Historical Birthdays for Yesterday

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - Apr 29

1584 Melchior Teschner, composer

1636 Esaias Reusner, composer

1642 Christian Weise, German writer (Niederl„ndische Bauer)

1660 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer

1667 John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)

1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)

1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)

1771 Matthaus Stegmayer, composer

1780 Charles Nodier, French writer (La f‚e aux miettes)

1783 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)

1806 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher

1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer [or 1883]

1815 Abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890

1818 Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia (1855-81)

1830 Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels

1842 Karl Mill”cker, Austria conductor/composer (Beggar Student)

1854 Henri Poincar‚, France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher

1855 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]

1855 Edmund van der Straeten, composer

1857 Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)

1857 Frantisek Ondricek, composer

1860 Lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk)

1862 Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer

1863 William Randolph Hearst, publisher (SF Examiner, Seattle P-I)

1871 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children)

1872 Eyvind Alnaes, composer

1873 Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage)

1879 Thomas Beecham, England, composer (found London Philharmonic)

1882 Hendrik N Werkman, painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing)

1885 Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter)

1885 Wallingford Riegger, Albany Georgia, composer (Bacchangle)

1893 Elisaveta Bagrjana, [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet

1893 Harold C Urey, Ind, physicist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934)

1894 Paul H”rbiger, Budapest Hungary, actor (Liebelei)

1895 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Promenade Concerts)

1896 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer

1896 Walter Mehring, writer

1899 Duke Ellington, Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], bandleader (Take "A" Train)

1899 Karl Yngve Skold, composer

1899 Natalie Talmadge, actress (Our Hospitality)

1901 George Osborne Sayles, historian

1901 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-89)

1902 Theodore Chanler, composer

1903 Frank Parker, NYC, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party)

1904 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate

1904 Russ Morgan, Scranton Pa, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)

1907 Fred Zinneman, Austria, director (From Here to Eternity, Julia)

1907 Tino Rossi, Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene)

1908 Jack [Stewart] Williamson, US, sci-fi author (Cometeers)

1908 Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter

1909 Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader

1909 Tom Ewell, [S Yewell Tompkins], Ky, actor (Tom Ewell Show, 7 Yr Itch)

1910 John Beavan, newspaper editor

1912 Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor

1912 Richard Carlson, MN, actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi)

1912 Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic

1913 Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist

1913 Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster

1914 Ewan Roberts, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pvt Benjamin)

1915 Donald Mills, singer (Mills Brothers)

1918 Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia)

1919 Celeste Holm, NYC, actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve)

1920 Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster

1920 Harold Samuel Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera)

1921 Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (Sun)

1922 George Allen, football coach (LA Rams, Washington Redskins)

1922 Parren J Mitchell, (Rep-D-MD, 1971- )

1922 Tommy Noonan, WA, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises)

1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer

1923 Irvin Kershner, Phila, director (Never Say Never Again)

1923 Maxine Audley, London, actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards)

1924 Al Balding, Toronto Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Quebec Open-1952)

1924 Ren‚e Jeanmaire, Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)

1925 Ab Abspoel, Dutch actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator)

1925 Danny Davis, rocker (Nashville Brass

1926 Carie Meek, (Rep-D-Florida)

1927 Betsy Ancker-Johnson, physicist/auto company exec

1927 Dorothy Manley, England, 100m sprint (Olympic-silver-1948)

1928 Big Jay McNeely, rocker

1928 Carl Gardner, Tyler Tx, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)

1929 Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, composer

1929 Vaclav Kucera, composer

1929 W Kempowski, writer

1929 Walter Kempowski, German writer (Tadell”ser & Wolff)

1929 [John] Jeremy Thorpe, British MP (Liberal)

1930 Alf Valentine, cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner)

1930 Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player

1931 Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)

1931 Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan, Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist

1931 Lonnie Donegan, Glasgow Scotland, vocalist

1931 William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando)

1932 King Hu, film director

1932 Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin, Russian cosmonaut (Voshkod 2 backup)

1933 Darijan Bozic, composer

1933 Keith Baxter, South Wales, actor (Barretts at Wimpole Street)

1933 Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist

1933 Rod Marvin McKuen, Oakland Calif, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville)

1934 Pedro Pires, premier (Cape Verde, 1975-91)

1935 Len Weinrib, NYC, comedian (Spike Jones Show)

1935 Otto M Zykan, composer

1936 April Stevens, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)

1936 Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire

1936 Lane Smith, Memphis TN, actor (Perry White-Lois & Clark)

1936 Richard Lynch, actor (Xavier-Battlestar Galactica)

1936 Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)

1940 Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh)

1941 Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player (1966-73)

1942 Klaus Voorman, rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)

1943 Duane Allen, Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)

1944 Benedikte, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX

1944 Jim Hart, Evanston, Ill, NFL quarterback (St Louis Cardinals)

1945 Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine)

1945 Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If)

1945 [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer (Ain't No Mt High)

1946 Franc Roddam, director (K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia)

1947 Jim Ryun, US, 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympic-silver-1968)

1947 John Laurence Miller, SF CA, golfer (US Open 1973, British Open 1976)

1947 Tommy James, singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver)

1948 Reb Brown, Los Angeles CA, actor (Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break)

1949 Anita Dobson, England, actress (Annie Watts-EastEnders)

1949 Eddie Hart, US, 100m runner (Olympic-1972)

1949 Francis Rossi, England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down)

1952 Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Schnectady, actress (Too Close for Comfort)

1952 Nora Dunn, Chic Ill, comedienne (SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl)

1953 Dale Earnhardt, auto racer (6-time NASCAR national champion)

1953 Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, Kirya Russia, cosmonaut (STS 71, TM-27)

1954 Bill Paxon, (Rep-R-New York)

1954 Deborah Iyall, rocker (Romeo Void)

1955 Jerry Seinfeld, comedian/actor (Jerry-Seinfeld)

1955 Kate Mulgrew, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Capt Janeway-Star Trek Voyager)

1956 Ron Verlin, rocker (Shooting Star)

1957 Richie C Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles)

1958 Daniel Day-Lewis, England, actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot)

1958 Eve Plumb, Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka)

1958 Michelle Pfeiffer, Midway City Calif, actress (Married to the Mob)

1958 Simon Edwards, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)

1960 Gerard Joling, Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes)

1960 Joseph Guzaldo, Chicago Ill, actor (Stir Crazy)

1960 William Lee Glasson Jr, Fresno CA, PGA golfer (1985 Kemper Open)

1962 Bruce Driver, Toronto, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)

1962 Dieter Hegen, Kaufbeuren GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)

1962 Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor)

1965 Reggie Miller, NBA player (Indiana Pacers)

1966 John VanderWal, Grand Rapids MI, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)

1966 Phil Tufnell, cricketer (England slow lefty & slower fieldsman)

1967 Curtis Joseph, Keswick Ont, NHL goalie (Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers)

1967 Elizabeth "Betsy" McCagg, Kirkland Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)

1967 Mary McCagg, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)

1967 Rachel Williams, Greenwich Village NY, model (Absolut Vodka, Elle)

1968 Browning Nagle, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Atlanta Falcons)

1968 Carnie Wilson, LA Calif, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)

1969 Arthur Marshall, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)

1970 Andre Agassi, Las Vegas Nev, tennis star (Oly-gold-96, US Open 1994)

1970 Arnaud Briand, hockey forward (Team France 1998)

1970 Derrick Frazier, NFL cornerback (Phila Eagles)

1970 J R Phillips, West Covina CA, infielder (Phila Phillies)

1970 Leuea Tagoai, CFL defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)

1970 Mark McMillian, NFL cornerback (Phila Eagles, KC Chiefs)

1970 Uma Thurman, Boston Mass, actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction)

1970 William Martin III, Charleston SC, finn yachter (Olympics-23rd-1996)

1971 Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville NC, pitcher (NY Yanks, Sea Mariners)

1972 Gwendolyn Wentland, Flint Michigan, high jumper

1974 Alana Blahoski, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)

1975 John Macready, LA Calif, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)

1976 God Shammgod, NBA guard (Wash Wizards)

1976 Nayla Micherif, Miss Brazil Universe (1997)

1978 Mike Bryan, Oxnard Calif, tennis star (USTA National 18 doubles)

1993 Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer, daughter of Pieter & Mirtle

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