Famous people born on 29 May

• John F. KennedyPresident of the United States from 1961 to 1963 · 1917–1963
  46 yrs
• G. K. ChestertonEnglish author and Christian apologist · 1874–1936
  62 yrs
• Peter HiggsBritish physicist and Nobel Prize winner · 1929–2024
  94 yrs
• Tenzing NorgayNepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer · 1914–1986
  71 yrs
• Oswald SpenglerGerman historian and philosopher · 1880–1936
  55 yrs
• Bob HopeAmerican entertainer · 1903–2003
  100 yrs
• Louise Michel ↗French author and anarchist · 1830–1905
  74 yrs
• Philip I of France ↗King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108 · 1052–1108
  56 yrs
• Léon Bourgeois ↗French statesman · 1851–1925
  74 yrs
• Abdülmecid II ↗Last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty · 1868–1944
  76 yrs
• Isaac Albéniz ↗Spanish composer · 1860–1909
  48 yrs
• Alfonsina Storni ↗Argentine writer and poet · 1892–1938
  46 yrs
• Patrick Henry ↗American Founding Father, orator and politician · 1736–1799
  63 yrs
• John Harsanyi ↗Hungarian economist · 1920–2000
  80 yrs
• Giovanni Gentile ↗Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician · 1875–1944
  68 yrs
• Iannis Xenakis ↗Greek-French composer, architect and engineer · 1922–2001
  78 yrs
• Pietro Bembo ↗Catholic cardinal and poet · 1470–1547
  76 yrs
• André Brink ↗South African writer · 1935–2015
  79 yrs
• Farooq Leghari ↗Pakistani politician · 1940–2010
  70 yrs
• Josef von Sternberg ↗Austrian-American film director · 1894–1969
  75 yrs
• Maeve Binchy ↗Irish novelist · 1939–2012
  73 yrs
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold ↗Austrian-born American composer and conductor · 1897–1957
  60 yrs
• Helmut Berger ↗Austrian actor · 1944–2023
  78 yrs
• T. H. White ↗English author · 1906–1964
  57 yrs
• Aleksandr Abdulov ↗Soviet and Russian actor · 1953–2008
  54 yrs
• Jean-Christophe Yoccoz ↗French mathematician · 1957–2016
  59 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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