April 29 — On This Day

Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

Battle of Levounion · Pechenegs · List of Byzantine emperors · Alexios I Komnenos

Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal.

Battle of the Vikhra River · Principality of Smolensk · Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

Joan of Arc · Siege of Orléans

Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.

Gran Canaria · Canary Islands · Kingdom of Castile

Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.

Swedish War of Liberation · Battle of Västerås

James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.

James Cook · Australia · Botany Bay

American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

American Revolutionary War · Battle of Fort Royal · Martinique

Charles Darwin during the second survey voyage of HMS Beagle, ascended the Bell mountain, Cerro La Campana on 17 August 1834, his visit being commemorated by a memorial plaque.[1]

Charles Darwin · Second voyage of HMS Beagle · Cerro La Campana

American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.

American Civil War · Maryland · Maryland House of Delegates · Union (American Civil War)

American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.

Capture of New Orleans · David Farragut

Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.

Theta Xi · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · American Civil War

A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.

Frank Slide · Frank, Alberta · District of Alberta

The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

Parliament of the United Kingdom · People's Budget · Redistribution of wealth

Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.

Tsinghua University · Mainland China

World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

World War I · 6th Indian Division · Ottoman Empire · Siege of Kut

Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.

Easter Rising · Dublin

World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.

World War II · Nancy Wake · French Resistance · Gestapo · Maquis (World War II)

World War II: The German army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.

Nazi Germany · Allies of World War II

World War II: Start of Operation Manna.

Operations Manna and Chowhound

World War II: The Captain-class frigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II.

Captain-class frigate · Frigate

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day.

Führerbunker · Adolf Hitler · Eva Braun · Admiral · Karl Dönitz

Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.

Dachau concentration camp

The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.

Fornovo di Taro · Brazilian Expeditionary Force

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.

International Military Tribunal for the Far East · Prime Minister of Japan · Hideki Tojo · War crime

Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.

Tibet · Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China · Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet

The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.

3D television · Space Patrol (1950 TV series) · American Broadcasting Company · KECA-TV

Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.

Pakistan · Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission

After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

Muhammad Ali · Boxing

The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Hair (musical) · Hippie · Counterculture of the 1960s · Sexual revolution · Biltmore Theatre

Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.

Vietnam War · South Vietnam · Cambodian Campaign · Cambodia · Viet Cong

Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.

Watergate scandal · Richard Nixon · White House

Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.

Operation Frequent Wind · Saigon · North Vietnam

Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese-held Trường Sa Islands.

North Vietnam · People's Army of Vietnam · East Sea Campaign · South Vietnam · Spratly Islands

A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.

Los Angeles Public Library

Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant

Chernobyl disaster

A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.

1991 Bangladesh cyclone · Chittagong · Bangladesh

The 7.0 Mw Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.

1991 Racha earthquake · Georgia (country) · Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale

Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

1992 Los Angeles riots · Rodney King

The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

Chemical Weapons Convention · Chemical warfare

The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.

Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton · Westminster Abbey

A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, injures 43 people.

2013 Prague explosion · Prague

A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.

Baltimore Orioles · Chicago White Sox · Major League Baseball · 2015 Baltimore protests

Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (d. 997)

Minamoto no Mitsunaka

William II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1509)

William II, Landgrave of Hesse

Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1635)

Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania

Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (d. 1679)

Esaias Reusner · Lute

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1745)

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)

John Arbuthnot

Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1742)

Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven · Lord Great Chamberlain

Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (d. 1810)

Jean-Georges Noverre

Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)

Oliver Ellsworth · Chief Justice of the United States

Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (d. 1820)

Georg Carl von Döbeln

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1833)

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan · Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)

Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (d. 1844)

Charles Nodier

David Cox, English landscape painter (d. 1859)

David Cox (artist)

Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)

Samuel Turell Armstrong · Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (d. 1892)

Thomas Adolphus Trollope

Sadok Barącz, Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist (d. 1892)

Sadok Barącz · Galicia (Eastern Europe)

Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)

Alexander II of Russia

Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1891)

Georges Ernest Boulanger · Minister of Defence (France)

Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)

Carl Millöcker

Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer, conductor, and co-founder of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (d. 1907)

Joachim Andersen

Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)

Raja Ravi Varma

Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1912)

Henri Poincaré

Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)

Constantine P. Cavafy

William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)

William Randolph Hearst · Hearst Corporation

Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)

Maria Teresia Ledóchowska

Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)

Harry Payne Whitney

Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)

Forest Ray Moulton

Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)

Rafael Sabatini

Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer. (d.1945)

Friedrich Adler (artist)

Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician (d. 1943)

Fethi Okyar

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (d. 1945)

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman · Dutch Resistance

Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist (d. 1964)

Bharathidasan

Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)

Marietta Blau

Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)

Egon Erwin Kisch

Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (d. 1921)

Raymond Thorne

Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

Harold Urey · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)

Vladimir Propp

Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1967)

Malcolm Sargent

Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1987)

Douglas Abbott · Minister of National Defence (Canada)

Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1974)

Duke Ellington

Mary Petty, American illustrator (d. 1976)

Mary Petty

Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1972)

Concha de Albornoz

Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1979) [2]

Amelia Best · Tasmanian House of Assembly

Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)

Hirohito

Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)

Fred Zinnemann

Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006)

Jack Williamson

Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)

Tom Ewell

Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)

Richard Carlson (actor)

Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)

Henry H. Barschall

Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961)

Maya Deren

Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)

Celeste Holm

Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian and author (d. 2011)

Marcel Trudel

George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)

George Allen (American football coach)

Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)

Gérard Oury

Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (d. 1996)

Edward Blishen

Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013)

Harold Shapero

Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 2001)

Helmut Krackowizer

Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016)

Toots Thielemans

Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)

Irvin Kershner

Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)

Al Balding

Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress

Zizi Jeanmaire

John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)

John Compton · Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)

Iwao Takamoto

Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009)

Elmer Kelton

Dorothy Manley, English sprinter

Dorothy Manley

Bill Slater, English footballer

Bill Slater (footballer)

Carl Gardner, American R&B/rock & roll singer (The Robins, The Coasters) (d. 2011)

Carl Gardner · The Robins · The Coasters

Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic

Heinz Wolff

Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (d. 2007)

Walter Kempowski

Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)

Mickey McDermott

Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)

Peter Sculthorpe

Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)

Maurice Strong

Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

Jeremy Thorpe

Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (d. 2017)

Jean Rochefort

Frank Auerbach, British-German painter

Frank Auerbach

Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

Lonnie Donegan

Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)

Chris Pearson (politician) · Premier of Yukon

Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)

Joy Clements

David Tindle, English painter and educator

David Tindle

Ed Charles, African-American baseball player and coach

Ed Charles

Mark Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Belgium

Mark Eyskens · Prime Minister of Belgium

Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)

Rod McKuen

Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

Willie Nelson

Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player

Luis Aparicio

Peter de la Billière, English general

Peter de la Billière

Erika Fisch, German sprinter and hurdler

Erika Fisch

Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde

Pedro Pires · President of Cape Verde

Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

Otis Rush

Zubin Mehta, Indian bassist and conductor

Zubin Mehta

Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Adolfo Nicolás · Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild

April Stevens, American pop singer

April Stevens

Arvo Mets, Estonian-Russian poet and translator (d. 1997)

Arvo Mets

Jill Paton Walsh, English author

Jill Paton Walsh

Bernard Madoff, American businessman and financier

Bernard Madoff

Klaus Voormann, German artist, bass player, and producer

Klaus Voormann

Stephanos of Tallinn, Estonian metropolitan

Stephanos of Tallinn

Brian Taber, Australian cricketer

Brian Taber

Jonah Barrington, English-Irish squash player

Jonah Barrington (squash player)

Hanne Darboven, German painter (d. 2009)

Hanne Darboven

Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, English politician, Minister of State for Europe

Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey · Minister of State for Europe

Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic

Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie

Galina Kulakova, Russian skier

Galina Kulakova

Duane Allen, American country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)

Duane Allen · The Oak Ridge Boys

Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician

Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde

Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic

Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech

Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman

Francis Lee

Brian Charlesworth, English biologist, geneticist, and academic

Brian Charlesworth

Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist

Catherine Lara

Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970)

Tammi Terrell

Aleksander Wolszczan, Polish astronomer

Aleksander Wolszczan

Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player

Serge Bernier

Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Tommy James

Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster

Johnny Miller

Jim Ryun, American runner and politician

Jim Ryun

Bruce Cutler, American lawyer

Bruce Cutler

Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)

Paul Holmes (broadcaster)

Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer

Phillip Noyce

Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician

Debbie Stabenow

Rick Burleson, American baseball player

Rick Burleson

Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)

Dale Earnhardt

John Holmes, English diplomat, British Ambassador to France

John Holmes (British diplomat) · List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France

Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian

Nora Dunn

David Icke, English footballer and sportscaster

David Icke

Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach

Bob McClure

Rob Nicholson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Rob Nicholson · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)

Ron Washington, American baseball player and manager

Ron Washington

Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder and businessman, founded Burton Snowboards

Jake Burton Carpenter · Burton Snowboards

Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor, and producer

Jerry Seinfeld

Don McKinnon, Australian rugby league player

Don McKinnon (rugby league)

Kate Mulgrew, American actress

Kate Mulgrew

Karen Barad, American physicist and philosopher

Karen Barad

Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor

Daniel Day-Lewis

Mark Kendall, American guitarist and songwriter

Mark Kendall (guitarist)

Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress

Michelle Pfeiffer

Eve Plumb, American actress

Eve Plumb

Mike Stenhouse, American baseball player and sportscaster

Mike Stenhouse

Bill Glasson, American golfer

Bill Glasson

Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic

Robert J. Sawyer

Bruce Driver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Bruce Driver

Rob Druppers, Dutch runner

Rob Druppers

Stephan Burger, German Catholic archbishop

Stephan Burger

Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Mike Babcock

Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Claude Loiselle

Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Federico Castelluccio

Radek Jaroš, Czech mountaineer and author

Radek Jaroš

Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic

Michel Bussi

Peter Rauhofer, Austrian-American disc jockey and producer (d. 2013)

Peter Rauhofer

Larisa Turchinskaya, Russian-Australian heptathlete and coach

Larisa Turchinskaya

Brendon Tuuta, New Zealand rugby league player

Brendon Tuuta

Marie Plourde, Canadian journalist

Marie Plourde

Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist

Christian Tetzlaff

Phil Tufnell, English cricketer and radio host

Phil Tufnell

Marcel Albers, Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)

Marcel Albers

Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Curtis Joseph

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, 4th President of Croatia (2015-)

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Carnie Wilson, American singer-songwriter

Carnie Wilson

Jack Mackenroth, American swimmer, model, and fashion designer

Jack Mackenroth

Andre Agassi, American tennis player

Andre Agassi

Uma Thurman, American actress

Uma Thurman

Dustin McDaniel, American lawyer and politician, 55th Arkansas Attorney General

Dustin McDaniel · Arkansas Attorney General

Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist and educator

Jasper Wood

Anggun, Diva Indonesia

Anggun · Diva · Indonesia

Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player

Rafael Betancourt

Artem Yashkin, Ukrainian footballer

Artem Yashkin

Chiyotaikai Ryūji, Japanese sumo wrestler

Chiyotaikai Ryūji

Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player

Zuzana Hejdová

Claus Jensen, Danish footballer and sportscaster

Claus Jensen

Titus O'Neil, American football player and wrestler

Titus O'Neil

Attila Zsivoczky, Hungarian decathlete and high jumper

Attila Zsivoczky

Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player

Tony Armas, Jr.

Bob Bryan, American tennis player

Bob Bryan

Mike Bryan, American tennis player

Mike Bryan

Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician

Javier Colon

Craig Gower, Australian rugby player

Craig Gower

Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian

Tyler Labine

Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer

Lee Dong-gook

Ryan Sharp, Scottish race car driver and manager

Ryan Sharp

Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player

Mathieu Biron

Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player

Kelly Shoppach

Lisa Allen, English chef

Lisa Allen

George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer

George McCartney

Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner (d. 2006)

Émilie Mondor

Jay Cutler, American football player

Jay Cutler (American football)

Tommie Harris, American football player

Tommie Harris

David Lee, American basketball player

David Lee (basketball)

Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer

Kirby Cote

Paulius Jankūnas, Lithuanian basketball player

Paulius Jankūnas

Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player

Lina Krasnoroutskaya

Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player

Vassilis Xanthopoulos

Jean-François Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player

Jean-François Jacques

Viljar Veski, Estonian basketball player

Viljar Veski

Sisa Waqa, Fijian rugby league player

Sisa Waqa

Knut Børsheim, Norwegian golfer

Knut Børsheim

Sara Errani, Italian tennis player

Sara Errani

Elías Hernández, Mexican footballer

Elías Hernández

Jovan Leacock, American football player

Jovan Leacock

Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player

Jonathan Toews

Adam Smith, English footballer

Adam Smith (footballer, born 1991)

Emilio Orozco, American soccer player

Emilio Orozco

Christina Shakovets, German tennis player

Christina Shakovets

Victoria Sinitsina, Russian ice dancer

Victoria Sinitsina

Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player

Kimberly Birrell

Hou Junji, Chinese general and politician, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty

Hou Junji · Chancellor of the Tang dynasty

Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (b. 883)

Burchard II, Duke of Swabia

Blanche of Burgundy, queen consort of France (b. c. 1296)

Blanche of Burgundy

Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher, and saint (b. 1347)

Catherine of Siena

Louis II of Naples (b. 1377)

Louis II of Naples

Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (b. 1517)

Thomas Cooper (bishop)

Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (b. 1552)

Agrippa d'Aubigné

John Cleveland, English poet and author (b. 1613)

John Cleveland

Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)

Michiel de Ruyter

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620)

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)

Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis · Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk

George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)

George Farquhar

Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)

Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre

Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)

Georg Brandt

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli · Winter Palace · Catherine Palace

Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)

Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller)

John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)

John Michell

Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)

Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus

William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)

William Babington (physician) · Physician · Mineralogy

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey · Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)

Paul Du Chaillu

Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)

Ignacio Cervantes

Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)

Jørgen Pedersen Gram

William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)

William H. Seward Jr.

Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)

Arthur Mold

Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)

Constantine P. Cavafy

William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)

William Gillette

Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)

Bernardino Machado · President of Portugal

Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)

Matthias Kleinheisterkamp · SS

Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

Irving Fisher

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)

Kathleen Clarice Groom

Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)

Harold Bride

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)

Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson · Governor of Gibraltar

William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

William Eccles

Paula Strasberg, American actress, acting coach, and member of the Communist Party (b. 1909)

Paula Strasberg

J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)

J. B. Lenoir

Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (b. 1883)

Edvard Drabløs

Theo Helfrich, German racing driver (b. 1913)

Theo Helfrich

Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)

Muhsin Ertuğrul

Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)

Hardie Gramatky

Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)

Alfred Hitchcock

Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)

Raymond Bussières

Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)

Mae Clarke

Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1909)

Michael Gordon (film director)

Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1946)

Mick Ronson

Mike Royko, American journalist and author (b. 1932)

Mike Royko

Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)

Hal Laycoe

Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)

Phạm Văn Đồng · Prime Minister of Vietnam

Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)

Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr.

Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)

Bob Akin

Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)

Janko Bobetko

Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)

Sid Smith (ice hockey)

William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)

William J. Bell

Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)

Louis Leithold

John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (b. 1908)

John Kenneth Galbraith · United States Ambassador to India

Milt Bocek, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1912)

Milt Bocek

Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)

Josh Hancock

Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940)

Dick Motz

Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)

Ivica Račan · Prime Minister of Croatia

Chuck Daigh, American racing driver (b. 1923)

Chuck Daigh

Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906)

Albert Hofmann

Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO (b. 1921)

Sandy Douglas · OXO

Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (b. 1931)

Siamak Pourzand

Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)

Shukri Ghanem · Prime Minister of Libya

Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1957)

Joel Goldsmith

Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (b. 1945)

Roland Moreno · Smart card

Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)

Kenny Roberts (musician)

Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (b. 1992)

Alex Elisala

Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (b. 1924)

Pesah Grupper · Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel)

Parekura Horomia, New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs (b. 1950)

Parekura Horomia · Minister of Māori Affairs

John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)

John La Montaine

Ernest Michael, American mathematician and scholar (b. 1925)

Ernest Michael

Kevin Moore, English footballer (b. 1958)

Kevin Moore (footballer, born 1958)

Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (b. 1990)

Marianna Zachariadi

Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)

Iveta Bartošová

Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)

Al Feldstein

Bob Hoskins, English actor (b. 1942)

Bob Hoskins

Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1940)

Michael Kadosh

François Michelin, French businessman (b. 1926)

François Michelin

Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (b. 1923)

Jean Nidetch · Weight Watchers

Calvin Peete, American golfer (b. 1943)

Calvin Peete

Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (b. 1922)

Dan Walker (politician) · Governor of Illinois

Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1948)

Renato Corona · Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines