Today's Birthdays, Sunday, October 29, 2006

• 1017 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)
• 1656 (O.S.) - Edmond Halley, English astronomer (d. 1742)
• 1682 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
• 1690 - Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
• 1704 - John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
• 1740 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795)
• 1815 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
• 1822 - Mieczysław Cardinal Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
• 1827 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907)
• 1855 - Paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939)
• 1861 - Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
• 1877 - Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1879 - Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941)
• 1879 - Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
• 1880 - Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist (d. 1960)
• 1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944)
• 1891 - Fanny Brice, American singer (d. 1951)
• 1897 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945)
• 1899 - Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972)
• 1907 - Edwige Feuillère, French film actress (d. 1998)
• 1910 - Alfred Ayer, British philosopher (d. 1989)
• 1915 - William Berenberg, American physician (d. 2005)
• 1917 - Eddie Constantine, American actor/singer (d. 1993)
• 1920 - Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate
• 1920 - Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic
• 1921 - Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
• 1922 - Neil Hefti, American jazz trumpeter
• 1923 - Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist
• 1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author
• 1926 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor
• 1930 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1935 - Takahata Isao, Japanese animated film director
• 1936 - Akiko Kojima, Japanese model
• 1938 - Ralph Bakshi, Israeli cartoonist
• 1938 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia
• 1940 - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996)
• 1940 - Connie Mack, U.S. Senator from Florida
• 1940 - José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Catholic bishop
• 1944 - Denny Laine, English musician (Moody Blues,Wings)
• 1944 - Otto Wiesheu, German minister
• 1944 - Claude Brochu, Major League Baseball executive (Montreal Expos)
• 1946 - Peter Green, English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
• 1948 - Kate Jackson, American actress
• 1953 - Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 - Roger O'Donnell, English musician (The Cure)
• 1956 - Wilfredo Gomez, Puerto Rican boxer
• 1957 - Dan Castellaneta, American actor
• 1958 - David Remnick, American writer and editor of The New Yorker
• 1959 - Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 - Finola Hughes, British actress
• 1961 - Randy Jackson, American musician
• 1961 - Joel Otto, National Hockey League player
• 1964 - Yasmin Le Bon, British model
• 1967 - Joely Fisher, American actress
• 1967 - Rufus Sewell, English actor
• 1968 - Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater
• 1970 - Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer
• 1970 - Philip Cocu, Dutch footballer
• 1971 - Winona Ryder, American actress
• 1972 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur
• 1972 - Gabrielle Union, American actress
• 1973 - Robert Pirès, French footballer
• 1974 - Michael Vaughan, English cricketer
• 1975 - Kelly Lin, Chinese actress
• 1976 - Stephen Craigan, Northern Irish footballer
• 1977 - Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
• 1978 - Travis Henry, American football player
• 1980 - Ben Foster, American actor
• 1980 - B.J. Sams, American football player
• 1981 - Amanda Beard, American swimmer
• 1981 - Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
• 1982 - Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress
• 1983 - Maurice Clarett, American football player
• 1983 - Dana Eveland, American baseball player
• 1983 - Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
• 1984 - Eric Staal, Canadian hockey player
• 1987 - Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer