Famous People Born in 1929

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Jan 10 Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone, born in London, United Kingdom (d. 2012)
Jan 11 Nicoletta Orsomando, Italian TV presenter, born in Casapulla
Jan 11 Wanda Wilkomirska, Polish violinist, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2018)
Jan 12 Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-born American philosopher, born in Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 13 Joe Pass [Passalaqua], American jazz guitarist ("The Trio" with Oscar Peterson; Ella Fitzgerald) and composer, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1994)
Jan 14 Aleksander Petrovic, French-born Serbian & Yugloslav film director, born in Paris, France (d. 1994)
Jan 14 Billy Walker, American country music singer and guitarist ("Charlie's Shoes"), born in Ralls, Texas (d. 2006)
Jan 15 "Queen" Ida [Lewis], Louisiana Creole accordionist, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Jan 15 Eva Badura-Skoda, German-Austrian composer, born in Munich, Germany

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Jan 15 American clergyman and leader of the Civil Rights Movement (Nobel 1964), born in Atlanta, Georgia

Jan 15 Teizo Matsumura, Japanese composer ("Chinmoku / Silence"; "Hymn to Aurora") and haiku poet, born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 2007)
Jan 16 Allard Lowenstein, radical (Students for Democratic Action)
Jan 16 Tage Nielsen, Danish composer, born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 2003)
Jan 17 Grady Martin, country music guitarist (The Nashville A-Team), born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee (d. 2001)

Jacques Plante (1929-1986)

Jan 17 Canadian NHL goaltender (#1) who was the first to wear a goaltender mask, born in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec

Jan 19 Israel "Ulu" Grosbard, Belgian-born American actor and director (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2012)
Jan 20 (Wilbur) Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis' First Great Sextet), born in Washington D.C. (d. 2020)
Jan 20 Arte Johnson, American comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2019)
Jan 20 Bob Denard, French soldier & mercenary, born in Grayan-et-l'Hôpital, France (d. 2007)
Jan 20 Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1962; NASCAR 33 wins), born in Tavares, Florida (d. 1964)
Jan 22 (Elijah) Doug Quattlebaum, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (Softee Man Blues), born in Florence, South Carolina (d. 1996)
Jan 22 Rita Gillespie, British pioneering TV director, born in London, England (d. 1994)
Jan 22 Ron Richards, British record producer (Gerry and The Pacemakers; The Hollies), born in London (d. 2009)
Jan 23 Ian Thomson, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 9 wickets; Sussex), born in Walsall, England (d. 2021)
Jan 23 John Polanyi, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986) who researched chemical kinetics, born in Berlin, Germany
Jan 23 Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate
Jan 25 Benny Golson, American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer ("I Remember Clifford"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 25 Robert Faurisson, British-born French academic, born in Shepperton, United Kingdom (d. 2018)
Jan 26 Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (d. 2000)
Jan 26 Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist (Passionella)/author (Little Murders), born in NYC, New York
Jan 27 Bill English, American computer engineer who helped develop the computer mouse and the revolutionary NLS computer system, born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 2020)
Jan 27 Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist (d. 1984)
Jan 27 Mohamed Al Fayed, Egyptian business magnate (Harrods), born in Alexandria, Egypt
Jan 27 Richard Du Cann, English lawyer and QC, born in London (d. 1993)
Jan 28 (Bernard) "Acker" Bilk, British clarinetist who was part of the traditional jazz revival of the 1950s and 1960s, born in Pensford, Somerset, England (d. 2014)
Jan 28 Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American pop artist (Clothespin; Alphabet; Good Humor), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2022) [1]
Jan 28 Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist
Jan 29 Elio Petri, Italian director (Property is no theft), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1982)
Jan 29 Puggy Pearson, American poker player (World Series of Poker Main Event 1973; 4 x World Series of Poker bracelets), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d. 2006)
Jan 29 William McMillan, American sports shooter (Olympic gold 25m rapid fire pistol 1960; World C'ship gold 1952), born in Frostburg, Maryland (d. 2000)
Jan 30 Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1994)
Jan 30 Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian surgeon & international aid worker, born in Montreal, Canada (d. 1996)
Jan 31 Jean Simmons, British actress (Thorn Birds, Guys & Dolls), born in London, England (d. 2010)
Jan 31 Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist, Nobel laureate
Feb 2 Ed Reed, American jazz vocalist, born in Cleveland, Ohio [1]
Feb 2 Reiner Bredemeyer, German composer, born in Vélez, Colombia (d. 1995)
Feb 2 Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2015)
Feb 3 Ken Shipp, American football coach
Feb 3 Pedro Nájera, Mexican soccer midfielder (FIFA World Cup 1954, 62; Club América), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2020)
Feb 3 Russell Arms, vocalist (Your Hit Parade), born in Berkeley, California
Feb 4 Jerry Adler, American actor, director and producer (The Sopranos, The Good Wife), born in Brooklyn, New York
Feb 4 Paul Burlison, American rockabilly musician (The Rock N Roll Trio), born in Brownsville, Tennessee (d. 2003)
Feb 5 Al Worthington, baseball player
Feb 5 Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician
Feb 5 Hal Blaine [Harold Belsky], American pop and rock session drummer (The Wrecking Crew), born in Holyoke, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
Feb 5 Mary Joan Nielubowicz, US Navy Rear Admiral and nurse (Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, 1983-87), born on Shenandoah, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
Feb 6 Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer, born in Boconó, Venezuela (d. 2011)
Feb 6 Pierre Brice [Pierre-Louis Le Bris], French actor (Winnetou), born in Brest, France (d. 2015)
Feb 6 Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier (Olympic gold 1956/60/64), born in Lima, Sweden (d. 2012)
Feb 8 Roger Byrne, English soccer fullback (33 caps; Manchester United 245 games; died Munich air disaster), born in Manchester, Lancashire (d. 1958)
Feb 9 Bill Barrett, American politician (Rep-R-Nebraska 1991-2001), born in Lexington, Nebraska (d. 2016)
Feb 9 Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (d. 2005)
Feb 9 James Mulcro Drew, American avant-garde composer, born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2010)
Feb 9 Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
Feb 9 Willem Kersters, Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1998)
Feb 10 Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian cross country skier (Olympic gold 1952, 56), born in Trysil, Norway (d. 2007)
Feb 10 Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands)
Feb 10 Jerry Goldsmith, American pianist, television and film composer ("The Twilight Zone"; "Planet Of The Apes"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
Feb 10 Jim Whittacker, mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest)
Feb 11 Leonard Kastle, opera composer, librettist, director (The Passion of Mother Ann), and film maker (The Honeymoon Killers), born New York City (d. 2011)
Feb 13 Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama
Feb 14 Matthew G. Martinez, American politician (Rep-D+R-CA, 1982-2001), born in Walsenburg, Colorado (d. 2011)
Feb 14 Vic Morrow [Morozoff], American film and television actor (Combat!; Cimmaron; Roots; Twilight Zone: The Movie), born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)
Feb 15 Fred Martinelli, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Ashland University 1959-93), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2021)
Feb 15 Gerald Harper, British broadcaster and actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day), born in London

Graham Hill (1929-1975)

Feb 15 British auto racer (Formula One World Champion, 1962 & 1968), born in Hampstead, London

Feb 15 James Schlesinger, US Secretary of Defense (1973-75)
Feb 16 Benny Barth, American session and touring jazz drummer, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2017)
Feb 16 Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
Feb 16 Peter Porter, Australian-British author and poet (Chair of Babel), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 2010)
Feb 17 Chaim Potok, American novelist (Promise), born in NYC, New York
Feb 17 Dame Patricia Routledge, British stage and screen actress and singer (Keeping Up Appearances; Talking Heads: A Lady of Letters), born in Tranmere, Birkenhead
Feb 17 Nicholas Ridley, Lord Ridley of Liddesdale, English politician, Minister of Finance, born in Northumberland (d. 1993)
Feb 18 Agustín González García, Spanish composer (Prince of Viana Prize), born in Alsasua, Navarra
Feb 18 André Mathieu, Canadian pianist & composer (Concerto de Québec), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1968)
Feb 18 Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author (Ipcress File, Fighter)
Feb 18 Lou Gorman, American baseball executive (general manager Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2011)
Feb 19 Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
Feb 19 Joe Crozier, Canadian ice hockey head coach (Buffalo Sabres 1971-74, Toronto Maple Leafs 1980-81), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2022)
Feb 20 Amanda Blake [Beverly Louise Neill], American actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1989)
Feb 20 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Japanese composer (Sphenogramme), born in Yokohama, Japan (d. 1997)
Feb 21 Henry Kloss, American audio engineer (acoustic loudspeaker), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
Feb 21 James Beck, British actor (Dad's Army), born in Islington, London (d. 1973)
Feb 22 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), born in Altadena, California (d. 2016)
Feb 22 James Hong, American-Chinese actor (The New Adventures of Charlie Chan), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 22 Rebecca Schull [Wattenberg], American actress (Wings, United 93), born in NYC, New York
Feb 22 Ryne Duren, American near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Cazenovia, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
Feb 23 Elston Howard, American baseball catcher (12 × MLB All-Star; 6 × World Series; AL MVP 1963; first African-American NY Yankee), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1980)
Feb 23 Richard Moryl, American composer, born in Newark, New Jersey
Feb 24 David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland
Feb 24 Richard B Shull, American character actor (Diana, Holmes & Yoyo), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 1999)
Feb 25 Peter Bingham Hinchcliff, British church historian (1 Sided Reciprocity)
Feb 25 Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader (Tonight Show), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2007)
Feb 27 Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer, (d. 2013)
Feb 27 Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2008)

Frank Gehry (94 years old)

Feb 28 Canadian born American architect (Bilbao Guggenheim Museum), born in Toronto, Canada

Feb 28 Hayden Fry, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (SMU 1962-72, North Texas State University 1973-78, University of Iowa 1979-98), born in Eastland, Texas (d. 2019)
Feb 28 John Montague, Irish poet and 1st occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry, born in Brooklyn, New York
Feb 28 Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer (Royal Opera), born in Matane, Quebec (d. 2019)
Mar 1 Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978)
Mar 2 Sir Donald Gosling, British former-Chairman of "National Car Parks" and multi-millionaire, born in England
Mar 3 Nikos Mamangakis, Greek classical and electronic music composer, born in Rethymno, Crete (d. 2013)
Mar 4 Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor (Concertgebouw, 1961-88; London Philharmonic, 1967-79; Royal Opera Covent Garden, 1987-2002), born in Amsterdam, Nethetlands (d. 2021) [1]
Mar 4 Josep Mestres-Quadreny, Spanish composer, born in Manresa, Spain (d. 2021)
Mar 5 Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
Mar 5 J. B. Lenoir, African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the 1950s, born in Monticello, Mississippi (d. 1967)
Mar 6 David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
Mar 6 Hal Miller, British MP
Mar 6 Ho Dam, North Korean secretary of State (1970-83)
Mar 6 Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D, 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2013)
Mar 7 Yvonne Chouteau, Native American dancer (one of the "five Moons" of Oklahoma), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2016)
Mar 9 Hugh Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese politician and President of Guyana (1985-92), born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 2002)
Mar 9 Marie Cardinal, French writer (La Clé Sur La Porte), born in French Algeria (d. 2001)
Mar 10 Pat Patrick, American auto racing team owner (Patrick Racing; Indianapolis 500, 1973, 1982, 1989; Emerson Fittipaldi IndyCar title, 1989), born in Kentucky (d. 2021)
Mar 11 Erskine Childers, Irish writer and United Nations civil servant official, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1996)
Mar 11 Jackie McGlew, South African cricket batsman (34 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 255no; Natal), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (d. 1998)
Mar 11 Józef Zapędzki, Polish sport shooter (Olympic gold 25m rapid fire pistol 1968, 72), born in Rokitno, Poland (d. 2022)
Mar 11 Timothy Carey, American actor (Paths of Glory, The Killing), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
Mar 12 Bernard Costello, American double sculls (Olympic silver 1956)
Mar 12 Francisco Pulgar Vidal, Peruvian musicologist and composer, born in Huánuco, Peru (d. 2012)
Mar 12 Lupe Anguiano, Mexican-American civil rights activist
Mar 12 U Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist
Mar 13 Bill Cunningham, American fashion photographer (New York Times), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
Mar 13 Jan Howard [Lula Grace Johnson], American country music singer and songwriter (For Loving You), born in West Plains, Missouri (d. 2020)
Mar 13 Jim Slater, British financier and writer, born in Heswall, Cheshire (d. 2015)
Mar 13 Peter Breck, American actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2012)
Mar 13 Will Eisma, Dutch composer and violinist, born in Sungailiat, Indonesia
Mar 14 Bob Goalby, American golfer (US Masters 1968), born in Belleville, Illinois (d. 2022)
Mar 16 Edwin London, American horn player, conductor (Cleveland Chamber Orchestra; Ineluctable Modality Choir), and composer (Dream Thing on Biblical Episodes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
Mar 16 Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (Ich suche Dich, Rosemary) and Miss Austria (1949), born in Vienna, Austria
Mar 18 Christa Wolf, German novelist (Divided Heaven)
Mar 18 Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer, born in Zábřeh, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
Mar 18 John Macurdy, American bass
Mar 19 Herman van San, Belgian classical and electro-acoustic composer, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1975)
Mar 19 Jim Phelan, American college basketball coach (Mount Saint Mary's University 1954–2003), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
Mar 19 Robert Muczynski, American classical pianist, composer (Time Pieces), and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois ( d. 2010)
Mar 20 Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican film, theater, television, and voice actor (El Vampiro), born in Gijón, Asturias, Spain (d. 2015)
Mar 21 Maurice Catarcio, wrestler
Mar 23 Albert H Crews, American chemical and aeronautical engineer and USAF astronaut (X-20 Dyna-Soar program), born in El Dorado, Arkansas
Mar 23 Gerrit den Braber, Dutch songwriter and lyricist (Ring-dinge-ding; I See a Star), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1997)
Mar 23 James Maxwell, American actor and director (The Portrait of a Lady, The Shadow of the Tower, The Evil of Frankenstein), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
Mar 23 Michael Manser, English architect, born in Bristol (d. 2016)
Mar 23 Rafael Chimishkyan, Georgian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR 60kg 1952; World C'ship gold 60kg 1954, 55), born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 2022)

