1929
Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (died 2002)
Carol Elizabeth Fenner was an American children's writer.
Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (died 2002)
The 1920s
Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
1929
Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic (died 2022)
Vassilis Papazachos was a Greek seismologist and author of Earthquakes of Greece.
Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic (died 2022)
1929
Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician, diplomat and writer (died 2017)
Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani was a Filipino senator, diplomat, and writer.
Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician, diplomat and writer (died 2017)
1929
Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and author (died 2003)
Dorothee Steffensky-Sölle, known as Dorothee Sölle, was a German Lutheran liberation theologian who coined the term "Christofascism".
Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and author (died 2003)
1929
Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
Kenneth Richard "Arko" Arthurson AM is an Australian rugby league football identity. Affectionately known as "The Godfather of Manly", he played, coached and was later an administr…
Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
1929
Grady Chapman, American singer (died 2011)
Grady Chapman was best known as the American lead singer of doo wop group The Robins.
Grady Chapman, American singer (died 2011)
1929
Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
Bonnie Owens was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later to Merle Haggard.
Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
1929
Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (died 1996)
Peter Frederick Bronfman OC was a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, born in Montreal, and member of the Toronto branch of Canada's wealthy Bronfman family. He attended Selwyn …
Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (died 1996)
1929
Moses Gunn, American actor (died 1993)
Moses Gunn was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).
Moses Gunn, American actor (died 1993)
1929
Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (died 1968)
Scott Hastings Beckett was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor in the Our Gang shorts and later costarred on Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.
Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (died 1968)
1929
John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
John Edward Mack was an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor of psychiatry. He served as the head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School from 1977 to 200…
John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
1929
Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Leroy Frank Van Dyke is an American country music and honky-tonk singer and guitarist, best known for his hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk On By" (1961).
Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1929
Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2017)
Richard Francis Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon…
Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2017)
1929
Bill Wirtz, American businessman (died 2007)
William Wadsworth Wirtz was the chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of the family-owned Wirtz Corporation. He was best known as the owner of the Chicago Blackhawks …
Bill Wirtz, American businessman (died 2007)
1929
George Mattos, American pole vaulter (died 2012)
George Mattos was an American pole vaulter. He competed for his native country in two Olympics, 1952 when he finished 9th and 1956 when he finished 4th, both times behind America…
George Mattos, American pole vaulter (died 2012)
1929
Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation (died 2021)
Ivan Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and inventor who co-invented the IMAX film format. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1992.
Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation (died 2021)
1929
Robert Westall, English journalist and author (died 1993)
Robert Atkinson Westall was an English author and teacher known for fiction aimed at children and young people. Some of the latter cover complex, dark, and adult themes. He has bee…
Robert Westall, English journalist and author (died 1993)
1929
Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (died 2012)
Ayten Alpman was a Turkish jazz and pop singer who gained fame in the 1970s with the song "Memleketim" during the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation.
Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (died 2012)
1929
Herb Levinson, American actor (died 2012)
Herbert S. Levinson was an American television and movie actor. Levinson played a variety of character roles, often set in Baltimore, Maryland. Most notably, he played the characte…
Herb Levinson, American actor (died 2012)
1929
Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)
Anthony Bernard Duncan Mayes was a British broadcaster, university dean and author. In the United States, he founded KQED-FM, was Executive Vice President of KQED TV, then co-found…
Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)
1929
Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (died 2017)
Mariano Gagnon was an American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, who served as a missionary in Peru. Gagnon founded the Cutivereni mission in Peru's Ene River valley to assist …
Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (died 2017)
1929
Betty Boothroyd, English politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2023)
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. A member of the …
Betty Boothroyd, English politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2023)
1929
Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2002)
Curtis Edward Amy was an American jazz saxophonist.
Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2002)
1929
Nappy Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2008)
Napoleon Brown Goodson Culp better known by his stage name Nappy Brown, was an American R&B singer. His hits include the 1955 Billboard chart No. 2 "Don't Be Angry", "Little By Lit…
Nappy Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2008)