June 29 - Births

Births

• 1136 – Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173)
• 1398 – John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
• 1475 – Beatrice d'Este, Italian wife of Ludovico Sforza (d. 1497)
• 1482 – Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
• 1517 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician (d. 1585)
• 1596 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
• 1746 – Joachim Heinrich Campe, German writer and linguist (d. 1818)
• 1793 – Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857)
• 1798 – Willibald Alexis, German novelist (d. 1871)
• 1798 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
• 1844 – Peter I of Serbia (d. 1921)
• 1849 – Pedro Montt, Chilean politician, 15th President of Chile (d. 1910)
• 1849 – Sergei Witte, Russian politician (d. 1915)
• 1803 – John Newton Brown, American minister and publisher (d. 1868)
• 1818 – Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1878)
• 1849 – John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (d. 1926)
• 1858 – George Washington Goethals, American army officer and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal (d. 1928)
• 1858 – Julia Lathrop, American social reformer and activist (d. 1932)
• 1861 – William James Mayo, American physician (d. 1939)
• 1861 – Devaki Nandan Khatri, Indian writer(d.1913)
• 1863 – Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player (d. 1934)
• 1865 – Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese centenarian (d. 1986)
• 1866 – Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian politician (d. 1934)
• 1868 – George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
• 1870 – Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, director, composer, and conductor (d. 1926)
• 1873 – Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Ruurd Leegstra, Dutch rower (d. 1933)
• 1879 – Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (d. 1970)
• 1879 – Zsigmond Móricz, Hungarian writer (d. 1942)
• 1880 – Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
• 1881 – Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (d. 1929)
• 1881 – Curt Sachs, German-American musicologist (d. 1959)
• 1882 – Franz Seldte, German nazi politician (d. 1947)
• 1886 – Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
• 1886 – James Van Der Zee, American photographer (d. 1983)
• 1888 – Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (d. 1927)
• 1889 – Willie MacFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch super-centenarian (d. 2005)
• 1892 – Henry Gerber, German-American gay rights pioneer (d. 1972)
• 1893 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1958)
• 1893 – Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian scientist and statistician (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Fulgence Charpentier, French-Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
• 1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
• 1901 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
• 1903 – Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar (d. 1942)
• 1903 – Paul Newlan, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1906 – Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)
• 1906 – Heinz Harmel, German SS general (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
• 1910 – Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1911 – Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (d. 2004)
• 1911 – Katherine DeMille, Canadian actress (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer (d. 1975)
• 1912 – José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)
• 1912 – Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
• 1912 – John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)
• 1914 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)
• 1915 – Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1919 – Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1919 – Lloyd Richards, American director (d. 2006)
• 1920 – César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer
• 1930 – Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Frédéric Dard, French author (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Jean Kent, English actress
• 1921 – Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (d. 2009)
• 1921 – Harry Schell, American race car driver (d. 1960)
• 1922 – Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991)
• 1922 – John William Vessey, Jr., American general
• 1923 – Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer
• 1924 – Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Ezra Laderman, American composer
• 1925 – Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician, 11th President of the Republic
• 1925 – Chan Parker, American writer (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Hale Smith, American composer (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Cara Williams, American actress
• 1926 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
• 1928 – Jean-Louis Pesch, French writer and illustrator
• 1928 – Radius Prawiro, Indonesian politician (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
• 1929 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Robert Evans, American film producer
• 1930 – Viola Léger, Canadian actress and politician
• 1930 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish writer
• 1931 – Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1932 – Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, English politician
• 1933 – Bob Shaw, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1933 – John Bradshaw, American theologian and author
• 1934 – Corey Allen, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Chuck Schaden, American historian and radio host
• 1935 – Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager
• 1936 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
• 1939 – Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial artist and actor (d. 2002)
• 1939 – Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1940 – Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
• 1941 – John Boccabella, American baseball player
• 1941 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)
• 1941 – Margitta Gummel, German shot putter
• 1942 – Mike Willesee, Australian television host
• 1943 – Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
• 1944 – Gary Busey, American actor
• 1944 – Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal
• 1945 – Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka
• 1946 – Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician
• 1946 – Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Michael Carter, English actor
• 1947 – Richard Lewis, American comedian and actor
• 1948 – Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist and flautist (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Fred Grandy, American actor and politician
• 1948 – Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (Deep Purple and Paice, Ashton & Lord)
• 1949 – Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster
• 1949 – Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona
• 1949 – Ann Veneman, American politician
• 1949 – Greg Burson, American voice actor (d. 2008)
• 1950 – Don Moen, American singer and musician
• 1951 – Don Rosa, American writer and illustrator
• 1953 – Don Dokken, American singer and guitarist (Dokken)
• 1953 – Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer, guitarist, and actor (Men at Work)
• 1954 – Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player
• 1954 – Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• 1955 – Terence M. O'Sullivan, American activist
• 1955 – Charles J. Precourt, American astronaut
• 1956 – Nick Fry, English economist and businessman
• 1956 – Pedro Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1956 – Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1956 – Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1957 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
• 1957 – María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
• 1957 – Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens)
• 1957 – Michael Nutter, American politician
• 1958 – Dieter Althaus, German politician
• 1958 – Jeff Coopwood, American actor and singer
• 1958 – Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner
• 1958 – Mark Radcliffe, English musician, writer, and broadcaster (Shirehorses and The Family Mahone)
• 1958 – Ralf Rangnick, German footballer and manager
• 1961 – Kimberlin Brown, American actress
• 1961 – Greg Hetson, American singer and guitarist (Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, Black President, and Redd Kross)
• 1961 – Sharon Lawrence, American actress
• 1962 – Amanda Donohoe, English actress
• 1962 – Joan Laporta, Spanish politician
• 1962 – George Zamka, American astronaut
• 1963 – Khalid El-Masri, German suspected terrorist
• 1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
• 1964 – Stedman Pearson, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Five Star)
• 1965 – Tripp Eisen, American guitarist (Static-X, Dope, and Murderdolls)
• 1965 – Panagiotis Karatzas, Greek basketball player
• 1966 – Yoko Kamio, Japanese illustrator
• 1966 – John Part, Canadian darts player
• 1967 – Jeff Burton, American race car driver
• 1967 – Murray Foster, Canadian bassist (Moxy Früvous and Great Big Sea)
• 1967 – Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
• 1967 – Seamus McGarvey, Irish cinematographer
• 1968 – Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Judith Hoag, American actress and educator
• 1969 – Claude Béchard, Canadian politician
• 1969 – Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1969 – Toru Hashimoto, Japanese politician
• 1969 – Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
• 1970 – Melanie Paschke, German sprinter
• 1970 – Emily Skinner, American actress and singer
• 1970 – Mike Vallely, American skateboarder
• 1971 – Kaitlyn Ashley, American porn actress
• 1971 – Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Matthew Good Band)
• 1971 – Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
• 1972 – DJ Shadow, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1972 – Samantha Smith, American actress, author, and activist (d. 1985)
• 1972 – Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
• 1973 – George Hincapie, American cyclist
• 1976 – Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
• 1976 – Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, and producer (Flight of the Conchords The Black Seeds, So You're a Man, and Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra)
• 1977 – Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1977 – Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
• 1978 – Sam Farrar, American singer and musician (Phantom Planet)
• 1978 – Nicole Scherzinger, American singer, dancer, and actress (Pussycat Dolls and Eden's Crush)
• 1979 – Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007)
• 1979 – Matthew Bode, Australian footballer
• 1979 – Abz Love), English singer and DJ (Five)
• 1979 – Andy O'Brien, English footballer
• 1979 – Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
• 1980 – Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
• 1980 – Melissa Peachey, English television host
• 1980 – Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
• 1981 – Nino, Greek singer-songwriter and musician
• 1981 – Joe Johnson, American basketball player
• 1981 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
• 1982 – Dusty Hughes, American baseball player
• 1982 – Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
• 1983 – Aundrea Fimbres, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Danity Kane)
• 1983 – Jeremy Powers, American cyclist
• 1984 – Christopher Egan, Australian actor
• 1984 – Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
• 1984 – Derek Lee Rock, American drummer (Mêlée and Suburban Legends)
• 1985 – Quintin Demps, American football player
• 1986 – José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1986 – Iya Villania, Australian-Filipino actress
• 1987 – Ana Free, Portuguese singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Luke McLean, Australian-Italian rugby player
• 1987 – Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor
• 1988 – Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
• 1988 – Elnur Mammadli, Azerbaijani judoka
• 1988 – Becky Taylor, English singer
• 1990 – Yann M'Vila, French footballer
• 1990 – Sayuri Sugawara, Japanese singer
• 1991 – Soren Fulton, American actor
• 1991 – Suk Hyun-Jun, South Korean footballer
• 1991 – Addison Timlin, American actress
• 1992 – Adam G. Sevani, American actor and dancer
• 1993 – Lorenzo Henrie, American actor
• 1993 – George Sampson, English actor and dancer
• 1994 – Shin Dongho, South Korean singer and actor (U-KISS)