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April 29, 1993 Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer, daughter of Pieter and Mirtle April 29, 1978 Mike Bryan, born in Oxnard, California, tennis star, USTA National 18 doubles April 29, 1976 God Shammgod, NBA guard, Washington Wizards April 29, 1976 Nayla Micherif, Miss Brazil Universe 1997 April 29, 1975 John Macready, born in Los Angeles, California, gymnast, Olympics-5th-96 April 29, 1974 Alana Blahoski, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics April 29, 1972 Gwendolyn Wentland, born in Flint, Michigan, high jumper April 29, 1971 Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville, North Carolina, pitcher, New York Yanks, Sea Mariners April 29, 1970 Andre Agassi, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, tennis star, Oly-gold-96, U.S. Open 1994 April 29, 1970 Arnaud Briand, hockey forward, Team France 1998 April 29, 1970 Derrick Frazier, NFL cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles April 29, 1970 J. R. Phillips, born in West Covina, California, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies April 29, 1970 Leuea Tagoai, CFL defensive end for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers April 29, 1970 Mark McMillian, NFL cornerback, Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs April 29, 1970 Uma Thurman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction April 29, 1970 William Martin III, born in Charleston, South Carolina, finn yachter, Olympics-23rd-1996 April 29, 1969 Arthur Marshall, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants April 29, 1968 Browning Nagle, NFL quarterback, New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons April 29, 1968 Carnie Wilson, born in Los Angeles, California, rock vocalist, Wilson Phillips-Hold On April 29, 1967 Curtis Joseph, born in Keswick, Ontario, NHL goalie, Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers April 29, 1967 Elizabeth "Betsy" McCagg, born in Kirkland, Washington, rower, Olympics-4th-92, 96 April 29, 1967 Mary McCagg, born in Seattle, Washington rower, Olympics-4th-92, 96 April 29, 1967 Rachel Williams, born in Greenwich Village, New York, model, Absolut Vodka, Elle April 29, 1966 John VanderWal, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies April 29, 1966 Phil Tufnell, cricketer, England slow lefty and slower fieldsman April 29, 1965 Reggie Miller, NBA player for the Indiana Pacers April 29, 1962 Bruce Driver, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers April 29, 1962 Dieter Hegen, born in Kaufbeuren GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 April 29, 1962 Robert Druppers, runner, world record 1 km indoor April 29, 1960 Gerard Joling, Dutch singer, Love is in Your Eyes April 29, 1960 Joseph Guzaldo, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Stir Crazy April 29, 1960 William Lee Glasson, Jr., born in Fresno, California, PGA golfer, 1985 Kemper Open April 29, 1958 Daniel Day-Lewis, born in England, actor, Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot April 29, 1958 Eve Plumb, born in Burbank, actress, Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka April 29, 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer, born in Midway City, California, actress, Married to the Mob April 29, 1958 Simon Edwards, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love April 29, 1957 Richie C. Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist, Fabulous Poodles April 29, 1956 Ron Verlin, rocker, Shooting Star April 29, 1955 Jerry Seinfeld, comedian/actor, Jerry-Seinfeld April 29, 1955 Kate Mulgrew, born in Dubuque, Iowa, actress, Capt Janeway-Star Trek Voyager April 29, 1954 Bill Paxon, Rep-R-New York April 29, 1954 Deborah Iyall, rocker, Romeo Void April 29, 1953 Dale Earnhardt, auto racer, 6-time NASCAR national champion April 29, 1953 Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, born in Kirya Russia, cosmonaut, STS 71, TM-27 April 29, 1952 Deborah Van Valkenburgh, born in Schnectady, actress, Too Close for Comfort April 29, 1952 Nora Dunn, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl April 29, 1952 David Icke, English Athlete April 29, 1950 Debbie Stabenow, American Politician April 29, 1949 Anita Dobson, born in England, actress, Annie Watts-EastEnders April 29, 1949 Eddie Hart, U.S., 100m runner, Olympic-1972 April 29, 1949 Francis Rossi, born in England, guitarist and vocalist, Status Quo-Down Down April 29, 1948 Reb Brown, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break April 29, 1947 Jim Ryun, U.S., 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile, 1968 Olympics silver April 29, 1947 John Laurence Miller, born in San Francisco, California, golfer, U.S. Open 1973, British Open 1976 April 29, 1947 Tommy James, singer April 29, 1946 Franc Roddam, director, K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia April 29, 1945 Hugh Hopper, rocker, Soft Machine April 29, 1945 Richard Warwick, actor, Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If April 29, 1945 [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer, Ain't No Mt High April 29, 1944 Benedikte, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX April 29, 1944 Jim Hart, Evanston, Illinois, NFL quarterback for the St. Louis Cardinals April 29, 1944 Francis Lee, English Athlete April 29, 1944 Richard Kline, American Actor April 29, 1943 Duane Allen, born in Taylortown, Texas, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira April 29, 1942 Klaus Voorman, rock bassist, Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn April 29, 1941 Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player, 1966-73 April 29, 1940 Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian between Grout and Marsh April 29, 1936 April Stevens, born in Niagara Falls, New York, rock vocalist, Deep Purple April 29, 1936 Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire April 29, 1936 Lane Smith, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Perry White-Lois and Clark April 29, 1936 Richard Lynch, actor, Xavier-Battlestar Galactica April 29, 1936 Zubin Mehta, born in Bombay, India, conductor, New York Philharmonic April 29, 1935 Len Weinrib, New York City, comedian, Spike Jones Show April 29, 1935 Otto M Zykan, composer April 29, 1934 Pedro Pires, premier, Cape Verde, 1975-91 April 29, 1933 Darijan Bozic, composer April 29, 1933 Keith Baxter, born in South Wales, actor, Barretts at Wimpole Street April 29, 1933 Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist April 29, 1933 Rod Marvin McKuen, born in Oakland, California, singer/composer, Alone, Beatsville April 29, 1932 King Hu, film director April 29, 1932 Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin, Russian cosmonaut, Voshkod 2 backup April 29, 1931 Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 17, 28 April 29, 1931 Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan, Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist April 29, 1931 Lonnie Donegan, born in Glasgow, Scotland, vocalist April 29, 1931 William Ball, actor, Suburban Commando April 29, 1930 Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner April 29, 1930 Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player April 29, 1929 Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, composer April 29, 1929 Vaclav Kucera, composer April 29, 1929 W Kempowski, writer April 29, 1929 Walter Kempowski, German writer, Tadelloser and Wolff April 29, 1929 [John] Jeremy Thorpe, British MP, Liberal April 29, 1929 Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman April 29, 1929 Jeremy Thorpe, British Politician April 29, 1928 Big Jay McNeely, rocker April 29, 1928 Carl Gardner, born in Tyler, Texas, rock vocalist, Coasters-Searchin April 29, 1927 Betsy Ancker-Johnson, physicist/auto company exec April 29, 1927 Dorothy Manley, England, 100m sprint 1948 Olympics silver April 29, 1926 Carie Meek, Rep-D-Florida April 29, 1925 Ab Abspoel, Dutch actor and director, Surprise Attack, Elevator April 29, 1925 Danny Davis, rocker, Nashville Brass April 29, 1924 Al Balding, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, Quebec Open-1952 April 29, 1924 Renee Jeanmaire, Paris, France, dancer, Hans Christian Anderson April 29, 1923 Irvin Kershner, Philadelphia, director, Never Say Never Again April 29, 1923 Maxine Audley, born in London, actress, Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards April 29, 1922 George Allen, football coach, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins April 29, 1922 Parren J. Mitchell, Rep-D-MD, 1971- April 29, 1922 Tommy Noonan, Washington, actor, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises April 29, 1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer April 29, 1922 Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician April 29, 1921 Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer, Sun April 29, 1920 Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster April 29, 1920 Harold Samuel Shapero, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, composer, 9 Minute Opera April 29, 1919 Celeste Holm, born in New York City, actress, Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve April 29, 1918 Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer, brother