On this day: January 29
Born on this day
Johann ReuchlinJanuary 29, 1455 – June 30, 1522 · Culture
Emmanuel SwedenborgJanuary 29, 1688 – March 29, 1772 · Technology
Georg Christoph WagenseilJanuary 29, 1715 – March 1, 1777 · Music
Thomas PaineJanuary 29, 1737 – June 8, 1809 · Culture
Johann Gottfried SeumeJanuary 29, 1763 – June 13, 1810 · Music
Anne-Louis GirodetJanuary 29, 1767 – December 8, 1824 · Art
Friedrich MohsJanuary 29, 1773 – September 29, 1839 · Science
Daniel François Esprit AuberJanuary 29, 1782 – May 12, 1871 · Music
Ernst KummerJanuary 29, 1810 – May 14, 1893 · Science
Adolph FrankJanuary 29, 1834 – May 30, 1916 · Science
Edward W. MorleyJanuary 29, 1838 – February 24, 1923 · Science
William McKinleyJanuary 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901 · Politics
Karol OlszewskiJanuary 29, 1846 – March 25, 1915 · Science
Ebenezer HowardJanuary 29, 1850 – May 1, 1928 · Culture
Lawrence HargraveJanuary 29, 1850 – July 14, 1915 · Technology
Frederick DeliusJanuary 29, 1862 – June 10, 1934 · Music
Romain RollandJanuary 29, 1866 – December 30, 1944 · Culture
Vicente Blasco IbáñezJanuary 29, 1867 – January 28, 1928 · Film
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the AbruzziJanuary 29, 1873 – March 18, 1933 · Exploration
Havergal BrianJanuary 29, 1876 – November 28, 1972 · Music
W. C. FieldsJanuary 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946 · Film- Philibert Jacques MelotteJanuary 29, 1880 – March 30, 1961 · Science
Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez CastelaoJanuary 29, 1886 – January 7, 1950 · Art
Sydney ChapmanJanuary 29, 1888 – June 16, 1970 · Science
Boris PasternakJanuary 29, 1890 – May 30, 1960 · Culture
Ernst LubitschJanuary 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947 · Film
Yeshayahu LeibowitzJanuary 29, 1903 – August 18, 1994 · Science- Arnold GehlenJanuary 29, 1904 – January 30, 1976 · Culture
Barnett NewmanJanuary 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970 · Art
Paddy ChayefskyJanuary 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981 · Music
Luigi NonoJanuary 29, 1924 – May 8, 1990 · Music
Abdus SalamJanuary 29, 1926 – November 21, 1996 · Science
Edward AbbeyJanuary 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989 · Culture- Joseph KruskalJanuary 29, 1928 – September 19, 2010 · Science
Elio PetriJanuary 29, 1929 – November 10, 1982 · Film- Leslie BricusseJanuary 29, 1931 – October 19, 2021 · Music
Sacha DistelJanuary 29, 1933 – July 22, 2004 · Music
Luboš KohoutekJanuary 29, 1935 – December 30, 2023 · Science
Victor J. StengerJanuary 29, 1935 – August 2014 · Science
Walter LewinJanuary 29, 1936 – present · Science
Arnaldo Tamayo MéndezJanuary 29, 1942 – present · Space
Andrew Loog OldhamJanuary 29, 1944 – present · Music
Linda B. BuckJanuary 29, 1947 – present · Science
David ByronJanuary 29, 1947 – February 28, 1985 · Music- Ernie LivelyJanuary 29, 1947 – June 3, 2021 · Film
Marc SingerJanuary 29, 1948 – present · Film
Mamoru MohriJanuary 29, 1948 – present · Space
Oprah WinfreyJanuary 29, 1954 – present · Film
Terry KinneyJanuary 29, 1954 – present · Film
Olga TokarczukJanuary 29, 1962 – present · Culture
Edward BurnsJanuary 29, 1968 – present · Film
HydeJanuary 29, 1969 – present · Music
Heather GrahamJanuary 29, 1970 – present · Film
Sara GilbertJanuary 29, 1975 – present · Film
Justin HartleyJanuary 29, 1977 – present · Film
Sam JaegerJanuary 29, 1977 – present · Film
Christina KochJanuary 29, 1979 – present · Space
Emilio InsoleraJanuary 29, 1979 – present · Film
Rag'n'Bone ManJanuary 29, 1985 – present · Music
Siege of BaghdadJanuary 29, 1258 – February 10, 1258 · Wars & Conflicts
1964 Winter OlympicsJanuary 29, 1964 – February 9, 1964 · Sports
Launch of WorldometerJanuary 29, 2008 · Internet
Release of Microsoft Office 2013January 29, 2013 · Technology