Davide Bartesaghi

Italian footballer (born 2005).

Born December 29th, 2005 (age 20 years) in Erba.

Pierre Werner

Luxembourgish politician (1913-2002), prime minister of luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984).

Born December 29th, 1913 in Saint-André-lez-Lille.

Died June 24th, 2002 at 88 years old in Luxembourg.

Rebecca Pan

Chinese actress and singer.

Born December 29th, 1931 (age 94 years) in Shanghai.

Clifford Edmund Bosworth

British historian and orientalist (1928–2015).

Born December 29th, 1928 in Sheffield.

Died February 28th, 2015 at 86 years old in Yeovil.

Dieter Thomas Heck

German television presenter, singer and actor (1937–2018).

Born December 29th, 1937 in Flensburg.

Died August 23rd, 2018 at 80 years old in Berlin. ^[ref]

Ágnes Szávay

Hungarian tennis player.

Born December 29th, 1988 (age 37 years) in Kiskunhalas.

André Claveau

French recording artist; singer (1911–2003).

Born December 29th, 1911 in Paris.

Died July 4th, 2003 at 91 years old in Agen.

Shlomo Venezia

Greek-born italian jew, survivor of the auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp (1923-2012).

Born December 29th, 1923 in Thessaloniki.

Died October 1st, 2012 at 88 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

Béla Imrédy

Hungarian prime minister (1891-1946).

Born December 29th, 1891 in Budapest.

Died February 28th, 1946 at 54 years old in Budapest (gunshot wound).

Carl Ludwig

German physiologist (1816-1895).

Born December 29th, 1816 in Witzenhausen.

Died April 27th, 1895 at 78 years old in Leipzig.

Lionel Giles

British sinologist, writer and philosopher (1875–1958).

Born December 29th, 1875 in Sutton.

Died January 22nd, 1958 at 82 years old

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga

Papa francisco.

Born December 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Tegucigalpa.

Victor Agali

Nigerian footballer.

Born December 29th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Lagos.

Thomas Joannes Stieltjes

Mathematician (1856–1894).

Born December 29th, 1856 in Zwolle.

Died December 31st, 1894 at 38 years old in Toulouse (influenza).

Carlos Coronel

Brazilian-paraguayan footballer.

Born December 29th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Corumbá.

Teresa Perales

Spanish paralympian swimmer.

Born December 29th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Zaragoza.

Sibusiso Vilakazi

South african association football player.

Born December 29th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Soweto.

Carla Simón

Spanish film director, screenwriter (1986-).

Born December 29th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Barcelona. ^[ref]

Harri Säteri

Finnish ice hockey goaltender.

Born December 29th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Toijala. ^[ref]

Lionel Tertis

British musician (1876–1975).

Born December 29th, 1876 in West Hartlepool.

Died February 22nd, 1975 at 98 years old in London.

Wilhelm Sasnal

Polish painter, photographer, poster artist, illustrator and filmmaker (b. 1972).

Born December 29th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Tarnów.

Mado Robin

French coloratura soprano (1918–1960).

Born December 29th, 1918 in Yzeures-sur-Creuse.

Died December 10th, 1960 at 41 years old in Paris (leukemia, liver cancer).

Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess of schaumburg-lippe.

Born December 29th, 1837 in Dessau.

Died February 10th, 1902 at 64 years old in Náchod.

Eliot Vassamillet

Belgian singer.

Born December 29th, 2000 (age 25 years) in Mons.

Carl Honoré

Canadian journalist.

Born December 29th, 1967 (age 58 years) in Scotland.