Famous Personalities Born In October - 29
Friday, 17 January 2025
1463 On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher
1507 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on October - 29.
1513 On this day in history birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne
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 this day in history birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
1690 Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on October - 29.
1704 On October - 29 birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
1740 On this day in history birth of james Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer
1815 Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904) was born on October - 29.
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 October - 29.
1822 On this day in history birth of joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97)
1822 Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.
1824 Joseph Horace Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 was born on October - 29.
1827 On this day in history birth of marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907)
1837 Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12) was born on this day in history.
1837 On October - 29 birth of harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals)
1844 Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker was born on October - 29.
1853 Josephine B Willson Bruce, US theorist (NACW) was born on October - 29.
1855 On October - 29 birth of paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939)
1857 Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal) was born on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history birth of charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)
1861 On this day in history birth of andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
1871 Narziss Ach, German psychologist (Analyse des Willens) was born on October - 29.
1873 On October - 29 birth of guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman
1875 Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II)
1879 On October - 29 birth of franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932)
1879 On October - 29 birth of alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941)
1882 Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944) was born on October - 29.
1883 On October - 29 birth of dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage)