Births on 29 April
2000s
Mirra Andreeva
2007
Russian tennis player (born 2007)
Infanta Sofía of Spain
2007
Member of the Spanish royal family (born 2007)
Xochitl Gomez
2006
American actress (born 2006)
Aarón Anselmino
2005
Argentine footballer (born 2005)
Sinja Kraus
2002
Austrian tennis player (born 2002)
Danilo (footballer, born 2001)
2001
Brazilian footballer
1900s
Mateo Retegui
1999
Footballer (born 1999)
Kimberly Birrell
1998
Australian tennis player (born 1998)
Mallory Swanson
1998
American soccer player (born 1998)
Lucas Tousart
1997
French footballer (born 1997)
Katherine Langford
1996
Australian actress (born 1996)
Christina Shakovets
1994
German tennis player
Alina Rosenberg
1992
German Paralympic equestrian
Adam Smith (footballer, born 1991)
1991
English footballer
Jung Hye-sung
1991
South Korean actress (born 1991)
Misaki Doi
1991
Japanese tennis player (born 1991)
James Faulkner (cricketer)
1990
Former Australian cricketer
Chris Johnson (basketball, born 1990)
1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Candace Owens
1989
American political commentator (born 1989)
Domagoj Vida
1989
Croatian footballer (born 1989)
Alfred Hui
1988
Hong Kong singer and dentist
Taoufik Makhloufi
1988
Algerian track and field athlete
Jonathan Toews
1988
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Younha
1988
South Korean pop singer-songwriter
Rob Atkinson
1987
English footballer
Sara Errani
1987
Italian tennis player (born 1987)
Andre Russell
1987
Jamaican cricketer
Byun Yo-han
1986
South Korean actor (born 1986)
Lee Chae-young
1986
South Korean actress (born 1986)
Kirby Cote
1984
Canadian Paralympic swimmer
Lina Krasnoroutskaya
1984
Russian tennis player
Megan Boone
1983
American actress
Jay Cutler
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Sam Jones III
1983
American actor (born 1983)
George McCartney (footballer)
1981
Northern Irish footballer (born 1981)
Mathieu Biron
1980
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)
Bre Blair
1980
Canadian actress
Lee Dong-gook
1979
South Korean footballer (born 1979)
Jo O'Meara
1979
English singer (born 1979)
Bob Bryan
1978
American tennis player (born 1978)
Mike Bryan
1978
American tennis player (born 1978)
Javier Colon
1978
American singer-songwriter (born 1978)
Tyler Labine
1978
Canadian-American actor (born 1978)
Zuzana Hejdová
1977
Czech tennis player
Claus Jensen
1977
Danish footballer (born 1977)
David Sullivan (actor)
1977
American film and television actor
Micol Ostow
1976
American writer
God Shammgod
1976
American basketball player (born 1976)
Garrison Starr
1975
American musician (born 1975)
April Telek
1975
Canadian actress
Andre Agassi
1970
American tennis player (born 1970)
Uma Thurman
1970
American actress (born 1970)
Paul Adelstein
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
1968
President of Croatia from 2015 to 2020
Christian Tetzlaff
1966
German violinist
Michel Bussi
1965
French author (born 1965)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
1965
American author, radio host, and filmmaker (1965–2017)
Federico Castelluccio
1964
Italian-American actor (born 1964)
Lúðvík Bergvinsson
1964
Icelandic politician (born 1964)
Mike Babcock
1963
Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1963)
Polly Samson
1962
English writer
Robert J. Sawyer
1960
Canadian science fiction writer (born 1960)
Kevin Moore (footballer, born 1958)
1958
English footballer (1958–2013)
Michelle Pfeiffer
1958
American actress (born 1958)
Eve Plumb
1958
American actress, singer and painter (b. 1958)
Daniel Day-Lewis
1957
British actor (born 1957)
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
1957
Prime Minister of Samoa from 2021 to 2025
Joseph Morelle
1957
American politician (born 1957)
Leslie Jordan
1955
American actor, comedian, writer and singer (1955–2022)
Kate Mulgrew
1955
American actress and author (born 1955)
Mo Brooks
1954
American politician (born 1954)
Jerry Seinfeld
1954
American comedian and actor (born 1954)
Bill Drummond
1953
Scottish artist and musician (born 1953)
Geraldine Doogue
1952
Australian journalist and radio/television presenter
Nora Dunn
1952
American actress and comedian
Bob McClure
1952
American baseball player and coach (born 1952)
Dave Valentin
1952
American Latin jazz flautist (1952–2017)
Dale Earnhardt
1951
American racing driver (1951–2001)
Jon Stanhope
1951
Australian politician
Paul Holmes (broadcaster)
1950
New Zealand broadcaster (1950–2013)
Phillip Noyce
1950
Australian filmmaker (born 1950)
Debbie Stabenow
1950
American politician (born 1950)
Edith Brown Clement
1948
American judge (born 1948)
Tommy James
1947
American musician (born 1947)
Johnny Miller
1947
American former professional golfer (born 1947)
Jim Ryun
1947
American politician and track athlete (born 1947)
Rodney Frelinghuysen
1946
American politician (born 1946)
Hugh Hopper
1945
Musical artist
Catherine Lara
1945
French musician (born 1945)
Tammi Terrell
1945
American singer-songwriter (1945–1970)
Francis Lee (footballer)
1944
English footballer (1944–2023)
Duane Allen
1943
American singer
Brenda Dean
1943
British trade unionist and Labour Party politician
Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech
1943
British academic, lawyer, bioethicist and politician (born 1943)
Dick Chrysler
1942
American politician (born 1942)
Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie
1942
British life peer (1942–2026)
Hanne Darboven
1941
German artist (1941–2009)
George Adams (musician)
1940
American jazz musician (1940–1992)
Peter Diamond
1940
American economist (born 1940)
Klaus Rinke
1939
German artist (1939–2026)
Steven Bach
1938
American film studio executive and writer
Bernie Madoff
1938
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
Jill Paton Walsh
1937
English author (1937–2020)
Zubin Mehta
1936
Indian conductor (born 1936)
Adolfo Nicolás
1936
Spanish Catholic priest (1936–2020)
Alejandra Pizarnik
1936
Argentine poet (1936–1972)
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
1936
English peer, investment banker and philanthropist (1936–2024)
Otis Rush
1935
American blues singer and guitarist (1934–2018)
Luis Aparicio
1934
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1934)
Pedro Pires
1934
President of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2011
Ed Charles
1933
American baseball player (1933–2018)
Rod McKuen
1933
American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer (1933–2015)
Willie Nelson
1933
American country musician (born 1933)
David Tindle
1932
British painter (born 1932)
Dmitry Zaikin
1932
Frank Auerbach
1931
German-born British painter (1931–2024)
Lonnie Donegan
1931
British skiffle singer (1931–2002)
Chris Pearson (politician)
1931
Canadian politician
Jean Rochefort
1930
French actor (1930–2017)
Walter Kempowski
1929
German writer (1929–2007)
Peter Sculthorpe
1929
Australian composer (1929–2014)
April Stevens
1929
American singer (1929–2023)
Maurice Strong
1929
Canadian businessman and diplomat
Jeremy Thorpe
1929
British politician (1929–2014)
Carl Gardner
1928
American singer (1928–2011)
Heinz Wolff
1928
German-British scientist and television presenter (1928–2017)
Dorothy Manley
1927
British sprint runner (1927–2021)
Bill Slater (footballer)
1927
English footballer (1927–2018)
Elmer Kelton
1926
American journalist and writer
John Compton
1925
First Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
Iwao Takamoto
1925
American animator and director (1925–2007)
Zizi Jeanmaire
1924
French ballet dancer and singer (1924–2020)
Irvin Kershner
1923
American film director (1923–2010)
Parren Mitchell
1922
American politician
Toots Thielemans
1922
Belgian jazz musician (1922–2016)
Edward Blishen
1920
English author and broadcaster (1920–1996)
Harold Shapero
1920
American composer
Gérard Oury
1919
French film director, actor and writer (1919–2006)
George Allen (American football coach)
1918
American football coach (1918–1990)
Maya Deren
1917
American filmmaker (1917–1961)
Celeste Holm
1917
American stage, film and television actress (1917–2012)
Henry H. Barschall
1915
German-American physicist (1915–1997)
Richard Carlson (actor)
1912
American actor, director, and screenwriter (1912–1977)
Tom Ewell
1909
American actor (1909–1994)
Jack Williamson
1908
American science fiction writer (1908–2006)
Fred Zinnemann
1907
American film director (1907–1997)
Hirohito
1901
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
Amelia Best
1900
Australian politician
1800s
Duke Ellington
1899
American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
Mary Petty
1899
American cartoonist
E. J. Bowen
1898
English chemist
Vladimir Propp
1895
Russian and Soviet folklorist (1895–1970)
Malcolm Sargent
1895
English conductor (1895–1967)
Marietta Blau
1894
Austrian nuclear physicist (1894–1970)
Harold Urey
1893
American physical chemist (1893–1981)
Edward Wilfred Taylor
1891
Michael Heidelberger
1888
American immunologist (1888–1991)
Robert Cushman Murphy
1887
American ornithologist and museum curator
Egon Kisch
1885
Austrian-Czechoslovak writer and journalist
Auguste Herbin
1882
French painter (1882–1960)
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
1882
Dutch artist, typographer and printer
Adolf Chybiński
1880
Polish musicologist and academic (1880–1952)
Thomas Beecham
1879
British conductor and impresario (1879–1961)
Rafael Sabatini
1875
Italian-British writer (1875–1950)
Harry Payne Whitney
1872
American businessman and horse breeder
Forest Ray Moulton
1872
American astronomer
Constantine P. Cavafy
1863
Greek poet and journalist (1863–1933)
William Randolph Hearst
1863
American newspaper publisher (1863–1951)
Mary Theresa Ledóchowska
1863
Polish Roman Catholic sister (1863–1922)
Henri Poincaré
1854
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
Raja Ravi Varma
1848
Indian painter (1848–1906)
Joachim Andersen (composer)
1847
Danish flutist, conductor and composer
Carl Millöcker
1842
Austrian composer and conductor (1842–1899)
Georges Ernest Boulanger
1837
French Army officer and politician (1837–1891)
Alexander II of Russia
1818
Emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881
Thomas Adolphus Trollope
1810
English writer (1810–1892)
Before 1800
Samuel Turell Armstrong
1784
American printer and politician (1784–1850)
David Cox (artist)
1783
English landscape painter (1783–1859)
Charles Nodier
1780
French author (1780–1844)
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
1762
French Marshal (1762–1833)
Georg Carl von Döbeln
1758
Swedish Military Commander (1758–1820)
Oliver Ellsworth
1745
Chief Justice of the United States from 1796 to 1800
Jean-Georges Noverre
1727
French dancer (1727–1810)
John Arbuthnot
1667
Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London (1667–1735)
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
1665
Irish statesman and army officer (1665–1745)
Esaias Reusner
1636
German lutenist and composer
Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania
1587
William II, Landgrave of Hesse
1469
Landgrave of Upper Hesse