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Born in 1929

1,456 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Fritz Nachmann

    luger

    97 years old

    August 16 · 1929

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  2. Josep Maria Mestres i Quadreny

    composer

    1929–2021 · aged 91

    March 4 · 1929

    Source: Musicalics

  3. John Welchli

    rower

    1929–2018 · aged 89

    March 6 · 1929

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  4. Väinö Markkanen

    sport shooter

    1929–2022 · aged 93

    May 9 · 1929

    Source: yle.fi

  5. Zygmunt Kubiak

    translator

    1929–2004 · aged 74

    April 30 · 1929

    Source: BnF authorities

  6. Lode Wouters

    sport cyclist

    1929–2014 · aged 84

    May 27 · 1929

    No external source identified

  7. Paul Fouad Tabet

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1929–2009 · aged 79

    November 28 · 1929

    No external source identified

  8. Giacomo Capuzzi

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1929–2021 · aged 92

    August 14 · 1929

    No external source identified

  9. Pavel Stolbov

    artistic gymnast

    1929–2011 · aged 81

    August 30 · 1929

    No external source identified

  10. Héctor Costa

    basketball player

    1929–2010 · aged 80

    July 30 · 1929

    No external source identified

  11. Claude Rouer

    sport cyclist

    1929–2021 · aged 91

    October 25 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  12. Carl-Ebbe Andersen

    coxswain

    1929–2009 · aged 80

    January 19 · 1929

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  13. Henry Proctor*

    rower

    Date disputed

    October 29 · 1929

    Source: Olympic.org athletes database

  14. Raymond Robinson

    sport cyclist

    1929–2018 · aged 88

    September 3 · 1929

    No external source identified

  15. Michel Hrynchyshyn

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1929–2012 · aged 83

    February 18 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  16. Xavier Dor

