Famous Births on 29 Sep

Famous Births on 29 Sep

106 BC - Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (d. 48 BC)
1240 - Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)
1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)
1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
1511 - Miguel Servet, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)
1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)
1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)
1571 - Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
1725 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)
1758 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)
1766 - Charlotte, Princess Royal, German queen (d. 1828)
1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
1803 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850)
1803 - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)
1808 - Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868)
1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)
1842 - Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
1853 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)
1863 - Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (d. 1919)
1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)
1864 - Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)
1881 - Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist
1895 - J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980)
1895 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)
1897 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (d. 1976)
1900 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954)
1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)
1907 - Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman (d. 1998)
1907 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (d. 1996)
1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)
1910 - Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)
1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (d. 2007)
1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
1913 - Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001)
1915 - Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)
1915 - Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel laureate
1922 - Lizabeth Scott, American actress
1923 - Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)
1924 - Steve Forrest, American actor
1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels
1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate
1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
1932 - Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director
1934 - Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricketer,
1934 - Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Psychology professor
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy
1938 - Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1939 - Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic
1939 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter
1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
1941 - Fred West, British serial killer (d. 1995)
1942 - Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996)
1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist
1942 - Bill Nelson, American politician
1942 - Ian McShane, British actor
1942 - Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
1942 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)
1943 - Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
1943 - Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
1944 - Mike Post, American composer
1945 - Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor
1948 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
1948 - Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk
1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
1949 - George Dalaras, Greek singer
1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
1952 - Gabor Csupo, Hungarian-born animator
1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician
1953 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian film director (d. 1997)
1953 - Drake Hogestyn, American actor
1953 - Warren Cromartie, American baseball player
1955 - Benoît Ferreux, French actor
1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete
1957 - Chris Broad, former English cricketer and current match referee
1957 - Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer
1957 - Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
1960 - Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
1961 - Julia Gillard, Australian politician
1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian and talk radio host
1962 - Roger Bart, American actor
1962 - Al Pitrelli, American musician, guitarist
1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)
1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress
1967 - Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears)
1968 - Patrick Burns, American television presenter
1968 - Samir Soni, Indian film actor
1969 - Erika Eleniak, American actress and Playboy Playmate
1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
1969 - Angelo Barretto, Filipino racecar driver
1970 - Nicolás Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player
1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress
1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer
1971 - Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer
1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
1973 - Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter
1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
1973 - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
1974 - Brian Ash, American film producer
1974 - Alexis Cruz, American actor
1975 - Albert Celades, Spanish football player
1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player
1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
1977 - Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
1977 - Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Won Bin, South Korean actor
1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
1979 - Shelley Duncan, American Baseball Player
1979 - Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist
1980 - Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
1980 - Zachary Levi, American actor
1980 - Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire,City and Colour)
1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player
1982 - Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
1982 - Rob Smith, Irish musician and songwriter
1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player
1986 - Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 - Kevin Durant, American basketball player
1988 - Justin Nozuka, singer/songwriter
1999 - Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal