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April 29 in recent years

April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1469 – William II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1509)
  • 1587 – Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1635)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)
  • 1907Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)
  • 1908 – Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006)
  • 1909 – Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
  • 1912 – Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
  • 1915 – Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)
  • 1917Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961)
  • 1917 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
  • 1918 – George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)
  • 1919 – Gérard Oury, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
  • 1920Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (d. 1996)
  • 1920 – Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013)
  • 1922Parren Mitchell, American politician (d. 2007)
  • 1922 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016)
  • 1923 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director and producer (d. 2010)
  • 1924Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (d. 2020)
  • 1925John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)
  • 1925 – Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)
  • 1926 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
  • 1927 – Dorothy Manley, English sprinter (d. 2021)
  • 1927 – Bill Slater, English footballer (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Carl Gardner, American singer (d. 2011)
  • 1928 – Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (d. 2017)
  • 1929 – Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (d. 2007)
  • 1929 – Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
  • 1929 – April Stevens, American singer (d. 2023)
  • 1929 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
  • 1929 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1930Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (d. 2017)
  • 1931 – Frank Auerbach, British-German painter
  • 1931 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
  • 1931 – Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)
  • 1932 – David Tindle, English painter and educator
  • 1932 – Dmitry Zaikin, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 2013)
  • 1933Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)
  • 1933 – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)
  • 1933 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
  • 1934 – Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player
  • 1934 – Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde
  • 1935Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
  • 1936Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 2020)
  • 1936 – Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (d. 2024)
  • 1937Jill Paton Walsh, English author (d. 2020)
  • 1938 – Steven Bach, American writer, businessman and educator (d. 2009)
  • 1938 – Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (d. 2021)
  • 1939 – Klaus Rinke, German contemporary artist
  • 1940George Adams, American musician (d. 1992)
  • 1940 – Peter Diamond, American economist
  • 1941Hanne Darboven, German painter (d. 2009)
  • 1942 – Dick Chrysler, American politician
  • 1942 – Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic
  • 1943 – Duane Allen, American country singer
  • 1943 – Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (d. 2018)
  • 1943 – Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic
  • 1944 – Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman (d. 2023)
  • 1945 – Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist (d. 2009)
  • 1945 – Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist
  • 1945 – Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970)
  • 1946Rodney Frelinghuysen, American politician and lobbyist
  • 1947 – Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
  • 1947 – Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster
  • 1947 – Jim Ryun, American runner and politician
  • 1948 – Edith Brown Clement, American judge
  • 1950 – Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)
  • 1950 – Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
  • 1950 – Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician
  • 1951Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
  • 1951 – Jon Stanhope, Australian politician
  • 1952 – Geraldine Doogue, Australian journalist and television host
  • 1952 – Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
  • 1952 – Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
  • 1952 – Dave Valentin, American flautist (d. 2017)
  • 1953 – Bill Drummond, British musician
  • 1954Mo Brooks, American attorney and politician
  • 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer
  • 1955Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (d. 2022)
  • 1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress
  • 1957Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
  • 1957 – Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Samoan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Samoa
  • 1957 – Joseph Morelle, American politician
  • 1958 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
  • 1958 – Eve Plumb, American actress
  • 1960 – Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic
  • 1962 – Polly Samson, English novelist, lyricist and journalist
  • 1963Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1964Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
  • 1965 – Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic
  • 1965 – Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (d. 2017)
  • 1966 – Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist
  • 1968Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatian politician and diplomat, 4th President of Croatia
  • 1969 – Paul Adelstein, American actor and writer
  • 1970Andre Agassi, American tennis player
  • 1970 – Uma Thurman, American actress
  • 1975 – Garrison Starr, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1975 – April Telek, Canadian actress
  • 1976 – Micol Ostow, American author, editor and educator
  • 1976 – God Shammgod, American basketball player and coach
  • 1977 – Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player
  • 1977 – Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager
  • 1977 – David Sullivan, American film and television actor
  • 1978Bob Bryan, American tennis player
  • 1978 – Mike Bryan, American tennis player
  • 1978 – Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1978 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian
  • 1979Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer
  • 1979 – Jo O'Meara, English pop singer
  • 1980 – Bre Blair, Canadian actress
  • 1981 – George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
  • 1983Megan Boone, American actress
  • 1983 – Jay Cutler, American football player
  • 1983 – Sam Jones III, American actor
  • 1984 – Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer
  • 1984 – Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player
  • 1986 – Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor
  • 1986 – Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress
  • 1987 – Rob Atkinson, English footballer
  • 1987 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
  • 1987 – Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer
  • 1988 – Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer
  • 1988 – Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete
  • 1988 – Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1988 – Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer
  • 1989Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist
  • 1990 – James Faulkner, Australian cricketer
  • 1990 – Chris Johnson, American basketball player
  • 1991 – Adam Smith, English footballer
  • 1991 – Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress
  • 1991 – Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player
  • 1992 – Alina Rosenberg, German paralympic equestrian
  • 1994 – Christina Shakovets, German tennis player
  • 1996Katherine Langford, Australian actress
  • 1998 – Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player
  • 1998 – Mallory Pugh, American soccer player
  • 2002 – Sinja Kraus, Austrian tennis player
  • 2007Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1903 – Godfrey Carter, Australian businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of Melbourne (b. 1830)
  • 1903 – Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
  • 1905Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
  • 1916 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
  • 1917 – Florence Farr, British actress, composer and director (b. 1860)
  • 1922Richard Croker, Irish American political boss (b. 1843)
  • 1924 – Ernest Fox Nichols, American educator and physicist (b. 1869)
  • 1925 – Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (b. 1871)
  • 1933 – Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (b. 1876)
  • 1933 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
  • 1935Leroy Carr, American singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)
  • 1937 – William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
  • 1943 – Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (b. 1886)
  • 1943 – Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (b. 1875)
  • 1944 – Billy Bitzer, American cinematographer (b. 1872)
  • 1944 – Pyotr Stolyarsky, Soviet violinist (b. 1871)
  • 1947Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
  • 1951Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
  • 1956 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
  • 1959 – Kenneth Anderson, English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)
  • 1966William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
  • 1966 – Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (b. 1909)
  • 1967 – J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
  • 1968 – Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (b. 1877)
  • 1968 – Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (b. 1932)
  • 1978 – Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)
  • 1979 – Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)
  • 1979 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
  • 1980Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)
  • 1982 – Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer and screenwriter (b. 1907)
  • 1992 – Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 1993 – Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1909)
  • 1993 – Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter and producer (b. 1946)
  • 1997Mike Royko, American journalist and author (b. 1932)
  • 2000Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)
  • 2001Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
  • 2002 – Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)
  • 2003 – Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)
  • 2004 – John Henniker-Major, British diplomat and civil servant (b. 1916)
  • 2005William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
  • 2005 – Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
  • 2006John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (b. 1908)
  • 2007 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)
  • 2007 – Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940)
  • 2007 – Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
  • 2008 – Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (b. 1933)
  • 2008 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906)
  • 2010 – Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (b. 1929)
  • 2011 – Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (b. 1931)
  • 2011 – Joanna Russ, American writer, academic and radical feminist (b. 1937)
  • 2012 – Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)
  • 2012 – Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1957)
  • 2012 – Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (b. 1945)
  • 2012 – Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
  • 2013 – Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (b. 1992)
  • 2013 – Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (b. 1924)
  • 2013 – John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
  • 2013 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (b. 1958)
  • 2013 – Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (b. 1990)
  • 2014Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)
  • 2014 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
  • 2014 – Bob Hoskins, English actor (b. 1942)
  • 2015François Michelin, French businessman (b. 1926)
  • 2015 – Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (b. 1923)
  • 2015 – Calvin Peete, American golfer (b. 1943)
  • 2015 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (b. 1922)
  • 2016Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1948)
  • 2017R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (b. 1939)
  • 2018Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (b. 1929)
  • 2018 – Michael Martin, British politician (b. 1945)
  • 2019Josef Šural, Czech footballer (b. 1990)
  • 2020Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (b. 1967)
  • 2020 – Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1921)
  • 2021 – Cate Haste, English author (b. 1945)
  • 2022Joanna Barnes, American actress and writer (b. 1934)
  • 2023 – Padma Desai, Indian-American development economist (b. 1931)

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