On this day — October 29

Laura Guidiccioni, Italian noblewoman and poet (died 1597/9)

George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (died 1633)

Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian, explorer, and author (died 1761)

Martin Folkes, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1754)

John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1757)

Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and academic, first woman to have doctorate in science (died 1778)

James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (died 1795)

Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (died 1873)

Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (died 1907)

Dan Emmett, American composer (died 1904)

Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal (died 1902)

James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia (died 1916)

Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (died 1869)

Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter (died 1910)

Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (died 1939)

Paul-Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (died 1941)

Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (died 1904)

Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician (died 1899)

Carl Gustav Witt, German astronomer (died 1946)

Marie of Romania (died 1938)

Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (died 1966)

Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (died 1973)

Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician (died 1941)

Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1969)

Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (died 1960)

John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (died 1930)

Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (died 1944)

Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player (died 1966)

Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (died 1951)

Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (died 1945)

Billy Walker, English footballer (died 1964)

Alan Barker, English soldier (died 1984)

Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (died 1972)

Émilienne Morin, French activist (died 1991)

Henry Green, English author (died 1973)

Fredric Brown, American author (died 1972)

Edwige Feuillère, French actress (died 1998)

A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (died 1989)

Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (died 2014)

Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (died 2012)

William Berenberg, American physician and academic (died 2005)

Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (died 2007)

Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author (died 2020)

Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

Václav Neumann, Czech violinist and conductor (died 1995)

Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (died 2014)

Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (died 2013)

Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (died 2003)

Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (died 2008)

Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (died 2015)

Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (died 2015)

Bernard Middleton, British restoration bookbinder (died 2019)

Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (died 2009)

Robert Hardy, English actor (died 2017)

Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (died 2012)

Klaus Roth, British mathematician (died 2015)

Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (died 1985)

Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (died 2011)

Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (died 2015)

Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player

Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015)

Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (died 2006)

Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (died 2002)

Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer

Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (died 1992)

Dick Garmaker, American basketball player (died 2020)

Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician

William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (died 2013)

David Allen, English cricketer (died 2014)

Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (died 2004)

Michael Jayston, English actor (died 2024)

Isao Takahata, Japanese director (died 2018)

Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (died 2021)

Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate

Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter

Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician

Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright (died 2025)

Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited (died 2021)

George Davies, English fashion designer

Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English politician

Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter (died 2023)

Bob Ross, American painter and television host (died 1995)

Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1996)

Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman

Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic

Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician (died 2023)

Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter

Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter

Ron Maag, American businessman and politician

Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress

Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (died 2012)

Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications

Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist

Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic (died 2024)

Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer

Kieron Baker, English footballer

Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic

Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler (died 2021)

David Paton, Scottish guitarist

James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey

Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior (died 2026)

Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host

Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician

Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (died 2007)

Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican-American boxer

Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer

Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator

David Remnick, American journalist and author

Danny Vranes, American basketball player

Jesse Barfield, American baseball player and coach

Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Finola Hughes, English actress

John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania (died 2021)

Michael Carter, American football player and athlete

Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic

Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer

Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer

Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach

Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician

Damian Chapa, American actor

Gerald Morris, American author

Yasmin Le Bon, English model

Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host

Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress

Andrew Ettingshausen, Australian rugby league player and television host

Michael Passons, American singer-songwriter

Mary Bucholtz, American linguist and academic

Beth Chapman, American reality television star (died 2019)

Thorsten Fink, German footballer and manager

Joely Fisher, American actress and director

Rufus Sewell, English actor

Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater and physician

David Farr, English director and playwright

Chris Verene, American photographer

Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager

Dan Ratushny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach and lawyer

Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic

Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (died 2017)

Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster

Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic

Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer

Winona Ryder, American actress and producer

Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer

Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor

Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer

Vonetta Flowers, American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper

Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player

Robert Pires, French footballer

R. A. Dickey, American baseball player

Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster

Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician

Baba Ali, Iranian-American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor

Joy Osmanski, American actress

Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager

Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer

Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer

Mark Sheehan, Irish guitarist (died 2023)

Jon Abrahams, American actor

Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor

Travis Henry, American football player

Kelly Smith, English footballer

Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician

Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer

Ben Foster, American actor

Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

Amanda Beard, American swimmer

Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer

Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer

Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syrian revolutionary and military leader, President of Syria

Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor

Maurice Clarett, American football player

Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer

Jérémy Mathieu, French footballer

Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter

Chris Baio, American bass player

Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress

Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer

Ximena Sariñana, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress

Vijender Singh, Indian boxer

Italia Ricci, Canadian actress

Andy Dalton, American football player

Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater

Tove Lo, Swedish singer

Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress

Janoris Jenkins, American football player

Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile

Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist

Ender Inciarte, Venezuelan baseball player

Ben Proudfoot, Canadian filmmaker

Eric Saade, Swedish singer

Parris Goebel, New Zealand dancer and choreographer

Nikita Zaitsev, Russian ice hockey player

Evan Fournier, French basketball player

Colin Miller, Canadian ice hockey player

Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player

India Eisley, American actress

Danielle Hunter, American football player

Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey player

Mikko Rantanen, Finnish ice hockey player

Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter

Lance Stroll, Canadian racing driver