Accadde oggi — 29 settembre

John Lesley, Scottish bishop (died 1596)

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1616)

William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626)

Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (died 1615)

Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician (died 1624)

Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (died 1668)

Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (died 1715)

William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician (died 1683)

Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator (died 1720)

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (died 1763)

Richard Challoner, English bishop (died 1781)

François Boucher, French painter and set designer (died 1770)

Robert Clive, English general and politician, first Governor General of the Bengal Presidency (died 1774)

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (died 1805)

Charlotte, Princess Royal of England (died 1828)

Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician (died 1843)

Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (died 1850)

Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (died 1868)

Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (died 1865)

Adolph Göpel, German mathematician (died 1847)

Joachim Oppenheim, Czech rabbi and author (died 1891)

Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico (died 1867)

Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (died 1882)

Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (died 1909)

Edward Pulsford, English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (died 1919)

Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (died 1917)

Ludwig Holborn, German physicist (died 1926)

Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1919)

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author (died 1936)

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (died 1934)

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1973)

Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (died 1937)

Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter (died 1974)

Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (died 1967)

Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (died 1980)

Roscoe Turner, American pilot (died 1970)

Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (died 1980)

Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (died 1976)

László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (died 1985)

Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (died 1980)

Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (died 1981)

Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)

Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (died 1983)

Diana Vreeland, American journalist (died 1989)

Greer Garson, English-American actress (died 1996)

Michał Waszyński, Polish film director and producer (died 1965)

Fidel LaBarba, American boxer and sportswriter (died 1981)

Henry Nash Smith, American academic (died 1986)

Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and businessman (died 1998)

George W. Jenkins, American businessman, founded Publix (died 1996)

Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (died 1967)

Virginia Bruce, American actress (died 1982)

Bill Boyd, American singer and guitarist (died 1977)

Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine politician, 9th President of the Philippines (died 1997)

Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (died 2007)

Reginald Victor Jones, British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert (died 1997)

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007)

Trevor Howard, English actor (died 1988)

Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (died 2001)

Rutherford Ness Robertson, Australian botanist and biologist (died 2001)

Olive Dehn, English author and poet (died 2007)

Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (died 2007)

Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic (died 2011)

Brenda Marshall, American actress (died 1992)

Carl Giles, English cartoonist (died 1995)

Josef Traxel, German operatic tenor (died 1975)

Billy Bevis, English footballer (died 1994)

Bill Proud, English cricketer (died 1961)

Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)

James Cross, Irish-British diplomat (died 2021)

John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (died 2014)

Reed Irvine, American economist and activist (died 2004)

Lizabeth Scott, American actress (died 2015)

Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (died 2005)

Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (died 2013)

Steve Forrest, American actor (died 2013)

Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (died 2007)

Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (died 1984)

Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (died 2013)

Pete McCloskey, American politician (died 2024)

Barbara Mertz, American historian and author (died 2013)

Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor (died 2024)

Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (died 2016)

Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (died 2012)

Jeffrey O'Connell, American legal expert, professor, and attorney (died 2013)

Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor

Colin Dexter, English author and educator (died 2017)

James Cronin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)

Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (died 2015)

Joseph M. McDade, American politician (died 2017)

Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)

Mehmood, Indian actor, singer, director and producer (died 2004)

Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (died 1986)

Mars Rafikov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (died 2000)

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021)

Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and screenwriter (died 2009)

Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)

Carmen Delgado Votaw, Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer (died 2017)

Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (died 2023)

James Fogle, American author (died 2012)

Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (died 2012)

Kōichirō Matsuura, Japanese diplomat

Tom McKeown, American poet and educator

Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)

Michael Stürmer, German historian

Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (died 2001)

Larry Linville, American actor (died 2000)

Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales (died 2017)

Billy Cobb, English footballer (died 2021)

Oscar H. Ibarra, Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist

Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (died 1983)

Robert Lieber, American writer and academic

Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist (died 2019)

Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (died 1999)

Ian McShane, English actor

Bill Nelson, American politician

Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer

Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (died 2013)

Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (died 1996)

Juan Flores, American academic and professor (died 2014)

Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate

Isla Blair, British actress and singer

Mike Post, American composer and producer

Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet

Lella Cuberli, American soprano

Patricia Hodge, English actress

Arturo Lindsay, Panamanian-American artist

Richard J. Evans, British historian

Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 2015)

S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (died 2016)

Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster

Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer (died 2025)

John M. McHugh, American politician

George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

Douglas Frantz, American investigative journalist and author

Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and short story writer

Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician, President of Chile

Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna

Roslyn Schwartz, Canadian author

Mike Enriquez, Filipino television and radio newscaster (died 2023)

Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (died 2014)

Pete Hautman, American author

Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician

Mona Baker, Egyptian-British professor

Drake Hogestyn, American actor (died 2024)

Janis F. Kearney, American author, lecturer and publisher

Marshall Holman, American bowler and sportscaster

Harry E. Johnson, American lawyer and public servant

Geoffrey Marcy, American astronomer

Mark Mitchell, Australian actor

Cindy Morgan, American actress (died 2023)

Ann Bancroft, American explorer and author

Joe Donnelly, American politician and lawyer

Gwen Ifill, American journalist (died 2016)

Susanne Antonetta, American poet and author

Sebastian Coe, English sprinter and politician

Suzzy Roche, American singer-songwriter and actress

Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee

Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor

Uwe Foullong, German politician

Joel Gallen, American director, producer and screenwriter

Mark Nicholas, English cricketer and sportscaster

Andy Straka, American author

Karen Young, American actress

Jon Fosse, Norwegian author and dramatist

Marissa Moss, American author

Raf, Italian singer-songwriter

Rob Deer, American baseball player

John Paxson, American basketball player and executive

Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian politician

Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia

Roger Bart, American actor

Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player

Les Claypool, American bass player, singer, songwriter, and producer

Francis Jue, American actor and singer

PJ Manney, American writer

Suzanne Kamata, American author and educator

Robert F. Worth, American journalist

Hersey Hawkins, American basketball player and coach

Ben Miles, English actor

Bujar Nishani, Albanian politician, 7th President of Albania (died 2022)

Ken Norton Jr., American football player and coach

Alexandra Vieira, Portuguese teacher and politician

Jill Whelan, American actress

Sara Sankey, English badminton player

Brett Anderson, English singer and songwriter

Darius de Haas, American stage actor and singer

Luke Goss, English actor

Adam Segal, American cybersecurity expert

Erika Eleniak, American model and actress

Robert Kurzban, American author and professor

Carlos Watson, American entrepreneur, journalist and television host

Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress

Khushbu Sundar, Indian actress, producer, and politician

Emily Lloyd, English actress

Russell Peters, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer

Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese wrestler

Joanna Brooks, American author and professor

Ray Buchanan, American football player

Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter

Theodore Shapiro, American composer

Jörgen Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Robert Webb, English comedian, actor and writer

Alfie Boe, English tenor and actor

Alexis Cruz, American actor

Dedric Ward, American football wide receiver

Stephanie Klein, American author

Darren Byfield, English-Jamaican footballer

Kelvin Davis, English footballer

Heath Bell, American baseball player

Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Neville Roach, English footballer

Nathan West, American actor, musician, and singer

Dallas Green, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Zachary Levi, American actor and singer

Chrissy Metz, American actress

Kelly McCreary, American actress

Suzanne Shaw, English actress and singer

Ryan Garry, English footballer and coach

Per Mertesacker, German footballer

Calvin Johnson, American football player

Michelle Payne, Australian jockey

Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete

Josh Farro, American musician

Kevin Durant, American basketball player

Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist

Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey player

Souleymane Doukara, French footballer

Enxhi Seli-Zacharias, German politician

Halsey, American singer

Nicholas Galitzine, English actor

Sasha Lane, American actress

Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer

Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player