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Is January 29th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 29th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?
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January 29th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:
January 29th Birthdays: Famous Artists
Frederick Delius, British-French orchestral, choral and operatic composer (Brigg Fair, A Mass of Life, North Country Sketches, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Sea Drift, Song of the High Hills and A Village Romeo and Juliet), was born on January 29, 1862.
Barnett Newman, American artist, was born on January 29, 1905.
January 29th Birthdays: Famous Athletes
American professional baseball player Bobby Donald Bolin (Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants) was born on January 29, 1939.
Donna Caponi-Byrnes, American professional golfer, was born on January 29, 1945.
Bill Christian, American hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (1960), was born on January 29, 1938.
Clifford Gray, American bobsledder and Olympic gold medalist (1928), was born on January 29, 1892.
Canadian professional hockey player William Edward (Billy) Harris (Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs) was born on January 29, 1952.
Dominik (The Dominator) Hasek, Czechoslovakian professional hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators) and Olympic gold medalist (1998), was born on January 29, 1965.
Franciscus Hin, Dutch yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist (1920), was born on January 29, 1906.
Gregory Efthimos (Greg) Louganis, American diver and Olympic gold medalist (1984 and 1988), was born on January 29, 1960.
American race car driver Berna Eli (Barney) Oldfield was born on January 29, 1878.
Canadian professional hockey player and coach Joe Primeau (Toronto Maple Leafs) was born on January 29, 1906.
William Joseph (Bill) Rigney, American professional baseball player (New York Giants) and coach (Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins and New York Giants), was born on January 29, 1918.
Canadian professional hockey player Wayne Frederick Stephenson (Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals) was born on January 29, 1945.
James Vernon (Jim) Tyrone, American professional baseball player (Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics), was born on January 29, 1949. Jim Tyrone's brother is professional baseball player Wayne Tyrone.
January 29th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists
American author Edward Abbey (The Brave Cowboy, Confessions of a Barbarian, Fire on the Mountain, The Fool's Progress and The Monkey Wrench Gang) was born on January 29, 1927.
Sidney Aaron (Paddy) Chayefski, Ukrainian-American playwright, screenwriter (Altered States, The Americanization of Emily, The Bachelor Party, The Catered Affair, The Goddess, The Hospital, Marty, Mother, Network and Paint Your Wagon) and Academy Award winner (1955, 1971 and 1976), was born on January 29, 1923.
Russian author Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (At Twilight, The Cherry Orchard, The Island of Sakhalin, Ivanov, Motley Stories, The Seagull, Stories, The Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya) was born on January 29, 1860.
Australian feminist and author Germaine Greer (The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause, Daddy We Hardly Knew You, The Female Eunuch, Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility and Shakespeare's Wife) was born on January 29, 1939.
Thomas Paine, British-American political philosopher and author (The Age of Reason, The American Crisis, Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Letter to Washington), was born on January 29, 1737.
Romain Rolland, French author (L'Ame Enchantee, Clerambault, Georges Danton, Jean-Christophe, Mahatma Gandhi, Robespierre and La Vie de Tolstoi) and Nobel Prize winner (1915), was born on January 29, 1866.
Swedish scientist and author Emanuel Swedenborg (Apocalypse Revealed, Arcana Coelestia, Heaven and Hell; Divine Love and Wisdom, Principia and True Christian Religion) was born on January 29, 1688. Emanuel Swedenborg was the founder of Swedenborgianism.
January 29th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., American oil executive, Standard Oil Company founder and philanthropic creator of the Rockefeller Foundation, was born on January 29, 1874.
January 29th Birthdays: Famous Performers
Sara Rebecca (Sara Gilbert) Abeles, American actress (50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save the Earth, The Big Bang Theory, The Big Tease, Broken Record, Calamity Jane, Dead Beat, Desert Blue, Light It Up, Poison Ivy, Riding in Cars with Boys, Roseanne, Runaway Ralph, Twins and Welcome to New York ), was born on January 29, 1975.
Sharif Atkins, American actor (The 4400 and ER), was born on January 29, 1975.
British rock drummer David Baynton-Power (James) was born on January 29, 1961.
