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History Births on December 29

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History Births on December 29

Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Toad the Wet Sprocket)

#Glen_Phillips_(singer)

In 1970

Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1999)

#Rick_Danko

In 1943

Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter

#Alexa_Ray_Joel

In 1985

Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (d. 1843)

#Charles_Macintosh

In 1766

Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver

#Norbert_Siedler

In 1982

Christen Press, American footballer

#Christen_Press

In 1988

Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1860)

#Charles_Goodyear

In 1800

Michael Cudlitz, American actor

#Michael_Cudlitz

In 1964

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist

#Yvonne_Choquet-Bruhat

In 1923

August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)

#August_Kitzberg

In 1855

Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician

#Jake_Berry

In 1978

Jessica Andrews, American singer-songwriter

#Jessica_Andrews

In 1983

Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)

#Stanley_Williams

In 1953

Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (d. 1921)

#Roman_von_Ungern-Sternberg

In 1885

Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)

#Thomas_Joannes_Stieltjes

In 1856

Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer

#Ryan_Shore

In 1974

Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)

#Brad_Grey

In 1957

Alison Brie, American actress and singer

#Alison_Brie

In 1982

Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (d. 2001)

#Birendra_of_Nepal

In 1945

Ali al-Ridha, Arab scholar and imam (d. 818)

#Ali_al-Ridha

In 765

Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist

#Allan_McNish

In 1969

Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)

#Jo_Van_Fleet

In 1915

Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter

#Danny_McBride

In 1976

Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor

#Rajesh_Khanna

In 1942

Mekhi Phifer, American actor and producer

#Mekhi_Phifer

In 1974

Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

#Eliot_Vassamillet

In 2000

Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player

#Kei_Nishikori

In 1989

Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author

#Paula_Poundstone

In 1959

Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach

#Richie_Sexson

In 1974

Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)

#Helmut_Gollwitzer

In 1908

Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress

#Marianne_Faithfull

In 1946

Ted Danson, American actor and producer

#Ted_Danson

In 1947

Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach

#Stefano_Eranio

In 1966

Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee

#Thomas_Bach

In 1953

Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player

#Brenton_Lawrence

In 1984

Sean Payton, American football player and coach

#Sean_Payton

In 1963

Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer

#Oliver_Hirschbiegel

In 1957

Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013)

#Roman_Vlad

In 1919

Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host

#Aled_Jones

In 1970

Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)

#Andrew_Johnson

In 1808

Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer

#Twinkle_Khanna

In 1974

Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and former president

#Carles_Puigdemont

In 1962

Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter

#Ed_Bruce

In 1939

François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (d. 1949)

#François_Brandt

In 1874

Juliana Huxtable, American artist

#Juliana_Huxtable

In 1987

Dexter Holland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dexter_Holland

In 1965

William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)

#William_Ewart_Gladstone

In 1809

Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (d. 1995)

#Viveca_Lindfors

In 1920

David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)

#David_Alfaro_Siqueiros

In 1896

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer

#Vjatšeslav_Zahovaiko

In 1981

Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)

#Ray_Nitschke

In 1936

Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (d. 1999)

#Albert_Tucker_(artist)

In 1914

Jude Law, English actor

#Jude_Law

In 1972

Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)

#Jess_Willard

In 1881

Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)

#Johann_Christian_Poggendorff

In 1796

Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992)

#Magnus_Pyke

In 1908

Dobrica ?osi?, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)

#Dobrica_?osi?

In 1921

Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (d. 1992)

#Nie_Rongzhen

In 1899

Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)

#Nels_Stewart

In 1902

Jaret Wright, American baseball player

#Jaret_Wright

In 1975

Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player

#Devon_White_(baseball)

In 1962

Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet

#Leonhard_Lapin

In 1947

Inga Swenson, American actress and singer

#Inga_Swenson

In 1932

George Parros, American ice hockey player

#George_Parros

In 1979

Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist

#Danny_Higginbotham

In 1978

Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor

#Iain_De_Caestecker

In 1987

Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player

#Ágnes_Szávay

In 1988

Richard Horton, English physician and journalist

#Richard_Horton_(editor)

In 1961

Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (d. 2012)

#Shlomo_Venezia

In 1923

Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist

#Dave_McKean

In 1963

Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)

#Ramanand_Sagar

In 1917

Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player

#Besnik_Hasi

In 1971

Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (d. 2018)

#Wayne_Huizenga

In 1937

Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer

#Danilo_Pérez

In 1965

Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (d. 1895)

#Carl_Ludwig

In 1816

Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist

#Ashleigh_Banfield

In 1967

Dale Morris, Australian footballer

#Dale_Morris

In 1982

Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer

#Diego_Luna

In 1979

Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)

#Tom_Bradley_(American_politician)

