History Births on January 29

Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (d. 1522)

#Johann_Reuchlin

Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772)

#Emanuel_Swedenborg

Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer

#Nuno_Morais

Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver and sportscaster

#Jody_Scheckter

Petra Thümer, German swimmer and photographer

#Petra_Thümer

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali

#Ibrahim_Boubacar_Keïta

Susi Erdmann, German luger and bobsledder

#Susi_Erdmann

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)

#Frederick_Henry,_Prince_of_Orange

Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager

#Andrew_Loog_Oldham

Raymond Keene, English chess player and author

#Raymond_Keene

Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat (d. 1969)

#Georges_Catroux

Lelio Sozzini, Italian humanist and reformer (d. 1562)

#Lelio_Sozzini

Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (d. 1818)

#Henry_Lee_III

Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (d. 1916)

#Henry_Ward_Ranger

Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1806)

#Moses_Cleaveland

Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

#Abdus_Salam

Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer

#Edward_Burns

Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Mike_Foligno

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author (d. 1928)

#Vicente_Blasco_Ibáñez

Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (d. 1947)

#Ernst_Lubitsch

Branko Miljkovi?, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1961)

#Branko_Miljkovi?

Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player

#Dominik_Hašek

Franciscus Junius, pioneer of Germanic philology (d. 1677)

#Franciscus_Junius_(the_younger)

Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman (d. 1985)

#Wellington_Koo

Havergal Brian, English composer (d. 1972)

#Havergal_Brian

Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer

#Natalie_du_Toit

Ann Jillian, American actress and singer

#Ann_Jillian

Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player

#Marc_Gasol

Hassan Habibi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 1st Vice President of Iran (d. 2013)

#Hassan_Habibi

Jair Jurrjens, Dutch baseball player

#Jair_Jurrjens

Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)

#Christian_VII_of_Denmark

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician

#Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore

Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer

#Jörg_Hoffmann_(swimmer)

Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther; formerly a Roman Catholic nun (d. 1552)

#Katharina_von_Bora

Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter

#Bettye_LaVette

Thomas Paine, prominent for publishing Common Sense (1776), which established him as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States (d. 1809)

#Thomas_Paine

Greg Louganis, American diver and author

#Greg_Louganis

Romário, Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician

#Romário

Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis player and coach

#Peter_Lundgren

Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)

#Pat_Quinn_(ice_hockey)

Ayd?n Y?lmaz, Turkish footballer

#Ayd?n_Y?lmaz

Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)

#Sydney_Chapman_(mathematician)

Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (d. 1982)

#Juhan_Aavik

Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (d. 1927)

#Süleyman_Nazif

Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (d. 1703)

#Johann_Georg_Graevius

Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)

#Sacha_Distel

Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1893)

#Ernst_Kummer

Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host

#Tony_Blackburn

Terry Kinney, American actor and director

#Terry_Kinney

Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete

#Tatyana_Chernova

Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author

#Germaine_Greer

W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 1946)

#W._C._Fields

Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)

#Romain_Rolland

Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer

#Pauline_van_der_Wildt

Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)

#Victor_Mature

Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)

#Giuseppe_Bonno

Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican lawyer and judge

#Patrick_Lipton_Robinson

Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)

#Frederick_Delius

R. Norris Williams, Swiss-American tennis player and banker (d. 1968)

#R._Norris_Williams

Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer

#Jan_Jakub_Kolski

Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)

#Albert_Gallatin

Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1935)

#Frederic_Hymen_Cowen

Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)

#Ferenc_Mádl

Heather Graham, American actress

#Heather_Graham

Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (d. 1975)

#Alice_Catherine_Evans

Katharine Ross, American actress and author

#Katharine_Ross

Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman

#Tom_Selleck

Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer

#Marián_Varga

Jim Nicholson, Northern Irish politician

#Jim_Nicholson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)

John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)

#John_Forsythe

Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer and manager

#Evgeny_Lovchev

Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player

#Kevin_Shattenkirk

Paul Ryan, American economist and politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

#Paul_Ryan

Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (d. 1904)

#Anton_Chekhov

Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver

#Kunimitsu_Takahashi

Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host

#Sara_Gilbert

Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1915)

#Karol_Olszewski

Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author

#Robin_Morgan

Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1651)

#Countess_Amalie_Elisabeth_of_Hanau-Münzenberg

Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)

#Elio_Petri

Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer

#Safee_Sali

Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (d. 2014)

#Tommy_Ramone

Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions

#Oprah_Winfrey

Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher (d. 1994)

#Yeshayahu_Leibowitz

William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)

#William_McKinley

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1797)

#Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst

Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)

#Daniel_Auber

Paul Rabaut, French pastor (d. 1794)

#Paul_Rabaut

Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)

#Joe_Primeau

José Abreu, Cuban baseball player

#José_Abreu_(baseball)

Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Linda_B._Buck

Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Charlie_Wilson_(singer)

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer

#Kyary_Pamyu_Pamyu

Peter Baumann, German keyboard player and songwriter

#Peter_Baumann

Nakjoon, South Korean-American singer

Shay Logan, English footballer

Biagio Pagano, Italian footballer

Rachna Khatau, Indian-American actress and singer

Ivan Klasnic, German-Croatian footballer

Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian Islamist leader, founded Boko Haram (d. 2009)

Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

John Anthony Gallagher, English-New Zealand rugby player

Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Gia Carangi, American supermodel (d. 1986)

Gra?yna Miller, Italian journalist and poet

Ron Franscell, American author and journalist

Philippe Dintrans, French rugby player

Christian Bjelland IV, Norwegian businessman and art collector

Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)

Andy Roberts, Caribbean cricketer

Fereydoon Forooghi, Iranian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)

David Byron, English singer-songwriter (d. 1985)

Bobby Scott, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1990)

Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2010)

Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)

Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee

Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer

Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010)

Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (d. 1989)

Amelita Ramos, 11th First Lady of the Philippines

Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter (d. 1981)

Jack Burke Jr., American golfer

Geraldine Pittman Woods, American science administrator and embryologist (d. 1999)

John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)

John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d.2003)

Bill Peet, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)

Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (d. 1970)

E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder (d. 1989)

Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965)

Muna Lee, American poet and author (d. 1965)

Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator (d. 1975)

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1960)

Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter (d. 1944)

Florida Ruffin Ridley, African-American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (d. 1943)

Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (d. 1862)

Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1857)

Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)

Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (d. 1739)

Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter (d. 1555)

Shi Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 951)