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July 29th

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480 Notable birthdays

Richard Steven Horvitz

American actor.

Born July 29th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Los Angeles.

Ginni Rometty

American business executive.

Born July 29th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Chicago.

Theda Bara

American actress (1885–1955).

Born July 29th, 1885 in Cincinnati.

Died April 7th, 1955 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (stomach cancer).

John Sykes

British guitarist (1959–2025).

Born July 29th, 1959 in Reading.

Died January 20th, 2025 at 65 years old [ref]

Kim Dong-wook

South korean actor.

Born July 29th, 1983 (age 42 years) in South Korea.

Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt

American socialite and the first wife of theodore roosevelt (1861–1884).

Born July 29th, 1861 in Chestnut Hill.

Died February 14th, 1884 at 22 years old in Manhattan (Bright's disease).

Rodney Jerkins

American record producer and rapper.

Born July 29th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Pleasantville.

Thelma Todd

American actress (1906-1935).

Born July 29th, 1906 in Lawrence.

Died December 16th, 1935 at 29 years old in Pacific Palisades (carbon monoxide poisoning).

Carl Cox

British house and techno dj producer.

Born July 29th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Oldham.

Diana Vreeland

American magazine editor (1903–1989).

Born July 29th, 1906 in Paris.

Died August 22nd, 1989 at 83 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).

Dileep Rao

American actor.

Born July 29th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Los Angeles.

Ivan Aivazovsky

Russian marine painter (1817–1900).

Born July 29th, 1817 in Feodosiia.

Died May 2nd, 1900 at 82 years old in Feodosiia.

Kimberly Brooks

American voice actress.

Born July 29th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Irvine.

Richard Egan

American actor (1921–1987).

Born July 29th, 1921 in San Francisco.

Died July 20th, 1987 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).

Daniele Rugani

Italian association football player.

Born July 29th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Lucca.

Rochus Misch

German ss non-commissioned officer (1917–2013).

Born July 29th, 1917 in Stare Siołkowice.

Died September 5th, 2013 at 96 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Mircea Lucescu

Romanian football player and manager (1945–2026).

Born July 29th, 1945 in Bucharest. [ref]

Died April 7th, 2026 at 80 years old in Bucharest (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Gavan O'Herlihy

Irish actor (1951–2021).

Born July 29th, 1951 in Dublin.

Died September 15th, 2021 at 70 years old in Bath. [ref]

Monica Calhoun

American actress.

Born July 29th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Philadelphia.

Djibril Sidibé

French association football player.

Born July 29th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Troyes.

Kevin Chapman

American actor (born 1962).

Born July 29th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Boston.

Erich Priebke

Hauptsturmführer (captain) in the waffen ss, convicted of war crimes in italy (1913-2013).

Born July 29th, 1913 in Hennigsdorf.

Died October 11th, 2013 at 100 years old in Rome. [ref]

Charles Hallahan

American actor (1943–1997).

Born July 29th, 1943 in Philadelphia.

Died November 25th, 1997 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Mikis Theodorakis

Greek composer (1925–2021).

Born July 29th, 1925 in Chios.

Died September 2nd, 2021 at 96 years old in Athens (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Melvin Mouron Belli

American lawyer (1907-1996).

Born July 29th, 1907 in Sonora.

Died July 9th, 1996 at 88 years old in San Francisco (pancreatic cancer).

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