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Birthdays of Personalities on April 29

1929 : [John] Jeremy Thorpe, British MP (Liberal)
1815 : Abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
1830 : Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels
1931 : Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
1818 : Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia (1855-81)
1931 : Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan, Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist
1936 : April Stevens, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
1993 : Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer, daughter of Pieter & Mirtle
1944 : Benedikte, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
1927 : Betsy Ancker-Johnson, physicist/auto company exec
1928 : Big Jay McNeely, rocker
1954 : Bill Paxon, (Rep-R-New York)
1926 : Carie Meek, (Rep-D-Florida)
1928 : Carl Gardner, Tyler Tx, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
1968 : Carnie Wilson, LA Calif, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
1780 : Charles Nodier, French writer (La f‚e aux miettes)
1642 : Christian Weise, German writer (Niederl„ndische Bauer)
1921 : Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (Sun)
1953 : Dale Earnhardt, auto racer (6-time NASCAR national champion)
1909 : Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader
1925 : Danny Davis, rocker (Nashville Brass
1783 : David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)
1954 : Deborah Iyall, rocker (Romeo Void)
1899 : Duke Ellington, Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], bandleader (Take "A" Train)
1806 : Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher
1857 : Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)
1920 : Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster
1885 : Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter)
1893 : Elisaveta Bagrjana, [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet
1904 : Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate
1949 : Francis Rossi, England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down)
1901 : George Osborne Sayles, historian
xxxx : Greg Christian, rocker (Testament-Souls of Black)
1972 : Gwendolyn Wentland, Flint Michigan, high jumper
1893 : Harold C Urey, Ind, physicist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934)
1882 : Hendrik N Werkman, painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing)
1854 : Henri Poincar‚, France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher
1808 : Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer [or 1883]
1901 : Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-89)
1945 : Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine)
1912 : Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor
1908 : Jack [Stewart] Williamson, US, sci-fi author (Cometeers)
1913 : Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist
1936 : Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1727 : Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)
1667 : John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)
1910 : John Beavan, newspaper editor
1941 : Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player (1966-73)
1942 : Klaus Voorman, rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1935 : Len Weinrib, NYC, comedian (Spike Jones Show)
1970 : Leuea Tagoai, CFL defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1931 : Lonnie Donegan, Glasgow Scotland, vocalist
1860 : Lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk)
1871 : Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children)
1895 : Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Promenade Concerts)
xxxx : Mark Kendall, rocker (Great White-Twice Shy)
1953 : Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, Kirya Russia, cosmonaut (STS 71, TM-27)
1952 : Nora Dunn, Chic Ill, comedienne (SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl)
1745 : Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)
1922 : Parren J Mitchell, (Rep-D-MD, 1971- )
1934 : Pedro Pires, premier (Cape Verde, 1975-91)
1908 : Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter
1967 : Rachel Williams, Greenwich Village NY, model (Absolut Vodka, Elle)
1933 : Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist
1924 : Ren‚e Jeanmaire, Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)
1957 : Richie C Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles)
1962 : Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor)
1956 : Ron Verlin, rocker (Shooting Star)
1904 : Russ Morgan, Scranton Pa, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)
1958 : Simon Edwards, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1912 : Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic
1913 : Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster
1929 : W Kempowski, writer
1929 : Walter Kempowski, German writer (Tadell”ser & Wolff)
1896 : Walter Mehring, writer
1863 : William Randolph Hearst, publisher (SF Examiner, Seattle P-I)
1932 : Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin, Russian cosmonaut (Voshkod 2 backup)
1936 : Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)

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