September 29 - Births

Births

• 106 BC – Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (d. 48 BC)
• 1240 – Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)
• 1321 – John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)
• 1328 – Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
• 1388 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
• 1511 – Miguel Servet aka Michael Servetus, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)
• 1518 – Tintoretto, Italian painter (d. 1594)
• 1547 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)
• 1548 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
• 1561 – Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)
• 1571 – Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
• 1636 – Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
• 1639 – Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
• 1640 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
• 1678 – Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
• 1691 – Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
• 1703 – François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
• 1725 – Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)
• 1758 – Horatio Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)
• 1766 – Charlotte, Princess Royal, German queen (d. 1828)
• 1786 – Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
• 1803 – Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850)
• 1803 – Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)
• 1808 – Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868)
• 1810 – Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)
• 1842 – Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
• 1843 – Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
• 1853 – Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)
• 1863 – Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (d. 1919)
• 1864 – Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)
• 1876 – Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1911 (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist (d. 1973)
• 1895 – J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980)
• 1895 – Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Trofim Lysenko, Russian biologist (d. 1976)
• 1899 – László Bíró, Hungarian inventor of the modern ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954)
• 1901 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman (d. 1998)
• 1907 – George W. Jenkins, American businessman (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)
• 1910 – Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Lizabeth Scott, American actress
• 1923 – Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Steve Forrest, American actor
• 1930 – Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels
• 1931 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
• 1931 – James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1932 – Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director
• 1932 – Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, psychology professor
• 1934 – Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
• 1934 – Skandor Akbar, American professional wrestler and manager (d. 2010)
• 1935 – Mylène Demongeot, French actress
• 1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
• 1936 – Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
• 1938 – Wim Kok, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 until 2002
• 1939 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (d. 1994)
• 1939 – Molly Haskell, American film critic
• 1939 – Rhodri Morgan, 2nd First Minister of Wales
• 1939 – Fikret Abdić, Bosnian politician and businessman
• 1939 – Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1939 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
• 1941 – Fred West, British serial killer (d. 1995)
• 1942 – Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1942 – Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
• 1942 – Ian McShane, British actor
• 1942 – Bill Nelson, American politician
• 1942 – Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist
• 1942 – Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1943 – Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
• 1943 – Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
• 1943 – Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1944 – Mike Post, American composer
• 1945 – Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
• 1947 – Martin Ferrero, American actor
• 1948 – Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
• 1948 – Mark Farner, American guitarist (Grand Funk)
• 1948 – Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
• 1949 – George Dalaras, Greek singer
• 1950 – Ken Macha, American baseball player and manager
• 1951 – Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
• 1951 – Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
• 1951 – Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
• 1951 – Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
• 1952 – Gabor Csupo, Hungarian-born animator
• 1952 – Max Sandlin, American politician
• 1952 – Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 59^th Yokozuna
• 1953 – Warren Cromartie, American baseball player
• 1953 – Drake Hogestyn, American actor
• 1953 – Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian film director (d. 1997)
• 1955 – Benoît Ferreux, French actor
• 1955 – Ken Weatherwax, American actor from The Addams Family (TV series)
• 1956 – Sebastian Coe, British athlete
• 1957 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
• 1957 – Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer
• 1957 – Chris Broad, English cricketer and match referee
• 1957 – Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sports presenter
• 1960 – Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
• 1960 – John Paxson, American basketball player
• 1960 – David Sammartino, American professional wrestler
• 1961 – Julia Gillard, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia
• 1961 – Stephanie Miller, American comedian and talk radio host
• 1962 – Roger Bart, American actor
• 1963 – Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)
• 1964 – Brad Lohaus, American basketball player
• 1966 – Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player
• 1966 – Jill Whelan, American actress
• 1967 – Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears)
• 1968 – Patrick Burns, American television presenter
• 1968 – Luke Goss, English actor
• 1968 – Samir Soni, Indian film actor
• 1968 – Alex Skolnick, American thrash metal and jazz guitarist
• 1969 – Erika Eleniak, American actress and model
• 1969 – Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
• 1969 – Angelo Barretto, Filipino race car driver
• 1970 – Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
• 1970 – Emily Lloyd, British actress
• 1970 – AMG (rapper), American Rap Musician
• 1970 – Nicolás Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player
• 1970 – Russell Peters, Canadian stand-up comedian
• 1971 – Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer
• 1971 – Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
• 1972 – Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
• 1972 – Togi Makabe, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1972 – Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer
• 1973 – Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
• 1973 – Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
• 1973 – Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter
• 1974 – Brian Ash, American filmmaker
• 1974 – Alexis Cruz, American actor
• 1975 – Albert Celades, Spanish footballer
• 1976 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1976 – Darren Byfield, English footballer
• 1976 – Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
• 1977 – Eric Barton, American football player
• 1977 – Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
• 1977 – Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
• 1978 – Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
• 1978 – Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
• 1978 – Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
• 1979 – Artika Sari Devi, Indonesian beauty queen, Puteri Indonesia 2004
• 1979 – Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
• 1979 – Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist
• 1980 – Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire, City and Colour)
• 1980 – Zachary Levi, American actor
• 1980 – Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
• 1981 – Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian/Spanish handball player
• 1982 – Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
• 1982 – Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union player
• 1984 – Per Mertesacker, German footballer
• 1986 – Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – David Del Rio, American actor
• 1988 – Kevin Durant, American basketball player
• 1988 – Justin Nozuka, American/Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Theo Adams, British performance artist
• 1990 – Doug Brochu, American actor
• 1990 – Lena Wermelt, German footballer
• 1999 – Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
• 2008 – Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family