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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Johnny Ace
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jun-1929 25-Dec-1954 R&B star, shot himself
Elizabeth Allen
Actor
25-Jan-1929 19-Sep-2006 The Jackie Gleason Show
Hafizullah Amin
Head of State
1-Aug-1929 27-Dec-1979 President of Afghanistan, 1979
Yasser Arafat
Politician
24-Aug-1929 10-Nov-2004 Palestinian leader, former terrorist
Werner Arber
Scientist
3-Jun-1929   Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
Carlos Argentino
Musician
23-Jun-1929 1991 Muy famoso cantante de temas tropicales
Hal Ashby
Film Director
2-Sep-1929 27-Dec-1988 Harold and Maude
Ed Asner
Actor
15-Nov-1929   Lou Grant
Michael Atiyah
Mathematician
22-Apr-1929   Atiyah-Singer index theorem
Alfred S. Austin
Business
c. 1929   Tampa real estate developer
Burt Bacharach
Pianist
12-May-1929   Incomparable composer of lounge music
Robert E. Badham
Politician
9-Jun-1929 21-Oct-2005 Congressman from California, 1977-89
Herman Badillo
Politician
21-Aug-1929   Congressman from New York, 1971-77
Chet Baker
Jazz Musician
23-Dec-1929 13-May-1988 Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet
LaVern Baker
Singer
11-Nov-1929 10-Mar-1997 Jim Dandy
Édouard Balladur
Head of State
2-May-1929   Prime Minister of France. 1993-95
Lynne Reid Banks
Novelist
31-Jul-1929   The Indian in the Cupboard
Roger Bannister
Track and Field
23-Mar-1929   First to run a four-minute mile
Ronnie Barker
Comic
25-Sep-1929 3-Oct-2005 The Two Ronnies
William E. Barrett
Politician
9-Feb-1929   Congressman from Nebraska, 1991-2001
Chuck Barris
Game Show Host
3-Jun-1929   Host of The Gong Show
Bonnie Bartlett
Actor
20-Jun-1929   Ellen Craig on St. Elsewhere
Jean Baudrillard
Philosopher
29-Jul-1929 6-Mar-2007 Simulacra and Simulation
Scotty Beckett
Actor
4-Oct-1929 10-May-1968 Child star train wreck
Dominic Behan
Playwright
1929 3-Aug-1989 The Patriot Game
Zdzislaw Beksinski
Painter
24-Feb-1929 22-Feb-2005 Fantastic-Realist Painter
Marilyn Bergman
Songwriter
10-Nov-1929   The Way We Were
Berl Bernhard
Attorney
7-Sep-1929   Co-Founder, Verner Liipfert
Kenneth Bialkin
Attorney
9-Sep-1929   Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer
Ronnie Biggs
Criminal
8-Aug-1929   UK Great Train Robber
James Billington
Historian
1-Jun-1929   13th Librarian of Congress
Charles L. Black
Business
c. 1929   VP at NationsBank, 1981-95
Amanda Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1929 16-Aug-1989 Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke
Edward Bleier
Business
16-Oct-1929   President, Warner Broadcast/Cable, 1986-2000
Betty Boothroyd
Politician
8-Oct-1929   Speaker of the House of Commons, 1992-2000
Amar Bose
Inventor
2-Nov-1929   Inventor of Bose speakers
Bobby Bowden
Football
8-Nov-1929   FSU Head Football Coach, 1976-2009
Peter Breck
Actor
13-Mar-1929 6-Feb-2012 Shock Corridor
Jacques Brel
Singer/Songwriter
8-Apr-1929 9-Oct-1978 Legendary chanson singer and songwriter
Pierre Brice
Actor
6-Feb-1929   Winnetou
David Broder
Journalist
11-Sep-1929 9-Mar-2011 Washington Post reporter
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Business
20-Jun-1929   CEO of Seagram's until 1994
Brigid Brophy
Author
12-Jun-1929 7-Aug-1995 Black Ship to Hell
Joseph L. Bruno
Politician
8-Apr-1929   NY Senate Majority Leader
Whitey Bulger
Criminal
3-Sep-1929   Accused Boston crimelord
Alan Burns
Novelist
29-Dec-1929   Europe After the Rain
Dick Button
Figure Skating
18-Jul-1929   Olympic figure skater
Plato Cacheris
Attorney
22-May-1929   Washington defense attorney
Ernest Callenbach
Author
3-Apr-1929 16-Apr-2012 Ecotopia
David F. Cargo
Politician
13-Jan-1929   Governor of New Mexico, 1967-71
Betty Carter
Singer
16-May-1929 26-Sep-1998 Jazz vocalist
June Carter Cash
Country Musician
23-Jun-1929 15-May-2003 Country singer, wife of Johnny Cash
John Cassavetes
Actor
9-Dec-1929 3-Feb-1989 Rosemary's Baby
Violetta Chamorro
Head of State
18-Oct-1929   President of Nicaragua, 1990-96
Frederic L. Chapin
Diplomat
13-Jul-1929 8-Sep-1989 US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84
Marvin J. Chomsky
Film Director
23-May-1929   Holocaust
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer
31-Mar-1929 26-Jun-2007 Founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Dick Clark
TV Personality
30-Nov-1929 18-Apr-2012 American Bandstand
Mary Higgins Clark
Novelist
24-Dec-1929   A Stranger is Watching
Hugo Claus
Author
5-Apr-1929 19-Mar-2008 The Sorrow of Belgium
William F. Clinger, Jr.
Politician
4-Apr-1929   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-97
Cy Coleman
Composer
14-Jun-1929 18-Nov-2004 Hey, Big Spender
Robert Coles
Psychiatrist
12-Oct-1929   Children of Crisis
Larry Collins
Author
14-Sep-1929 20-Jun-2005 Is Paris Burning?
Robert Conrad
Actor
1-Mar-1929   Wild Wild West
John Conyers
Politician
16-May-1929   Congressman, Michigan 14th
Joan Ganz Cooney
Film/TV Producer
30-Nov-1929   Producer of Sesame Street
Pat Cooper
Comic
31-Jul-1929   Our Hero
Lawrence Coughlin
Politician
11-Apr-1929 30-Nov-2001 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93
Glenn A. Cox
Business
6-Aug-1929   President of Phillips Petroleum, 1985-1991
Bruce Crawford
Business
16-Mar-1929   CEO of Omnicom Group, 1989-96
George Crumb
Composer
24-Oct-1929   1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music
William E. Dannemeyer
Politician
22-Sep-1929   Congressman from California, 1979-93
Severn Darden
Actor
9-Nov-1929 27-May-1995 Second City
Al Davis
Football
4-Jul-1929 8-Oct-2011 Owner of the Oakland Raiders
William G. Davis
Politician
30-Jul-1929   Premier of Ontario, 1971-85
Jacques de Larosiere
Government
12-Nov-1929   IMF Director 1978-87
Len Deighton
Novelist
18-Feb-1929   The Ipcress File
Fran DeLorenzo
Historian
9-Oct-1929   Hobo ethnographer
Bob Denard
Military
7-Apr-1929 13-Oct-2007 French mercenary
Robert Sherwood Dillon
Diplomat
7-Jan-1929   US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1981-83
Betty Dodson
Author
24-Aug-1929   Sex for One
David Doyle
Actor
1-Dec-1929 26-Feb-1997 Bosley on Charlie's Angels
Mort Drucker
Cartoonist
29-Mar-1929   Mad Magazine illustrator
William J. Dyess
Diplomat
1-Aug-1929 6-Jan-1996 US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83
Richard Dysart
Actor
30-Mar-1929   Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law
Thomas Eagleton
Politician
4-Sep-1929 4-Mar-2007 US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87
Gerald M. Edelman
Scientist
1-Jul-1929   Chemical structure of antibodies
Elaine S. Edwards
Politician
8-Mar-1929   US Senator from Louisiana, 1972
Red Emmerson
Business
10-Apr-1929   Sierra Pacific Industries
Bill Evans
Jazz Musician
16-Aug-1929 15-Sep-1980 Jazz pianist
Oriana Fallaci
Journalist
29-Jun-1929 15-Sep-2006 The Rage and the Pride
Frank L. Farrar
Politician
22-Apr-1929   Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71
Robert Faurisson
Scholar
25-Jan-1929   French Holocaust denier
Harris W. Fawell
Politician
25-Mar-1929   Congressman from Illinois, 1985-99
Jules Feiffer
Cartoonist
26-Jan-1929   Can't draw but writes like a master
Glenn W. Ferguson
Educator
28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Dow Finsterwald
Golf
6-Sep-1929   Winner, 1958 PGA Championship
Tom Foley
Politician
6-Mar-1929   Speaker of the House, 1989-95
Sam Fox
Business
9-May-1929   US Ambassador to Belgium
Anne Frank
Victim
12-Jun-1929 Mar-1945 The Diary of Anne Frank
Marilyn French
Author
21-Nov-1929 2-May-2009 The Women's Room
Brian Friel
Playwright
9-Jan-1929   Dancing at Lughnasa
Hayden Fry
Football
18-Feb-1929   University of Iowa coach
Robert D. Fulton
Politician
13-May-1929   Lt. Governor of Iowa, 1962-69
Mary Maxwell Gates
Business
5-Jul-1929 9-Jun-1994 Mother of Bill Gates
Frank Gehry
Architect
28-Feb-1929   Postmodern architect
Murray Gell-Mann
Physicist
15-Sep-1929   Quarks and strangeness
Bill George
Football
27-Oct-1929 30-Sep-1982 Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer
Christopher George
Actor
25-Feb-1929 28-Nov-1983 The Rat Patrol
Ivar Giaever
Physicist
5-Apr-1929   Tunneling through superconductors
Gaston Glock
Business
1929   Gunmaker
Bob Goalby
Golf
14-Mar-1929   Winner, 1968 Masters Tournament
John Golding
Critic
10-Sep-1929 9-Apr-2012 Cubism: A History and an Analysis
Jerry Goldsmith
Composer
10-Feb-1929 21-Jul-2004 Prominent soundtrack composer
James Goodby
Diplomat
20-Dec-1929   US Ambassador to Finland, 1980-81
Charles Gordon-Lennox
Aristocrat
19-Sep-1929   10th Duke of Richmond
Berry Gordy
Business
28-Nov-1929   Founder of Motown Records
Bob Grant
Radio Personality
14-Mar-1929   NYC radio talk show host
Shirley Ann Grau
Novelist
8-Jul-1929   The Keepers of the House
S. William Green
Politician
16-Oct-1929 14-Oct-2002 Congressman from New York, 1978-93
Ulu Grosbard
Film Director
9-Jan-1929 19-Mar-2012 The Subject Was Roses
Brandon Grove
Diplomat
8-Apr-1929   US Ambassador to Zaire, 1984-87
Ursula K. Le Guin
Novelist
21-Oct-1929   The Left Hand of Darkness
Moses Gunn
Actor
2-Oct-1929 16-Dec-1993 Bumpy Jonas in Shaft
Thom Gunn
Poet
29-Aug-1929 25-Apr-2004 The Man with Night Sweats
Jürgen Habermas
Philosopher
18-Jun-1929   The Theory of Communicative Action
Bernard Haitink
Conductor
4-Mar-1929   Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cynthia H. Hall
Judge
19-Feb-1929 26-Feb-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-97
Mel Hancock
Politician
14-Sep-1929 6-Nov-2011 Congressman from Missouri, 1989-97
Lloyd N. Hand
Attorney
31-Jan-1929   Chief of Protocol for Johnson
Pat Harrington
Actor
13-Aug-1929   Duane Schneider on One Day at a Time
Wilbert Harrison
Musician
5-Jan-1929 26-Oct-1994 Let's Work Together
William Harrop
Diplomat
19-Feb-1929   US Ambassador to Israel, 1991-93
Geoffrey Hartman
Critic
11-Aug-1929   The Unmediated Vision
Robert Hawke
Head of State
9-Dec-1929   Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Musician
18-Jul-1929 12-Feb-2000 I Put a Spell on You
Nigel Hawthorne
Actor
5-Apr-1929 26-Dec-2001 The Madness of King George
Ron Hayes
Actor
26-Feb-1929 1-Oct-2004 Ben Jones on The Rounders
Lee Hazlewood
Music Producer
9-Jul-1929 4-Aug-2007 Cowboy in Sweden
Fred Heineman
Politician
28-Dec-1929 20-Mar-2010 Congressman from North Carolina, 1995-97
Smith Hempstone, Jr.
Diplomat
1-Feb-1929 19-Nov-2006 US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93
Marcia Henderson
Actor
22-Jul-1929 23-Nov-1987 Peter Pan
Audrey Hepburn
Actor
4-May-1929 20-Jan-1993 My Fair Lady
Douglas Hickox
Film Director
10-Jan-1929 25-Jul-1988 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Raymond Hide
Physicist
17-May-1929   Earth's rotation
Peter Higgs
Physicist
29-May-1929   Higgs boson and Higgs field
John Hollander
Poet
28-Oct-1929   Powers of Thirteen
James Hong
Actor
22-Feb-1929   Indeed!
Richard Howard
Poet
13-Oct-1929   Untitled Subjects
Desmond Hoyte
Head of State
9-Mar-1929 22-Dec-2002 President of Guyana, 1985-92
Robert E. R. Huntley
Business
13-Jun-1929   CEO of Best Products, 1983-88
William G. Hyland
Government
18-Jan-1929 25-Mar-2008 Editor of Foreign Affairs, 1984-93
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Novelist
22-Apr-1929 21-Feb-2005 Tres Tristes Tigres
Joe Jackson
Relative
26-Jul-1929   Patriarch of the Jackson family
Saeed Jaffrey
Actor
8-Jan-1929   My Beautiful Laundrette
Art James
Game Show Host
15-Oct-1929 28-Mar-2004 Announcer for Concentration
Don January
Golf
20-Nov-1929   Winner, 1967 PGA Championship
Richard Jenrette
Business
5-Apr-1929   Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Film Director
7-Feb-1929   El Topo
Arte Johnson
Comic
20-Jan-1929   Veddy interestink
John Henry Johnson
Football
24-Nov-1929 3-Jun-2011 NFL Hall of Fame Fullback
Carolyn Jones
Actor
28-Apr-1929 3-Aug-1983 Morticia on The Addams Family
Norton Juster
Author
2-Jun-1929   The Phantom Tollbooth
Eric R. Kandel
Scientist
7-Nov-1929   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Babrak Karmal
Head of State
6-Jan-1929 3-Dec-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1979-86
Robert Keeley
Diplomat
4-Sep-1929   US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89
David Kelly
Actor
11-Jul-1929 12-Feb-2012 Waking Ned
Grace Kelly
Royalty
12-Nov-1929 14-Sep-1982 American-born Princess of Monaco
X. J. Kennedy
Poet
21-Aug-1929   Juvenile poet, Brats
Breene M. Kerr
Business
c. 1929   Kerr Consolidated, Inc.
Imre Kertész
Author
9-Nov-1929   Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel
István Kertész
Conductor
28-Aug-1929 16-Apr-1973 Hungarian operatic conductor
Dale Kildee
Politician
16-Sep-1929   Congressman, Michigan 5th
Tom Kindness
Politician
26-Aug-1929 8-Jan-2004 Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87
Martin Luther King
Activist
15-Jan-1929 4-Apr-1968 Pacifist civil rights activist
Joan W. Konner
Journalist
c. 1929   Dean, Columbia School of Journalism, 1988-97
Sid Krofft
Film/TV Producer
30-Jul-1929   Co-Creator: H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost
Milan Kundera
Author
1-Apr-1929   The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Frank Kush
Football
20-Jan-1929   ASU Head Coach, 1958-79
Beverly LaHaye
Activist
30-Apr-1929   Tim LaHaye's wife
Edward J. Landau
Attorney
c. 1929   Lowenthal, Landau, Fischer & Bring
Joi Lansing
Actor
6-Apr-1929 7-Aug-1972 Gladys Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies
Don Larsen
Baseball
7-Aug-1929   Pitched a perfect game in 1956 World Series
Paul C. Lauterbur
Scientist
6-May-1929 27-Mar-2007 Magnetic resonance imaging
Edward Leavy
Judge
14-Aug-1929   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1987-97
Sergio Leone
Film Director
3-Jan-1929 30-Apr-1989 Writer/director of spaghetti westerns
Bethel Leslie
Actor
3-Aug-1929 28-Nov-1999 Theater actress
Ira Levin
Novelist
27-Aug-1929 12-Nov-2007 Rosemary's Baby
Hal Lindsey
Religion
1929   The Late, Great Planet Earth
Marilyn Lloyd
Politician
3-Jan-1929   Congresswoman from Tennessee, 1975-95
James K. Logan
Judge
21-Aug-1929   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
Allard Lowenstein
Politician
16-Jan-1929 14-Mar-1980 Congressman, New York 5th
William H. Luers
Diplomat
15-May-1929   US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1983-86
Staughton Lynd
Historian
22-Nov-1929   Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism
Peter Maas
Author
27-Jun-1929 23-Aug-2001 Serpico
John Mack
Psychiatrist
4-Oct-1929 27-Sep-2004 A Prince of Our Disorder
Antonine Maillet
Novelist
10-May-1929   Pélagie-la-Charette
Richard W. Mallary
Politician
21-Feb-1929 27-Sep-2011 Congressman from Vermont, 1972-75
Imelda Marcos
First Lady
2-Jul-1929   Former First Lady of the Philippines
Bernie Marcus
Business
12-May-1929   Co-Founder of Home Depot
Hans Mark
Physicist
17-Jun-1929   US Air Force Secretary, 1979-81
Georgi Markov
Victim
1-Mar-1929 11-Sep-1978 Killed with a ricin-tipped umbrella
Paule Marshall
Novelist
9-Apr-1929   Brown Girl, Brownstones
Matthew G. Martinez
Politician
14-Feb-1929 15-Oct-2011 Congressman from California, 1982-2001
Scott M. Matheson
Politician
8-Jan-1929 7-Oct-1990 Governor of Utah, 1977-85
Jack Matlock
Diplomat
1-Oct-1929   US Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91
Nicholas Mavroules
Politician
1-Nov-1929 25-Dec-2003 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93
William E. Mayberry
Business
22-Aug-1929   Former President, Mayo Foundation
Patrick Mayhew
Politician
11-Sep-1929   Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992-97
James A. McDivitt
Astronaut
10-Jun-1929   Commander, Gemini 4 and Apollo 9
Vincent McEveety
Film Director
10-Aug-1929   Herbie Goes Bananas
Andrew J. McKenna
Business
17-Sep-1929   Owner of Schwarz Paper
John N. McMahon
Government
3-Jul-1929   Deputy Director CIA, 1982-86
Harry C. McPherson
Attorney
22-Aug-1929 16-Feb-2012 White House Counsel to Johnson
Anne Meara
Comic
20-Sep-1929   Stiller and Meara
Joe Meek
Music Producer
5-Apr-1929 3-Feb-1967 Innovative record producer
Lennart Meri
Politician
29-Mar-1929 14-Mar-2006 President of Estonia, 1992-2001
Vera Miles
Actor
23-Aug-1929   The Searchers
Alfred Moisiu
Head of State
1-Dec-1929   President of Albania, 2002-07
Fernanda Montenegro
Actor
16-Oct-1929   Great Dame of Brazilian Television
Gordon Moore
Business
3-Jan-1929   Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law
Terry Moore
Actor
7-Jan-1929   Come Back, Little Sheba
Christopher Morahan
Film Director
9-Jul-1929   Clockwise
Dutch Morial
Politician
9-Oct-1929 24-Dec-1989 Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86
Lloyd N. Morrisett
Administrator
2-Nov-1929   President, Markle Foundation, 1969-98
Vic Morrow
Actor
14-Feb-1929 23-Jul-1982 Sgt. Chip Saunders on Combat
George Moscone
Politician
24-Nov-1929 27-Nov-1978 Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78
Rudolf Mössbauer
Physicist
31-Jan-1929 14-Sep-2011 Discovered Mössbauer effect
Jack Mullaney
Actor
18-Sep-1929 27-Jun-1982 The Ann Sothern Show
Richard W. Murphy
Diplomat
29-Jul-1929   US Ambassador to Syria, 1974-78
Barbara Murray
Actor
27-Sep-1929   Passport to Pimlico
Don Murray
Actor
31-Jul-1929   Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing
John Naisbitt
Author
15-Jan-1929   Megatrends
Joergen Nash
Artist
1929 18-May-2004 Beheaded Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
Jack Nelson
Journalist
11-Oct-1929 21-Oct-2009 The Los Angeles Times
Lois Nettleton
Actor
6-Aug-1929 18-Jan-2008 Butterfly
Bob Newhart
Comic
5-Sep-1929   The Bob Newhart Show
Donald Newhouse
Publisher
1929   Advance Newspapers billionaire
Peter C. Newman
Journalist
10-May-1929   The Canadian Establishment
Barbara Nichols
Actor
30-Dec-1929 5-Oct-1976 Sweet Smell of Success
Andrian Nikolayev
Astronaut
5-Sep-1929 3-Jul-2004 Third Russian cosmonaut in space
Mike O'Callaghan
Politician
10-Sep-1929 5-Mar-2004 Governor of Nevada, 1971-79
Claes Oldenburg
Sculptor
28-Jan-1929   Pop-Art sculptor
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady
28-Jul-1929 19-May-1994 Wife of John F. Kennedy
John Osborne
Playwright
12-Dec-1929 24-Dec-1994 Look Back in Anger
Buck Owens
TV Personality
12-Aug-1929 25-Mar-2006 Hee Haw
Arnold Palmer
Golf
10-Sep-1929   Won 61 PGA tournaments
Karolos Papoulias
Head of State
4-Jun-1929   President of Greece
Stanford E. Parris
Politician
9-Sep-1929 27-Mar-2010 Congressman from Virginia, 1981-91
Lee Patterson
Actor
31-Mar-1929 14-Feb-2007 One Life to Live
Fred Phelps
Activist
13-Nov-1929   Convinced that God hates fags
Stu Phillips
Composer
9-Sep-1929   Television composer, Knight Rider
Jimmy Piersall
Baseball
14-Nov-1929   Crazy center fielder
Jacques Plante
Hockey
17-Jan-1929 27-Feb-1986 NHL Hall of Famer
Joan Plowright
Actor
28-Oct-1929   Enchanted April
Christopher Plummer
Actor
13-Dec-1929   A Beautiful Mind
John C. Polanyi
Chemist
23-Jan-1929   Infrared chemiluminescence
Chaim Potok
Novelist
17-Feb-1929 23-Jul-2002 The Chosen
Jane Powell
Actor
