On This Day — May 29
3842 noted people were born and 1895 died on May 29 in our archive, including George Szekeres, Louis Leon Thurstone and Peter Higgs.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 29
George Szekeres
1911 – 2005
Louis Leon Thurstone
1887 – 1955
Peter Higgs
1929 – 2024
Sylvie Faucheux
b. 1960
Abdoulaye Wade
b. 1926
Alexander de Savornin Lohman
1837 – 1924
Alfred Koort
1901 – 1956
Andrei Shevchenko
b. 1965
Antoni Ponikowski
1878 – 1949
Astro Teller
b. 1970
Barbara Woodward
b. 1961
Carme Forcadell
b. 1955
Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool
1784 – 1851
Dzyanis Duk
b. 1977
Eduard Pestel
1914 – 1988
Eleni Diamanti
b. 1977
Erwin Friedlander
1925 – 2004
Eugene Forsey
1904 – 1991
Felix G. Rohatyn
1928 – 2019
Giovanni Gentile
1875 – 1944
Gordon Rintoul
b. 1955
Guido Goldschmiedt
1850 – 1915
Harry Bateman
1882 – 1946
Henrik Sass Larsen
b. 1966
Herbert Mills Birdwood
1837 – 1907
Ina Druviete
b. 1958
Isabel Alçada
b. 1950
James Marjoribanks
1911 – 2003
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
1957 – 2016
Jeb Hensarling
b. 1957
Johann Heinrich von Mädler
1794 – 1874
John Harsanyi
1920 – 2000
Joseph Halpern
1953 – 2026
Kimitaka Fujino
1948 – 2026
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
1716 – 1800
Mark Lyall Grant
b. 1956
Michael Berkeley
b. 1948
Natalie Nougayrède
b. 1966
Nicolas Gisin
b. 1952
Nicole El Karoui
b. 1944
Nigel Casey
b. 1969
Paul R. Ehrlich
1932 – 2026
Peter Erasmus Müller
1776 – 1834
Peter Wallenberg
1926 – 2015
Pierre Rabhi
1938 – 2021
Pierre-Henri Teitgen
1908 – 1997
Raşit Meredow
b. 1960
Russell Impagliazzo
b. 1963
Teddy Schwarzman
b. 1979
Vissarion Shebalin
1902 – 1963
Vladimir Guerrier
1837 – 1919
Vladimir Smirnov
1887 – 1974
William Carruthers
1830 – 1922
William Jack
1834 – 1924
Adolphe Cohn
1851 – 1930
Agnieszka Mandat
b. 1953
Aladdin Allahverdiyev
b. 1947
Alberto Beneduce
1877 – 1944
Aleksander Kaczorowski
b. 1969
Alfredo De Marsico
1888 – 1985
Alois Kothgasser
1937 – 2024
Amy Schneider
b. 1979
André Brink
1935 – 2015
Ann C. Scales
1952 – 2012
Antonio Talbot
1900 – 1980
Asef Hadjiyev
b. 1951
Aynur Elgunesh
b. 1975
Barbara Ringer
1925 – 2009
Bernard Waley-Cohen
1914 – 1991
Bernd Schmidbauer
b. 1939
Bretislav Friedrich
b. 1953
Burkhard Hirsch
1930 – 2020
Catherine Lara
b. 1945
Cees Renckens
b. 1946
Cephas Yao Agbemenu
b. 1951
Charles Cavendish Boyle
1849 – 1916
Charles R. Van Hise
1857 – 1918
Chris Barrie
b. 1945
Chris Husbands
b. 1959
Clayton Brough
b. 1950
Dave Prentis, Baron Prentis of Leeds
b. 1948
David Bruce
1855 – 1931
David Lance Goines
1945 – 2023
David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir
1900 – 1967
Dean Hamer
b. 1951
Denis Blundell
1907 – 1984
Edward M. Hartwell
1850 – 1922
Eli Cohen
b. 1949
Emile Pessard
1843 – 1917
Ephraim Isaac
b. 1936
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
1897 – 1957
Fernando Asuero
1887 – 1942
Finnur Jónsson
1858 – 1934
Francis Fremantle
1872 – 1943
Francisco Mardones Otaíza
1877 – 1950
Frederick William Pavy
1829 – 1911
G. K. Chesterton
1874 – 1936
Gene Robinson
b. 1947
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes
1555 – 1629
Gerrit Bol
1906 – 1989
Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli
1733 – 1810
Gordon McIntosh
1925 – 2019
Goshgar Tahmazli
b. 1970
Günter Lumer
1929 – 2005
Harry Frankfurt
1929 – 2023
Hartland Molson
1907 – 2002
Helmuth Rilling
1933 – 2026
Henri Braconnot
1780 – 1855
Henri Hay De Slade
1893 – 1979
Henry Bilson-Legge
1708 – 1764
Henry Thomas Duffy
1852 – 1903
Hokuma Gurbanova
1913 – 1988
Hugh Hamshaw Thomas
1885 – 1962
Hugo Gyldén
1841 – 1896
Hugo Hergesell
1859 – 1938
Iannis Xenakis
1922 – 2001
Ion Ciubuc
1943 – 2018
Isabel de Ceballos-Escalera
1919 – 1990
Ivan Chaikivskyi
b. 1972
Jean Coutu
b. 1927
Jean Legrez
b. 1948
Jerry Moran
b. 1954
Jin-Soo Kim
b. 1964
Johann Nepomuk Fischer
1777 – 1847
John Carrington
1847 – 1913
John Disney
1779 – 1857
John F. Kennedy
1917 – 1963
John J. Young, Jr.
b. 1962
John MacAulay
1895 – 1978
John Robert Godley
1814 – 1861
Juho Mannermaa
1871 – 1943
Junzo Sakakura
1901 – 1969
Kim Min-seok
b. 1964
Klaus Winter
1936 – 2000
Kostas Kazakos
1935 – 2022
Kristen Alderson
b. 1991
Lamberto Cardia
1934 – 2026
Larry Burrows
1926 – 1971
Lawrence Heisey
1930 – 2009
Leah Goldberg
1911 – 1970
Leonard Huxley
1902 – 1988
Li Shizeng
1881 – 1973
Lilli Zickerman
1858 – 1949
Lucio Frydman
b. 1965
Luther Youngdahl
1896 – 1978
Lyell McEwin
1897 – 1988
Léon Bourgeois
1851 – 1925
Maija Perho
b. 1948
Manuel Toussaint
1890 – 1955
María Olivia Mönckeberg
b. 1944
Maurice Bishop
1944 – 1983
Mieczysław Wolfke
1883 – 1947
Moazzam Malik
b. 1967
Mohamed Habib Marzouki
b. 1947
Mohamed Masmoudi
1925 – 2016
Nikolai Bakhvalov
1934 – 2005
Oiva Toikka
1931 – 2019
Oskari Lehtonen
1889 – 1964
Othmar Commenda
b. 1954
Pascal Dusapin
b. 1955
Peter Chernin
b. 1951
Piotr Drzewiecki
1865 – 1943
Queen Halaevalu Mataʻaho, Queen Mother of Tonga
1926 – 2017
Raymond Tam
b. 1964
Richard Hamann
1879 – 1961
Robert Beaser
b. 1954
Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley
1895 – 1978
Robert G. Gallager
b. 1931
Robert L. J. Long
1920 – 2002
Sergey Spasokukotsky
1870 – 1943
Sergi Belbel
b. 1963
Serhii Holovatyi
b. 1954
Sidney Pestka
1936 – 2016
Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet
1810 – 1876
Stephen Alfred Forbes
1844 – 1930
Stephen Whittle
b. 1955
Steven D. Levitt
b. 1967
Tang King-shing
b. 1954
Theodor Lindner
1843 – 1919
Thierry Frémaux
b. 1960
Thomas Warrington, 1st Baron Warrington of Clyffe
1851 – 1937
Tin Aung Myint Oo
b. 1950
Tomas Davulis
b. 1975
Wilhelm von Hartel
1839 – 1907
William Coleman Nevils
1878 – 1955
William Hilliard
1887 – 1960
William Peterson
1856 – 1921
Winford Lee Lewis
1878 – 1943
Yurii Aleksandrovich Krutkov
1890 – 1952
Yury Boldyrev
b. 1960
Óscar Alzaga
b. 1942
Aaron McGruder
b. 1974
Abu Bakar I of Pahang
1904 – 1974
Age Oks
b. 1970
Al Unser
1939 – 2021
Alan Langlands
b. 1952
Albert Apponyi
1846 – 1933
Aleksandr Abdulov
1953 – 2008
Ali A. Rizvi
b. 1975
Alonzo Gee
b. 1987
… and 3,642 more
Died on May 29
Humphry Davy
1778 – 1829
Kazimierz Urbanik
1930 – 2005
William Davidson Niven
1842 – 1917
Anne O'Hare McCormick
1880 – 1954
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
1947 – 2022
Archibald Cox
1912 – 2004
Arthur Gamgee
1841 – 1909
Auguste Chauvin
1810 – 1884
Edgar Morin
1921 – 2026
Ferenc Mádl
1931 – 2011
Frederick Gehring
1925 – 2012
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
1814 – 1896
George C. Homans
1910 – 1989
Gunnar Jarring
1907 – 2002
Harald zur Hausen
1936 – 2023
Henri Nallet
1939 – 2024
Henry Bartle Frere
1815 – 1884
Hermann Abendroth
1883 – 1956
Jacob Turkel
1935 – 2023
Jean Capelle
1909 – 1983
John Burnside
1955 – 2024
John Mason Clarke
1857 – 1925
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
1859 – 1951
Josef Suk
1874 – 1935
Juan Manuel Eguiagaray
1945 – 2025
Kenzō Ōshima
1943 – 2021
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair
1818 – 1898
Marcell Jankovics
1941 – 2021
Marianna Sankiewicz-Budzyńska
1921 – 2018
María de los Ángeles Alvariño González
1916 – 2005
Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach
1775 – 1833
Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford
1780 – 1855
Samuel Dash
1925 – 2004
Stephen Timoshenko
1878 – 1972
Stewart Menzies
1890 – 1968
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
1890 – 1977
Theodor Eimer
1843 – 1898
Thomas Buergenthal
1934 – 2023
Thomas Mathiesen
1933 – 2021
Yves Brayer
1907 – 1990
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
1924 – 2020
Aleksey Lidov
1959 – 2025
Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
1894 – 1960
Alexander Kazhdan
1922 – 1997
Alfred Kolleritsch
1931 – 2020
André Guillaumin
1885 – 1974
Archibald Denny
1860 – 1936
Arkady Babchenko
1977 – 2018
Arnold Walfisz
1892 – 1962
Arvīds Pelše
1899 – 1983
Auro de Moura Andrade
1915 – 1982
Ausma Ziedone-Kantāne
1941 – 2022
Banboku Ōno
1890 – 1964
Barry Goldwater
1909 – 1998
Bernard FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown
1848 – 1937
Bernard Kerik
1955 – 2025
Carl Piper
1647 – 1716
Christian Wilhelm von Dohm
1751 – 1820
Dani Karavan
1930 – 2021
Don Baron Jayatilaka
1868 – 1944
Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe
1908 – 1984
Erich Honecker
1912 – 1994
Erich Sackmann
1934 – 2024
Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel
1785 – 1862
Frank Beaurepaire
1891 – 1956
Frans van Schooten
1615 – 1660
Friedrich Christian Diez
1794 – 1876
H. C. Schwan
1819 – 1905
Hans Hellmann
1903 – 1938
Henrik Steffens Hagerup
1806 – 1859
Henry Grey Bennet
1777 – 1836
Hermann Theodor Hettner
1821 – 1882
Horace Porter
1837 – 1921
Ivan Durnovo
1834 – 1903
Jan Otto
1841 – 1916
Jean Delay
1907 – 1987
Johan Reinhold Aspelin
1842 – 1915
Johannes von Müller
1752 – 1809
John Barrymore
1882 – 1942
John Chiene
1843 – 1923
John F. Williams
1887 – 1953
John Farquhar Fulton
1899 – 1960
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
1696 – 1779
John Phillips
1770 – 1823
John Russell Reynolds
1828 – 1896
Juan Ramón Jiménez
1881 – 1958
Julius von Sachs
1832 – 1897
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
1918 – 2017
Leopold de Rothschild
1845 – 1917
Leslie R. Lemon
1947 – 2020
Levi Lincoln, Jr.
1782 – 1868
Lucian Bernhard
1883 – 1972
Lucian Scherman
1864 – 1946
Lucien Moraud
1885 – 1951
Margaret Chase Smith
1897 – 1995
Margaret Seward
1864 – 1929
Margaret Shields
1941 – 2013
Masatada Yamasaki
1872 – 1950
Michael A'Hearn
1940 – 2017
Moe Berg
1902 – 1972
Motiejus Valančius
1801 – 1875
Munirathna Anandakrishnan
1928 – 2021
Mykhailo Omelianovych-Pavlenko
1878 – 1952
Nikolai Bugaev
1837 – 1903
Omeljan Pritsak
1919 – 2006
Paul Cambon
1843 – 1924
Paul Mauser
1838 – 1914
Paul, 6th duc de Noailles
1802 – 1885
Pedro Cevallos
1759 – 1838
Percival Marling
1861 – 1936
Prithviraj Kapoor
1906 – 1972
Pyotr Sviatopolk-Mirsky
1857 – 1914
Raquel Seruca
1962 – 2022
Richard Charles Mayne
1835 – 1892
Robert Proust
1873 – 1935
Ron Johnston
1941 – 2020
Serafino Raffaele Minich
1808 – 1883
Sergei Bagapsh
1949 – 2011
Sher Ali Khan Pataudi
1913 – 2002
Sidney Moko Mead
1927 – 2026
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet
1809 – 1898
Soong Ching-ling
1893 – 1981
Stan Rodger
1940 – 2022
Stanisław Kętrzyński
1876 – 1950
T. A. Pai
1922 – 1981
Thomas Heise
1955 – 2024
Timotheus Grünthal
1893 – 1955
Virgile Rossel
1858 – 1933
Vladimir Gardin
1877 – 1965
Vladimir Tsybin
1877 – 1949
Walter J. Gehring
1939 – 2014
Walter Russell Shaw
1887 – 1981
Whitney Shepardson
1890 – 1966
William F. Marquat
1894 – 1960
William J. L. Sladen
1920 – 2017
Winfield Scott
1786 – 1866
Yoseph Imry
1939 – 2018
Ángel Guido
1896 – 1960
Abbott Handerson Thayer
1849 – 1921
Adam Chętnik
1885 – 1967
Adam Lonitzer
1528 – 1586
Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn
1940 – 2019
Adolf Oberländer
1845 – 1923
Ahmad Amin
1886 – 1954
Ajit Jogi
1946 – 2020
Akiko Yosano
1878 – 1942
Alena Aladava
1907 – 1986
Alexander I of Serbia
1876 – 1903
Alexander von Koller
1813 – 1890
Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle
1826 – 1889
Alfred Stowell Jones
1832 – 1920
Ali Soilih
1937 – 1978
Alma Fahlstrøm
1863 – 1946
Amédée Visart de Bocarmé
1835 – 1924
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
1971 – 2024
Andrew Ducarel
1713 – 1785
Antonín Bennewitz
1833 – 1926
Antonín Mrkos
1918 – 1996
Aristide Caradja
1861 – 1955
Arnold Susi
1896 – 1968
Arthur Lloyd
1844 – 1907
Augustine Stow
1833 – 1903
Axel Westman
1894 – 1960
B. J. Thomas
1942 – 2021
Benno Ottow
1884 – 1975
Bernadette Menu
1938 – 2023
Bernard Pierre Magnan
1791 – 1865
Bill Clements
1917 – 2011
Bruce Price
1845 – 1903
Calvin Brainerd Cady
1851 – 1928
Carl Lange
1834 – 1900
Carlos Frederick MacDonald
1845 – 1926
Charan Singh
1902 – 1987
Charles A. Joy
1823 – 1891
Charles Courtice Alderton
1857 – 1941
Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling
1849 – 1936
Charles Henry Pearson
1830 – 1894
Christopher Wren
1589 – 1658
Clark H. Woodward
1877 – 1967
Clement Isong
1920 – 2000
Conwyn Mansel-Jones
1871 – 1942
Cornelis de Gijselaar
1751 – 1815
Cornelius Sim
1951 – 2021
D. L. George Henley
1917 – 1996
David Beaton
1494 – 1546
David H. Mason
1818 – 1873
Deming Bronson
1894 – 1957
Dennis Hopper
1936 – 2010
Dennis K. Stanley
1906 – 1983
Dimitrana Ivanova
1881 – 1960
Donn Barber
1871 – 1925
Doris Hart
1925 – 2015
Draga Mašin
1864 – 1903
Eduard Pechuël-Loesche
1840 – 1913
Edward Arthur Henry Blunt
1877 – 1941
Edward Pryse
1817 – 1888
Elizabeth Shippen Green
1871 – 1954
Emil Lederer
1882 – 1939
Emma Vecla
1877 – 1972
Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy
1766 – 1847
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