Famous Births on 29 Mar

Famous Births on 29 Mar

1553 - Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)
1584 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648)
1602 - John Lightfoot, English churchman (d. 1675)
1668 - Thomas Coram, Founder of the Foundling Hospital (d. 1751)
1713 - John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
1746 - Carlo Buonaparte, father of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1785)
1769 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (d. 1851)
1790 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1799 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
1824 - Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (d. 1899)
1826 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
1867 - Cy Young, American baseball player (d. 1955)
1869 - Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist living in the United States (d. 1943)
1870 - Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (d. 1904)
1873 - Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician (d. 1941)
1874 - Lou Hoover, First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
1888 - Enea Bossi, Italian-American engineer and aviation pioneer (d. 1963)
1889 - Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
1891 - Yvan Goll, French-German writer (d. 1950)
1891 - Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1980)
1892 - József Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungarian Catholic cardinal (d. 1975)
1895 - Ernst Jünger, German author (d. 1998)
1899 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (d. 1953)
1900 - Bill Aston, British racing driver (d. 1974)
1900 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
1901 - Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (d. 1981)
1902 - Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967)
1902 - William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
1905 - Philip Ahn, American actor (d. 1978)
1906 - E. Power Biggs American concert organist (d. 1977)
1907 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
1908 - Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (d. 1968)
1908 - Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
1911 - Brigitte Horney, German actress (d. 1988)
1912 - Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (d. 1979)
1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
1913 - R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 2000)
1914 - Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
1916 - Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005)
1917 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947)
1918 - Sam Walton, American businessman (d. 1992)
1918 - Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (d. 1990)
1919 - Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001)
1920 - John Belk, American head of Belk, Inc. (d. 2007)
1927 - John McLaughlin, American political commentator
1927 - John Robert Vane, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1928 - Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (d. 2005)
1929 - Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993)
1929 - Richard Lewontin, American biologist
1929 - Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (d. 2006)
1931 - Aleksei Gubarev, Soviet cosmonaut
1931 - Norman Tebbit, British politician
1933 - Jacques Brault, French Canadian poet
1934 - Paul Crouch, American televangelist
1936 - Mogens Camre, Danish politician
1936 - Judith Guest, American author
1937 - Billy Carter, brother of Jimmy Carter (d. 1988)
1939 - Terence Hill, Italian actor
1939 - Roland Arnall, American businessman and diplomat (d. 2008).
1940 - Ray Davis, American musician (d. 2005)
1940 - Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer
1941 - Eden Kane, British singer
1941 - Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist, Nobel laureate
1943 - Eric Idle, English actor, writer, and composer
1943 - Sir John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1943 - Vangelis, Greek musician and composer
1944 - Terry Jacks, Canadian musician, songwriter, and activist
1944 - Denny McLain, American baseball player
1945 - Walt Frazier, American basketball player
1946 - Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (d. 2007)
1947 - Bobby Kimball, American singer
1948 - Bud Cort, American actor
1949 - Keith Simpson, British politician
1949 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2007)
1949 - John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (d. 1979)
1952 - Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer
1954 - Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985)
1954 - Dianne Kay, American actress
1955 - Earl Campbell, American football player
1955 - Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
1955 - Christopher Lawford, Irish actor
1955 - Marina Sirtis, English actress
1956 - Kurt Thomas, American gymnast
1956 - Stephen Cole, English journalist
1956 - Patty Donahue, American singer (d. 1996)
1957 - Christopher Lambert, French actor
1958 - Victor Salva, American film director
1959 - Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
1959 - Perry Farrell, American musician
1959 - Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Gary Brabham, Australian racing driver
1961 - Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
1961 - Mike Kingery, American baseball player
1964 - Michael A. Jackson, Maryland politician
1964 - Elle Macpherson, Australian model
1965 - William Oefelein, American Astronaut
1965 - Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
1965 - Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist (d. 2005)
1967 - John Popper, American musician
1967 - Brian Jordan, American baseball player
1968 - Sue Foley, Canadian singer and guitarist
1968 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
1971 - Lara Logan, South-African born journalist and reporter
1972 - Michel Ancel, French game designer
1972 - Rui Costa, Portugal footballer
1972 - Junichi Suwabe, Japanese voice actor
1973 - Sebastiano Siviglia Italian footballer
1973 - Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer
1974 - Kristoffer Cusick, American actor
1974 - Marc Gené, Spanish racing car driver
1976 - Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
1976 - Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
1978 - Michael Kaczurak, American singer and actor
1980 - Amy Mathews, Australian actress
1980 - Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein, of Jordan
1980 - Kim Tae Hee, South Korean actress
1981 - Megan Hilty, American actress
1981 - Jlloyd Samuel, WestIndian-born footballer
1982 - Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese artist
1983 - Luiza Sá, Brazilian musician
1985 - Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey forward
1985 - Mickey Pimentel, National Football League linebacker
1986 - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer