Historical Birthdays

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - January 29, 2026

1896 Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman)

1900 Marco Tajcevic, composer

1889 Rudolf Mauersberger, composer

1947 Israel Wetrin, managing director (Elonex)

1925 Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting)

1960 Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize)

1783 Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]

1889 Francisco Santiago, composer

1891 R N Williams II, tennis champ (US Open-1914)

1942 F R Hartley, Vice-Chancellor (Cranfield University)

1892 Clifford Gray, US, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1928)

1964 John Gallagher, rugby league player

1852 Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer

1932 Raman Subba Row, CEO (Test/County Cricket Board)

1763 J G Seume, writer

1931 Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off)

1964 Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray)

1803 James Outram, Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, general

1942 Robin Morgan, Lake Worth Fla, actress (Dagmar-Mama)

1909 Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia)

1962 Nicholas Turturro, Queens NY, actor (James Martinez-NYPD Blue)

1689 Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet

1967 Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)

1843 William McKinley, Niles Ohio, (R) 25th pres (1897-1901)

1971 Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)

1969 Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star (1995 Futures-Reims-FRA)

1928 Peter Byrne, actor (Postcards from America, Carry on Cabby)

1912 "Professor" Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)

1975 Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player (Vitesse, De Graafschap)

1968 Chris Pringle, (New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990)

1703 Carlmann Kolb, composer

1969 Robert Young, NFL player (St Louis Rams)

1874 Robert Lach, composer

1929 William McMillan, US, rapid pistol (Olympic-gold-1960) [or Jul 3]

1948 Felice Taylor, R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On)

1918 John Forsythe, NJ, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)

1954 Oprah Winfrey, Mississippi, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah)

1944 Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland)

1836 Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887

1906 Joe Primeau, NHL center

1945 Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)

1878 Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil

1836 James Meech Warner, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897

1898 Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre)

1947 David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep)

1924 Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot

1975 Sara Gilbert, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Melissa-Roseanne)

1974 Kris Burley, Truro Nova Scotia, gymnist (Olympics-96)

1974 Pat Walsh, WLAF Tackle (London Monarchs)

1923 Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital)

1784 Ferdinand Ries, composer

1971 Jamal Fountaine, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers, Atlanta Falcons)

1930 John Junkin, actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night)

1801 Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis)

1850 Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities

1964 John Habyan, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)

1906 Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)

1876 Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer

1912 Jacob "Jaap" Balk, journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon)

1798 Henry Neele, London, poet

1869 Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer

1960 Gregory Efthimos Louganis, San Diego Ca, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)

1810 Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician

1933 A C Alston, bibliographer

1782 Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski, composer

1950 Jody Schecter, South African auto maker (World Driver's 1979)

1967 Khalid Skah, Midelt Morocco, 5k/10k runner

1937 Bobby Scott, jazz singer

1866 Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)

1968 Aeneas Williams, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)

1958 Ole Mortensen, cricketer (pace bowler for Derbyshire & Denmark)

1910 Henri Queff‚lec, French writer (Au bout du monde)

1939 Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich)

1917 John Raitt, Santa Ana Calif, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game)

1711 Giuseppi Bonno, composer

1884 Juhan Aavic, composer

1968 John Hudson, NFL center/guard (NY Jets, Phila Eagles)

1975 Lorraine Magwenzi, Miss Zimbabwe Universe (1997)

1958 Judy Norton-Taylor, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons)

1954 Alejandro Casa¤as, Havana Cuba, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silv-1976, 80)

1970 Scott Davis, guard (Atlanta Falcons)

1908 Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)

1953 Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue)

1952 Tommy Ramone, [Erdelyi], Hungary, rock drummer/bassist [Ramones)

1911 George Burns, British major-general

1950 Ann Jillian, Cambridge Mass, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here)

1942 Katharine Ross, Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys)

1761 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14)

1963 Michelle Bell, Melrose MA, LPGA golfer (1981 Mass School Girls Champ)

1824 Karl von Perfall, composer

1903 Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist

1909 Tonypandy, Viscount

1926 Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist

1964 Andre Reed, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)

1584 Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange

1924 Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations)

1700 Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)

1901 Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube)

1960 Sean Kerly, hockey player

1948 Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen)

1925 Anthony George, Endicott NY, actor (Untouchables, Checkmate)

1980 Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor (Free Willy)

1970 Eric Gouka, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)

1967 David Pitcher, CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)

1957 Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)

1965 Peter Lundgren, Sweden, tennis star

1874 John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist

1821 Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891

1873 Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias)

1968 Harold Green, NFL running back (Cin Bengals, Atlanta Falcons)

1887 Albert Conti, Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion)

1911 Bernard Herrmann, NYC, composes film music

1880 W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick)

1893 Edric Cundell, composer

1898 Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha)

1960 Matthew Ashford, Davenport IA, actor (Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives)

1948 Marc Singer, Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas)

1943 Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside

1932 Clyde, Lord

1860 Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard)

1876 Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer

1782 Daniel-Fran‡ois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer (Fra Diavolo)

1928 Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician

1929 Elio Petri, Italy, director (Property is no theft)

1918 William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants)

1973 Darnell Stephens, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)

1973 Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)

1973 Scott Milanovich, quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

1905 Barnett Newmann, US painter (postpainterly abstraction)

1969 Aeneas Williams, cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)

1972 Hessley Hempstead, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)

1916 Barbara Skelton, writer

1938 Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)

1936 Malcolm Binns, concert pianist

1951 Andy Roberts, cricketer (brilliant WI quickie with 202 wickets 74-84)

1927 Edward Abbey, US author (Desert Solitaire)

1957 Jac Bico, Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine)

1852 Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa)

1947 Michael Mavor, Head Master (Rugby School)

1943 Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer

1919 Norman F Simpson, British playwright (One Way Pendulum)

1737 Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)

1944 Barbara Moore, Wardell Mo, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE)

1925 Lane of Horsell, Lord

1688 Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)

1972 Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater (Olympics-1994)

1926 Bob Berry, cricketer (England slow lefty 1950)

1867 Vicente Blasco Ib ¤ez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)

1960 Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)

1915 Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author

1961 Mike Aldrete, US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics, NY Yankees)

1974 David LaFleur, tight end (Dallas Cowboys)

1970 Heather Graham, Milwaukee WI, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown)

1942 Richard Needham, British MP

1900 Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea)

1968 Ed Burns, director/actor (Brothers McMullen)

1965 Tim Johnson, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)

1965 Dominik Hasek, Pardubice CZE, NHL goalie (Czech Oly-Gold-98, Buffalo)

1933 Margaret Laird, Commissioner (Third Church Estates)

1928 Bengt Hambraeus, composer

1715 Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist

1823 Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army)

1915 Victor Mature, Louisville KY, actor (1 Million BC, Samson & Delilah)

1854 Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian

1949 Tommy Ramone, [Thomas Erdelyi], Budapest, rock drummer (Ramones)

1890 Marguerite Canal, composer

1969 Karen Fonteyne, Calgary Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)

1920 Alec Coppen, psychiatrist

1954 Dick Manitoba, vocalist (Dictators)

1979 Andrew Keegan, actor (Step by Step, Party of Five)

1893 Martian Negrea, composer

1975 Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star

1850 Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)

1717 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal

1934 Paul Gutama Soegijo, composer

1951 Earl Howe

1945 Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)

1974 Jeff Mitchell, corner (Baltimore Ravens)

1871 Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer

1972 Simon Cook, cricketer (Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96)

1924 Gregson, Lord

1955 John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)

1942 Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer

1967 Stacey King, NBA forward/center (Miami Heat)

1756 Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, (Rep/Gov-Va)/general

1910 Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher

1968 Kevin Roberson, US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)

1975 Kelly Packard, Glendale CA, actress (Tiffani Smith-California Dreams)

1977 Martin Hohenberger, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)

1939 O P Kolomitsev, cosmonaut

1976 Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Miss Universe-Russia/best costume (1996)

1864 Adolf Philipp, composer

1959 Paul McGann, actor (Dr Who)

1862 Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)

1915 Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven)

1945 James Nicholson, British MEP

1960 Eddie Jackson, bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)

1942 Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez, Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38)

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