Birthday: 29 October
Famous people born on 29 October
29 of the best-known people in our data were born on 29 October, including Joseph Goebbels, Abu Bakr and Franz von Papen. The longest life among them was Baruj Benacerraf's, at 90 years.
- Joseph GoebbelsNazi politician and Propaganda Minister · 1897–194547 yrs
- Abu Bakr1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad · AD 573–63460 yrs
- Franz von PapenGerman general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany · 1879–196989 yrs
- Yahya SinwarPalestinian politician and Hamas leader · 1962–202461 yrs
- John Magufuli5th President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021 · 1959–202161 yrs
- Jean Giraudoux ↗French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright · 1882–194461 yrs
- Necmettin Erbakan ↗23rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey · 1926–201184 yrs
- Baruj Benacerraf ↗Venezuelan-American immunologist · 1920–201190 yrs
- Evgeny Primakov ↗4th Russian Prime Minister · 1929–201585 yrs
- Isao Takahata ↗Japanese filmmaker · 1935–201882 yrs
- A. J. Ayer ↗English philosopher · 1910–198978 yrs
- Laura Bassi ↗Italian physicist · 1711–177866 yrs
- Marie of Romania ↗Last Queen consort of Romania · 1875–193862 yrs
- Bob Ross ↗American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant · 1942–199552 yrs
- James Boswell ↗Scottish lawyer, diarist and author · 1740–179554 yrs
- Niki de Saint Phalle ↗Plastician, painter and sculptor · 1930–200271 yrs
- Ferdinand II of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1816–188569 yrs
- Louis Blanc ↗French politician and historian · 1811–188271 yrs
- Abram Ioffe ↗Soviet physicist · 1880–196079 yrs
- Othniel Charles Marsh ↗American paleontologist · 1831–189967 yrs
- Peter Green ↗British blues rock guitarist · 1946–202073 yrs
- Abraham Kuyper ↗Prime Minister of the Netherlands · 1837–192083 yrs
- Adolph Diesterweg ↗German educator and philosopher · 1790–186675 yrs
- Zbigniew Herbert ↗Polish writer and poet · 1924–199873 yrs
- Frida Boccara ↗French singer · 1940–199655 yrs
- Akim Tamiroff ↗American actor · 1899–197272 yrs
- Fredric Brown ↗American novelist, short story author · 1906–197265 yrs
- Frans de Waal ↗Dutch primatologist and ethologist · 1948–202475 yrs
- Vsevolod III the Big Nest ↗Grand Prince of Vladimir, 1176-1212 · 1154–121257 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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