In 1917

Jon Voight, American actor and producer

#Jon_Voight

In 1938

Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

#Ronald_Coase

In 1910

Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (d. 1968)

#Norman_Hallows

In 1886

Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986)

#Cheikh_Anta_Diop

In 1923

Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (d. 2010)

#Bill_Aucoin

In 1943

Patricia Clarkson, American actress

#Patricia_Clarkson

In 1959

Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster

#Martin_Offiah

In 1966

Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Yvonne_Elliman

In 1951

Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976)

#Zainul_Abedin

In 1914

Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)

#Alfred_de_Grazia

In 1919

Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)

#Pablo_Casals

In 1876

Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach

#Kate_Schmidt

In 1953

Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster

#Harvey_Smith_(equestrian)

In 1938

Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster

#Shizuka_Arakawa

In 1981

Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (d. 1996)

#Bill_Osmanski

In 1915

Jeff Luhnow, American businessman

#Jeff_Luhnow

In 1966

Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (d. 2018)

#Ray_Thomas

In 1941

Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (d. 1962)

#Candido_Portinari

In 1903

Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer

#Wynton_Rufer

In 1962

Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jim_Reid

In 1961

Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017)

#Dina_Merrill

In 1923

David Boon, Australian cricketer

#David_Boon

In 1960

Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player

#Filip_Kuba

In 1976

Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach

#Kieron_Dyer

In 1978

Ross Lynch, American singer and actor

#Ross_Lynch

In 1995

Eric Berry, American football player

#Eric_Berry

In 1988

James Kelly, Australian footballer

#James_Kelly_(Australian_footballer)

In 1983

Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (d. 1762)

#Elizabeth_of_Russia

In 1709

Alan Rusbridger, Zambia-born English journalist and academic

#Alan_Rusbridger

In 1953

Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and popular science writer

#Donald_D._Hoffman

In 1955

Shawn Hatosy, American actor

#Shawn_Hatosy

In 1975

Theo Epstein, American businessman

#Theo_Epstein

In 1973

Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist

#Mitsuhiro_Ishida

In 1979

Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (d. 1692)

#Johannes_Zollikofer

In 1633

William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)

#William_Gaddis

In 1922

Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (d. 2017)

#Mary_Tyler_Moore

In 1936

Jennifer Ehle, American actress

#Jennifer_Ehle

In 1969

Shaun Suisham, American football player

#Shaun_Suisham

In 1981

Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (d. 1936)

#Billy_Mitchell

In 1879

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. (d. 1906)

#Womesh_Chunder_Bonnerjee

In 1844

Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland

#Peter_Robinson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)

In 1948

Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)

#Klaus_Fuchs

In 1911

Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)

#Kuvempu

In 1904

Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920)

#Venustiano_Carranza

In 1859

Evan Seinfeld, American bass player, actor, and director

#Evan_Seinfeld

In 1967

David Gilbert, Australian cricketer

#Dave_Gilbert_(cricketer)

In 1960

Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer (Twice)

In 1996

Travis Head, Australian cricketer

In 1993

Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver

In 1987

Joe Anyon, English footballer

In 1986

Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player

In 1984

Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer

In 1982

Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress

In 1979

Steve Kemp, English drummer

In 1978

Matthew Carr, Australian footballer

In 1978

Jimmy Journell, American baseball player

In 1977

Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager

In 1970

Ri Pun-hui, North Korean table tennis player

In 1968

Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer

In 1967

Laurent Boudouani, French boxer

In 1965

Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier

In 1963

Des Foy, English rugby player

In 1963

Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (d. 2007)

In 1961

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots

In 1960

Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach

In 1959

Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer

In 1959

Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player

In 1959

Nancy J. Currie, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

In 1958

Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter

In 1957

Iain Paxton, Scottish rugby player and coach

In 1957

Katy Munger, American writer

In 1956

Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)

In 1954

Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author

In 1954

Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright

In 1953

Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer

In 1952

David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)

In 1949

Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)

In 1947

David Tanner, English rower and coach

In 1947

Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1998)

In 1947

Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)

In 1947

Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey

In 1946

Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer

In 1944

Molly Bang, American author and illustrator

In 1943

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal

In 1942

Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)

In 1934

Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author

In 1933

Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)

In 1931

Matt Murphy, American guitarist (d. 2018)

In 1929

Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (d. 1985)

In 1927

Pete Dye, American golfer and architect

In 1925

Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (d.2014)

In 1924

Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)

In 1924

Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (d. 2017)

In 1923

Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

In 1922

Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)

In 1915

Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)

In 1914

Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (d. 1939)

In 1895

Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (d. 1805)

In 1746

García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (d. 1624)

In 1550

Henry VI, German nobleman (d. 1572)

In 1536

Munjong, Korean ruler (d. 1083)

In 1019

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