Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 29
Births edit
- 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, (pictured) French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
- 1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
- 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
- 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1929 - Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher (d. 2007)
- 1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born television journalist (d. 2005)
- 1941 - David Warner, Canadian actor (d. 2022)
- 1959 - Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
- 1972 - Wil Wheaton, American actor
- 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
Deaths edit
- 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- 1974 - Cass Elliot, American musician (b. 1941)
- 1981 - Robert Moses, New York public works official (b. 1888)
- 1983 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)
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