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April 29 birthdays

305 notable historical figures were born on April 29, and 162 died on this day. Everyone born on April 29 is a Taurus.

18% of April 29 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (85) than any other country.

Born on April 29

• Andre Agassi (born 1970. American tennis player (born 1970))
• Uma Thurman (born 1970. American actress (born 1970))
• Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1958. American actress (born 1958))
• Hirohito (1901 to 1989. Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989)
• William Randolph Hearst (1863 to 1951. American newspaper publisher (1863–1951))
• Duke Ellington (1899 to 1974. American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974))
• Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957. English actor (born 1957))
• Raja Ravi Varma (1848 to 1906. Indian painter (1848–1906))
• Henri Poincaré (1854 to 1912. French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912))
• Dipangkorn Rasmijoti (born 2005. Heir presumptive to the Thai throne (born 2005))
• Infanta Sofía of Spain (born 2007. Member of the Spanish royal family (born 2007))
• Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (born 1968. President of Croatia from 2015 to 2020)
• Jeremy Thorpe (1929 to 2014. British politician (1929–2014))
• Irvin Kershner (1923 to 2010. American film director (1923–2010))
• Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857 to 1905. Russian noble (1857–1905))
• Zewditu (1876 to 1930. Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930)
• Ian Kershaw (born 1943. English historian (born 1943))
• Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 to 1933. Greek poet and journalist (1863–1933))
• Maud Angelica Behn (born 2003. Member of the Norwegian royal family (born 2003))
• Princess Benedikte of Denmark (born 1944. Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1944))
• April Ashley (1935 to 2021. English transgender activist (1935–2021))
• Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (born 1957. Prime Minister of Samoa from 2021 to 2025)
• Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700 to 1739. Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from 1702 to 1739)
• Hallie Jackson (born 1984. American television journalist (born 1984))
• Boulangist (1837 to 1891. French Army officer and politician (1837–1891))
• Harold Urey (1893 to 1981. American physical chemist (1893–1981))
• Luis Aparicio (born 1934. Venezuelan baseball player (born 1934))
• Mike Adenuga (born 1953. Nigerian businessman (born 1953))
• Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762 to 1833. French Marshal (1762–1833))
• Thomas Beecham (1879 to 1961. British conductor and impresario (1879–1961))
• Alejandra Pizarnik (1936 to 1972. Argentine poet (1936–1972))
• Frank Auerbach (1931 to 2024. German-born British painter (1931–2024))
• Olavo de Carvalho (1947 to 2022. Brazilian right-wing polemicist (1947–2022))
• Grigory Zass (1797 to 1883. Russian Imperial cavalry general (1797–1883))
• Karen Barad (born 1956. American feminist philosopher, theorist and physicist)
• Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954. American comedian and actor (born 1954))
• Robert J. Sawyer (born 1960. Canadian science fiction writer (born 1960))
• Andrey Zaliznyak (1935 to 2017. Russian linguist (1935–2017))
• Bharathidasan (1891 to 1964. Tamil poet, writer, freedom fighter, social reformer (1891–1964))
• Abdul Hamid Khan (general) (1917 to 1984. Pakistani general)
• Jack Williamson (1908 to 2006. American science fiction writer (1908–2006))
• Willie Nelson (born 1933. American country musician (born 1933))
• Mirza Muhammad Hakim (1553 to 1585. Shahzada of Mughal Empire)
• John Compton (1925 to 2007. First Prime Minister of Saint Lucia)
• Malcolm Sargent (1895 to 1967. English conductor (1895–1967))
• Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza (1793 to 1874. Princess of Beira)
• Reggie Love (born 1981. American personal aide, former college athlete (football and basketball), and media editor)
• Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1763 to 1834. Duke of Saxe-Altenburg)
• Bernard Madoff (1938 to 2021. American financier and con artist (1938–2021))
• Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt (1831 to 1904. Duke of Anhalt from 1871 to 1904)
• Marietta Blau (1894 to 1970. Austrian nuclear physicist (1894–1970))
• Francesc Pi i Margall (1824 to 1901. Spanish politician (1824–1901))
• Pedro Pires (born 1934. President of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2011)
• Lorado Taft (1860 to 1936. American sculptor and writer (1860–1936))
• Peter Sculthorpe (1929 to 2014. Australian composer (1929–2014))
• Walter Mehring (1896 to 1981. German writer (1896–1981))
• Bruce C. Clarke (1901 to 1988. United States Army general)
• Aleksander Wolszczan (born 1946. 20th and 21st-century Polish astronomer)
• Lynn Townsend White Jr. (1907 to 1987. American historian of technology and college president (1907–1987))
• İlker Başbuğ (born 1943. 26th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces from 2008 to 2010)

Died on April 29

• Alfred Hitchcock (1899 to 1980. English filmmaker (1899–1980))
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 to 1951. Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951))
• Catherine of Siena (1347 to 1380. Italian Dominican saint (1347–1380))
• Albert Hofmann (1906 to 2008. Swiss chemist (1906–2008))
• John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 to 2006. Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006))
• Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 to 1933. Greek poet and journalist (1863–1933))
• Harold Bride (1890 to 1956. British telegraphist and Titanic survivor (1890–1956))
• Achille Starace (1889 to 1945. Italian Fascist leader (1889–1945))
• Rufus King (1755 to 1827. American Founding Father (1755–1827))
• Phạm Văn Đồng (1906 to 2000. Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1976 to 1987)
• Myuran Sukumaran (1981 to 2015. Australian drug trafficker (1981-2015))
• Michael Martin (1945 to 2018. British politician (1945–2018))
• William Gillette (1853 to 1937. American manager and playwright)
• Luis García Meza (1929 to 2018. 57th President of Bolivia (1980–1981))
• Wallace Carothers (1896 to 1937. American chemist and inventor (1896–1937))
• Eldon Bargewell (1947 to 2019. United States Army general (1947–2019))
• Leonid Khachiyan (1952 to 2005. Soviet and American mathematician and computer scientist)
• Louis II of Anjou (1377 to 1417. King of Naples (1377-1417))
• Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551 to 1608. Archduchess consort of Inner Austria)
• Al-Qurtubi (1214 to 1273. Andalusian jurist and Islamic scholar (1214–1273))
• José Félix Uriburu (1868 to 1932. 17th President of Argentina (1868–1932))
• Ivica Račan (1944 to 2007. Croatian politician (1944–2007))
• Aleksandra Sokolovskaya (1872 to 1938. First wife of Leon Trotsky)
• Ntare V of Burundi (1947 to 1972. Last king of Burundi (July–November 1966))
• Blanche of Burgundy (1296 to 1326. Queen of France and Navarre in 1322)
• Prince Muhammad bin Talal (1940 to 2021. Jordanian prince (1940–2021))
• Bernardino Machado (1851 to 1944. Portuguese president and politician)
• Mantfombi Dlamini (1956 to 2021. Queen consort and queen regent of the Zulu Nation)
• Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700 to 1771. Italian architect (1700–1771))
• Bob Hoskins (1942 to 2014. English actor (1942–2014))

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