1929 births

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans.

Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim. She gained worldwide notability posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. In the diary, she regularly described her family's everyday life in their hiding place in an Amsterdam attic from 1942 until their arrest in 1944.

Palestinian political leader (1929–2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)

British actress (1929–1993)

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)

American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)

Canadian actor (1929–2021)

German sociologist and philosopher (1929–2026)

Hungarian author (1929–2016)

Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. She redefined the mostly ceremonial role into a platform for arts and culture, by hosting multiple high-profile events at the White House and leading its restoration into a historical site. Through her fashion and cultural literacy, she improved the global standing of the United States during the politically volatile Cold War. Her personal style became known as the "Jackie Look", which inspired worldwide fashion trends during the 1960s.

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)

American physicist (1929–2019)

Player for U.S.S.R (1929–1990)

Italian filmmaker (1929–1989)

Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist (1929–2007)

Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions. His most famous works include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel.

Belgian singer (1929–1978)

American actor (1929–2021)

Italian journalist (1929–2006)

Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion

German nuclear physicist and Noble Prize in Physics

King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999

German writer (1929–1995)

Swedish-French actor (1929–2020)

Norwegian-American physicist

American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021)

6th President of Greece (1929–2021)

German novelist and essayist (1929–2011)

American stand-up comedian and actor (1929–2024)

American broadcast journalist (1929–2022)

British-American actress (1929–2010)

President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 (1929–2025)

Swiss microbiologist and geneticist

Hungarian-Canadian chemist

American chemist (1929–2007)

Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer

President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005 (1929–2025)

Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (1929-2019)

American film composer (1929–2004)

American neuropsychiatrist

4th Russian Prime Minister (1929–2015)

Brazilian actress and writer

American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)

American biologist (1929–2014)

Japanese artist (born 1929)

Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid, also known as Nirmala Dutt; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981), known mononymously as Nargis, was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema, Nargis often portrayed sophisticated and independent women in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama. She was among the highest paid actresses of the 1950s and 1960s.

American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)

Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)

Greek actress and singer (1929–2022)

Serbian writer (1929–2009)

American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)

British mathematician

15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (1929–2008)

3rd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (1929–1996)

British racing driver (1929–1975)

Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director (1929-1974)

Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979)