    physician

    1929–2020 · aged 91

    January 30 · 1929

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Luigi Conti

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1929–2015 · aged 86

    March 2 · 1929

    No external source identified

  18. Charles Manring

    coxswain

    1929–1991 · aged 61

    August 18 · 1929

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  19. Gennady Bukharin

    canoeist

    1929–2020 · aged 91

    August 10 · 1929

    No external source identified

  20. Ingrid Nargang

    lawyer, judge

    1929–2019 · aged 90

    April 17 · 1929

    No external source identified

  21. Aleksey Kuznetsov

    cross-country skier

    1929–2003 · aged 73

    August 15 · 1929

    No external source identified

  22. Mieczysław Waśkowski

    actor, film director

    1929–2001 · aged 72

    August 13 · 1929

    Source: BnF authorities

  23. György Litván

    historian, political activist

    1929–2006 · aged 77

    February 19 · 1929

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Verica Nedeljković

    chess player

    1929–2023 · aged 94

    September 16 · 1929

    No external source identified

  25. Sergio Franzoi

    painter

    1929–2022 · aged 92

    July 10 · 1929

    No external source identified

  26. Renato Mocellini

    bobsledder

    1929–1985 · aged 56

    April 2 · 1929

    No external source identified

  27. Jerzy Turonek

    journalist, historian

    1929–2019 · aged 89

    April 26 · 1929

    No external source identified

  28. Joyce Jacobson Kaufman

    university teacher, physicist

    1929–2016 · aged 87

    June 21 · 1929

    No external source identified

  29. Knud Enggaard

    politician, engineer

    1929–2024 · aged 94

    June 4 · 1929

    No external source identified

  30. Imre Izsak

    physicist, mathematician

    1929–1965 · aged 36

    February 21 · 1929

    No external source identified

  31. Carlos Moratorio

    military personnel, equestrian

    1929–2010 · aged 80

    November 10 · 1929

    No external source identified

  32. Bart Carlier

    association football player

    1929–2017 · aged 87

    June 23 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  33. Inna Tumanyan

    screenwriter, director

    1929–2005 · aged 75

    September 10 · 1929

    No external source identified

  34. Luis Belló

    association football player, association football coach

    1929–2021 · aged 92

    January 7 · 1929

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Ernst Höfner

    politician

    1929–2009 · aged 80

    October 1 · 1929

    No external source identified

  36. Poul Dalsager

    politician, minister

    1929–2001 · aged 72

    March 5 · 1929

    No external source identified

  37. Vladimir Ivković

    water polo player

    1929–1992 · aged 62

    July 25 · 1929

    Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon

  38. László Zarándi

    sprinter

    1929–2023 · aged 94

    June 10 · 1929

    No external source identified

  39. György Gurics

    coach, amateur wrestler

    1929–2013 · aged 84

    January 27 · 1929

    No external source identified

  40. Boris Tishin

    boxer

    1929–1980 · aged 51

    January 2 · 1929

    No external source identified

  41. János Kulka

    musician, chapelmaster

    1929–2001

    December 11 · 1929

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  42. Giorgio Albani

    sport cyclist

    1929–2015 · aged 86

    June 15 · 1929

    No external source identified

  43. Takeyoshi Tanuma

    photographer, professor

    1929–2022 · aged 93

    February 18 · 1929

    Source: RKDartists

  44. Leoncio Evita Enoy

    writer

    1929–1996

    August 8 · 1929

    Source: BnF authorities

  45. Brian Oliver*

    athletics competitor

    Date disputed

    September 26 · 1929

    Source: Tilastopaja

  46. Alberto Fontanesi

    association football player

    1929–2016 · aged 87

    March 10 · 1929

    Source: Transfermarkt

  47. Ferenc Mohácsi

    scuba diving, canoeist

    1929–2025 · aged 95

    October 25 · 1929

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  48. Ilya Moiseyev

    chemist, professor

    1929–2020 · aged 91

    March 15 · 1929

    No external source identified

  49. Garth Manton

    rower

    1929–2024 · aged 94

    December 16 · 1929

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  50. Nimrod Greenwood

    rower

    1929–2016 · aged 86

    October 28 · 1929

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  51. Alfred Tonello

    sport cyclist

    1929–1996 · aged 67

    March 11 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  52. Josef Kloimstein

