Historical Birthdays

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - July 29, 2026

1972 Wil Wheaton, CA, actor (Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me)

1935 Leonard Lee, rocker (Shirley & Lee)

1817 James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883

1871 [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk

1854 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educator (Theory of Education)

1930 Paul Taylor, dancer/choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company) [or 6/5]

1966 Martina McBride, country singer

1905 Dag Hammarskj”ld, Sweden, 2nd UN Sect-General (1953-61) (Nobel 1961)

1926 Russel Firestone, polo great (Circle F-1959 champs)

1966 Jeff Herrod, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)

1934 Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner (son of O C, Test 0-140)

1755 Franz Gotz, composer

1933 Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman (1960-62)

1887 Rudi Stephan, composer

1910 Henry Brian Boyne, journalist

1950 Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record)

1893 Arre Merikanto, Finnish composer (12-tones music)

1907 Melvin Mouron Belli, Sonora Calif, lawyer (SF's "King of Torts")

1914 Dovie Hudson, community activist in rural Mississippi

1956 Brenda Hocott, LPGA golfer

1943 Roz Kelly, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Owl & Pussycat, Happy Days)

1861 Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt

1950 Radu Voina, Romania, team handball (Oly-silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80)

1962 Corinne Dibnah, Brisbane Australia, LPGA golfer (1988 Brit Open)

1942 Sharon Gans, actress (Slaughterhouse 5)

1878 Don Marquis, Ill, journalist/poet (archy & mehitabel)

1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America)

1927 Harry K V Mulisch, writer (Message to King Rat)

1914 "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian (Car Wash)

1883 Manuel Infante, Spanish composer/conductor

1853 Henry Morton Dunham, composer

1646 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve)

1620 Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat

1892 Karel L Baars, Dutch actor (White Slaves Trade)

1969 Alison Dunlap, Denver Colo, cyclist (Olympics-96)

1971 Johnny Ruffin, Butler AL, pitcher (Cin Reds)

1968 Mike Williams, Radford VA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)

1911 Jan Cikker, composer

1970 Maria Checca, Bogota Colombia, playmate (Aug, 1994)

1888 Niles Welch, Hartford CT, actor (Cornered)

1973 Stephen Dorff, Atlanta, actor (I Know My Name is Steven)

1820 Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871

1861 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs (1910-16)

1963 Steve Frey, Meadowbrook PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)

1935 Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor (Dresden State Opera 1961)

1884 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright/journalist

1981 Jennie Thompson, Wichita Falls TX, gymnast (Jr Natl-champ-93, Oly-96)

1963 Michel Boerebach, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)

1758 Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment)

1921 Aled Eames, maritime historian

1867 Enrique Granados, Spain, composer

1933 Robert Fuller, Troy NY, actor (Laramie, Wagon Train)

1971 Jayne Fenner, Four Marks England, US sailing (Olympic-92)

1883 Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43)

1959 Brian James Claar, Santa Monica CA, PGA golfer (1991 AT&T-2nd)

1945 Michelle Angelo, Kingsville Tx, actress (Funny Girl)

1968 Kristen Babb-Sprague, Calif, US synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-92)

1962 Steve Pelluer, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)

1932 Nancy Landon Kassebaum, (Sen-R-Kansas, 1979- )

1946 Neal Doughty, Evantson Ill, rock keyboardist (Reo Speedwagon)

1970 Steve Wojciechowski, Blue Island IL, pitcher (Oakland A's)

1975 Seth Greisinger, Kansas City KS, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)

1959 Gary Springer, NYC, actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair)

1955 "Country" Jem Finer, English banjo player (Pogues-Straight to Hell)

1865 Nicola Spinelli, composer

1830 Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875

1972 Steven Branscombe, WLAF WR (Scotland Claymores)

1977 Greg Burgess, US, 200m individual medley (Olympics-silver-92, 96)

1963 Azeem Hafeez, cricketer (fingerless Pakistani lefty quick)

1605 Simon Dach, German poet

1971 Bryan Dattilo, Kankakee IL, actor (Calif Dreaming, Days of Our Lives)

1943 Ingrid Kramer, Dresden Germany, diver (Olympic-gold-1964)

1928 Bidzina Alexandrovich Kvernadze, composer

1924 Lloyd Bochner, Toronto, (Cecil-Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2«)

1953 Ken Burns, epic documentary maker (Civil War, Baseball)

1939 Annea Lockwood, composer

1963 Alexandra Paul, NYC, actress (Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet)

1951 Dean Pitchford, rocker

1874 August Stramm, writer

1943 Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter)

1921 Richard Egan, SF Calif, actor (Empire, Redigo, Pollyanna)

1936 Elizabeth Hanford Dole, US Secretary of Transportation (1983-87)

1965 Karen Doell, Winkler Manitoba, softball 2nd baseman (Olympics-96)

1590 Gilles Hayne, composer

1920 Rodolfo Acosta, Chihuahua Mexico, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw)

1849 Max Nordau, [SЃdfeld], German arts/writer/zionist leader

1924 Robert Horton, LA Calif, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena)

1887 Sigmund Romberg, Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Time)

1869 Booth Tarkington, US, novelist (17, Magnificent Ambersons)

1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid)

1953 Geddy Lee, Toronto Canada, lead vocalist/bassist (Rush-Tom Sawyer)

1926 Don Carter, bowler, 6-time Bowler of Year (1953-54, 57-58, 60-61)

1900 Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer [OS]

1956 Michael Biehn, Anniston AL, actor (Rampage, Hog Wild, Aliens, Abyss)

1938 Peter Jennings, Toronto Canada, news anchor (ABC Evening News)

1946 Bill Forsyth, director (Local Hero, Breaking In, Housekeeping)

1905 Thelma Todd, [Alison Loyd], Lawrence MA, actress (Dangerous Female)

1964 Lisa Peluso, Phila, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Ava-Loving)

1925 Mikis Michael George Theodorakis, Chios Greece, composer (Raven)

1970 John Rennie, cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler 1993)

1924 Arnold Weinstock, English industrial/multi-millionaire (GEC)

1951 Leslie Easterbrook, LA Calif, actress (Ryan's Hope, Police Acadamy 5)

1918 Vladimir Dudentzev, Russian writer

1853 Esther de Boer-van Rijk, Dutch actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing)

1959 John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder)

1975 Sheya Shipanga, Miss Namibia Universe (1997)

1941 David Warner, Manchester NH, actor (Star Trek VI, Time Bandits)

1892 Ernst van Raalte, lawyer (Seen, heard... wrote)

1739 Johannes Ritschel, composer

1947 Janet LePera, LPGA golfer

1959 Nelli Kim, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1976)

1723 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer

1914 Abram Games, graphic artist

1892 Charles L Bass, actor (Business in White Slavery)

1965 Henry James, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)

1828 Cuvier Grover, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1885

1974 Derek Wilkinson, Lasalle, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning)

1949 Marilyn Tucker Quayle, novelist/wife of vice president Dan (1989-93)

1965 Doug Burden, Rutland Vt, rower (Olympics-5th-88, 92, 96)

1900 Eyvind Johnson, Sweden, novelist (Return to Ithaca-Nobel 1974)

1963 Damon Allen, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)

1944 Terry Jarvis, NZ cricket opener (387 partnership w/Turner v WI 1972)

1889 Karl Otten, writer

1778 Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer

1913 Stephen McNally, NYC, actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo)

1963 Patty Dodd, Bogota Columbia, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-2nd-1988)

1954 Flo Hyman, Inglewood Calif, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)

1895 Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author

1970 Sean LaChapelle, NFL/WLAF receiver (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)

1900 Don Redman, Piedmont WV, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times)

1973 Wanya Morris, [Squirt], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)

1892 William Powell, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Thin Man, My Man Godfrey)

1909 Georgy Mushel, composer

1951 Deborah Pryor, Calif, actress (The Godson)/(Rep-R-Ohio)

1949 Stephen Burleigh, Wheeling WV, actor (Love & Betrayal, Afterburn)

1891 Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist

1876 Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge)

1956 Patti Scialfa, singer (As Long as I Can Be)/Mrs Bruce Springsteen

1966 Sally Gunnell, 400m hurdler, (Olympic-gold-92)

1965 Luis Alicea, Santurce Puerto Rico, infielder (St Louis Cardinals)

1898 Isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist (explored atom, Nobel 1944)

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