Births on 29 July
2000s
Johnny Brackins
2003
American long jumper (born 2003)
1900s
Mirjam Björklund
1998
Swedish tennis player (born 1998)
Clayton Keller
1998
American ice hockey player (born 1998)
Liam O'Brien (ice hockey)
1994
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
Nicole Melichar-Martinez
1993
American tennis player (born 1993)
Dak Prescott
1993
American football player (born 1993)
Karen Torrez
1992
Bolivian swimmer (born 1992)
Dale Copley
1991
Australian rugby league footballer
Irakli Logua
1991
Russian footballer
Shin Se-kyung
1990
South Korean actress (born 1990)
Grit Šadeiko
1989
Estonian heptathlete (born 1989)
Tarjei Bø
1988
Norwegian biathlete (born 1988)
Okinoumi Ayumi
1985
Japanese sumo wrestler
Besart Berisha
1985
Kosovan association football player
Simon Santoso
1985
Indonesian badminton player (born 1985)
Oh Beom-seok
1984
South Korean footballer (born 1984)
Chad Billingsley
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Wilson Palacios
1984
Honduran footballer (born 1984)
Jason Belmonte
1983
Australian professional ten-pin bowler (born 1983)
Inés Gómez Mont
1983
Mexican actress
Alexei Kaigorodov
1983
Russian retired ice hockey forward (born 1983)
Jerious Norwood
1983
American gridiron football player (born 1983)
Elise Testone
1983
American singer-songwriter (born 1983)
Janez Aljančič
1982
Slovenian footballer (born 1982)
Jônatas (footballer, born 1982)
1982
Brazilian footballer
Allison Mack
1982
American actress (born 1982)
Fernando Alonso
1981
Spanish racing driver (born 1981)
Andrés Madrid
1981
Argentine footballer and manager
Troy Perkins
1981
American soccer player (born 1981)
Ryan Braun (pitcher)
1980
Canadian baseball pitcher (born 1980)
Fernando González
1980
Chilean tennis player (born 1980)
Ben Koller
1980
American drummer (born 1980)
John Morris (rugby league)
1980
Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Karim Essediri
1979
Footballer (born 1979)
Ronald Murray
1979
American basketball player (born 1979)
Juris Umbraško
1979
Latvian basketball player and coach
Mike Adams (pitcher)
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Marina Lazarovska
1978
Macedonian tennis player
Yoshihiro Akiyama
1975
Japanese judoka and mixed martial arts fighter
Lanka de Silva
1975
Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1975)
Corrado Grabbi
1975
Italian footballer (born 1975)
Jaanus Sirel
1975
Estonian footballer
Josh Radnor
1974
American actor and filmmaker (born 1974)
Stephen Dorff
1973
American actor
Denis Urubko
1973
Russian-Polish mountaineer
Anssi Kela
1972
Musical artist
Wil Wheaton
1972
American actor (born 1972)
Andrea Philipp
1971
German sprinter
Adele Griffin
1970
American young adult fiction author
Andi Peters
1970
British television personality
John Rennie (cricketer)
1970
Paavo Lötjönen
1968
Finnish cellist (born 1968)
Sally Gunnell
1966
British track-and-field athlete
Stuart Lampitt
1966
English cricketer (born 1966)
Martina McBride
1966
American country singer (born 1966)
Luis Alicea
1965
Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (born 1965)
Dean Haglund
1965
Canadian actor (born 1965)
Adam Holloway
1965
British politician (born 1965)
Stan Koziol
1965
American soccer player
Chang-Rae Lee
1965
Korean-American novelist (born 1965)
Xavier Waterkeyn
1965
Australian writer and literary agent
Corrosion of Conformity
1965
American heavy metal band
Jaanus Veensalu
1964
Estonian footballer
Hans-Holger Albrecht
1963
German businessman (born 1963)
Jim Beglin
1963
Irish Footballer
Julie Elliott
1963
British politician (born 1963)
Azeem Hafeez
1963
Pakistani cricketer (born 1963)
Alexandra Paul
1963
American actress and activist (b. 1963)
Graham Poll
1963
English football referee (born 1963)
Carl Cox
1962
British DJ (born 1962)
Frank Neubarth
1962
German footballer (born 1962)
Vincent Rousseau
1962
Belgian long-distance runner
Scott Steiner
1962
American retired professional wrestler (born 1962)
Didier Van Cauwelaert
1960
French author of Belgian descent (born 1960)
Sanjay Dutt
1959
Indian actor (born 1959)
Ruud Janssen
1959
Dutch artist (born 1959)
Dave LaPoint
1959
American baseball player (born 1959)
John Sykes
1959
British guitarist (1959–2024)
Gail Dines
1958
Anti-pornography campaigner
Simon Nye
1958
British screenwriter (born 1958)
Cynthia Rowley
1958
American fashion designer (born 1958)
Liam Davison
1957
Australian author (1957–2014)
Viktor Gavrikov
1957
Lithuanian-Swiss chess grandmaster (1957–2016)
Nellie Kim
1957
Russian gymnast (born 1957)
Teddy Atlas
1956
American boxing trainer, sports commentator
Ronnie Musgrove
1956
American politician (born 1956)
Faustino Rupérez
1956
Spanish cyclist (born 1956)
Jean-Hugues Anglade
1955
French actor
Dave Stevens
1955
American illustrator (1955–2008)
Stephen Timms
1955
British politician (born 1955)
Ken Burns
1953
American documentarian and filmmaker (born 1953)
Tim Gunn
1953
American author, academic, and television personality
Geddy Lee
1953
Canadian musician (born 1953)
Frank McGuinness
1953
Irish writer (born 1953)
Patti Scialfa
1953
American singer (born 1953)
Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell
1952
British businessman, public servant, politician, campaigner and policy advisor
Joe Johnson (snooker player)
1952
English snooker player (born 1952)
Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou
1952
Greek politician
Susan Blackmore
1951
British writer and academic (born 1951)
Dan Driessen
1951
American baseball player (born 1951)
Dean Pitchford
1951
American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist
Jenny Holzer
1950
American conceptual artist
Leslie Easterbrook
1949
American actress
Jamil Mahuad
1949
President of Ecuador between 1998 and 2000
John Clarke (satirist)
1948
New Zealand comedian, writer, and satirist (1948–2017)
Dick Harmon
1947
American golf instructor (1947–2006)
Ximena Armas
1946
Chilean painter (born 1946)
Stig Blomqvist
1946
Swedish rally driver (born 1946)
REO Speedwagon
1946
American rock band
Alessandro Gogna
1946
Italian mountaineer
Diane Keen
1946
English actress (born 1946)
Aleksei Tammiste
1946
Estonian basketball player
Sharon Creech
1945
American writer (born 1945)
Mircea Lucescu
1945
Romanian footballer and manager
Jim Bridwell
1944
American big wall rock climber and mountaineer (1944–2018)
David Taylor (snooker player)
1943
English snooker player (born 1943)
Doug Ashdown
1942
Australian singer-songwriter
Tony Sirico
1942
American actor (1942–2022)
Jennifer Dunn
1941
American politician (1941–2007)
Goenawan Mohamad
1941
Indonesian poet, essayist, playwright and editor
David Warner (actor)
1941
British actor (1941–2022)
Betty Harris (scientist)
1940
American explosives scientist (born 1940)
Bernard Lafayette
1940
American civil rights activist (1940–2026)
Winnie Monsod
1940
Filipino broadcaster
Peter Jennings
1938
American news anchor (1938–2005)
Jean Rochon
1938
Canadian politician (1938–2021)
Daniel McFadden
1937
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1937)
Elizabeth Dole
1936
American politician and writer (born 1936)
Peter Schreier
1935
German tenor and conductor (1935–2019)
Lou Albano
1933
American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager, and actor (1933–2009)
Colin Davis (racing driver)
1933
British racing driver (1933–2012)
Robert Fuller (actor)
1933
American actor (born 1933)
Randy Sparks
1933
American singer-songwriter (1933–2024)
Leslie Fielding
1932
British former diplomat (1932–2021)
Nancy Kassebaum
1932
American politician (born 1932)
Kjell Karlsen
1931
Norwegian band leader (1931–2020)
Paul Taylor (choreographer)
1930
American choreographer (1930–2018)
Harry Mulisch
1927
Dutch writer
Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig
1926
Harold W. Kuhn
1925
American game theorist (1925–2014)
Ted Lindsay
1925
Canadian ice hockey player (1925–2019)
Hilary Smart
1925
American sailor
Mikis Theodorakis
1925
Greek composer (1925–2021)
Lloyd Bochner
1924
Canadian actor (1924–2005)
Robert Horton (actor)
1924
American actor (1924–2016)
George Burditt (writer)
1923
American television writer and producer
Edgar Cortright
1923
Senior NASA official-administrator (1923–2014)
Jim Marshall (businessman)
1923
English businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification (1923–2012)
Gordon Mitchell
1923
American actor and bodybuilder (1923–2003)
Richard Egan (actor)
1921
American actor (1921–1987)
Chris Marker
1921
French filmmaker (1921–2012)
Neville Jeffress
1920
Don Ingalls
1918
American novelist
Edwin O'Connor
1918
American journalist and novelist
Mary Lee Settle
1918
American writer (1918–2005)
Rochus Misch
1917
German SS non-commissioned officer (1917–2013)
Budd Boetticher
1916
American film director
Charlie Christian
1916
American swing and jazz guitarist (1916–1942)
Rupert Hamer
1916
Australian politician (1916–2004)
Bruce R. McConkie
1915
American religious leader (1915–1985)
Francis Sargent
1915
American politician (1915–1998)
Irwin Corey
1914
American comedian and actor (1914–2017)
Erich Priebke
1913
German SS police commander (1913–2013)
Foster Furcolo
1911
American lawyer, writer, and politician (1911–1995)
Archbishop Iakovos of America
1911
Greek Orthodox Archbishop (1911–2005)
Gale Page
1910
American actress (1913–1983)
Samm Sinclair Baker
1909
American writer (1909–1997)
Chester Himes
1909
American novelist (1909–1984)
Melvin Belli
1907
American lawyer (1907–1996)
Thelma Todd
1906
American actress (1906–1935)
Clara Bow
1905
American actress (1905–1965)
Dag Hammarskjöld
1905
UN Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961
Stanley Kunitz
1905
American poet (1905–2006)
Mahasi Sayadaw
1904
Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk (1904–1982)
JRD Tata
1904
French-born Indian industrialist, philanthropist and aviator (1904–1993)
Mary V. Austin
1900
Australian activist and community worker
Eyvind Johnson
1900
Swedish writer (1900–1976)
Teresa Noce
1900
Italian politician (1900–1980)
Don Redman
1900
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1900–1964)
1800s
Walter Beall
1899
American baseball player
Isidor Rabi
1898
American nuclear physicist (1898–1988)
Neil Ritchie
1897
British Army officer (1897–1983)
Maria L. de Hernández
1896
Mexican-American rights activist
William Powell
1892
American actor (1892–1984)
Bernhard Zondek
1891
Sigmund Romberg
1887
Hungarian-American composer (1887–1951)
Theda Bara
1885
American actress (1885–1955)
Ralph Austin Bard
1884
American financier and government official (1884–1975)
Porfirio Barba-Jacob
1883
Colombian poet and writer (1883–1942)
Benito Mussolini
1883
Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
Don Marquis
1878
American writer
Maria Ouspenskaya
1876
Russian actress (1876–1949)
J. S. Woodsworth
1874
Canadian cleric, politician, and labour activist (1874–1942)
Eric Alfred Knudsen
1872
American writer and politician (1872–1957)
Jakob Mändmets
1871
Estonian writer and journalist
Booth Tarkington
1869
American novelist (1869–1946)
Berthold Oppenheim
1867
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
1860
English politician and governor (1860–1940)
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz
1859
Portuguese Catholic priest (1859–1948)
Max Nordau
1849
Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923)
Sophie Menter
1846
German pianist and composer (1846–1918)
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
1846
Heiress to the Brazilian throne (1846–1921)
Johannes Schmidt (linguist)
1843
German linguist (1843–1901)
Gerhard Armauer Hansen
1841
Norwegian physician (1841–1912)
Ivan Aivazovsky
1817
Russian-Armenian marine painter (1817–1900)
Martin Körber
1817
Baltic German pastor, composer
Horace Abbott
1806
American iron manufacturer (1806-1887)
Alexis de Tocqueville
1805
French diplomat, political philosopher and historian (1805–1859)
George Bradshaw
1801
British engraver and publisher (1800–1853)
Before 1800
Daniel Drew
1797
American businessman
Philip Charles Durham
1763
Royal Navy Admiral (1763–1845)
Giulio Maria della Somaglia
1744
Italian cardinal (1744–1830)
Johann Theile
1646
German composer
Simon Dach
1605
German lyrical poet and hymnwriter
Francesco Mochi
1580
Italian sculptor
Philip II, Duke of Pomerania
1573
Pomeranian Duke
Pedro Téllez-Girón y de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Osuna
1537
Spanish duke (1537–1590)
Martin of Aragon
1356
King of Aragon from 1396 to 1410
Henry II, Count of Champagne
1166
Lord of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197
Fujiwara no Norimichi
996
Muhammad al-Mahdi
869
Twelfth and last of the Twelve Shia Imams