September 29

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 aka Michael Servetus, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)
1518 – Tintoretto, Italian painter (d. 1594)
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 – Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)
1864 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)
1876 – Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1911 (d. 1964)
1881 – Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist (d. 1973)
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, Russian biologist (d. 1976)
1899 – László Bíró, Hungarian inventor of the modern ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
1901 – Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954)
1901 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
1902 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
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 – Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
1915 – Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)
1920 – Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
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 – Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director
1932 – Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
1934 – Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, psychology professor
1934 – Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
1934 – Skandor Akbar, American professional wrestler and manager (d. 2010)
1935 – Mylène Demongeot, French actress
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
1936 – Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
1938 – Wim Kok, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 until 2002
1939 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter
1939 – Molly Haskell, American film critic
1939 – Rhodri Morgan, 2nd First Minister of Wales
1939 – Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
1939 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
1940 – Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
1941 – Fred West, British serial killer (d. 1995)
1942 – Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)
1942 – Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
1942 – Ian McShane, British actor
1942 – Bill Nelson, American politician
1942 – Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist
1942 – Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996)
1943 – Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
1943 – Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
1943 – Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1944 – Mike Post, American composer
1945 – Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
1947 – Martin Ferrero, American actor
1948 – Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
1948 – Mark Farner, American guitarist (Grand Funk)
1948 – Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
1949 – George Dalaras, Greek singer
1950 – Ken Macha, American player and manager
1951 – Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
1951 – Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
1951 – Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
1951 – Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
1952 – Gabor Csupo, Hungarian-born animator
1952 – Max Sandlin, American politician
1952 – Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 59^th Yokozuna
1953 – Warren Cromartie, American baseball player
1953 – Drake Hogestyn, American actor
1953 – Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian film director (d. 1997)
1955 – Benoît Ferreux, French actor
1955 – Ken Weatherwax, American actor from The Addams Family (TV series)
1956 – Sebastian Coe, British athlete
1957 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
1957 – Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer
1957 – Chris Broad, English cricketer and match referee
1957 – Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sports presenter
1960 – Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
1960 – John Paxson, American basketball player
1960 – David Sammartino, American professional wrestler
1961 – Julia Gillard, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia
1961 – Stephanie Miller, American comedian and talk radio host
1962 – Roger Bart, American actor
1963 – Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)
1964 – Brad Lohaus, American basketball player
1966 – Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player
1966 – Jill Whelan, American actress
1967 – Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears)
1968 – Patrick Burns, American television presenter
1968 – Luke Goss, English actor
1968 – Samir Soni, Indian film actor
1968 – Alex Skolnick, American thrash metal and jazz guitarist
1969 – Erika Eleniak, American actress and model
1969 – Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
1969 – Angelo Barretto, Filipino race car driver
1970 – Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
1970 – Emily Lloyd, British actress
1970 – AMG (rapper), American Rap Musician
1970 – Nicolás Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player
1970 – Russell Peters, Canadian stand-up comedian
1971 – Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer
1971 – Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
1972 – Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
1972 – Togi Makabe, Japanese professional wrestler
1972 – Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer
1973 – Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
1973 – Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
1973 – Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter
1974 – Brian Ash, American filmmaker
1974 – Alexis Cruz, American actor
1975 – Albert Celades, Spanish footballer
1976 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
1976 – Darren Byfield, English footballer
1976 – Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
1977 – Eric Barton, American football player
1977 – Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
1977 – Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
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 – Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire, City and Colour)
1980 – Zachary Levi, American actor
1980 – Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
1981 – Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian/Spanish handball player
1982 – Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
1982 – Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union player
1984 – Per Mertesacker, German footballer
1986 – Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – David Del Rio, American actor
1988 – Kevin Durant, American basketball player
1988 – Justin Nozuka, American/Canadian singer-songwriter
1989 – Theo Adams, British performance artist
1990 – Doug Brochu, American actor
1990 – Lena Wermelt, German footballer
1999 – Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
2008 – Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family

[edit] Deaths

1364 – Charles, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)
1560 – King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
1637 – Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. 1600)
1642 – René Goupil, French Catholic missionary, one of Canadian Martyrs (b. 1608)
1703 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b. 1610)
1800 – Michael Denis, Austrian poet (b. 1729)
1804 – Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
1833 – King Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
1887 – Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810)
1889 – Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818)
1900 – Samuel Fenton Cary, congressman, prohibitionist (b. 1814)
1902 – William Topaz McGonagall, British poet (b. 1825)
1902 – Émile Zola, French writer (b. 1840)
1913 – Rudolph Diesel, Inventor of Diesel Engine (b. 1858)
1908 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (b. 1839)
1925 – Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1851)
1927 – Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel laureate (b. 1860)
1927 – Arthur Achleitner, German writer (b. 1858)
1930 – Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter (b. 1844)
1937 – Ray Ewry, American athlete (b. 1873)
1951 – Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (b. 1864)
1952 – John Cobb, British racing driver (b. 1899)
1967 – Carson McCullers, American author (b. 1917)
1970 – Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
1973 – W. H. Auden, English poet (b. 1907)
1975 – Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
1976 – Wadi Ayoub, Greco-Roman professional wrestler, (b. 1927)
1981 – Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (b. 1913)
1982 – Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)
1987 – Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917)
1988 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
1989 – Gussie Busch, American brewing magnate (b. 1899)
1989 – Georges Ulmer, French composer, lyricist and singer (b. 1919)
1992 – Jean Aurenche, French film screenwriter (b. 1903)
1994 – Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968)
1996 – Leslie Crowther, British comedian (b. 1933)
1997 – Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923)
1998 – Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
1999 – Jean-Louis Millette, Canadian actor and writer (b. 1935)
2001 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
2002 – Edmund Trebus, English compulsive hoarder (b. 1918)
2004 – Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider (b. 1970)
2005 – Austin Leslie, American chef, the "Godfather of Fried Chicken" (b. 1934)
2006 – Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (b. 1981)
2006 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
2006 – Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
2006 – Louis-Albert Vachon, French Canadian cardinal archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912)
2006 – Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
2007 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
2009 – Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)
2009 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930)

[edit] Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:
- Michaelmas, feast of the Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael.
- September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Inventor's Day (Argentina)
One of the four Quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland)

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