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In the year 1929
1,184 Notable birthdays
Shozo Sasahara
Japanese olympic wrestler (1929–2023).
Born July 28th, 1929 in Yamagata.
Died March 5th, 2023 at 93 years old [ref]
Christian Meier
German historian of ancient history and professor.
Born February 16th, 1929 (age 97 years) in Słupsk.
Mikko Niskanen
Finnish film director, actor, producer, screenwriter.
Born January 31st, 1929 in Äänekoski.
Died November 25th, 1990 at 61 years old in Helsinki (cancer).
Dilara Aliyeva
Azerbaijani philologist, translator and women's rights activist and member of supreme council of azerbaijan in 1990–1991.
Born December 14th, 1929 in Tbilisi.
Died April 19th, 1991 at 61 years old in Qakh (traffic collision).
Lotfi Mansouri
Opera director, manager (1929–2013).
Born June 15th, 1929 in Tehran. [ref]
Died August 30th, 2013 at 84 years old in San Francisco (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Don Sunderlage
American basketball player (1929-1961).
Born December 20th, 1929 in Roselle.
Died July 15th, 1961 at 31 years old in Lake Geneva (traffic collision).
Keijo Liinamaa
Finnish politician and lawyer (1929–1980).
Born April 6th, 1929 in Mänttä. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1980 at 51 years old in Helsinki.
József Tóth
Hungarian footballer (1929–2017).
Born May 16th, 1929 in Mersevát.
Died October 9th, 2017 at 88 years old in Budapest.
Karl Robatsch
Chess player (1929-2000).
Born October 14th, 1929 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2000 at 70 years old in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (esophageal cancer).
Ken Henry
Us speed skater (1929–2009).
Born January 7th, 1929 in Chicago. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2009 at 80 years old in Lake Bluff. [ref]
Fakir Baykurt
Turkish writer and teacher (1929–1999).
Born June 15th, 1929 in Burdur.
Died November 11th, 1999 at 70 years old in Essen.
Noor Alam
Field hockey player (1929–2003).
Born December 5th, 1929 in Talagang. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2003 at 73 years old
Harry Blanchard
Racecar driver.
Born June 13th, 1929 in Burlington.
Died January 31st, 1960 at 30 years old in Buenos Aires.
Vladimir Antoshin
Soviet chess grandmaster, a theoretician and a national champion of correspondence chess (1929-1994).
Born May 14th, 1929 in Moscow.
Died May 13th, 1994 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Philaret
The patriarch of kyiv and all rus’-ukraine, the head of the ukrainian orthodox church — kyiv patriarchate (1929-2026).
Born January 23rd, 1929 in Blahodatne.
Died March 20th, 2026 at 97 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Ana Hatherly
Portuguese writer, artist, filmmaker and philologist (1929-2015).
Born May 8th, 1929 in Porto. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2015 at 86 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
José Luis Borau
Film producer, film director, screenwriter (1929-2012).
Born August 8th, 1929 in Zaragoza.
Died November 23rd, 2012 at 83 years old in Madrid (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Ion Voinescu
Romanian footballer (1929-2018).
Born April 18th, 1929 in Valea Dragului.
Died March 9th, 2018 at 88 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Manuel María Fernández Teixeiro
Spanish poet (1930-2004).
Born October 6th, 1929 in Outeiro de Rei.
Died September 8th, 2004 at 74 years old in A Coruña.
Frances Dafoe
Canadian figure skater (1929–2016).
Born December 17th, 1929 in Toronto. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 2016 at 86 years old in Toronto. [ref]
John Barber
British racing driver.
Born July 22nd, 1929 in Little Marlow.
Died February 4th, 2015 at 85 years old in Palma.
Carlo Clerici
Swiss racing cyclist (1929–2007).
Born September 3rd, 1929 in Zurich.
Died January 28th, 2007 at 77 years old in Zurich (cancer). [ref]
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