Famous people born on 29 December

• Andrew JohnsonPresident of the United States from 1865 to 1869 · 1808–1875
  66 yrs
• William Ewart GladstoneBritish Liberal prime minister · 1809–1898
  88 yrs
• Elizabeth I of RussiaSixth Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762 · 1709–1762
  52 yrs
• Madame de PompadourChief mistress of Louis XV of France · 1721–1764
  42 yrs
• Mary Tyler Moore ↗American actress and television producer · 1936–2017
  80 yrs
• Ronald Coase ↗British economist and Nobel laureate · 1910–2013
  102 yrs
• Pau Casals ↗Spanish cellist, conductor and composer · 1876–1973
  96 yrs
• Elisabeth of Wied ↗German writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I · 1843–1916
  72 yrs
• David Alfaro Siqueiros ↗Mexican painter and muralist · 1896–1974
  77 yrs
• Charles Goodyear ↗American inventor · 1800–1860
  59 yrs
• Marianne Faithfull ↗English singer and actress · 1946–2025
  78 yrs
• Rajesh Khanna ↗Indian actor and film producer · 1942–2012
  69 yrs
• André Claveau ↗French recording artist; singer · 1911–2003
  91 yrs
• Dobrica Ćosić ↗Serbian politician and writer · 1921–2014
  92 yrs
• Klaus Fuchs ↗German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy · 1911–1988
  76 yrs
• Christian Jürgensen Thomsen ↗Archaeologist · 1788–1865
  76 yrs
• Vera Brittain ↗English writer · 1893–1970
  76 yrs
• Josefa Iloilo ↗President of Fiji from 2000 to 2009 · 1920–2011
  90 yrs
• Albert Pike ↗American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Freemason · 1809–1891
  81 yrs
• Jon Polito ↗American actor · 1950–2016
  65 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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