Birthdays in History for Sunday 29th January 2012
1584 - Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
1632 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)
1688 - Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
1689 - Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet
1700 - Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
1703 - Carlmann Kolb, composer
1711 - Giuseppi Bonno, composer
1715 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court) composer/pianist
1717 - Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal
1718 - Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794)
1737 - Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
1754 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
1756 - Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, (Rep/Gov-Va)/general
1756 - Henry Lee III, American General
1761 - Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
1763 - J G Seume, writer
1782 - Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer (Fra Diavolo)
1782 - Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski, composer
1783 - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]
1784 - Ferdinand Ries, composer
1798 - Henry Neele, London, poet
1801 - Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis)
1803 - James Outram, Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, general
1810 - Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician
1821 - Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1823 - Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army)
1824 - Karl von Perfall, composer
1836 - Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1836 - James Meech Warner, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1843 - William McKinley, Niles Ohio, (R) 25th pres (1897-1901)
1846 - Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)
1850 - Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities
1850 - Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)
1852 - Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer
1852 - Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa)
1854 - Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian
1860 - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard)
1862 - Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)
1864 - Adolf Philipp, composer
1866 - Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)
1867 - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
1869 - Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
1871 - Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer
1873 - Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias)
1874 - John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist
1874 - Robert Lach, composer
1876 - Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer
1876 - Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer
1877 - Georges Catroux, French general (d. 1969)
1878 - Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil
1880 - W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick)
1884 - Juhan Aavic, composer
1887 - Albert Conti, Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion)
1889 - Francisco Santiago, composer
1889 - Rudolf Mauersberger, composer
1890 - Marguerite Canal, composer
1891 - R N Williams II, tennis champ (US Open-1914)
1891 - R. Norris Williams, American survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (d. 1968)
1892 - Clifford Gray, US, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1928)
1893 - Edric Cundell, composer
1893 - Martian Negrea, composer
1895 - Muna Lee, American poet (d. 1965)
1896 - Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman)
1898 - Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre)
1898 - Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha)
1900 - Marco Tajcevic, composer
1900 - Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea)
1901 - Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube)
1903 - Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist
1905 - Barnett Newmann, US painter (postpainterly abstraction)
1906 - Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
1906 - Joe Primeau, NHL center
1908 - Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)
1909 - Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia)
1909 - Tonypandy, Viscount
1910 - Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher
1910 - Colin Middleton, Irish artist (d. 1983)
1911 - George Burns, British major-general
1911 - Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1986)
1912 - "Professor" Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)
1912 - Jacob "Jaap" Balk, journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon)
1913 - Victor Mature, Louisville KY, actor (1 Million BC, Samson & Delilah) (d. 1999)
1913 - Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
1913 - Peter von Zahn, German journalist and writer (d. 2001)
1915 - Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author
1915 - Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven)
1915 - John Serry, Sr., American musician and arranger (d. 2003)
1916 - Barbara Skelton, writer
1917 - John Raitt, Santa Ana California, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game)
1918 - John Forsythe, NJ, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)
1918 - William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants)
1919 - Norman F Simpson, British playwright (One Way Pendulum)
1920 - Alec Coppen, psychiatrist
1920 - José Luis de Villalonga, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2007)
1921 - Anthony George, American actor (d. 2005)
1922 - Gerda Steinhoff, Nazi concetration camp supervisor (d. 1946)
1923 - Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital) (d. 1981)
1924 - Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot
1924 - Gregson, Lord
1924 - Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations)
1924 - Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001)
1924 - Peter Voulkos, American artist (d. 2002)
1925 - Anthony George, Endicott NY, actor (Untouchables, Checkmate)
1925 - Lane of Horsell, Lord
1925 - Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting)
1926 - Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist
1926 - Bob Berry, cricketer (England slow lefty 1950)
1927 - Edward Abbey, US author (Desert Solitaire)
1928 - Bengt Hambraeus, composer
1928 - Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician
1928 - Peter Byrne, actor (Postcards from America, Carry on Cabby)
1929 - Elio Petri, Italy, director (Property is no theft)
1929 - William McMillan, US, rapid pistol (Olympic-gold-1960) [or Jul 3]
1930 - John Junkin, actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night)
1930 - Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (d. 2005)
1931 - Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off)
1932 - Clyde, Lord
1932 - Raman Subba Row, CEO (Test/County Cricket Board)
1932 - George Allen, English footballer
1933 - A C Alston, bibliographer
1933 - Margaret Laird, Commissioner (Third Church Estates)
1934 - Paul Gutama Soegijo, composer
1936 - Malcolm Binns, concert pianist
1936 - James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983)
1937 - Bobby Scott, jazz singer
1938 - Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 - Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich)
1939 - O P Kolomitsev, cosmonaut
1940 - Katharine Ross, American actress
1940 - Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
1942 - Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez, Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38)
1942 - Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer
1942 - F R Hartley, Vice-Chancellor (Cranfield University)
1942 - Katharine Ross, Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys)
1942 - Richard Needham, British MP
1942 - Robin Morgan, Lake Worth Fla, actress (Dagmar-Mama)
1943 - Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside
1943 - Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer
1944 - Barbara Moore, Wardell Mo, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE)
1944 - Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland)
1944 - Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
1944 - Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge
1945 - Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
1945 - James Nicholson, British MEP
1945 - Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)
1945 - Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
1947 - David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep)
1947 - Israel Wetrin, managing director (Elonex)
1947 - Michael Mavor, Head Master (Rugby School)
1947 - Linda B. Buck, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1947 - Marián Varga, Slovak musician
1948 - Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen)
1948 - Felice Taylor, R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On)
1948 - Marc Singer, Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas)
1948 - Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter & radio host
1950 - Ann Jillian, Cambridge Mass, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here)
1950 - Jody Schecter, South African auto maker (World Driver's 1979)
1951 - Andy Roberts, cricketer (brilliant WI quickie with 202 wickets 74-84)
1952 - Tommy Ramone, [Erdelyi], Budapest, Hungary, rock drummer/bassist (Ramones)
1953 - Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue)
1953 - Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist
1953 - Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
1953 - Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
1954 - Dick Manitoba, vocalist (Dictators)
1954 - Oprah Winfrey, Mississippi, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah)
1954 - Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
1955 - John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1955 - Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
1957 - Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
1957 - Jac Bico, Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine)
1957 - Grazyna Miller, Italian poet, translator, and journalist
1958 - Judy Norton-Taylor, Santa Monica California, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons)
1958 - Ole Mortensen, cricketer (pace bowler for Derbyshire & Denmark)
1959 - Paul McGann, actor (Dr Who)
1960 - Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize)
1960 - Eddie Jackson, bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
1960 - Gregory Efthimos Louganis, San Diego Ca, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
1960 - Matthew Ashford, Davenport IA, actor (Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives)
1960 - Sean Kerly, hockey player
1960 - Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)
1960 - Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
1960 - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
1961 - Mike Aldrete, US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics, NY Yankees)
1962 - Nicholas Turturro, Queens NY, actor (James Martinez-NYPD Blue)
1963 - Michelle Bell, Melrose MA, LPGA golfer (1981 Mass School Girls Champ)
1963 - Bob Holly, American professional wrestler
1964 - Andre Reed, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1964 - John Gallagher, rugby league player
1964 - John Habyan, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1964 - Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray)
1964 - Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer and television presenter
1965 - Dominik Hasek, Pardubice CZE, NHL goalie (Czech Oly-Gold-98, Buffalo)
1965 - Peter Lundgren, Sweden, tennis star
1965 - Tim Johnson, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
1966 - Romário, Brazilian footballer
1967 - David Pitcher, CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1967 - Khalid Skah, Midelt Morocco, 5k/10k runner
1967 - Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
1967 - Stacey King, NBA forward/center (Miami Heat)
1968 - Aeneas Williams, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Chris Pringle, (New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990)
1968 - Ed Burns, director/actor (Brothers McMullen)
1968 - Harold Green, NFL running back (Cin Bengals, Atlanta Falcons)
1968 - John Hudson, NFL center/guard (NY Jets, Philadelphia Eagles)
1968 - Kevin Roberson, US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
1968 - Edward Burns, American actor
1968 - Susi Erdmann, German bobsledder and luger
1968 - Sora Jung, Korean actress
1969 - Aeneas Williams, cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1969 - Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star (1995 Futures-Reims-FRA)
1969 - Karen Fonteyne, Calgary Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1969 - Robert Young, NFL player (St Louis Rams)
1969 - Hyde, Japanese singer
1970 - Eric Gouka, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
1970 - Heather Graham, Milwaukee WI, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown)
1970 - Scott Davis, guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1970 - Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
1971 - Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 - Jamal Fountaine, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers, Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Hessley Hempstead, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
1972 - Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Simon Cook, cricketer (Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96)
1973 - Darnell Stephens, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1973 - Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1973 - Scott Milanovich, quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 - David LaFleur, tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1974 - Jeff Mitchell, corner (Baltimore Ravens)
1974 - Kris Burley, Truro Nova Scotia, gymnist (Olympics-96)
1974 - Pat Walsh, WLAF Tackle (London Monarchs)
1975 - Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star
1975 - Kelly Packard, Glendale CA, actress (Tiffani Smith-California Dreams)
1975 - Lorraine Magwenzi, Miss Zimbabwe Universe (1997)
1975 - Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player (Vitesse, De Graafschap)
1975 - Sara Gilbert, Santa Monica California, actress (Melissa-Roseanne)
1976 - Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Miss Universe-Russia/best costume (1996)
1976 - Charles Divins, American model and actor
1977 - Martin Hohenberger, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1977 - Justin Hartley, American actor
1978 - Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
1978 - Rob Bironas, American football player
1979 - Andrew Keegan, actor (Step by Step, Party of Five)
1979 - April Scott, American actress and model
1979 - Joseph Todd, Arena Football League player
1979 - Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
1980 - Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor (Free Willy)
1980 - Yael Bar-Zohar, Israeli actress and model
1980 - Ivan Klasnić, Croatian football player
1981 - Álex Ubago, Spanish musician
1981 - Darío Lopilato, Argentine actor
1982 - Heidi Mueller, American actress
1983 - Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
1985 - Isabel Lucas, Australian actress
1985 - Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1986 - Mark Howard, English football player
1986 - Simon Vukčević, Montenegrin football player
1986 - Chris Bourque, American pro hockey player
1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
1987 - Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006)
1987 - Matthew Wilson, English world rally driver
1988 - Stephanie Gilmore, Australian professional surfer
1991 - Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Son of the Duke of Westminster
1993 - Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player
1996 - Megan Jossa, English actress
Source: http://www.historyorb.com
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