Famous Births on 29 Feb

Famous Births on 29 Feb

1468 - Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
1692 - John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
1724 - Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822)
1736 - Ann Lee, American founder of Shakers (d. 1784)
1792 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
1812 - Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880, also on 29 February)
1840 - John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (d. 1914)
1852 - Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian judge (d. 1936)
1860 - Herman Hollerith, American statistician (d. 1929)
1896 - William A. Wellman, American film director (d. 1975)
1896 - Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)
1904 - Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1957)
1904 - Pepper Martin, baseball player (d. 1965)
1904 - Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986)
1908 - Alf Gover, English cricketer (d. 2001)
1908 - Dee Brown, American writer (d. 2002)
1908 - Balthus, French-Polish painter (d. 2001)
1916 - Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994)
1920 - Ivan Petrov, Russian operatic bass (d. 2003)
1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)
1920 - Michèle Morgan, French actress
1920 - James Mitchell, American actor
1920 - Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006)
1924 - Al Rosen, American baseball player
1924 - David Beattie, New Zealand Governor-General (d. 2001)
1924 - Carlos Humberto Romero, President of El Salvador
1928 - Tempest Storm, American burlesque performer
1928 - Terry Lewis, Australian police commissioner
1928 - Joss Ackland, English actor
1932 - Reri Grist, African-American coloratura soprano
1932 - Masten Gregory, American F1 Driver (d. 1985)
1932 - Gene Golub, American mathematician (d. 2007)
1932 - Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist
1936 - Jack Lousma, American astronaut
1936 - Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 - Alex Rocco, American actor
1940 - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
1940 - William H. Turner, Jr. American horse trainer
1944 - Ene Ergma, Estonian politician
1944 - Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian illustrator
1944 - Dennis Farina, American actor
1944 - Phyllis Frelich, American actress
1948 - Jirō Akagawa, Japanese novelist
1952 - Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush, American television personality
1952 - Tim Powers, American writer
1952 - Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
1952 - Bart Stupak, American politician
1956 - J. Randy Taraborrelli, American celebrity journalist
1956 - Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)
1956 - Bob Speller, Canadian politician
1956 - Jonathan Coleman, Anglo-Australian entertainer
1960 - Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker
1960 - Richard Ramirez, American serial killer
1960 - Khaled, Algerian raï musician
1960 - Ian McKenzie Anderson, British musician
1964 - Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player and Boston radio personality
1964 - Jahred Shane, Afro-Brazilian rapper/singer of Hed PE
1968 - Wendi Peters, British actress
1968 - Bryce Paup, American football player
1968 - Gonzalo Lira, Chilean-American novelist
1968 - Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress
1968 - Pete Fenson, American curler
1968 - Chucky Brown, American basketball player
1968 - Suanne Braun, South African actress
1972 - Pedro Zamora, Cuban-born American Real World housemate and AIDS activist (d. 1994)
1972 - Saul Williams, American rapper, poet, and actor
1972 - Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (d. 2002)
1972 - Antonio Sabà to, Jr., Italian-born actor
1976 - Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
1976 - Emma Barton, English actress
1976 - Terrence Long, American baseball player
1980 - Ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist
1980 - Chris Conley, American musician
1980 - Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer
1980 - Taylor Twellman, American soccer player
1980 - Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Darren Ambrose, English footballer
1984 - Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player
1984 - Cullen Jones, American swimmer
1988 - Scott Golbourne, English footballer