December 29 - Births

Births

• 1709 – Empress Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
• 1721 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
• 1796 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (d. 1877)
• 1800 – Charles Goodyear, American inventor (d. 1860)
• 1808 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
• 1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)
• 1816 – Carl Ludwig, German physician (d. 1895)
• 1843 – Elisabeth of Wied, queen of Romania and novelist (d. 1916)
• 1856 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (d. 1894)
• 1859 – Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (d. 1920)
• 1870 – Albert Amrhein, German rugby player (death year unknown)
• 1876 – Pau Casals, Catalan musician (d. 1973)
• 1881 – Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)
• 1896 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist leader (d. 1992)
• 1902 – Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
• 1908 – Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Ronald Coase, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1914 – Billy Tipton, American musician (d. 1989)
• 1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Bill Osmanski, American football player (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Tom Bradley, American politician (d. 1998)
• 1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (d. 2006)
• 1922 – William Gaddis, American writer (d. 1998)
• 1925 – Pete Dye, American golf course architect
• 1927 – Andy Stanfield, American athlete (d. 1985)
• 1928 – Bernard Cribbins, British actor
• 1931 – Prince Gu of Korea (d. 2005)
• 1932 – Inga Swenson, American actress
• 1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress
• 1936 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)
• 1937 – Wayne Huizenga, American football team owner
• 1937 – Barbara Steele, British actress
• 1938 – Harvey Smith, English showjumper
• 1938 – Jon Voight, American actor
• 1941 – Ray Thomas, British musician (The Moody Blues)
• 1942 – Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band) (d. 1999)
• 1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor
• 1943 – Bill Aucoin, American rock band manager (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Marianne Faithfull, British singer
• 1947 – Ted Danson, American actor
• 1947 – Cozy Powell, English rock drummer (d. 1998)
• 1947 – Vincent Winter, British actor (d. 1998)
• 1948 – Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland politician
• 1949 – Syed Kirmani, Indian cricket player
• 1949 – David Topliss, English rugby league player
• 1950 – Jon Polito, American actor
• 1951 – Yvonne Elliman, American disco singer
• 1951 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007)
• 1952 – Gelsey Kirkland, American dancer
• 1953 – Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
• 1953 – Alan Rusbridger, British newspaper editor
• 1953 – Stanley Tookie Williams, American murderer (d. 2005)
• 1954 – Roger Voudouris, American singer (d. 2003)
• 1954 – Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
• 1956 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian
• 1957 – Brad Grey, American film producer
• 1957 – Paul Rudnick, American screenwriter/playwright
• 1958 – Nancy J. Currie, American astronaut
• 1959 – Patricia Clarkson, American actress
• 1959 – Paula Poundstone, American comedian
• 1960 – David Boon, Australian Cricketer
• 1960 – Matthew Kandegas, American Painter
• 1960 – Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
• 1960 – Thomas Lubanga, Congolese political activist
• 1961 – Kevin Granata, American college educator (d. 2007)
• 1961 – Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat)
• 1962 – Devon White, Jamaican baseball player
• 1963 – Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player
• 1963 – Des Foy, British rugby league player
• 1963 – Dave McKean, British artist and filmmaker
• 1963 – Sean Payton, American football coach
• 1965 – Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring)
• 1966 – Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer
• 1966 – Laurent Boudouani French Boxer
• 1966 – Martin Offiah, former rugby league footballer
• 1967 – Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian journalist
• 1967 – Chris Barnes, American singer
• 1967 – Andy Wachowski, American director
• 1967 – Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor
• 1969 – Jennifer Ehle, British - American actress
• 1969 – Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver
• 1970 – Aled Jones, Welsh singer
• 1970 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver
• 1970 – Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
• 1970 – Kevin Weisman, American actor
• 1971 – Margot Thien, American synchronized swimmer
• 1972 – Asheru, American rapper
• 1972 – Jason Kreis, American soccer player
• 1972 – Jude Law, British actor
• 1972 – Leonor Varela, Chilean actress
• 1973 – Pimp C, American rapper (UGK) (d. 2007)
• 1973 – Theo Epstein, American baseball general manager
• 1974 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor
• 1974 – Richie Sexson, American baseball player
• 1974 – Ryan Shore, film composer
• 1975 – Jaret Wright, American baseball player
• 1976 – Danny R. McBride, American actor, writer, and producer
• 1976 – Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 – Katherine Moennig, American actress
• 1977 – Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
• 1978 – Matthew Carr, Australian rules footballer
• 1978 – Alexis Amore, Peruvian pornographic actress
• 1978 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer
• 1978 – LaToya London, American singer
• 1978 – Steve Kemp, British musician (Hard-Fi)
• 1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor
• 1979 – Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed-martial arts fighter
• 1979 – Ariel Schrag, American Cartoonist
• 1981 – Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater
• 1981 – Shaun Suisham, American football player
• 1982 – Dale Morris, Australian rules footballer
• 1982 – Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Quebec singer
• 1983 – Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer
• 1983 – Alison Brie, American actress
• 1983 – James Kelly, Australian rules footballer
• 1983 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean television actor (d. 2009)
• 1985 – Cho Cho Cheng, Chinese American fashion designer
• 1986 – Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and model
• 1986 – Joe Anyon, English footballer
• 1987 – Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese racing driver
• 1988 – Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
• 1988 – Eric Berry, American football player
• 1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan