
• 1887 Tim Mara, American founder and administrator (NFL NY Giants), born in New York (d. 1959)
• 1888 Niles Welch, American actor (Cornered), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1976)

• 1889 Karl Otten, German Expressionist writer, born in Oberkrüchten (d. 1963)
• 1889 Lajos Asztalos, Hungarian chess player (International Chess Master 1950), born in Pécs, Hungary (d. 1956)
• 1891 Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynaecologist (developed 1st reliable pregnancy test), born in Wronke, Germany (d. 1966)
• 1891 Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Dutch politician, feminist and the 1st female member of the Council of State (1958-66), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1989)
• 1892 Ernst van Raalte, Dutch journalist (Seen, heard... wrote), born in Rotterdam, South Holland (d. 1975)
• 1892 William Powell, American actor (Thin Man, My Man Godfrey), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1984)
• 1897 Neil Ritchie, British general (Eighth Army commander WWII) (d. 1983), born in British Guiana (d. 1983)
• 1898 Isidor Isaac Rabi, American nuclear physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, born in Rymanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1988)
• 1899 Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
• 1900 Don Redman, American jazz musician and orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), born in Piedmont, West Virginia (d. 1964)
• 1900 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist (Return to Ithaca; Nobel Prize for Literature, 1974), born in Svartbjörnsbyn, Sweden (d. 1976)
• 1904 J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993)

• 1905 Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
• 1906 Thelma Todd [Alison Loyd], American actress (Dangerous Female), born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1935)
• 1907 Melvin Belli, American lawyer known as "The King of Torts" and "Melvin Bellicose", born in Sonora, California (d. 1996)
• 1909 Georgy Mushel, Uzbek pianist and composer, born in Tambov, Russia (d. 1989)
• 1910 Gale Page [Sally Rutter], American actress (Four Daughters; Knute Rockne, All-American), and countess-by-marriage, born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1983)
• 1910 Harry Boyne, Scottish political journalist, born in Inverness (d. 1997)
• 1911 Foster Furcolo, American politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
• 1911 Iakovos, Archbishop of North and South America (Greek Orthodox), born in Agios Theodoros, island of Imvros, Ottoman Empire (d. 2005)
• 1911 Ján Cikker, Slovak composer, born in Banská Bystrica, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
• 1911 [Horace] Stephen McNally, American attorney and actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo; Criss Cross), born in New York City (d. 1994)

• 1914 "Professor" Irwin Corey, American comedian (Car Wash, Doc), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
• 1914 Abram Games, British graphic artist ("blonde bombshell" recruitment poster), born in London, England (d. 1996)
• 1914 Dovie Hudson, American community activist in rural Mississippi (filed lawsuit to desegregate the public schools) (d. 1994)
• 1915 Bruce R. McConkie, LDS apostle and author (d. 1985)
• 1915 Francis Sargent, American politician (64th Governor of Massachusetts 1969-75), born in Hamilton, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
• 1916 Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
• 1916 Charlie Christian, American jazz and swing guitarist (Benny Goodman Sextet), born in Bonham, Texas (d. 1942) [1]
• 1918 Vladimir Dudintsev, Soviet writer (Not by Bread Alone), born in Kupyansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union (d. 1998)
• 1919 Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet (d. 2005)
• 1919 Robert Marsden Hope, Australian Justice and Royal Commissioner, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1999)
• 1919 Vic Lewis, British jazz guitarist, bandleader, composer, and artist manager (NEMS), and cricket club owner, born in London, England (d. 2009)
• 1920 Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007)
• 1920 Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American character actor (Salón México, The Fugitive, Littlest Outlaw), born in Chamizal, Texas (d. 1974)
• 1921 Aled Eames, Welsh maritime historian, born in Llandudno (d. 1996)
• 1921 Richard Egan, American actor (Empire; Redigo; Pollyanna), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1987)
• 1923 Gordon Mitchell [Charles Allen Pendleton], American actor and bodybuilder (Sinbad), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2003)
• 1923 Jim Marshall, British businessman and electric guitar amplifier pioneer known as "The Father of Loud", born in Acton, West London, England (d. 2012)
• 1924 Arnold Weinstock, English industrialist (GEC managing director), born in London, England (d. 2002)

• 1924 Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (Point Blank, Dynasty, Batman), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
• 1924 Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row; Wagon Train; Arena), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
• 1925 Arnie Ferrin, American College Basketball HOF guard (NCAA C'ship, Final Four MOB 1944 Uni of Utah; NBA C'ship Minneapolis Lakers 1949, 50), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2022)
• 1925 Mikis Theodorakis, Greek classical and film music composer (Zorba the Greek; Mauthausen Trilogy; Serpico), born on the island of Chios, Greece (d. 2021)

• 1926 Don Carter, American pro bowler (6 x Bowler of the Year; first athlete to earn $1m in single endorsement deal [Ebonite International]), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2012)
• 1926 Russell Firestone, American polo player (Circle F-1959 champs), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2003)
• 1927 Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (Message to King Rat), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2010)
• 1928 Bidzina Alexandrovich Kvernadze, Georgian composer, born in Sighnaghi, Georgia (d. 2010)
• 1928 Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, jazz and classical composer, and orchestra leader (State Estrada (Pops) Orchestra), born in Armavir, Armenia (d. 2014)

• 1929 Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher (theories of “hyperreality” and “simulacrum”), born in Reims, France (d. 2007)
• 1930 Jim Stewart, American audio engineer, producer, and record label co-founder (Stax), born in Middleton, Tennessee (d. 2022) [1]
• 1930 Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company), born in Wilkinsville, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
• 1932 Marguerite Empey [Diane Webber], American model and Playboy playmate (May 1955, Feb 1956), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
• 1932 Nancy Kassebaum, American politician (Sen-R-Kansas, 1979-97), born in Topeka, Kansas
• 1933 "Captain" Lou Albano, American professional wrestler, 1953-69, wrestler manager (1969-95), and actor (Cyndi Lauper music videos; Super Mario Brothers), born in Rome, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2009)
• 1933 Cammie Smith, West Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados), born in Saint Michael, Barbados
• 1933 Randy Sparks, American folk singer-songwriter and impresario (New Christy Minstrels), born in Leavenworth, Kansas (d. 2024)
• 1933 Robert Fuller, American actor (Laramie, Wagon Train), born in Troy, New York
• 1935 Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor (Dresden State Opera, 1962-2000), born in Meissen, Saxony, Germany (d. 2019)
• 1936 Elizabeth Dole, American attorney and politician (Senator (R) North Carolina 2003-9, Secretary of Transportation (1983-87), born in Salisbury, North Carolina
• 1936 Jean-Charles Capon, French jazz cellist and composer (Confluence; Baroque Jazz Trio), born in Vichy, Allier, France (d. 2011)

• 1937 Daniel McFadden, American economist and Nobel Prize Laureate who developed theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice, born in Raleigh, North Carolina
• 1937 Marian Robinson (née Shields), American 'First Grandma" of the Obama White House, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024) [1]
• 1937 Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1996-98), born in Sōja, Japan (d. 2006)
• 1937 Vladimer Barkaia, Georgian soccer striker (2 caps USSR; Dinamo Tbilisi 226 games), born in Gagra, Georgia (d. 2022)
• 1938 Don Wert, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania
• 1938 Jean Rochon, Quebec politician, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2021)

• 1939 Annea Lockwood, American composer (Piano Burning), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
• 1941 David Warner, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, radio, and voice actor (Masada; Star Trek VI; Time Bandits), born in Manchester, England (d. 2022)
• 1942 Les Josephson, American football running back (NFL Pro Bowl 1967; Los Angeles Rams), born in Minneota, Minnesota (d. 2020)
• 1942 Sharon Gans, American stage and screen actress (Slaughterhouse-Five; Artists and Orphans: A True Drama), and playwright, born in The Bronx, NYC (d. 2021)
• 1942 Tony Sirico, American actor (The Sopranos - "Paulie Walnuts"; Cop Land; Family Guy), born in New York City (d. 2022)
• 1943 Charles Hallahan, American actor (Hunter), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1997)
• 1943 Ingrid Krämer, German diver (Olympic gold medalist), born in Dresden Germany
• 1943 Roz Kelly, American actress (Owl & Pussycat, Happy Days), born in Mt Vernon, New York
• 1944 Terry Jarvis, New Zealand cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 187 in 387 partnership with Glenn Turner v WI 1972), born in Auckland, New Zealand
• 1945 Joe Beck, American session and jazz guitarist (Don Sebesky; Gil Evans; Gato Barbieri; Esther Phillips), and bandleader, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
• 1945 Michelle Angelo, American actress (Funny Girl), born in Kingsville, Texas
• 1945 Mike Garson, American session and touring rock and jazz pianist (David Bowie, 1972-2006; Mick Ronson; Smashing Pumpkins), born in New York City
• 1946 Bill Forsyth, Scottish director (Local Hero, Gregory's Girl), born in Glasgow, Scotland
• 1946 Diane Keen, English actress (The Cuckoo Waltz, Doctors), born in London, England
• 1946 Neal Doughty, American rock piano, Hammond organ, and Moog synthesizer player (REO Speedwagon - "Can't Fight This Feeling"'; "One Lonely Night"), born in Evansville, Indiana
• 1947 Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington), born in New Rochelle, NY (d. 2006)
• 1947 Lenny Zakatek [du Platel], Indian-English rock singer (Alan Parsons Project; Gonzalez), born in Karachi, British India
• 1947 Michael Pedicin, American jazz soprano saxophonist, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
• 1949 Leslie Easterbrook, American actress (The Devil's Rejects, Police Academy), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1949 Marilyn Tucker Quayle, American novelist and wife of Vice President Dan Quayle (1989-93), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1949 Stephen Burleigh, American actor (Love & Betrayal, Afterburn), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
• 1950 Jenny Holzer, American neo-conceptual artist, born in Gallipolis, Ohio
• 1950 Maricica Puica, Romanian 2K runner (world record)
• 1950 Radu Voina, Romania, team handball (Olympic silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80)
• 1951 Dan Driessen, American baseball player
• 1951 Dean Pitchford, American songwriter ("Fame"; "Let's Hear It For The Boy"), and screenwriter (Footloose), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
• 1951 Deborah Pryce, American lawyer and politician (Rep-R-Ohio 1993-2009), born in Warren, Ohio
• 1951 Nancie Banks (née Manzuk), American jazz singer (Charlie Byrd; Lionel Hampton) and big band bandleader, born in Morgantown, West Virginia (d. 2002)
• 1952 Joe Johnson, English snooker player (World Champion, 1986: Senior Masters, 2019), born in Bradford, West Yorkshire