of Neil, Test for Australia April 29, 1915 Donald Mills, singer, Mills Brothers April 29, 1914 Ewan Roberts, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actress, Pvt Benjamin April 29, 1913 Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist April 29, 1913 Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster April 29, 1912 Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor April 29, 1912 Richard Carlson, Minnesota, actor, All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi April 29, 1912 Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic April 29, 1910 John Beavan, newspaper editor April 29, 1909 Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader April 29, 1909 Tom Ewell, [S Yewell Tompkins], Kentucky, actor, Tom Ewell Show, 7 Yr Itch April 29, 1909 Iyad Allawi, Iraqi Statesman April 29, 1909 Karen Armstrong, English Writer April 29, 1909 James Sanborn, American Sculptor April 29, 1909 Shirley Franklin, American Politician April 29, 1908 Jack [Stewart] Williamson, U.S., sci-fi author, Cometeers April 29, 1908 Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter April 29, 1907 Fred Zinneman, born in Austria, director, From Here to Eternity, Julia April 29, 1907 Tino Rossi, Ajaccio France, singer, Deux Amours, Marlene April 29, 1907 Fred Zinnemann, American Director April 29, 1904 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate April 29, 1904 Russ Morgan, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Welcome Aboard April 29, 1903 Frank Parker, born in New York City, singer, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party April 29, 1902 Theodore Chanler, composer April 29, 1901 George Osborne Sayles, historian April 29, 1901 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1926-89 April 29, 1899 Duke Ellington, Washington D.C., [Edward Kennedy], bandleader, Take A Train April 29, 1899 Karl Yngve Skold, composer April 29, 1899 Natalie Talmadge, actress, Our Hospitality April 29, 1896 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer April 29, 1896 Walter Mehring, writer April 29, 1895 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor, Promenade Concerts April 29, 1894 Paul Horbiger, born in Budapest, Hungary, actor, Liebelei April 29, 1893 Elisaveta Bagrjana, [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet April 29, 1893 Harold C Urey, Indiana, physicist, Deuterium, Nobel 1934 April 29, 1893 Harold C. Urey, Physicist April 29, 1885 Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist, Rasende Reporter April 29, 1885 Wallingford Riegger, born in Albany, Georgia, composer, Bacchangle April 29, 1882 Hendrik N Werkman, painter/printer/resistance fighter, Hot printing April 29, 1879 Thomas Beecham, born in England, composer, found London Philharmonic April 29, 1873 Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star, Rotterdam Stage April 29, 1872 Eyvind Alnaes, composer April 29, 1871 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children April 29, 1863 William Randolph Hearst, publisher, SF Examiner, Seattle P-I April 29, 1862 Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer April 29, 1860 Lorado Taft, U.S., sculptor, Black Hawk April 29, 1857 Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer, Mishel' Tes'e April 29, 1857 Frantisek Ondricek, composer April 29, 1855 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake, April 29, 1855 Edmund van der Straeten, composer April 29, 1854 Henri Poincare, France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher April 29, 1842 Karl Millocker, Austria conductor and composer, Beggar Student April 29, 1830 Adolph Sutro, San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels April 29, 1818 Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia, 1855-81 April 29, 1815 Abram Duryee, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1890 April 29, 1806 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher April 29, 1803 Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman April 29, 1783 David Cox, English painter, Treatise on landscape painting April 29, 1780 Charles Nodier, French writer, La fee aux miettes April 29, 1771 Matthaus Stegmayer, composer April 29, 1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800 April 29, 1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer, ballet d'action April 29, 1667 John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer, Alexander Pope April 29, 1660 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer April 29, 1642 Christian Weise, German writer, Niederlandische Bauer April 29, 1636 Esaias Reusner, composer April 29, 1584 Melchior Teschner, composer |