May 29 - Births

Births

• 1594 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
• 1627 – Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer and Princess (d. 1693)
• 1630 – Charles II of England (d. 1685)
• 1675 – Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
• 1716 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (d. 1800)
• 1722 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
• 1736 – Patrick Henry, American patriot, 1st & 6th Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)
• 1773 – Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
• 1794 – Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)
• 1823 – John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895)
• 1860 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
• 1863 – Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
• 1874 – G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
• 1880 – Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
• 1892 – Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (d. 1938)
• 1893 – Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (d. 1944)
• 1894 – Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
• 1894 – Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
• 1897 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
• 1903 – Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
• 1905 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
• 1906 – T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
• 1907 – Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
• 1917 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
• 1920 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Bernard Clavel, French novelist (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Lars Bo, Danish artist and writer (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Charles Denner, French actor (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Jean Coutu, Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group)
• 1929 – Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher
• 1932 – Richie Guerin, American basketball player
• 1932 – Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
• 1933 – Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
• 1937 – Charles W. Pickering, American jurist
• 1937 – Irmin Schmidt, German musician (Can)
• 1937 – Hibari Misora, Japanese singer (d. 1989)
• 1938 – Fay Vincent, American baseball commissioner
• 1939 – Al Unser, Sr., American race car driver
• 1940 – Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician
• 1940 – Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48^th Yokozuna
• 1941 – Doug Scott, British mountaineer
• 1942 – Pierre Bourque, French-Canadian politician
• 1942 – Kevin Conway, American actor
• 1943 – Robert W. Edgar, American theologian
• 1945 – Gary Brooker, English musician (Procol Harum)
• 1945 – Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
• 1946 – Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
• 1947 – Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
• 1947 – Anthony Geary, American actor
• 1948 – Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor
• 1949 – Robert Axelrod, American actor
• 1949 – Andrew Clements, American author
• 1949 – Brian Kidd, English footballer
• 1949 – Francis Rossi, British musician
• 1950 – Rebbie Jackson, American musician
• 1951 – Peter Chernin, American television executive
• 1953 – Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo)
• 1953 – Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (d. 2008)
• 1954 – Jerry Moran, American politician, senator-elect from Kansas
• 1955 – David Kirschner, American film producers
• 1955 – John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin
• 1955 – Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator
• 1955 – Ken Schrader, American race car driver
• 1956 – LaToya Jackson, American singer
• 1957 – Jeb Hensarling, American politician
• 1957 – Ted Levine, American actor
• 1958 – Annette Bening, American actress
• 1958 – Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
• 1959 – Rupert Everett, English actor
• 1959 – Adrian Paul, English actor
• 1960 – Carol Kirkwood, Scottish weather presenter
• 1960 – Neil Crone, Canadian actor
• 1961 – Melissa Etheridge, American musician
• 1962 – Eric Davis, American baseball player
• 1962 – John D. LeMay, American actor
• 1962 – Fandi Ahmad, Singapore footballer
• 1963 – Blaze Bayley, British singer (Iron Maiden)
• 1963 – Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
• 1963 – Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
• 1963 – Lisa Whelchel, American actress
• 1964 – Howard Mills III, American politician
• 1967 – Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
• 1967 – Mike Keane, Canadian hockey player
• 1967 – Steven Levitt, American economist
• 1967 – Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (d. 2008)
• 1968 – Tate George, American basketball player
• 1969 – Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler)
• 1970 – Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter
• 1971 – Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
• 1971 – Bernd Mayländer, Formula One Safety Car driver
• 1972 – Közi, Japanese visual kei artist
• 1972 – Stanislas Renoult, French singer
• 1972 – Bill Curley, American basketball player
• 1972 – Simon Jones, British musician (The Verve)
• 1973 – Anthony Azizi, American actor
• 1973 – Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day)
• 1973 – Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
• 1974 – Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter TV personality
• 1974 – Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player
• 1974 – Aaron McGruder, American cartoonist
• 1975 – Melanie Brown, English musician and actress (Spice Girls)
• 1975 – Daniel Tosh, American comedian
• 1975 – Anthony Wall, English golfer
• 1976 – David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
• 1976 – Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
• 1976 – Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
• 1976 – Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player
• 1976 – Egor Titov, Russian footballer
• 1977 – Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
• 1977 – Scott Allen, American figure skater
• 1977 – Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Danny Gerard, American actor
• 1978 – Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
• 1978 – Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
• 1978 – Lorenzo Odone, American patient (d. 2008)
• 1978 – Adam Rickitt, British actor
• 1979 – Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
• 1979 – Arne Friedrich, German football player
• 1979 – John Rheinecker, American baseball player
• 1979 – Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004)
• 1979 – Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin, Singapore footballer
• 1979 – Shweta Gulati, Indian television actress
• 1980 – Ernesto Farías, Argentine footballer
• 1981 – Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer
• 1981 – Justin Chon, American actor
• 1982 – Ailyn, Spanish singer (Sirenia)
• 1982 – Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
• 1982 – Joanne Borgella, American model and singer
• 1982 – Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
• 1982 – Matt Macri, American baseball player
• 1983 – Joanna Higson, English actress
• 1984 – Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
• 1986 – Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican fashion model
• 1986 – Hornswoggle, American professional wrestler
• 1987 – Lina Andrijauskaitė, Lithuanian athlete
• 1987 – Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer
• 1987 – Timur Özgöz, German footballer
• 1987 – Noah Reid, Canadian actor
• 1987 – Alessandra Torresani, American actress
• 1989 – Riley Keough, American model
• 1991 – Kristen Alderson, American actress