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October 29 in recent years

October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 63 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1463 – Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (d. 1512)
  • 1497 – Benedetto Accolti the Younger, Italian cardinal (d. 1549)
  • 1504Shin Saimdang, South Korean painter and poet (d. 1551)
  • 1507Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (d. 1582)
  • 1562 – George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (d. 1633)

1601–1900

  • 1682 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian, explorer, and author (d. 1761)
  • 1690Martin Folkes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1754)
  • 1704John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1757)
  • 1711Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and academic, first woman to have doctorate in science (d. 1778)
  • 1740James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (d. 1795)
  • 1808Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)
  • 1812 – Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (d. 1907)
  • 1815Dan Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
  • 1822 – Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal (d. 1902)
  • 1831 – James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia (d. 1916)
  • 1832 – Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (d. 1869)
  • 1837Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter (d. 1910)
  • 1855 – Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (d. 1939)
  • 1855 – Paul-Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (d. 1941)
  • 1861 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
  • 1866 – Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
  • 1875 – Marie of Romania (d. 1938)
  • 1877 – Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (d. 1966)
  • 1877 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (d. 1973)
  • 1879 – Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)
  • 1879 – Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
  • 1880 – Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
  • 1881 – John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)
  • 1882Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (d. 1944)
  • 1883 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
  • 1891Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951)
  • 1897Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
  • 1897 – Billy Walker, English footballer (d. 1964)
  • 1898 – Alan Barker, English soldier (d. 1984)
  • 1899 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (d. 1972)

1901–present

  • 1905 – Henry Green, English author (d. 1973)
  • 1906 – Fredric Brown, American author (d. 1972)
  • 1907 – Edwige Feuillère, French actress (d. 1998)
  • 1910A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (d. 1989)
  • 1913Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (d. 2014)
  • 1914 – Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (d. 2012)
  • 1915 – William Berenberg, American physician and academic (d. 2005)
  • 1918 – Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
  • 1918 – Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author (d. 2020)
  • 1920Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
  • 1920 – Václav Neumann, Czech violinist and conductor (d. 1995)
  • 1921 – Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)
  • 1921 – Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1921 – Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)
  • 1922 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
  • 1923Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (d. 2015)
  • 1923 – Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (d. 2015)
  • 1924 – Bernard Middleton, British restoration bookbinder (d. 2019)
  • 1925Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
  • 1925 – Robert Hardy, English actor (d. 2017)
  • 1925 – Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (d. 2012)
  • 1925 – Klaus Roth, British mathematician (d. 2015)
  • 1925 – Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1985)
  • 1926Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011)
  • 1926 – Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015)
  • 1927Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player
  • 1929Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)
  • 1930 – Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (d. 2006)
  • 1930 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002)
  • 1930 – Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer
  • 1930 – Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (d. 1992)
  • 1932Dick Garmaker, American basketball player (d. 2020)
  • 1932 – Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician
  • 1933 – William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1935David Allen, English cricketer (d. 2014)
  • 1935 – Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (d. 2004)
  • 1935 – Michael Jayston, English actor (d. 2024)
  • 1937 – Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (d. 2021)
  • 1938Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1938 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1938 – Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter
  • 1940 – Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician
  • 1940 – Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright
  • 1940 – Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited (d. 2021)
  • 1941 – George Davies, English fashion designer
  • 1941 – Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English politician
  • 1942 – Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter
  • 1942 – Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995)
  • 1943 – Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1944 – Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman
  • 1944 – Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic
  • 1944 – Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2023)
  • 1944 – Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter
  • 1945 – Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter
  • 1945 – Ron Maag, American businessman and politician
  • 1945 – Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1945 – Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1946Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
  • 1947Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications
  • 1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist
  • 1948 – Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic (d. 2024)
  • 1948 – Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer
  • 1949 – Kieron Baker, English footballer
  • 1949 – Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic
  • 1949 – Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler (d. 2021)
  • 1949 – David Paton, Scottish guitarist
  • 1949 – James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1950Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey
  • 1951Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior
  • 1951 – Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host
  • 1952Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician
  • 1953 – Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1955Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
  • 1956Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican-American boxer
  • 1957Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer
  • 1958 – Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator
  • 1958 – David Remnick, American journalist and author
  • 1958 – Danny Vranes, American basketball player
  • 1959Jesse Barfield, American baseball player and coach
  • 1959 – Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1959 – Finola Hughes, English actress
  • 1959 – John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania (d. 2021)
  • 1960 – Michael Carter, American football player and athlete
  • 1960 – Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic
  • 1960 – Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer
  • 1961Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
  • 1961 – Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 1962 – Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician
  • 1963 – Damian Chapa, American actor
  • 1963 – Gerald Morris, American author
  • 1964 – Yasmin Le Bon, English model
  • 1964 – Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host
  • 1965Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1965 – Andrew Ettingshausen, Australian rugby league player and television host
  • 1965 – Michael Passons, American singer-songwriter
  • 1966 – Mary Bucholtz, American linguist and academic
  • 1967Beth Chapman, American reality television star (d. 2019)
  • 1967 – Thorsten Fink, German footballer and manager
  • 1967 – Joely Fisher, American actress and director
  • 1967 – Rufus Sewell, English actor
  • 1968Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater and physician
  • 1969 – David Farr, English director and playwright
  • 1969 – Chris Verene, American photographer
  • 1970Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1970 – Dan Ratushny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach and lawyer
  • 1970 – Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic
  • 1970 – Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (d. 2017)
  • 1970 – Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster
  • 1971 – Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic
  • 1971 – Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1971 – Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer
  • 1971 – Winona Ryder, American actress and producer
  • 1972Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer
  • 1972 – Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor
  • 1972 – Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer
  • 1973 – Adam Bacher, South African cricketer
  • 1973 – Vonetta Flowers, American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper
  • 1973 – Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1973 – Robert Pires, French footballer
  • 1974 – R. A. Dickey, American baseball player
  • 1974 – Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1974 – Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician
  • 1975 – Baba Ali, Iranian-American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor
  • 1975 – Joy Osmanski, American actress
  • 1976 – Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager
  • 1976 – Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 1976 – Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
  • 1976 – Mark Sheehan, Irish guitarist (d. 2023)
  • 1977 – Jon Abrahams, American actor
  • 1977 – Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
  • 1977 – Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer
  • 1978 – Travis Henry, American football player
  • 1978 – Kelly Smith, English footballer
  • 1979 – Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician
  • 1979 – Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer
  • 1980 – Ben Foster, American actor
  • 1980 – Nadejda Ostrovskaya, Belarusian tennis player
  • 1980 – Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
  • 1981 – Amanda Beard, American swimmer
  • 1981 – Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
  • 1981 – Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
  • 1981 – Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer
  • 1982Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
  • 1982 – Chelan Simmons, Canadian model and actress
  • 1983 – Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
  • 1983 – Maurice Clarett, American football player
  • 1983 – Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer
  • 1983 – Dana Eveland, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Jérémy Mathieu, French footballer
  • 1983 – Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter
  • 1984 – Chris Baio, American bass player
  • 1984 – Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress
  • 1984 – Les Davies, Welsh footballer
  • 1984 – Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1985 – Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer
  • 1985 – Janet Montgomery, English actress and dancer
  • 1985 – Ximena Sariñana, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1985 – Vijender Singh, Indian boxer
  • 1986 – Nataly Dawn, American singer
  • 1986 – Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipino actress
  • 1986 – Italia Ricci, Canadian actress
  • 1986 – Derek Theler, American actor and model
  • 1987Andy Dalton, American football player
  • 1987 – Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater
  • 1987 – Tove Lo, Swedish singer
  • 1987 – Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress
  • 1988Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer
  • 1988 – Sam Hutsby, English golfer
  • 1988 – Janoris Jenkins, American football player
  • 1988 – Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist
  • 1989 – Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile
  • 1989 – Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist
  • 1990Ender Inciarte, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1990 – Ben Proudfoot, Canadian filmmaker
  • 1990 – Eric Saade, Swedish singer
  • 1991Parris Goebel, New Zealand dancer and choreographer
  • 1991 – Nikita Zaitsev, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1992 – Evan Fournier, French basketball player
  • 1992 – Colin Miller, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1993 – Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
  • 1993 – India Eisley, American actress
  • 1994 – Danielle Hunter, American football player
  • 1996 – Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1996 – Mikko Rantanen, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1996 – Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 1050 – Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury
  • 1266 – Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1204)
  • 1268 – Conradin, King of Sicily (b. 1252)
  • 1268 – Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249)
  • 1321 – Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (b. 1253)
  • 1339 – Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver, Grand Prince of Vladimir (b. 1301)
  • 1590 – Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522)

1601–1900

  • 1618Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)
  • 1650 – David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)
  • 1666Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)
  • 1666 – James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)
  • 1783Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)
  • 1804 – Sarah Crosby, English Methodist preacher (b. 1729)
  • 1829Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
  • 1871 – Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (b. 1821)
  • 1877 – Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
  • 1892 – William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
  • 1897Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)

1901–present

  • 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
  • 1905 – Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
  • 1911Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
  • 1916 – John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
  • 1918 – Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
  • 1919 – Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
  • 1924Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
  • 1932Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
  • 1933Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
  • 1933 – George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
  • 1933 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)
  • 1936Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
  • 1939 – Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)
  • 1941 – Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
  • 1942 – Edward S. Anthoine, American politician and lawyer (b. 1882)
  • 1949George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
  • 1949 – Thomas Slater Price, British chemist (b. 1875)
  • 1950Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
  • 1953 – William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
  • 1956 – Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
  • 1957Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
  • 1958 – Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)
  • 1961 – Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)
  • 1963Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)
  • 1971Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
  • 1971 – Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • 1975Edmund Hirst, British chemist (b. 1898)
  • 1977 – Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926)
  • 1980 – Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
  • 1981Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
  • 1985Evgeny Lifshitz, Soviet physicist (b. 1915)
  • 1986 – Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)
  • 1987Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
  • 1988 – Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)
  • 1993 – Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
  • 1994 – Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918)
  • 1995Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter (b. 1924)
  • 1996 – Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1908)
  • 1997Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (b. 1930)
  • 1997 – Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947)
  • 1998 – Paul Misraki, Turkish-French pianist and composer (b. 1908)
  • 1999 – Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
  • 2000 – Carlos Guastavino, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1912)
  • 2002 – Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960)
  • 2003 – Hal Clement, American pilot, author, and educator (b. 1922)
  • 2003 – Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
  • 2004Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (b. 1901)
  • 2004 – Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1946)
  • 2004 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (b. 1923)
  • 2004 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)
  • 2005Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924)
  • 2005 – Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1903)
  • 2008 – Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
  • 2011Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926)
  • 2012 – Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926)
  • 2012 – J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)
  • 2012 – Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)
  • 2012 – Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935)
  • 2012 – Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920)
  • 2013 – Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Minister of Haiti (b. 1937)
  • 2013 – Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (b. 1957)
  • 2013 – John Spence, American soldier and engineer (b. 1918)
  • 2013 – Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 2014Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
  • 2014 – Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1968)
  • 2014 – H. Gary Morse, American businessman (b. 1936)
  • 2015Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)
  • 2015 – Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1942)
  • 2015 – Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
  • 2015 – Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1929)
  • 2019John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)
  • 2020Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (b. 1967)
  • 2021 – Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (b. 1945)
  • 2023 – Hiroshi Morie, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1968)

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Abraham of Rostov
    • Blessed Chiara Badano
    • Colman mac Duagh
    • Douai Martyrs
    • Gaetano Errico
    • James Hannington (Anglicanism)
    • Michele Rua
    • Narcissus of Jerusalem
    • Theuderius
    • October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Coronation Day (Cambodia)
  • Republic Day (Turkey) or Cumhuriyet Bayramı

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