July 29 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 29, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♌︎ Leo
Jul 23 – Aug 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#126 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 29 birthdays
Alexis de Tocqueville · French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs1805
Ivan Aivazovsky · Russian marine painter1817
Henri Fayol · French mining engineer and executive1841
Theda Bara · American actress1885
William Powell · American actor1892
Isidor Rabi · American physicist1898
Eyvind Johnson · Swedish writer1900
Dag Hammarskjöld · Swedish diplomat, economist, and author1905
Clara Bow · American actress1905
Mikis Theodorakis · Greek composer1925
Harry Mulisch · Dutch writer1927
Daniel McFadden · American economist1937
Arif Alvi · 13th President of Pakistan from 2018 to 20241949
Ken Burns · American documentarian and filmmaker1953
Fumio Kishida · Prime Minister of Japan from 2021 to 20241957
Ginni Rometty · American business executive1957
Dana White · American businessman and president of UFC1969
Josh Radnor · American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1974
Fernando Alonso · Spanish racing driver1981
Allison Mack · American former actress1982
On this day in history
1914The Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, opened on a limited basis.
1981An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (combined coat of arms pictured) at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
1987British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Channel Tunnel).
1996The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
1932Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans using arson, bayonets, sabers, tanks, tear gas, and vomit gas.
1938The Essential Commodities Reserves Act, which allowed the British government to build up reserves of essential commodities in anticipation of war, received royal assent.
1954The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, was published by Allen & Unwin.
1958U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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