History Births on October 29

Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician

#Einar_Örn_Benediktsson

Nataly Dawn, American singer

#Nataly_Dawn

Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter

#Robbie_van_Leeuwen

John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania

#John_Magufuli

Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (d. 1512)

#Alessandro_Achillini

Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (d. 2012)

#Maxim_of_Bulgaria

Marie of Romania (d. 1938)

#Marie_of_Romania

Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician

#Ignasi_Giménez_Renom

Michael Passons, American singer-songwriter

#Michael_Passons

Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic

#Fabiola_Gianotti

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, 24th President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate

#Ellen_Johnson_Sirleaf

Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002)

#Niki_de_Saint_Phalle

Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian, explorer, and author (d. 1761)

#Pierre_François_Xavier_de_Charlevoix

Dana Eveland, American baseball player

#Dana_Eveland

Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Peter_Green_(musician)

Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1985)

#Zoot_Sims

Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach

#Joel_Otto

Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)

#Yevgeny_Primakov

Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player

#Frank_Sedgman

Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor

#Takafumi_Horie

Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor

#Richard_Brancatisano

Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (d. 2015)

#Gerda_van_der_Kade-Koudijs

Henry Green, English author (d. 1973)

#Henry_Green

Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater and physician

#Johann_Olav_Koss

Florin Gardo?, Romanian footballer

#Florin_Gardo?

Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)

#Bill_Mauldin

Joely Fisher, American actress and director

#Joely_Fisher

Martin Folkes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1754)

#Martin_Folkes

Tove Lo, Swedish singer

#Tove_Lo

Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (d. 2014)

#Al_Suomi

Dan Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)

#Dan_Emmett

Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications

#Helen_Coonan

Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer

#Tracee_Ellis_Ross

Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer

#Raghava_Lawrence

Fredric Brown, American author (d. 1972)

#Fredric_Brown

Eric Saade, Swedish singer

#Eric_Saade

Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer (Cuarteto d'Aida and Buena Vista Social Club)

#Omara_Portuondo

Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited

#Galen_Weston

Vonetta Flowers, American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper

#Vonetta_Flowers

Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951)

#Fanny_Brice

Ben Foster, American actor

#Ben_Foster

Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)

#Neal_Hefti

Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician

#Yenny_Wahid

Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic

#Frans_de_Waal

Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)

#Caterina_Scarpellini

Winona Ryder, American actress and producer

#Winona_Ryder

Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter (The Holy Modal Rounders)

#Peter_Stampfel

Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Melba_Moore

Jérémy Mathieu, French footballer

#Jérémy_Mathieu

Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer

#Kate_Jackson

Edwige Feuillère, French actress (d. 1998)

#Edwige_Feuillère

Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster

#Edwin_van_der_Sar

Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (d. 2006)

#Bertha_Brouwer

Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Mike_Gartner

Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager

#Phillip_Cocu

John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1757)

#John_Byng

Primož Rogli?, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist

#Primož_Rogli?

Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Ralph_Bakshi

Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (d. 2004)

#Eddie_Hopkinson

James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia (d. 1916)

#James_Boucaut

Kelly Smith, English footballer

#Kelly_Smith

Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)

#Abram_Ioffe

Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor

#Brendan_Fehr

Amanda Beard, American swimmer

#Amanda_Beard

Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter

#Mick_Gallagher

Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host

#Tiff_Needell

Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer

#Jonathan_Brown_(Australian_footballer)

Toby Tarrant, English DJ, and son of TV show host Chris Tarrant

#Toby_Tarrant

Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer

#Georgios_Fotakis

Mieczys?aw Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal (d. 1902)

#Mieczys?aw_Halka-Ledóchowski

Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Denis_Potvin

Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer

#Ariel_Lin

Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer

#Milena_Govich

John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)

#John_DeWitt_(athlete)

James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#James_Williamson_(musician)

Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress

#Lee_Chung-ah

Janet Montgomery, English actress and dancer

#Janet_Montgomery

Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter (d. 1910)

#Harriet_Powers

Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater

#Jessica_Dubé

Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer

#Dan_Castellaneta

Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer

#Andrew-Lee_Potts

Sam Hutsby, English golfer

#Sam_Hutsby

Amarna Miller, former Spanish porn actress

#Amarna_Miller

Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer

#Matthew_Hayden

Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic

#Kaido_Reivelt

Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic

#Daniel_J._Bernstein

Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

#Eric_Staal

Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host

#Eddie_McGuire

Jon Abrahams, American actor

#Jon_Abrahams

Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (d. 1869)