    rower

    1929–2012 · aged 83

    November 1 · 1929

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  53. Ursula Knab

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    1929–1989 · aged 59

    November 22 · 1929

    No external source identified

  54. Anatoliy Yulin

    coach, athletics competitor

    1929–2002 · aged 73

    March 9 · 1929

    No external source identified

  55. Leonhard Pohl

    radio technician, athletics competitor

    1929–2014 · aged 84

    July 18 · 1929

    No external source identified

  56. Mette Lange-Nielsen

    film actor, actor

    1929–1981 · aged 52

    April 30 · 1929

    Source: IMDb

  57. Ida Schöpfer

    alpine skier

    1929–2014 · aged 84

    October 29 · 1929

    No external source identified

  58. Heikki Häiväoja

    sculptor, visual artist

    1929–2019 · aged 90

    May 25 · 1929

    Source: RKDartists

  59. Pat Costello

    rower

    1929–2014 · aged 85

    March 12 · 1929

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  60. Jean Defraigne

    politician, lawyer

    1929–2016 · aged 86

    April 19 · 1929

    No external source identified

  61. Yevgeny Klevtsov

    sport cyclist

    1929–2003 · aged 74

    March 8 · 1929

    No external source identified

  62. Josef Homeyer

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1929–2010 · aged 80

    August 1 · 1929

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  63. Hana Bobková

    artistic gymnast

    1929–2017

    February 19 · 1929

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  64. Michel Knuysen

    rower

    1929–2013 · aged 83

    October 25 · 1929

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  65. Jim Bailey*

    middle-distance runner

    Date disputed

    July 21 · 1929

    Source: Athletics Australia

  66. Akira Kono

    artistic gymnast

    1929–1995 · aged 66

    September 11 · 1929

    No external source identified

  67. Salvador Botella

    sporting director, sport cyclist

    1929–2006 · aged 77

    March 27 · 1929

    No external source identified

  68. Lajos Bálint

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1929–2010 · aged 80

    July 6 · 1929

    No external source identified

  69. Nobuko Nakahara

    architect

    1929–2008 · aged 79

    January 5 · 1929

    No external source identified

  70. Raymond Harrison

    fencer

    1929–2000

    August 4 · 1929

    No external source identified

  71. Ramón Martínez Pérez

    association football player

    1929–2017 · aged 87

    February 6 · 1929

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  72. Valentin Huot

    sport cyclist

    1929–2017 · aged 88

    May 1 · 1929

    Source: BnF authorities

  73. Eduardo Mirás

    university teacher, theologian

    1929–2022 · aged 92

    November 14 · 1929

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  74. Tamaz Meliava

    film director, screenwriter

    1929–1972 · aged 42

    December 23 · 1929

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  75. Otakar Hořínek

    Olympic competitor, sport shooter

    1929–2015 · aged 86

    May 12 · 1929

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  76. Rudolf Schnyder

    sport shooter

    1929–2000 · aged 71

    August 22 · 1929

    No external source identified

  77. Glorianne Perrier

    canoeist

    1929–2015 · aged 85

    March 21 · 1929

    No external source identified

  78. Leon De Lathouwer

    sport cyclist

    1929–2008 · aged 78

    September 19 · 1929

    Source: GeneaStar

  79. Ariel Olascoaga

    basketball player

    1929–2010 · aged 81

    May 21 · 1929

    No external source identified

  80. Walter Michael Ebejer

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1929–2021 · aged 91

    August 3 · 1929

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  81. Robert Varnajo

    sport cyclist

    1929–2024 · aged 94

    May 1 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  82. Lev Kalyayev

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    1929–1983 · aged 54

    May 16 · 1929

    No external source identified

  83. Munavvar Rzayeva

    sculptor

    1929–2004 · aged 75

    June 6 · 1929

    No external source identified

  84. Jacques Boigelet

    film director, screenwriter

    1929–2023 · aged 93

    August 23 · 1929

    Source: lavenir.net

  85. Evert Gunnarsson

    rower

    1929–2022 · aged 92

    December 28 · 1929

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  86. Louis Gantois

    canoeist, kayaker

    1929–2011 · aged 81

    November 15 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  87. Franc Perko

    Catholic bishop, theologian

    1929–2008 · aged 78

    November 19 · 1929

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  88. René Guissart

    rower

    1929–2014 · aged 84

    September 12 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  89. Heini Scheller

    rower

    1929–1957 · aged 28

    August 3 · 1929

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  90. Yevgeny Brago

    rower

    1929–2024 · aged 95

    March 1 · 1929

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  91. Teodozia Bryzh

    sculptor, artist

    1929–1999 · aged 70

    February 18 · 1929

    No external source identified

  92. René Cornu

    swimmer

    1929–1986 · aged 56

    April 11 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  93. Tiina Rinne

    actor

    1929–2021 · aged 91

    May 24 · 1929

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  94. Giulio De Stefano

    sailor

    1929–2023 · aged 94

    May 6 · 1929

    No external source identified

  95. Ib Olsen

    coxswain

    1929–2009 · aged 80

    November 9 · 1929

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  96. José Gea Escolano

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1929–2017 · aged 87

    June 14 · 1929

    Source: historygreatest.com

  97. Jan Hijzelendoorn

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    1929–2008 · aged 79

    March 20 · 1929

    No external source identified

  98. Hans-Reinhard Koch

    Catholic priest, bishop

    1929–2018 · aged 88

    November 27 · 1929

    Source: eichsfelder-nachrichten.de

  99. Osório Bebber

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1929–2021 · aged 92

    June 11 · 1929

    No external source identified

  100. Luciano Ciancola

    sport cyclist

    1929–2011 · aged 81

    October 22 · 1929

    No external source identified

  101. Ramón Echarren Istúriz

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1929–2014 · aged 84

    November 13 · 1929

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  102. Natalino Pescarolo

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1929–2015 · aged 85

    March 26 · 1929

    No external source identified

  103. Piet van Heusden

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    1929–2023 · aged 93

    July 11 · 1929

    No external source identified

  104. Matt Murphy*

    actor, recording artist

    Date disputed

    December 27 · 1929

    Source: MusicBrainz

  105. Richard Viktorov

    film director, screenwriter

    1929–1983 · aged 53

    November 7 · 1929

    No external source identified

  106. Meʼir Tsevi Bergman*

    rabbi

    Date disputed

    December 1 · 1929

    No external source identified

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