January 29
January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining until the end of the year (337 in leap years).
Events
Up to 1900
- 969 – Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria (b. 895)
- 1119 - Pope Gelasius II
- 1342 - Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
- 1477 - Gregory of Sanok, Polish professor and humanist (b. 1403)
- 1676 – Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
- 1696 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
- 1743 - Andre-Hercule de Fleury, French statesman (b. 1653)
- 1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
- 1814 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1762)
- 1820 – George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (b. 1738)
- 1828 - Paul de Barras, French politician (b. 1775)
- 1829 - Timothy Pickering, United States Secretary of State (b. 1745)
- 1860 – Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer (b. 1769)
- 1870 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
- 1888 – Edward Lear, British writer, illustrator, artist and poet (b. 1812)
- 1899 – Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter (b. 1839)
1901 – 2000
- 1901 – Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
- 1906 – King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- 1928 – Douglas Haig, British soldier (b. 1861)
- 1933 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
- 1934 – Fritz Haber, German chemist (b. 1868)
- 1941 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek military leader (b. 1871)
- 1945 - Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1875)
- 1946 - Harry Hopkins, American politician (b. 1890)
- 1948 - Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
- 1950 – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
- 1951 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b. 1880)
- 1956 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist (b. 1880)
- 1963 – Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874)
- 1964 - Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1969 – Allen Dulles, CIA director (b. 1893)
- 1977 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (b. 1954)
- 1980 - Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer and pianist (b. 1893)
- 1986 - Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1989 - Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
- 1992 - Willie Dixon, American composer and musician (b. 1915)
- 1994 – Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)
- 1998 - Joseph Alioto, American politician (b. 1916)
From 2001
- 2002 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Frank Moss, American politician (b. 1911)
- 2004 – Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (b. 1924)
- 2005 – Eric Griffiths, Welsh musician (b. 1940)
- 2005 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer, screenwriter and director (b. 1924)
- 2006 – Nam June Paik, South Korean artist (b. 1932)
- 2008 - Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
- 2008 – Margaret Truman, American writer (b. 1924)
- 2009 – John Martyn, British musician (b. 1948)
- 2011 – Milton Babbitt, American composer (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918)
- 2012 - Camilla Williams, American singer (b. 1919)
- 2013 - Bernard Horsfall, British actor (b. 1930)
- 2014 - François Cavanna, French journalist and writer (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Lars Andreas Larssen, Norwegian actor (b. 1935)
- 2015 - Colleen McCullough, Australian writer (b. 1937)
- 2015 - Will McBride, American photographer (b. 1931)
- 2015 - Rod McKuen, American poet, composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
- 2015 - Maurizio Arcieri, Italian singer (b. 1942)
- 2015 - Tenkoko Sonoda, Japanese politician (b. 1919)
- 2015 - Alexander Vraciu, American Navy fighter ace (b. 1918)
- 2015 - Israel Yinon, Israeli conductor (b. 1956)
- 2016 - Jacques Rivette, French movie director (b. 1928)
- 2016 - Gordon Goody, British criminal (b. 1929)
- 2016 - John Roper, Baron Roper, British politician (b. 1935)
- 2016 - Jean-Marie Doré, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
- 2016 - Cayetano Paderanga, Jr., Filipino economist (b. 1948)
- 2016 - Aurèle Nicolet, Swiss flautist (b. 1926)
- 2017 - Howard Frank Mosher, American writer (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Leonard H. Perroots, American military officer (b. 1933)
- 2017 - Joop Gouweleeuw, Dutch judoka (b. 1940)
- 2018 - Ion Ciubuc, Prime minister of Moldova (b. 1943)
- 2018 - Eddie Shaw, American blues saxophonist, arranger and bandleader (b. 1937)
- 2019 - George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)
- 2019 - Jean-Marc Fontaine, French mathematician (b. 1944)
- 2019 - Andy Hebenton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- 2019 - Mohammad Nabi Habibi, Iranian politician, Mayor of Tehran (b. 1945)
- 2019 - Charles J. Hynes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
- 2019 - James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1952)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 - Arcady Aris, Russian Chuvash writer (d. 1941)
- 1901 - Allen B. DuMont, American scientist and inventor (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
- 1906 - Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1989)
