Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

July 29

• 1166 – Henry II, Count of Champagne and King of Jerusalem (d. 1197)
• 1605 – Simon Dach, German poet (d. 1659)
• 1763 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1845)
• 1797 – Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
• 1801 – George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
• 1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
• 1806 – Horace Abbott, American iron manufacturer (d. 1887)
• 1817 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter (d. 1900)
• 1846 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
• 1843 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
• 1849 – Max Nordau, Austrian-Hungarian writer and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
• 1860 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, Governor of Queensland, Governor of Bombay (d. 1940)
• 1869 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (d. 1946)
• 1872 – Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (d. 1957)
• 1874 – James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born American actress (d. 1949)
• 1878 – Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
• 1883 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
• 1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
• 1885 – Theda Bara, American film actress (d. 1955)
• 1890 – Daniel J. Callaghan, United States Navy officer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)
• 1887 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born American composer (d. 1951)
• 1891 – Bernhard Zondek German-born Israeli gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (d. 1966)
• 1892 – William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1897 – Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
• 1899 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
• 1900 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Don Redman, American jazz trumpeter, oboist and pianist (d. 1964)
• 1904 – J. R. D. Tata, France-born Indian aviation pioneer and industrialist (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
• 1905 – Thelma Todd, American actress (d. 1935)
• 1905 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
• 1906 – Diana Vreeland, French-born American fashion editor (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
• 1909 – Chester Himes, American novelist (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Foster Furcolo, 60^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Archbishop Iakovos of America, Turkish-born Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Erich Priebke, German Nazi war criminal
• 1914 – Irwin Corey, American stand-up comedian
• 1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, American Mormon apostle and writer (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Francis W. Sargent, 64^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (d. 1942)
• 1916 – Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Rochus Misch, German courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler, the last survivor of the Führerbunker
• 1918 – Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1968)
• 1920 – Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. 1974)
• 1920 – Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1923 – Jim Marshall, English founder of Marshall Amplification
• 1923 – Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Robert Horton, American actor
• 1924 – Elizabeth Short, American waitress, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
• 1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
• 1925 – Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player
• 1927 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch novelist, playwright, essayist and poet (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
• 1932 – Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator from Kansas
• 1933 – Lou Albano, American pro wrestling manager (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Colin Davis, British racing driver
• 1933 – Robert Fuller, American actor
• 1935 – Peter Schreier, German tenor
• 1936 – Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
• 1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-born American journalist (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Jean Rochon, Quebec politician
• 1941 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1941 – David Warner, English actor
• 1942 – Tony Sirico, American actor
• 1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player
• 1945 – Mircea Lucescu, Romanian football manager
• 1946 – Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
• 1946 – Neal Doughty, American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon)
• 1946 – Diane Keen, English actress
• 1947 – Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
• 1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
• 1949 – Jamil Mahuad, 51st President of Ecuador
• 1950 – Mike Starr, American actor
• 1951 – Dan Driessen, American baseball player
• 1951 – Dean Pitchford, American songwriter, filmmaker and novelist
• 1952 – Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
• 1953 – Ken Burns, American producer and director
• 1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian bassist and singer (Rush)
• 1953 – Patti Scialfa, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 – Tim Gunn, American television personality
• 1955 – Dave Stevens, American illustrator
• 1955 – Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
• 1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
• 1956 – Ronnie Musgrove, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
• 1956 – Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
• 1957 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
• 1957 – Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano
• 1959 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
• 1959 – Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and Fluxus and mail artist
• 1959 – Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
• 1959 – John Sykes, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang)
• 1962 – Vincent Rousseau, Belgian long-distance runner
• 1962 – Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
• 1963 – Graham Poll, English football referee
• 1963 – Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
• 1963 – Alexandra Paul, American actress
• 1965 – Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born American novelist
• 1965 – Luis Alicea, Puerto Rico baseball player and coach
• 1965 – Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
• 1966 – Martina McBride, American country music singer
• 1966 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voice actor
• 1968 – Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
• 1970 – John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1970 – Andi Peters, British TV presenter
• 1971 – Monica Calhoun, American actress
• 1971 – Bryan Dattilo, American actor
• 1971 – Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer and songwriter
• 1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor
• 1973 – Stephen Dorff, American actor
• 1973 – Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
• 1974 – Josh Radnor, American actor
• 1974 – Afroman, American rapper
• 1975 – Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1977 – Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, American songwriter and record producer
• 1979 – Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
• 1979 – Ronald Murray, American basketball player
• 1980 – Ryan Braun, Canadian-born American baseball player
• 1980 – Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
• 1980 – Rachel Miner, American actress
• 1981 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula 1 Driver
• 1981 – Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
• 1981 – Troy Perkins, American soccer player
• 1982 – Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
• 1982 – Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Allison Mack, American actress
• 1983 – Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
• 1984 – Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
• 1985 – Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
• 1985 – Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
• 1990 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor