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December 29 birthdays
266 notable historical figures were born on December 29, and 184 died on this day. Everyone born on December 29 is a Capricorn.
17% of December 29 birthdays work in Entertainment, more than any other field. More come from United States (76) than any other country.
Born on December 29
- Jude Law (born 1972. English actor (born 1972))
- Andrew Johnson (1808 to 1875. President of the United States from 1865 to 1869)
- Marianne Faithfull (1946 to 2025. English singer and actress (1946–2025))
- Twinkle Khanna (born 1974. Indian actress and author (born 1973))
- William Ewart Gladstone (1809 to 1898. British statesman (1809–1898))
- Ulf Kristersson (born 1963. Prime Minister of Sweden since 2022)
- Dylan Mulvaney (born 1996. American social media personality, actress, and singer (born 1996))
- Venustiano Carranza (1859 to 1920. President of Mexico from 1914 to 1920)
- Billy Mitchell (1879 to 1936. United States Army general (1879–1936))
- Kuvempu (1904 to 1994. Indian poet (1904–1994))
- Carles Puigdemont (born 1962. Politician and journalist from Catalonia, Spain (born 1962))
- Dallas Austin (born 1970. American musician, songwriter, record producer (born 1970))
- Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1882 to 1945. Russian and Soviet writer (1883–1945))
- William Gaddis (1922 to 1998. American novelist (1922–1998))
- Cheikh Anta Diop (1923 to 1986. Senegalese politician, historian and scientist (1923–1986))
- Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (born 1937. President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008)
- László Kövér (born 1959. Hungarian politician)
- Donald D. Hoffman (born 1955. American cognitive psychologist and popular science author)
- Elisabeth (1843 to 1916. Princess/Queen of Romania from 1869 to 1914)
- Christian Kracht (born 1966. Swiss novelist (born 1966))
- Dobrica Ćosić (1921 to 2014. Serbian writer and politician)
- Yi Ku (1931 to 2005. Korean prince (1931–2005))
- Moussa Dadis Camara (born 1964. President of Guinea from 2008 to 2010)
- Jon Voight (born 1938. American actor (born 1938))
- Shari Lapena (born 1960. Canadian novelist)
- Joe Lovano (born 1952. American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist (born 1952))
- Ferdinand von Wrangel (1796 to 1870. Baltic German explorer and Russian admiral (1797–1870))
- Zainul Abedin (1914 to 1976. Bangladeshi painter and pioneer of the modern art movement)
- Lakhdar Belloumi (born 1958. Algerian footballer (born 1958))
- David L. Grange (born 1947. United States Army general (born 1947))
- Muhammad Sultan (Mughal prince) (1639 to 1676. Mughal prince (1639–1676))
- Bruce Beutler (born 1957. American immunologist and geneticist)
- Victor Osimhen (born 1998. Nigerian footballer (born 1998))
- Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923 to 2025. French mathematical physicist (1923–2025))
- Khin Yi (born 1952. Burmese politician (born 1952))
- Lily Ebert (1923 to 2024. Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (1923–2024))
- Thea Bowman (1937 to 1990. Roman Catholic religious sister and civil rights activist (1937–1990))
- Samuel W. Koster (1919 to 2006. US Army general (1919–2006))
- Mary Tyler Moore (1936 to 2017. American actress and television producer (1936–2017))
- Josefa Iloilo (1920 to 2011. President of Fiji from 2000 to 2009)
- Juliana Huxtable (born 1987. American artist)
- Gilbert Adair (1944 to 2011. Scottish novelist and journalist)
- Pierre Werner (1913 to 2002. Luxembourgish politician (1913–2002))
- Béla Imrédy (1891 to 1946. Prime Minister of Hungary)
- Horace Lawson Hunley (1823 to 1863. American engineer (1823–1863))
- Joseph M. Martin (born 1962. US Army general (born 1962))
- Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856 to 1894. Dutch mathematician (1856–1894))
- Rajesh Khanna (1942 to 2012. Indian actor, film producer and politician (1942–2012))
- Elsa Gidlow (1898 to 1986. American poet)
- Tomás de Zumalacárregui (1788 to 1835. Spanish Basque officer)
- Amanda Green (born 1965. American actress, singer, and songwriter (born 1963))
- Kahinda Otafiire (born 1950. Ugandan politician (born 1950))
- Nabakanta Barua (1926 to 2002. Assamese novelist and poet (1926–2002))
- Carl Ludwig (1816 to 1895. German physician and physiologist)
- Rajmund Andrzejczak (born 1967. Polish general)
- Diego Luna (born 1979. Mexican actor and filmmaker (born 1979))
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928 to 2015. British historian and orientalist (1928–2015))
- Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi (1256 to 1321. Moroccan mathematician and astronomer)
- Philip Sparke (born 1951. English composer (born 1951))
- Jürgen Ehlers (1929 to 2008. German physicist)
Died on December 29
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