1-Apr-1929   Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Francis Gary Powers
Military
17-Aug-1929 1-Aug-1977 U2 shot down over the Soviet Union
André Previn
Pianist
6-Apr-1929   Concert pianist and orchestral conductor
Hermann Prey
Singer
11-Jul-1929 22-Jul-1998 Operatic baritone, Figaro
Yevgeny Primakov
Head of State
29-Oct-1929   Prime Minister of Russia, 1998-99
Dorothea Puente
Criminal
9-Jan-1929 27-Mar-2011 Black Widow of Sacramento
Yordan Radichkov
Author
24-Oct-1929 21-Jan-2004 Bulgarian writer
Anne Ramsey
Actor
1-Sep-1929 11-Aug-1988 Throw Momma from the Train
James W. Rawlings
Business
12-Oct-1929   President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86
James A. Redden
Politician
13-Mar-1929   US District Court Judge, Oregon
Adrienne Rich
Poet
16-May-1929 27-Mar-2012 An Atlas of the Difficult World
Nicholas Ridley
Politician
17-Feb-1929 4-Mar-1993 Thatcherite MP and Minister
Josef Anton Riedl
Composer
11-Jun-1929   Glas-Spiele
Roxie Roker
Actor
28-Aug-1929 2-Dec-1995 Helen Willis on The Jeffersons
Marge Roukema
Politician
19-Sep-1929   Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1981-2003
Patricia Routledge
Actor
17-Feb-1929   Hetty Wainthropp
David S. Ruder
Government
25-May-1929   SEC Chairman, 1987-89
Richard Rush
Film Director
15-Apr-1929   The Stunt Man
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Politician
28-Sep-1929   Soviet Premier, 1985-91
Sabah IV al-Sabah
Royalty
6-Jun-1929   Emir of Kuwait
William Safire
Columnist
17-Dec-1929 27-Sep-2009 NYT columnist, language maven
Terry Sawchuk
Hockey
28-Dec-1929 31-May-1970 Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
Howard B. Schaffer
Diplomat
21-Jul-1929   US Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1984-87
Bo Schembechler
Football
1-Apr-1929 17-Nov-2006 Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89
James R. Schlesinger
Government
15-Feb-1929   Served Nixon, Ford, Carter
Poul Schlüter
Head of State
3-Apr-1929   Prime Minister of Denmark, 1982-93
Harvey Schmidt
Composer
12-Sep-1929   The Fantasticks
Maarten Schmidt
Astronomer
28-Dec-1929   Co-Discoverer of quasars
Richard T. Schulze
Politician
7-Aug-1929   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-93
Dr. Gene Scott
Religion
14-Aug-1929 21-Feb-2005 Eccentric televangelist
Robert W. Scott
Politician
13-Jun-1929 23-Jan-2009 Governor of North Carolina, 1969-73
Angus Scrimm
Actor
19-Aug-1929   The Tall Man in Phantasm
Michael Shaara
Author
23-Jun-1929 5-May-1988 The Killer Angels
Alan Shalleck
Author
14-Nov-1929 6-Feb-2006 Curious George writer
Liz Sheridan
Actor
10-Apr-1929   Helen Seinfeld on Seinfeld
Richard B. Shull
Actor
24-Feb-1929 14-Oct-1999 Holmes and Yo-Yo
Beverly Sills
Singer
25-May-1929 2-Jul-2007 Soprano at the New York City Opera
Robert B. Silvers
Editor
31-Dec-1929   The New York Review of Books
Jean Simmons
Actor
31-Jan-1929 22-Jan-2010 Guys and Dolls
Ayatollah al-Sistani
Religion
4-Aug-1929   Highest ranking Shia cleric in Iraq
Louise Slaughter
Politician
14-Aug-1929   Congresswoman, New York 28th
Bud Spencer
Actor
31-Oct-1929   My Name Is Trinity
Norman St. John-Stevas
Politician
18-May-1929   Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81
George Steiner
Critic
23-Apr-1929   After Babel
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