• 1953 Ken Burns [Kenneth Lauren], American director and documentary film producer (The Civil War, Baseball), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1953 Tim Gunn, American television and fashion personality (Project Runway), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1954 Gary Springer, American actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair), born in New York City
• 1955 Dave Stevens, American illustrator and comic artist (The Rocketeer), born in Lynwood, California (d. 2008)
• 1955 Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
• 1956 Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter ("As Long As I Can Be (With You)"; E Street Band, 1984-present), wife of Bruce Springsteen, born in Deal, New Jersey
• 1956 Ronnie Musgrove, American politician (Governor of Mississippi 2000-04), born in Tocowa, Mississippi
• 1956 Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
• 1957 Alessandra Marc [Judith Borden], American operatic soprano (Turandot), born in Berlin, Germany

• 1957 Nellie Kim, Soviet gymnast (Olympic-3 golds-1976), born in Shurab, Tajik SSR
• 1957 Virginia Maria "Ginni" Rometty, American engineer and business executive (chairwoman, president and CEO of IBM, 2012-20), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1959 John Sykes, English rock guitarist and singer (Thin Lizzy, 1983-2009; Blue Murder), born in Reading, Berkshire,England
• 1959 Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and artist
• 1959 Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor (Vaastav), born in Bombay, India
• 1962 Corinne Dibnah, Australian golfer (British Open 1988; LET Order of Merit 1991), born in Brisbane, Queensland
• 1962 Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
• 1962 Vincent Rousseau, Belgian athlete
• 1963 Alexandra Paul, American actress (Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet), born in New York City
• 1963 Azeem Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer (fingerless lefty quick)
• 1963 Graham Poll, English football referee
• 1963 Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
• 1963 Patty Dodd, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-2nd-1988), born in Bogotá, Colombia
• 1963 Steve Frey, American pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania
• 1964 Lisa Peluso, American actress (Search for Tomorrow; Loving - "Ava"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1965 Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born American author and teacher
• 1965 Doug Burden, American rower (Olympic 5th 1988, 92, 96), born in Rutland, Vermont
• 1965 Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican infielder (St Louis Cardinals), born in Santurce, Puerto Rico
• 1966 Jeff Herrod, American NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts), born in Birmingham, Alabama

• 1966 Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voice actor, born in Los Angeles, California
• 1966 Sally Gunnell, British 400m hurdler, (Olympic gold 1992), born in Chigwell, England
• 1968 Kristen Babb-Sprague, US synchronized swimmer (Olympic gold 1992), born in California
• 1968 Mike Williams, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2002, 03; only pitcher in All-Star game with ERA over 6.00; Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Radford, Virginia
• 1968 Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish classical-rock fusion cellist (Apocalyptica), born in Kuopio, Finland
• 1970 John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer (pace bowler 1993)
• 1970 Steve Wojciechowski, American MLB pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Blue Island, Illinois
• 1971 Bryan Dattilo, American actor (California Dreaming, Days of Our Lives), born in Kankakee, Illinois
• 1971 Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish pop and jazz singer-songwriter (Vem Vet), born in Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1971 Monica Calhoun, American actress (The Best Man), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1972 Wil Wheaton, American actor (Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me), born in Burbank, California
• 1973 James Otto, American country singer (MuzikMafia), born in Fort Lewis, Washington
• 1973 Stephen Dorff, American actor (I Know My Name is Steven), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1973 Wanyá Morris, American R&B singer (Boyz II Men - "I'll Make Love to You"; "End Of The Road"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1974 Josh Radnor, American actor (How I Met Your Mother), born in Columbus, Ohio

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