July 29 - Births

Births

• 1166 – Henry II, Count of Champagne (d. 1197)
• 1605 – Simon Dach, German poet (d. 1659)
• 1646 – Johann Theile, German composer (d. 1724)
• 1763 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish navy admiral (d. 1845)
• 1797 – Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
• 1801 – George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
• 1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and scientist (d. 1859)
• 1806 – Horace Abbott, American iron manufacturer and banker (d. 1887)
• 1817 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter (d. 1900)
• 1843 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
• 1846 – Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (d. 1918)
• 1846 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
• 1849 – Max Nordau, Austrian-Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founder of the World Zionist Organization (d. 1923)
• 1860 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician and administrator (d. 1940)
• 1869 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist and playwright (d. 1946)
• 1872 – Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
• 1874 – Auguste Giroux, French rugby player (d. 1953)
• 1874 – J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress (d. 1949)
• 1878 – Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
• 1880 – John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971)
• 1883 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
• 1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian politician, Dictator of Italy (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Ralph Austin Bard, American financier (d. 1975)
• 1885 – Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)
• 1887 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American composer (d. 1951)
• 1888 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer and inventor, invented the Iconoscope (d. 1982)
• 1890 – Daniel J. Callaghan, American navy officer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)
• 1891 – Bernhard Zondek German-Israeli gynecologist (d. 1966)
• 1892 – William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1897 – Neil Ritchie, English general (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
• 1899 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
• 1900 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Don Redman, American bandleader, musician, and composer (d. 1964)
• 1904 – J. R. D. Tata, France-Indian aviator and businessman (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
• 1905 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
• 1905 – Thelma Todd, American actress (d. 1935)
• 1906 – Diana Vreeland, French-American columnist and editor (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
• 1909 – Chester Himes, American novelist (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Foster Furcolo, American politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Erich Priebke, German Waffen-SS captain
• 1914 – Irwin Corey, American comedian, actor, and activist
• 1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, American member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and writer (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Francis W. Sargent, American politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Budd Boetticher, American director (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942)
• 1917 – Rochus Misch, German courier, bodyguard, and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler, last survivor of the Führerbunker
• 1918 – Edwin O'Connor, American novelist (d. 1968)
• 1920 – Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. 1974)
• 1920 – Neville Jeffress, Australian advertising executive, founder of Sentia Media (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1921 – Chris Marker, French writer, photographer, and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Jim Marshall, English businessman, founder of Marshall Amplification (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Robert Horton, American actor
• 1924 – Elizabeth Short, American waitress and murder victim (d. 1947)
• 1925 – Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player
• 1925 – Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, Indian cartoonist
• 1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
• 1926 – James Wellbeloved, English politician (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
• 1932 – Nancy Landon Kassebaum, American politician
• 1933 – Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Colin Davis, English race car driver
• 1933 – Robert Fuller, American actor
• 1935 – Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor
• 1936 – Elizabeth Dole, American politician
• 1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Jean Rochon, Canadian politician
• 1941 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1941 – Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and journalist
• 1941 – David Warner, English actor
• 1942 – Tony Sirico, American actor
• 1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player
• 1945 – Sharon Creech, American novelist
• 1945 – Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, manager, and coach
• 1946 – Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
• 1946 – Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (REO Speedwagon)
• 1946 – Diane Keen, English actress
• 1947 – Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
• 1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
• 1949 – Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador
• 1949 – Sergio Martini, Italian mountaineer
• 1950 – Mike Starr, American actor
• 1951 – Dan Driessen, American baseball player
• 1951 – Dean Pitchford, American actor, songwriter, director and writer
• 1952 – Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
• 1953 – Ken Burns, American director and producer
• 1953 – Tim Gunn, American television host and businessman
• 1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Rush and Big Dirty Band)
• 1953 – Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band)
• 1955 – Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Dave Stevens, American illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
• 1956 – Ronnie Musgrove, American politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
• 1956 – Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
• 1957 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
• 1957 – Alessandra Marc, American soprano
• 1958 – Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer and author
• 1959 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
• 1959 – Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and illustrator
• 1959 – Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
• 1959 – John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Blue Murder)
• 1962 – Frank Neubarth, German footballer
• 1962 – Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner
• 1962 – Scott Steiner, American wrestler
• 1963 – Jim Beglin, Irish footballer
• 1963 – Alexandra Paul, American actress
• 1963 – Graham Poll, English football referee
• 1965 – Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
• 1965 – Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
• 1965 – Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-American novelist
• 1965 – Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter (Corrosion of Conformity)
• 1966 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American voice actor
• 1966 – Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
• 1968 – Rodney Allen Rippy, American actor
• 1969 – Timothy Omundson, American actor
• 1970 – Jonah Falcon, American actor
• 1970 – Andi Peters, English journalist and producer
• 1970 – John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1971 – Monica Calhoun, American actress
• 1971 – Bryan Dattilo, American actor
• 1971 – Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Andrea Philipp, German sprinter
• 1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor
• 1973 – Stephen Dorff, American actor
• 1973 – Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
• 1973 – Denis Urubko, Kazakhstani mountaineer
• 1974 – Afroman, American rapper
• 1974 – Josh Radnor, American actor
• 1975 – Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1977 – Rodney Jerkins, American rapper, songwriter, and producer
• 1978 – Mike Adams, American baseball player
• 1978 – Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player
• 1979 – Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
• 1979 – Ronald Murray, American basketball player
• 1980 – Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player
• 1980 – Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
• 1980 – Rachel Miner, American actress
• 1981 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
• 1981 – Emily Bauer, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Matt Grice, American mixed martial artist
• 1981 – Dyana Liu, American actress
• 1981 – Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
• 1981 – Troy Perkins, American soccer player
• 1982 – Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
• 1982 – Dominic Burgess, English actor
• 1982 – Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Allison Mack, American actress
• 1983 – Kim Dong-wook, South Korean actor
• 1983 – Ines Gomez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress
• 1983 – Tania Gunadi, Indonesian-American actress
• 1983 – Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Jerious Norwood, American football player
• 1983 – Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Oh Beom-Seok, South Korean footballer
• 1984 – Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
• 1984 – Todd Bosley, American actor
• 1984 – Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer
• 1984 – J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1985 – Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
• 1985 – Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
• 1986 – Adam Weisman, American actor
• 1987 – Sabra Johnson, Dutch-American dancer
• 1987 – Génesis Rodríguez, American actress
• 1988 – Alexander Lee Eusebio, Chinese singer (U-KISS)
• 1988 – Sabrina van der Donk, Dutch model, Miss Earth 2006
• 1990 – Penny Bae Bridges, American actress
• 1990 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
• 1990 – Matt Prokop, American actor
• 1990 – Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress
• 1990 – Anna Selezneva, Russian model
• 1990 – Joseph Wallace, American murder victim (d. 1993)
• 1991 – Maestro Harrell, American actor
• 1991 – Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer (T-Squad)
• 1992 – Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer
• 1995 – Kiray, Filipino actress