Roger Bannister (1929-2018)

Mar 23 English athlete (first sub-4-minute mile, 3:59.4 at Iffley Road Track, Oxford 1954), born in Harrow, England

Mar 24 Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball)
Mar 25 Cecil Taylor, American pianist, poet, and one of the pioneers of free jazz, born in Corona, Queens, New York (d. 2018)
Mar 25 Harris W. Fawell, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1985-99), born in Chicago, Illinois
Mar 25 Kenneth Haigh, British actor (Look Back in Anger; Search for the Nile), born in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2018)
Mar 25 Tommy Hancock, American western swing fiddler and bandleader (Supernatural Family Band - "I Should Have Married Marie"; "Tacos for Two"), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2020)
Mar 26 Maurice Simon, American jazz saxophonist, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2019)
Mar 27 Anne Ramsey, American actress (Throw Mama from the Train), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1988)
Mar 28 Aubrey Joseph Watson Sr., bishop
Mar 29 Olga Tass, Hungarian gymnast (Olympic gold, team portable apparatus 1956), born in Pécs, Hungary (d. 2020)
Mar 29 Ronald Clive Williams, Welsh actor and comedian (Twin Town), born in Cefneithin, Carmarthenshire, Wales (d. 1997)
Mar 29 Sheila Kitzinger, British author, anthropologist & child birth educator, born in Taunton, Somerset (d. 2015)
Mar 29 Utpal Dutt, Indian actor and director (Manusher Adhikar), born in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, India (d. 1993)
Mar 29 Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist and writer, born in Matsumoto, Japan
Mar 30 Richard Dysart, American actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law, The Last Days of Patton), born near Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
Mar 30 Shirley Stoler, American actress (The Honeymoon Killers, Seven Beauties), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
Mar 31 Bertram Fields, American lawyer
Mar 31 Lee Patterson, Canadian actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2007)

Liz Claiborne (1929-2007)

Mar 31 American fashion designer, entrepreneur and founder of Liz Claiborne Inc, born in Brussels, Belgium

Apr 1 Bo Schembechler Jr., American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Miami U), coach (Miami U 1963-68, University of Michigan 1969-89; career record 234–65–8), and administrator (Michigan), born in Barberton, Ohio (d. 2006)
Apr 1 Jane Powell [Suzanne Burce], American singer and actress (Royal Wedding; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2021)
Apr 1 Milan Kundera, Czech-French poet and novelist (The Joke: The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Immortality), born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
Apr 1 Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator {The Adventure of Sudsakorn), born in Klong Warl, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand (d. 2010)
Apr 2 Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife), born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland (d. 2009)
Apr 2 Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (KVP/CDA; European Commissioner, 1981-93), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2019)
Apr 3 Dennis Farr, Museum director (Courtauld Institute Galleries) and art historian, born in Luton, Bedfordshire (d. 2006)
Apr 3 Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect (Sears Tower, Chicago; John Hancock Center, Chicago; Metrodome, Minneapolis), born in Dhaka, British India (now Bangladesh) (d. 1982)
Apr 3 Lee Leonard, American television personality (ESPN, CNN), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018)
Apr 4 Patricia McBride Lousada, American ballerina (Ballet Society/ New York City Ballet, 1946-51), and cookbook author (Pasta Italian Style), born in Manhattan, New York City (d. 2019)
Apr 4 William F. Clinger Jr., American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, born in Warren, Pennsylvania
Apr 5 Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (Cool Lover, Sugar), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 2008)

About 1929

How Old? 93 or 94 years old
Generation: Silent Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Dragon (Jan 23, 1928 - Feb 9, 1929),
Snake (Feb 10, 1929 - Jan 29, 1930)

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