Historical Figures Born in 1929 (Part 2)

Birthdays 201 - 291 of 291

Yasser Arafat (1929-2004)

Aug 24 Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004) and 1994 Nobel peace prize winner, born in Cairo, Egypt

Aug 27 Ira Levin, American author (Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day), born in NYC, New York (d. 2007)
Aug 29 Thom Gunn, British poet (The Wound), born in Kent, England (d. 2004)
Aug 31 Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Peruvian writer, born in Lima, Peru (d. 1994)

Whitey Bulger (1929-2018)

Sep 3 American organized crime boss, born in Boston, Massachusetts

Sep 4 Thomas Eagleton, American politician (38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2007)
Sep 5 (Ildefonso Paez) "IP" Santos, Filipino landscape architect (National Artist of the Philippines in Architecture, 2006), born in Malabon, Philippines (d. 2014)
Sep 5 Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9), born in Shorshely, Russia (d. 2004)
Sep 7 Gil Wolman, French artist, born in Paris (d. 1995)
Sep 9 Stan Parris, American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81-91), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 2010)
Sep 11 David S. Broder, American journalist (Pulitzer 1973), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois (d. 2011)

John Gutfreund (1929-2016)

Sep 14 American investment banker, CEO of Salomon Brothers (King of Wall Street), born in NYC, New York

Sep 14 Larry Collins, American writer, born in West Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2005)
Sep 14 Mel Hancock, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri), born in Cape Fair, Missouri (d. 2011)
Sep 15 Eva Burrows, Austrian Salvation Army officer, 13th General of The Salvation Army, born in Newcastle, Australia (d. 2015)
Sep 15 Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist who predicted quarks (1969 Nobel Prize for Physics for theory of elementary particles), born in Manhattan, NYC, New York (d. 2019)
Sep 16 Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2021)
Sep 17 David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, British marshal (RAF), born in Dublin, Ireland
Sep 17 John Stewart-Clark, British businessman and Member of the European Parliament (MEP), born in Dalmeny, Scotland
Sep 18 June Rosemary Thorndycraft, British teacher and trade unionist (d. 1995)
Sep 19 Marge Roukema, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2014)
Sep 19 Timothy Colman, English manufacturer and multi-millionaire (Reckitt & Colman), born in Norfolk, England
Sep 21 Bernard Williams, English moral philosopher, born in Westcliff, Essex, England (d. 2003)
Sep 22 William E. Dannemeyer, American politician who opposed LGBT rights (Rep-R-CA, 1979-93), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2019)
Sep 24 Edward M. Lawson, Canadian trade unionist and politician, born in Gerald, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2016)
Sep 24 George McNicol, Scottish Principal and vice-chancellor (Aberdeen University), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2014)
Sep 25 Kevin White, American politicians (Mayor of Boston, 1968-1984), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
Sep 28 Nigel Althaus, British government broker
Sep 28 Nikolay Ryzhkov, Premier of USSR (1985-1991)
Sep 30 Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino Senator, lawmaker and women's rights activist who led the drafting of the international women’s bill of rights, born in Lingayen, Philippine Islands (d. 2017)
Oct 2 John Zochonis, British industrialist (PZ Cussons) and philanthropist (d. 2013)
Oct 3 Bert Stern, American photographer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)
Oct 5 Autherine Lucy, 1st African-American to enroll in University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, born in Shiloh, Alabama
Oct 5 Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American naval officer and astronaut (Gemini 11; Apollo 12), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2017)
Oct 7 Harold Zirin, American astronomer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
Oct 7 Robert Westall, British author, born in North Shields, United Kingdom (d. 1993)
Oct 12 Robert Coles, American author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 16 Bill Green, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1978-93), born in New York City (d. 2002)
Oct 18 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, president of Nicaragua (1990- )
Oct 21 George Stinney, African-American wrongfully executed at 14 for murder, born in Pinewood, South Carolina (d. 1944)
Oct 21 Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi author (The Left Hand of Darkness, Tombs of Atuan), born in Berkeley, California (d. 2018)
Oct 24 Hubert Aquin, French Canadian novelist, political activist and editor, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1977)
Oct 24 Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer and playwright (The Tied Up Balloon), born in Kalimanitza, Montana region, Bulgaria (d. 2004)
Oct 25 Peter Rohmkorf, German writer, born in Dortmund, Germany (d. 2008)
Oct 25 Roger John Tayler, British astrophysicist (author of The Origin of the Chemical Elements), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1997)
Oct 26 Georgette Amowitz, French choreographer and educator, born in Paris, France (d. 2008)
Oct 27 Marino Iandiorio, Italian canned tomato pioneer, born in Naples (d. 1994)
Oct 28 Airline Falconer, 1st child born in aircraft, born in the skies above Miami, Florida
Oct 28 John Hollander, American poet and literary critic, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2013)
Nov 1 Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1979-93), born in Peabody, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
Nov 1 Rudy Kousbroek, Dutch writer and literary (Leopold the Buch), born in Pematang Siantar, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (d. 2010)
Nov 2 Amar Bose, American entrepreneur and academic (M.I.T., Bose Corporation), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)

Shakuntala Devi (1929-2013)

Nov 4 Indian writer and mental calculator known as the "Human Computer", born in Bangalore, Mysore, British India

Nov 8 António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher, born in Tábua, Portugal

Imre Kertész (1929-2016)

Nov 9 Hungarian writer (Nobel Laureate 2002) and concentration camp survivor, born in Budapest

Nov 10 Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress (Aventurera, Víctimas del Pecado), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2015)
Nov 10 W. E. B. Griffin [William Edmund Butterworth], American best-selling author (Clandestine Operations, The Lieutenants), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2019)
Nov 11 Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer, born in Kaufbeuren, Germany
Nov 11 Olle Nygren, Swedish speedway rider (World Team Cup 1960; World C'ship 1954 3rd; World Longtrack C'ship 1961 runner-up), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2021)
Nov 12 Michael Ende, German fantasy and children's writer (The Neverending Story), born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria (d. 1995)
Nov 13 Fred Phelps, American Baptist minister and civil rights attorney, born in Meridian, Mississippi (d. 2014)
Nov 14 Horst Janssen, German graphic artist and printmaker, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1995)
Nov 16 Renate Rubinstein, German-Dutch author and columnist (Tamar), born in Berlin (d. 1990)
Nov 17 Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba
Nov 18 William J. "Pete" Knight, American astronaut and test pilot (X-15), born in Noblesville, Indiana (d. 2004)
Nov 21 Marilyn French, American author (The Women's Room), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
Nov 22 Aleksandar Popović, Serbian dramatist (d. 1996)
Nov 23 Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian Zionist writer, born in Houston, Texas
Nov 25 Jack Hogan [Richard Roland Benson Jr], American actor (Combat", "Adam 12", "Sierra"), born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nov 26 Joyce McCartan, Irish peace campaigner, born in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland (d. 1995)
Nov 27 Billy Nair, South African union/SACP leader (20 yrs in Robbeneiland Prison)
Nov 29 Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and mother of Sylvester Stallone, born in Washington, D.C.
Dec 2 Jaap Boersma, Dutch politician (Minister for Social Affairs (ARP)), born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 2012)
Dec 6 Frank Springer, American comics artist (The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York (d. 2009)
Dec 8 Goffredo Parise, Italian writer (Il padrone), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1986)

Bob Hawke (1929-2019)

Dec 9 Australian politician and 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1983-91), born in Bordertown, South Australia

Dec 12 John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Look Back in Anger, Luther), born in London (d. 1994)
Dec 16 Ian Board, British barkeeper (the Colony Room), born in Devon (d. 1994)

William Safire (1929-2009)

Dec 17 American political columnist (NY Times) and speech writer (Nixon), born in NYC, New York

Dec 19 Herman T M Lauxtermann, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
Dec 20 Milan Panić, Serbian-American politician and humanitarian, born in Belgrade, Serbia
Dec 23 Charles R. Bentley, American pioneer of polar science, born in Rochester, New York (d. 2017)
Dec 23 Dick Weber, American ten-pin bowling pro (16, 300 games), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2005)
Dec 28 Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars)
Dec 28 Owen Bieber, United Auto Workers president
Dec 30 Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (d. 2004)
Dec 31 Sidney Greenbaum, British scholar, born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1996)

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