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March 29 birthdays

301 notable historical figures were born on March 29, and 182 died on this day. Everyone born on March 29 is a Aries.

16% of March 29 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on March 29

• John Tyler (1790 to 1862. President of the United States from 1841 to 1845)
• John Major (born 1943. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997)
• Vangelis (1943 to 2022. Greek composer and musician (1943–2022))
• Jane Hawking (born 1944. English author and teacher (born 1944))
• Ernst Jünger (1895 to 1998. German soldier and author (1895–1998))
• Faida Hamdy (1984 to 2011. Tunisian street vendor who self-immolated in 2010, beginning the Tunisian Revolution)
• Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944. President of Ghana from 2017 to 2025)
• Carlo Buonaparte (1746 to 1785. Father of Napoleon Bonaparte (1746–1785))
• Edwin Lutyens (1869 to 1944. English architect (1869–1944))
• Edward Smith-Stanley (1799 to 1869. British statesman (1799–1869))
• Hamzah bin Hussein (born 1980. Jordanian royal)
• Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769 to 1851. Prime Minister of France and French Marshal (1769–1851))
• Michael Winterbottom (born 1961. English film director)
• Robert J. Shiller (born 1946. American Lithuanian economist (born 1946))
• John McEwen (1900 to 1980. Prime Minister of Australia from 1967 to 1968)
• Fivio Foreign (born 1990. American rapper (born 1990))
• William Walton (1902 to 1983. English composer (1902–1983))
• Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187 to 1203. Duke of Brittany from 1196 to 1203)
• Shinichi Mochizuki (born 1969. Japanese mathematician)
• Ricardo Martinelli (born 1952. President of Panama from 2009 to 2014)
• N'Golo Kanté (born 1991. French footballer (born 1991))
• József Mindszenty (1892 to 1975. Hungarian cardinal (1892–1975))
• James Hansen (born 1941. American physicist (born 1941))
• Carlos María Isidro (1788 to 1855. Infante of Spain (1788–1855))
• Anerood Jugnauth (1930 to 2021. Mauritian statesman (1930–2021))
• Lennart Meri (1929 to 2006. President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001)
• Israel Finkelstein (born 1949. Israeli archaeologist and professor)
• Xu Qiliang (1950 to 2025. Chinese military officer (1950–2025))
• R. S. Thomas (1913 to 2000. Welsh poet and Anglican priest (1913–2000))
• David Cheriton (born 1951. Canadian businessman and computer scientist)
• Anne Aly (born 1967. Australian politician and academic (born 1967))
• Tullio Levi-Civita (1873 to 1941. Italian mathematician (1873–1941))
• Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (born 1941. American astrophysicist)
• Henry Bartle Frere (1815 to 1884. British colonial Welsh administrator (1815–1884))
• Martin Fleischmann (1927 to 2012. British chemist (1927–2012))
• Marike de Klerk (1937 to 2001. First Lady of South Africa (1937-2001))
• Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 to 2012. English composer and pianist (1936–2012))
• Elihu Thomson (1853 to 1937. English-American engineer and inventor (1853–1937))
• Yvette M. Davids (born 1967. United States Navy admiral)
• Roger Myerson (born 1951. American mathematician)
• Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena (1887 to 1947. Prime Minister of Siam from 1933 to 1938)
• Rigo Tovar (1946 to 2005. Mexican singer (1946–2005))
• Jørgen Jørgensen (1780 to 1841. Danish adventurer (1780–1841))
• Raymond Hood (1881 to 1934. American architect (1881–1934))
• Bola Ahmed Tinubu (born 1952. President of Nigeria since 2023)
• Sandra Harding (1935 to 2025. American philosopher (1935–2025))
• Peter Geach (1916 to 2013. British philosopher (1916–2013))
• Jamie Woon (born 1983. English musician)
• James Stewart (mathematician) (1941 to 2014. Canadian mathematician and textbook author (1941–2014))
• Krishna Venta (1911 to 1958. American cult leader (1911–1958))
• Dina Ali Lasloom (born 1993. Saudi-born repatriated asylum seeker (born 1993))
• Aleš Hrdlička (1869 to 1943. Czech-American anthropologist (1869–1943))
• Smarck Michel (1937 to 2012. Haitian politician (1937–2012))
• Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123 to 1189. Emperor of Jin China from 1161 to 1189)
• John Vane (1927 to 2004. British scientist)
• Rudolf Maister (1874 to 1934. Slovene military officer and poet)
• Nicole Eisenman (born 1965. American artist (born 1965))
• Howard Lindsay (1889 to 1968. American dramatist (1889–1968))
• Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1468 to 1490. Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490)
• Mangkunegara X (born 1997. 10th Prince of Mangkunegaran Principality (since 2022))

Died on March 29

• Patty Duke (1946 to 2016. American actress (1946–2016))
• Robert Falcon Scott (1868 to 1912. British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912))
• Georges Seurat (1859 to 1891. French painter (1859–1891))
• Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 to 1772. Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (1688–1772))
• Agnès Varda (1928 to 2019. French filmmaker and photographer (1928–2019))
• Gustav III (1746 to 1792. King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792)
• Carl Orff (1895 to 1982. German composer (1895–1982))
• Hafsa Sultan (1479 to 1534. First Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1534)
• Stephen IX (1000 to 1058. Head of the Catholic Church from 1057 to 1058)
• Charles Wesley (1707 to 1788. English Methodist and hymn writer (1707–1788))
• Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 to 2020. Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020))
• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 to 1888. French composer and pianist (1813–1888))
• Alexandre Pétion (1770 to 1818. Haitian army officer and statesman (1807–18))
• Eric Williams (1911 to 1981. Leader of Trinidad and Tobago from 1956 to 1981)
• Walter Hallstein (1901 to 1982. German diplomat and statesman (1901–1982))
• Karol Szymanowski (1882 to 1937. Polish composer (1882–1937))
• Gerardo Machado (1871 to 1939. President of Cuba from 1925 to 1933 (1871–1939))
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 to 1924. Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor (1852–1924))
• Barthélemy Boganda (1910 to 1959. Premier of the Central African Republic from 1958 to 1959)
• Philip W. Anderson (1923 to 2020. American theoretical physicist (1923–2020))
• Anna Louise Strong (1885 to 1970. American journalist (1885–1970))
• John Burroughs (1837 to 1921. American naturalist and essayist (1837–1921))
• Alexei Abrikosov (physicist) (1928 to 2017. Soviet–American theoretical physicist (1928–2017))
• John Keble (1792 to 1866. English Anglican priest and poet (1792–1866))
• Lev Kuleshov (1899 to 1970. Soviet filmmaker and film theorist)
• Emperor Go-Murakami (1328 to 1368. Emperor of Japan from 1339 to 1368)
• Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917 to 1979. Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1975 to 1979)
• Ken Bruen (1951 to 2025. Irish crime fiction writer (1951–2025))
• Nathan F. Twining (1897 to 1982. US Air Force general (1897–1982))
• Filippo Turati (1857 to 1932. Italian politician (1857–1932))

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