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In the year 1929
1,042 Notable birthdays
Sonny James
American country music singer and songwriter.
Born May 1st, 1929 in Hackleburg.
Died February 22nd, 2016 at 86 years old in Nashville.
Elizabeth Spriggs
British actress (1929–2008).
Born September 18th, 1929 in Buxton.
Died July 2nd, 2008 at 78 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Maggie McNamara
American actress (1928-1978).
Born June 18th, 1929 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1978 at 48 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Günter Schabowski
German politician (1929-2015).
Born January 4th, 1929 in Anklam.
Died November 1st, 2015 at 86 years old in Berlin (stroke). [ref]
Menahem Golan
Israeli film director and producer.
Born May 31st, 1929 in Tiberias. [ref]
Died August 8th, 2014 at 85 years old in Jaffa (disease). [ref]
Louise Slaughter
American politician and activist (1929–2018).
Born August 14th, 1929 in Lynch.
Died March 16th, 2018 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C. (fall).
George Steiner
American writer.
Born April 23rd, 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died February 3rd, 2020 at 90 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Pakistani judge and activist (1929–2022).
Born November 2nd, 1929 in Gujranwala.
Died March 7th, 2022 at 92 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Peter L. Berger
American sociologist.
Born March 17th, 1929 in Vienna.
Died June 27th, 2017 at 88 years old in Brookline (heart failure). [ref]
Somnath Chatterjee
Indian politician and former speaker of the lok sabha (1929-2018).
Born July 25th, 1929 in Tezpur.
Died August 13th, 2018 at 89 years old in Kolkata (myocardial infarction).
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