- 1911 – Peter von Siemens, German industry (d. 1986)
- 1913 – Peter von Zahn, German journalist (d. 2001)
- 1913 - Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1917 - John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
- 1918 – John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1920 - José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar, Ukrainian military officer (d. 2018)
- 1923 - Paddy Chayefsky, American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (d. 1981)
- 1923 - Ivo Robic, Croatian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Dorothy Malone, American actress (d. 2018)
- 1924 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
- 1925 – Tofik Bakhramov, Soviet-Azerbaijani linesman (d. 1993)
- 1926 – Franco Cerri, Italian jazz guitarist
- 1926 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani Nobel Prize in Physics winner (d. 1996)
- 1926 - Roberto Goyeneche, Argentine tango singer (d. 1994)
- 1927 - Edward Abbey, American naturalist, philosopher and writer (d. 1989)
- 1929 - Elio Petri, Italian movie director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
- 1929 - Ed Shaughnessy, American jazz musician
- 1930 - Carmino Ravosa, American singer and composer (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Ferenc Madl, President of Hungary (d. 2011)
- 1931 - Leslie Bricusse, British composer
- 1931 - Richard Bakalyan, Armenian-American actor (d. 2015)
- 1933 – Sacha Distel, French singer (d. 2004)
- 1933 - Paul Sally, American mathematician
- 1936 - Walter Lewis, Dutch astrophysicist
- 1936 - James Jamerson, American bass guitarist (d. 1983)
- 1937 - Hassan Habibi, 1st Vice president of Iran (d. 2013)
- 1937 - Bobby Scott, American musician
- 1939 – Germaine Greer, Australian writer, publicist, feminist and activist
- 1940 - Katharine Ross, American actress
- 1940 - Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
- 1941 - Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, writer and activist
- 1942 - Claudine Longet, French-American singer, actress and dancer
- 1943 – Tony Blackburn, British disc jockey
- 1943 - Molly Meldrum, Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and music entrepreneur
- 1943 - Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
- 1944 – Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
- 1945 – Tom Selleck, American actor
- 1945 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, former Prime Minister of Mali
- 1947 – Linda B. Buck, American scientist
- 1947 – David Byron, British musician (d. 1985)
- 1948 - David Hay, Scottish footballer
- 1948 – Guido Knopp, German historian, journalist and publicist
- 1949 - Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-born American musician and record producer (The Ramones) (d. 2014)
- 1950 – Jody Scheckter, South African racecar driver
1951 – 1975
- 1953 - Peter Baumann, German musician
- 1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American television host and businesswoman
- 1954 - Doug Riseborough, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
- 1955 – Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and coach
- 1956 - Amii Stewart, American singer, dancer and actress
- 1958 - Glen Cochrane, Canadin ice hockey player
- 1960 - Greg Louganis, American diver
- 1962 - Nicholas Turturro, American actor
- 1963 - Octave Octavian Teodorescu, Romanian composer and musician
- 1964 - Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1966 – Romario, Brazilian footballer
- 1969 – Hyde, Japanese singer
- 1969 - Sasa Obradovic, Serbian basketball coach
- 1970 – Heather Graham, American actress
- 1970 - Paul Ryan, American politician
- 1971 - Clare Balding, British television presenter
- 1973 - Miranda Krestovnikoff, British television presenter, naturalist and archaeologist
- 1974 - Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
- 1974 - Malina Olinescu, Romanian singer (d. 2011)
From 1976
- 1978 - Rob Bironas, American football player (d. 2014)
- 1978 - Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
- 1979 - Sarah Kuttner, German television presenter and writer
- 1979 - Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
- 1979 - April Scott, American actress and model
- 1980 – Ivan Klasnic, Croatian footballer
- 1980 – Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Icelandic handball player
- 1980 – Jason James Richter, American musician and actor
- 1982 - Kim Dong-Jin, South Korean footballer
- 1982 – Adam Lambert, American singer
- 1984 - Yukio Peter, Nauruan weightlifter
- 1985 – Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1985 - Isabel Lucas, Australian actress
- 1985 - Rag'n'Bone Man, English singer
- 1985 – Athina Onassis, heiress
- 1986 – Simon Vukcevic, Montenegrin footballer
- 1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
- 1988 - Tatyana Chernova, Russian athlete
- 1988 - Stephanie Gilmore, Australian surfer
- 1989 – Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
- 1990 - Danielle Parsons, Canadian curler
- 1992 - George Pocheptsov, American painter
- 1992 - Aleksandr Trokhov, Russian footballer
- 1993 - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese model, blogger and recording artist
- 1998 - Mion Mukaichi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)
Deaths
Observances
- Statehood Day (Kansas)