Edward J. Burns, Jr., American actor (15 Minutes, 27 Dresses, Confidence, Echelon Conspiracy, The Holiday, Life or Something Like It, One Missed Call, The River King, Saving Private Ryan and A Sound of Thunder) and film director (Ash Wednesday, The Brothers McMullen, The Groomsmen, Looking for Kitty, No Looking Back, Purple Violets, She's the One and Sidewalks of New York), was born on January 29, 1968. Edward Burns married model Christy Turlington.
Diane A. (Diana) Delano, American actress (100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd, Cop Rock, L.A. Law, The Ladykillers, A Mighty Wind, Miracle Mile, Monk, Northern Exposure, A Painted House, Popular, The River Wild, Sleepwalkers and The Wicker Man), was born on January 29, 1957.
American comedian, vaudevillian and actor (The Bank Dick, My Little Chickadee, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break and Pool Sharks) William Claude (W.C. Fields) Dukenfield was born on January 29, 1880.
Hungarian-American rock guitarist, drummer, singer and songwriter Thomas (Tommy Ramone) Erdelyi (The Ramones) was born on January 29, 1952.
Roddy Frame, Scottish indie rock guitarist and singer (Aztec Camera), was born on January 29, 1964.
John Lincoln (John Forsythe) Freund, American actor (And Justice for All, Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty, The John Forsythe Show, The Miss and Missiles, The Powers That Be, To Rome with Love, Scrooged and See How They Run) and television personality (I Witness Video and World of Survival), was born on January 29, 1918.
David Byron Garrick, British rock singer (Spice and Uriah Heep), was born on January 29, 1947.
American model and actress (Anger Management, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Boogie Nights, Drugstore Cowboy, Emily's Reasons Why Not, From Hell, The Guru, Killing Me Softly, Scrubs and Twin Peaks) Heather Joan Graham was born on January 29, 1970.
British singer (”A Young Girl” and “The Windmills of Your Mind”) and actor (The Best of Enemies, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Murder in China Basin and Take a Girl Like You) Noel Harrison was born on January 29, 1934. Noel Harrison competed for Great Britain as a skier in the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics.
Betty (Bettye LaVette) Haskins, American soul singer (”Child of the Seventies,” “Doin' the Best That I Can,” “Let Me Down Easy,” “My Man - He's a Lovin' Man” and “Right in the Middle of Falling in Love”), was born on January 29, 1946. Bettye LaVette has been called “The Great Lady of Soul.”
American actor (10 Things I Hate about You, 7th Heaven, The Amanda Show, The Broken Hearts Club, Camp Nowhere, Full House, Independence Day, O, Party of Five, Related, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Step by Step and Thunder Alley), punk-rock drummer and singer (The Gaze) Andrew Keegan Heying was born on January 29, 1979. Andrew Keegan is brother to actor Casey Keegan.
Eddie (Edbass) Jackson, American progressive metal bass guitarist (The Mob and Queenryche), was born on January 29, 1961.
Jon Gordon (Jonny Lang) Langseth, Jr., American blues-rock singer (Bad Medicine Blues Band and Kid Jonny Lang & The Big Bang), was born on January 29, 1981. Jonny Lang appeared in the motion picture Blues Brothers 2000. Jonny Lang has performed on concert tours with Aerosmith, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Blues Traveler, Buddy Guy, The Rolling Stones, Sting and other artists.
American blues and folk guitarist, accordion player, singer and songwriter Huddie William (Leadbelly or Lead Belly) Ledbetter was born on January 29, 1888. Lead Belly's best known songs include “Blue Tail Fly,” “Cotton Fields,” “Grey Goose,” “Goodnight Irene,” “House of the Rising Sun,” “John Henry,” “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,” “The Midnight Special,” “Old Time Religion,” “Pick a Bale of Cotton,” “Red River,” “Skip to My Lou,” “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” and “They Hung Him on a Cross.”
Claudine Georgette Longet, French singer (”Am I Blue,” “I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You,” “I Think It's Gonna Rain Today,” “Love Is Blue,” “Man in a Raincoat,” “Meditation,” “Nothing to Lose,” “Small Talk,” “Sunrise Sunset,” “Walk in the Park,” “Wanderlove” and “White Horses”) and actress (Hogan's Heroes, How to Steal an Airplane, McHale's Navy, Only One Day Left Before Tomorrow and The Party), was born on January 29, 1942. Claudine Longet was married to singer Andy Williams.
American model, country music singer and television personality (Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters and Hee Haw) Ellen Irlene Mandrell was born on January 29, 1956. Irlene Mandrell is sister to country music singers Barbara Mandrell and Louise Mandrell.
Victor John Mature, American actor (Affair with a Stranger, After the Fox, Androcles and the Lion, Easy Living, The Las Vegas Story, Million Dollar Mermaid, Red Hot and Blue, The Robe, Samson and Delilah and Song of the Islands), was born on January 29, 1915.
Ann Jura (Ann Jillian) Nauseda, American actress (Alice in Wonderland, Ann Jillian, Babes in Toyland, Ellis Island, Gypsy, Hazel, It's a Living, Jennifer SleptHere and Mae West), was born on January 29, 1950.
American rock and mariachi guitarist, percussionist, singer and songwriter Louie Perez (The Latin Playboys and Los Lobos) was born on January 29, 1953.
Jason James Richter, American actor (Cops and Robbersons, Free Willy, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, Ricochet River and The Setting Son) and rock bassist (Blueroot and Fermata), was born on January 29, 1980.
American actress (The Betsy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Colbys, Donnie Darko, The Final Countdown, Game, The Graduate, Hellfighters, The Legacy, Mister Buddwing, The Shadow Riders, Shenandoah, The Singing Nun, The Stepford Wives, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here and They Only Kill Their Masters) and children's book author (The Baby Animals' Party, Bear Island, The Fuzzytail Friends' Great Egg Hunt, Grover Grover Come on Over and The Teeny Tiny Farm) Katherine Juliet Ross was born on January 29, 1940.
Thomas William (Tom) Selleck, American actor (Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, Lassiter, Magnum, P.I., Mr. Baseball, Quigley Down Under, Runaway, Running Mates, Three Men and a Baby and Three Men and a Little Lady), was born on January 29, 1945.
Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor (The Beastmaster, Body Chemistry, Dead Space, Go Tell the Spartans, High Desert Kill, If You Could See What I Hear, Something for Joey, V, V: The Final Battle and V: The Series) and voice-over artist (Batman: The Animated Series), was born on January 29, 1948. Marc Singer is brother to actress Lori Singer and cousin to film director Bryan Singer.
American rock bassist Johnny Spampinato (NRBG) was born on January 29, 1959.
Chinese pop singer Teresa Tang (”When Will You Return?”) was born on January 29, 1953.
Judy Norton Taylor, American actress (Crosswits, A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain, Felony Squad, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, Hotel, Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain, Valentine, The Waltons, A Walton Easter, A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, A Walton Wedding and A Wedding on Walton's Mountain) and television personality (Battle of the Network Stars, Circus of the Stars and Password Plus), was born on January 29, 1958.
American actor Nicholas (Nick) Turturro, Jr. (Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie, City of Shoulders and Noses, Excess Baggage, Federal Hill, First Sunday, Hellraiser: Inferno, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Jungle Fever, The King of Queens, L.A. Law, Law & Order, The Longest Yard, Malcolm X, Men Lie, Mo' Better Blues, Monday Night Mayhem, NYPD Blue, Shadow Conspiracy, Third Watch, Tremors, World Trade Center and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), was born on January 29, 1962. Nicholas Turturro is brother to actor John Turturro and cousin to actress Aida Turturro.
Oprah Gail Winfrey, American television personality (The Oprah Winfrey Show), publisher (O - The Oprah Winfrey Magazine), television book club hostess (Oprah's Book Club) and actress (The Color Purple, Native Son and The Women of Brewster Place), was born on January 29, 1954.
January 29th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders
Baron Jeffrey Amherst, British army officer, was born on January 29, 1717. Jeffrey Amherst led British forces in the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years War, the French and Indian Wars. Amherst College was named for him.
William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, was born on January 29, 1843.
Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee, III, American patriot, U.S. Congressman (Fed-VA) and American Revolutionary War hero, was born on January 29, 1756. Henry Lee, III, was the father of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee.
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