Deaths on 29 July
2000s
Alon Abutbul
2025
Israeli actor (1965–2025)
Oliver Dragojević
2018
Croatian singer (1947–2018)
Nikolai Volkoff
2018
Croatian-American professional wrestler (1946–2018)
Antony Holland
2015
British actor and theatre director (1920–2015)
Peter O'Sullevan
2015
Irish-British horse racing commentator (1918–2015)
Mike Pyle (American football)
2015
American football player (1939–2015)
Franklin H. Westervelt
2015
American computer scientist
M. Caldwell Butler
2014
American politician (1925–2014)
Jon R. Cavaiani
2014
US Army Medal of Honor recipient (1943–2014)
Giorgio Gaslini
2014
Italian jazz musician
María Antonia Iglesias
2014
Spanish writer and journalist
Péter Kiss
2014
Hungarian politician
Idris Muhammad
2014
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1939–2014)
Thomas R. St. George
2014
American novelist
Christian Benítez
2013
Ecuadorian footballer (1986–2013)
Peter Flanigan
2013
American investment banker, Nixon aide (1923–2013)
Tony Gaze
2013
Australian fighter pilot and racing driver (1920–2013)
Munir Hussain (commentator)
2013
Cricket commentator
Tatiana Egorova
2012
Russian footballer and manager
August Kowalczyk
2012
Chris Marker
2012
French filmmaker (1921–2012)
James Mellaart
2012
British archaeologist and forger (1925–2012)
John Stampe
2012
Danish footballer and coach (1957-2012)
Charles E. Wicks
2010
American chemical engineer
Bruce Edwards Ivins
2008
American microbiologist, vaccinologist and murder suspect (1946 - 2008)
Mike Reid (actor)
2007
British actor and comedian (1940–2007)
Michel Serrault
2007
French actor (1928–2007)
Tom Snyder
2007
American television and radio personality (1936–2007)
Marvin Zindler
2007
American journalist
Rena Vlahopoulou
2004
Greek actress and singer
Foday Sankoh
2003
Sierra Leonean warlord (1937–2003)
Edward Gierek
2001
Polish politician; leader of Poland (1970–1980)
Wau Holland
2001
German journalist and computer activist (1951–2001)
1900s
Jerome Robbins
1998
American choreographer and director (1918–1998)
Ric Nordman
1996
Canadian politician
Marcel-Paul Schützenberger
1996
French mathematician (1920–1996)
Jason Thirsk
1996
American bassist (1967–1996)
Les Elgart
1995
American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter (1917–1995)
John Britton (doctor)
1994
American physician and murder victim (1925 – 1994)
Dorothy Hodgkin
1994
English chemist (1910–1994)
Michel Larocque
1992
Canadian ice hockey goaltender (1952–1992)
Christian de Castries
1991
French general (1902–1991)
Bruno Kreisky
1990
Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
1987
Indian Bengali-language author
Fred Waring
1984
American musician (1900–1984)
Luis Buñuel
1983
Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
Raymond Massey
1983
Canadian actor (1896–1983)
David Niven
1983
English actor, memoirist and novelist (1910–1983)
Harold Sakata
1982
American Olympian, wrestler, and actor (1920–1982)
Vladimir K. Zworykin
1982
Russian-American engineer (1888–1982)
Robert Moses
1981
American urban planner (1888–1981)
Sydney Kyte
1981
English bandleader and violinist (1896–1981)
Herbert Marcuse
1979
German–American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)
Bill Todman
1979
American TV producer (1916–1979)
Andrzej Bogucki
1978
Polish actor (1904–1978)
Mickey Cohen
1976
Crime boss (1914–1976)
Cass Elliot
1974
American singer (1941–1974)
Erich Kästner
1974
German author, poet and satirist (1899–1974)
Norm Smith
1973
Australian rules footballer (1915-1973)
Roger Williamson
1973
British racing driver (1948–1973)
John Barbirolli
1970
British conductor and cellist (1899–1970)
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
1966
Military head of state of Nigeria in 1966
Adekunle Fajuyi
1966
Nigerian soldier
Vean Gregg
1964
American baseball player (1885–1964)
Ronald Fisher
1962
British polymath (1890–1962)
Leonardo De Lorenzo
1962
Musical artist
Hasan Saka
1960
7th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1947 to 1949
Coen de Koning
1954
Dutch speed skater and cyclist
Ali Sami Yen
1951
Turkish footballer and sports manager (1886–1951)
Joe Fry
1950
British racing driver (1915–1950)
Nikolai Krylenko
1938
Soviet politician (1885–1938)
Didier Pitre
1934
Canadian ice hockey player (1883-1934)
Sotirios Krokidas
1924
Greek politician, lawyer and university professor (1852–1924)
Ernest William Christmas
1918
Australian painter
Tobias Asser
1913
Dutch lawyer and academic (1838–1913)
Marie Adam-Doerrer
1908
Swiss women's rights activist and unionist
Umberto I of Italy
1900
King of Italy from 1878 to 1900
1800s
Floriano Peixoto
1895
President of Brazil from 1891 to 1894
Vincent van Gogh
1890
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
Agostino Depretis
1887
Italian politician (1813–1887)
Thomas Dick (scientist)
1857
Robert Schumann
1856
German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
1844
Son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791–1844)
Gaspard de Prony
1839
French mathematician and engineer (1755–1839)
William Wilberforce
1833
English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)
Jean-Andoche Junot
1813
French general (1771–1813)
Before 1800
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou
1792
French noble, lawyer and statesman (1714–1792)
Johann Kies
1781
German astronomer and mathematician
Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer)
1752
Royal Navy officer and politician (1703–1752)
Pope Urban VIII
1644
Head of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644
Jacques Bongars
1612
John Caius
1573
English physician (1510–1573)
Martin Behaim
1507
German cartographer
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
1504
English nobleman (1435–1504)
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
1326
One of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries
Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France
1236
Queen of France (1193, 1200–1223)
Philip I of France
1108
King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108
Pope Urban II
1099
Head of the Catholic Church from 1088 to 1099
Ladislaus I of Hungary
1095
King of Hungary from 1077 to 1095
Saint Olaf
1030
King of Norway from 1015 to 1028
Li Shen
846
Tang dynasty official and poet
Offa of Mercia
796
King of Mercia from 757 to 796
Tuoba Huang
451
Crown Prince of Northern Wei
Balbinus
238
Roman emperor in 238
Pupienus
238
Roman emperor in 238