#Narcisa_de_Jesús

India Eisley, American actress

#India_Eisley

Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler

#Paul_Orndorff

Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (d. 2012)

#Haim_Hefer

Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945)

#Joseph_Goebbels

Janoris Jenkins, American football player

#Janoris_Jenkins

Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (Quiet Riot) (d. 2007)

#Kevin_DuBrow

Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster

#Michael_Vaughan

Thorsten Fink, German footballer and manager

#Thorsten_Fink

Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic

#Mehmet_Haberal

Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)

#Franz_von_Papen

Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician

#Marcia_Fudge

Lance Stroll, Canadian race car driver

#Lance_Stroll

Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician

#Connie_Mack_III

Jacqueline Jossa, English actress

#Jacqueline_Jossa

Vijender Singh, Indian boxer

#Vijender_Singh

Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior

#Dirk_Kempthorne

Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (d. 1972)

#Akim_Tamiroff

Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer

#Freddy_Eastwood

Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist

#Richard_Dreyfuss

Yasmin Le Bon, English model

#Yasmin_Le_Bon

Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (d. 1939)

#Paul_Bruchési

Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican-American boxer

#Wilfredo_Gómez

Robert Pires, French footballer

#Robert_Pires

Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer

#Cal_Crutchlow

Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)

#Andrei_Ryabushkin

Rufus Sewell, English actor

#Rufus_Sewell

Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (d. 1973)

#Wilfred_Rhodes

Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (d. 2015)

#Carl_Djerassi

Benedetto Accolti the Younger, Italian cardinal (d. 1549)

#Benedetto_Accolti_the_Younger

Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (d. 1944)

#Jean_Giraudoux

Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)

#Alva_B._Adams

David Remnick, American journalist and author

#David_Remnick

Ferdinand II of Portugal (d.1885)

#Ferdinand_II_of_Portugal

Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey

#Abdullah_Gül

Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011)

#Necmettin_Erbakan

Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)

#Antonio_Luna

Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author

#Diana_Serra_Cary

Chris Baio, American bass player (Vampire Weekend)

#Chris_Baio

Andy Dalton, American football player

#Andy_Dalton

Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Moody Blues; Wings)

#Denny_Laine

Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

#Baruj_Benacerraf

Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer

#Gabrielle_Union

James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (d. 1795)

#James_Boswell

Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player

Grant Hall, English footballer

Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist

Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress

Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipino actress

Jefferson Severino, Brazilian footballer

Les Davies, Welsh footballer

Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter

Maurice Clarett, American football player

Chelan Simmons, Canadian model and actress

Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer

Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

Nadejda Ostrovskaya, Belarusian tennis player

Travis Henry, American football player

Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer

Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager

Baba Ali, Iranian-born American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor

Kelly Lin, Chinese model and actress

Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player

Adam Bacher, South African cricketer

Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (Jamiroquai) (d. 2017)

Chris Verene, American photographer

David Farr, English director and playwright

Mary Bucholtz, American linguist and academic

Andrew Ettingshausen, Australian rugby league player and television host

Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress

Gerald Morris, American author

Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer

Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer

Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator

Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic

David Paton, Scottish guitarist

Kieron Baker, English footballer

Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (d. 2012)

Ron Maag, American businessman and politician

Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman

Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)

Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995)

Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter

Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English politician

George Davies, English fashion designer

Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright

Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player

Michael Jayston, English actor

David Allen, English cricketer (d. 2014)

William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)

Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician

Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (d. 1992)

Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015)

Klaus Roth, British mathematician (d. 2015)

Robert Hardy, English actor (d. 2017)

Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (d. 2009)

Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (d. 2013)

Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)

Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)

Eddie Constantine, American-French actor and singer (d. 1993)

William Berenberg, American physician and academic (d. 2005)

A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (d. 1989)

Alan Barker, English soldier (d. 1984)

Billy Walker, English footballer (d. 1964)

Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)

Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (d. 1966)

Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (d. 1941)

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (d. 1582)

Shin Saimdang, South Korean painter and poet (d. 1551)