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June 29 birthdays

284 notable historical figures were born on June 29, and 169 died on this day. Everyone born on June 29 is a Cancer.

18% of June 29 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (80) than any other country.

Born on June 29

• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 to 1944. French writer and aviator (1900–1944))
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (born 1957. President of Turkmenistan from 2007 to 2022)
• Murad I (1326 to 1389. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1362 to 1389)
• Giorgio Napolitano (1925 to 2023. President of Italy from 2006 to 2015)
• Peter I of Serbia (1844 to 1921. Last king of Serbia (r. 1903–18); first king of Yugoslavia (r. 1918–21))
• Chandrika Kumaratunga (born 1945. President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005)
• Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (born 1980. Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2021 to 2025)
• Robert Schuman (1886 to 1963. Luxembourg-born French statesman (1886–1963))
• Giacomo Leopardi (1798 to 1837. Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798–1837))
• Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1926 to 2006. Emir of Kuwait from 1977 to 2006)
• Olha Khokhlova (1891 to 1955. Russian model and dancer (1891–1955))
• Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893 to 1972. Indian scientist and statistician (1893 –1972))
• Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482 to 1517. Queen of Portugal from 1500 to 1517)
• John II the Great (1398 to 1479. King of Aragon from 1458 to 1479)
• Frank Loesser (1910 to 1969. American songwriter (1910–1969))
• Suzette Quintanilla (born 1967. American business executive (born 1967))
• Nicole Scherzinger (born 1978. American singer (born 1978))
• Jude Bellingham (born 2003. English footballer (born 2003))
• Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596 to 1680. Emperor of Japan from 1611 to 1629)
• Beatrice d'Este (1475 to 1497. Duchess of Bari and Duchess of Milan)
• Prince Charles of Prussia (1801 to 1883. Prussian prince and military general (1801–1883))
• Evan Call (born 1988. American composer (born 1988))
• Ashutosh Mukherjee (1864 to 1924. Bengali lawyer and mathematician (1864-1924))
• Jennifer Teege (born 1970. German writer (born 1970))
• Artur Avila (born 1979. Brazilian mathematician (born 1979))
• Kigeli V Ndahindurwa (1936 to 2016. Last King of Rwanda from 1959 to 1961)
• Pedro Santana (1801 to 1864. Dominican military leader; 77th governor of Santo Domingo (1861–1862))
• Petronila (1136 to 1174. Queen of Aragon from 1137 to 1164)
• George Washington Goethals (1858 to 1928. United States Army general (1858–1928))
• Pedro Santana Lopes (born 1956. Portuguese lawyer and politician (born 1956))
• George Ellery Hale (1868 to 1938. American solar astronomer (1868–1938))
• Paul Gorguloff (1895 to 1932. Russian murderer, assassin of Paul Doumer (1895–1932))
• Najla Bouden (born 1958. Tunisian geologist and university professor (born 1958))
• Danilo Petrović-Njegoš (1871 to 1939. Crown Prince of Montenegro)
• Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayes (1832 to 1914. Lebanese Maronite nun and saint (1832–1914))
• William James Mayo (1861 to 1939. American surgeon (1861–1939))
• Yusuf I of Granada (1318 to 1354. Sultan of Granada from 1333 to 1354)
• John William Vessey Jr. (1922 to 2016. Career officer in the United States Army (1922–2016))
• Natalie Holt (born 1982. British composer)
• John Toland (historian) (1912 to 2004. American writer (1912–2004))
• Soni Pabla (1976 to 2006. Indian-born Canadian musician (1976–2006))
• Aleksandar Tsankov (1879 to 1959. 21st Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1923–26))
• Thomas W. Gabrielsson (born 1963. Swedish actor)
• William Chittick (born 1943. American philosopher, writer and translator (born June 29, 1943))
• Ken Done (born 1940. Australian artist)
• Robert Wald (born 1947. American gravitational physicist (b. 1947))
• Susan George (1934 to 2026. American-French political and social scientist, activist and writer (1934–2026))
• Christine of Hesse (1543 to 1604. 16th-century German noblewoman)
• Petar Kočić (1877 to 1916. Bosnian Serb writer (1877–1916))
• Ralph Burns (1922 to 2001. American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1922–2001))
• Neil Davidge (born 1962. British composer (born 1962))
• James K. Baxter (1926 to 1972. New Zealand poet (1926–1972))
• Kawhi Leonard (born 1991. American basketball player (born 1991))
• Helen Hoang (born 1982. American novelist (born 1982))
• John Quincy Adams Ward (1830 to 1910. American sculptor (1830–1910))
• Shail Chaturvedi (1936 to 2007. Indian actor)
• Peter, Count of Perche and Alençon (1251 to 1284. French prince)
• Petre P. Carp (1837 to 1919. Moldavian political scientist and culture critic (1837–1919))
• Hiram Powers (1805 to 1873. American sculptor (1805–1873))
• Nicolae Bălcescu (1819 to 1852. Romanian journalist and historian (1819–1852))

Died on June 29

• Katharine Hepburn (1907 to 2003. American actress (1907–2003))
• Donald Rumsfeld (1932 to 2021. American politician and naval officer (1932–2021))
• Carl Reiner (1922 to 2020. American actor (1922–2020))
• Alan Arkin (1934 to 2023. American actor and filmmaker (1934–2023))
• Lana Turner (1921 to 1995. American actress (1921–1995))
• Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443 to 1509. English noblewoman and politician (1443–1509))
• Ferdinand (Emperor Ferdinand I) (1793 to 1875. Emperor of Austria from 1835 to 1848)
• Moctezuma II (1466 to 1520. Tlahtoāni of the Aztec Empire until 1520)
• Henry Clay (1777 to 1852. American politician (1777–1852))
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 to 1861. English poet (1806–1861))
• Paul Klee (1879 to 1940. Swiss-German painter (1879–1940))
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 to 1895. English biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895))
• Moïse Tshombe (1919 to 1969. Congolese politician and secessionist leader (1919–1969))
• Lucien (1775 to 1840. French politician and diplomat (1775–1840))
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 to 1941. Polish pianist, composer, intellectual and statesman (1860–1941))
• Cao Pi (187 to 226. Emperor of Cao Wei of China (220 - 226))
• Henri Lefebvre (1901 to 1991. French philosopher and sociologist (1901–1991))
• Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824 to 1873. Bengali poet and dramatist (1824–1873))
• Hershel W. Williams (1923 to 2022. U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1923–2022))
• Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778 to 1841. Queen of Hanover from 1837 to 1841)
• Mohamed Boudiaf (1919 to 1992. Algerian politician (1919–1992))
• Maria Mitchell (1818 to 1889. American astronomer (1818–1889))
• Lalla Latifa Amahzoune (1946 to 2024. Princess consort of Morocco from 1961 to 1999)
• Baldev Singh (1902 to 1961. Indian entrepreneur and politician (1901-1961))
• Melitta Bentz (1873 to 1950. German entrepreneur and inventor of the coffee filter)
• Magda Lupescu (1895 to 1977. Mistress of King Carol II of the Romanians (1899–1977))
• Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 to 1779. German painter (1728–1779))
• Jayne Mansfield (1933 to 1967. American actress, Playmate, and singer (1933–1967))
• Margherita Hack (1922 to 2013. Italian astrophysicist and science writer (1922–2013))
• Raymond of Poitiers (1115 to 1149. Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149)

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