Famous Personalities Born In October - 29
Saturday, 22 February 2025
1463 Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on October - 29.
1507 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on October - 29.
1513 Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on October - 29.
1562 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on October - 29.
1656 On this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]
1682 On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
1690 On October - 29 birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
1704 John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.
1740 James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer was born on October - 29.
1815 Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.
1815 On this day in history birth of ĽudovÃt Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language (d. 1856)
1816 Ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal was born on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history birth of joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97)
1822 On October - 29 birth of mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
1824 On this day in history birth of joseph Horace Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
1827 On October - 29 birth of marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907)
1837 Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12) was born on October - 29.
1837 On this day in history birth of harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals)
1844 Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker was born on this day in history.
1853 Josephine B Willson Bruce, US theorist (NACW) was born on October - 29.
1855 On this day in history birth of paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939)
1857 On this day in history birth of conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)
1859 Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) was born on October - 29.
1861 On October - 29 birth of andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
1871 On this day in history birth of narziss Ach, German psychologist (Analyse des Willens)
1873 Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman was born on this day in history.
1875 Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27) was born on October - 29.
1877 Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930) was born on this day in history.
1877 On this day in history birth of narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (d. 1966)
1878 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II) was born on October - 29.
1879 On October - 29 birth of franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932)
1879 On this day in history birth of alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941)
1882 Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944) was born on October - 29.
1883 Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage) was born on October - 29.