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In the year 1929
1,109 Notable birthdays
Luigi Pistilli
Italian actor (1929-1996).
Born July 19th, 1929 in Grosseto. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1996 at 66 years old in Milan (hanging). [ref]
Muhammad al-Badr
King and imam (1926/1929-1996).
Born February 25th, 1929 in Sanaa. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1996 at 67 years old in London.
Jacqueline Hill
English actress (1929–1993).
Born December 17th, 1929 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1993 at 63 years old in London (breast cancer). [ref]
Judith Jarvis Thomson
American philosopher (1929-2020).
Born October 4th, 1929 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 20th, 2020 at 91 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Mort Drucker
American caricaturist and comics artist (1929–2020).
Born March 22nd, 1929 in Brooklyn.
Died April 9th, 2020 at 91 years old in Orange County. [ref]
Jack Betts
American actor (1929–2025).
Born April 11th, 1929 in Jersey City.
Died June 19th, 2025 at 96 years old in Los Osos. [ref]
Girija Devi
Indian classical singer.
Born August 5th, 1929 in Varanasi. [ref]
Died October 24th, 2017 at 88 years old in Kolkata (myocardial infarction).
Clyde Lovellette
American basketball player (1929-2016).
Born September 7th, 1929 in Petersburg.
Died March 9th, 2016 at 86 years old in North Manchester (cancer). [ref]
T. P. McKenna
Irish actor.
Born September 7th, 1929 in Mullagh, County Cavan.
Died February 13th, 2011 at 81 years old in London. [ref]
Shadhli ibn Jadid
President of algeria from 1979 to 1992.
Born April 14th, 1929 in Bouteldja.
Died October 6th, 2012 at 83 years old in Algiers (cancer). [ref]
Michael Shaara
American writer.
Born June 23rd, 1929 in Jersey City.
Died May 5th, 1988 at 58 years old in Tallahassee (myocardial infarction).
Joanna Macy
American activist, author, and ecologist (1929–2025).
Born May 2nd, 1929 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died July 19th, 2025 at 96 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Mel Stewart
Actor, director, musician (1929-2002).
Born September 19th, 1929 in Cleveland.
Died February 24th, 2002 at 72 years old in Pacifica (Alzheimer's disease).
Dobrica Ćosić
Serbian politician and writer (1921-2014).
Born December 29th, 1929 in Velika Drenova.
Died May 18th, 2014 at 84 years old in Belgrade.
Helmut Rahn
German footballer (1929-2003).
Born August 16th, 1929 in Essen.
Died August 14th, 2003 at 73 years old in Essen.
Kicki Håkansson
Swedish beauty pageant contestant and first miss world winner (1929–2024).
Born July 23rd, 1929 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died November 4th, 2024 at 95 years old in California. [ref]
Thom Gunn
English poet (1929-2004).
Born August 29th, 1929 in Gravesend. [ref]
Died April 25th, 2004 at 74 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Amitai Etzioni
German-israeli immigrant to the united states, sociologist and political theorist of communitarianism.
Born January 4th, 1929 in Cologne.
Died May 31st, 2023 at 94 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Betta St. John
American actress (1929–2023).
Born November 26th, 1929 in Hawthorne.
Died June 23rd, 2023 at 93 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Patriarch Alexius II
15th patriarch of moscow and all the rus', the primate of the russian orthodox church (1929-2008).
Born February 23rd, 1929 in Tallinn.
Died December 5th, 2008 at 79 years old in Peredelkino (heart failure).
Bud Collins
Us sports journalist (1929-2016).
Died March 4th, 2016 at 86 years old in Brookline. [ref]
Lennart Johansson
Industrialist, swedish football administrator, president of uefa (1990 - 2007).
Born November 5th, 1929 in Bromma city district. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2019 at 89 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Abdi İpekçi
Turkish journalist.
Born August 9th, 1929 in Istanbul.
Died February 1st, 1979 at 49 years old in Istanbul.
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