What happened on January 29 ?

1584 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)

1632 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)

1688 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. 1772)

1711 - Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)

1715 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777)

1717 - Jeffrey Amherst, British military leader (d. 1797)

1718 - Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794)

1737 - Thomas Paine, American patriot (d. 1809)

1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)

1754 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of the city of Cleveland (d. 1806)

1782 - Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)

1843 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)

1846 - Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)

1860 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)

1862 - Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)

1866 - Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)

1874 - John D. Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur (d. 1960)

1876 - Havergal Brian, British composer (d. 1972)

1880 - W.C. Fields, American actor (d. 1946)

1885 - Leadbelly, American musician (d. 1949)

1891 - Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina (d. 1975)

1905 - Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)

1910 - Colin Middleton, Irish artist (d. 1983)

1911 - Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1986)

1913 - Peter von Zahn, German journalist and writer (d. 2001)

1915 - Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)

1918 - John Forsythe, American actor

1921 - Anthony George, American actor (d. 2005)

1923 - Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (d. 1981)

1923 - Ivo Robic, Croatian singer and songwriter (d. 2000)

1924 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)

1926 - Franco Cerri, Italian musician

1926 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

1927 - Edward Abbey, American environmentalist (d. 1989)

1928 - Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong property developer

1929 - Gordon Solie, wrestling announcer (d. 2000)

1932 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)

1932 - George Allen, English footballer

1936 - James Jamerson, Electric Bass legend & Motown's master of groove. (d. 1983)

1939 - Germaine Greer, Australian writer

1940 - Katharine Ross, American actress

1942 - Claudine Longet, French singer and dancer

1945 - Jim Nicholson, Irish politician

1945 - Tom Selleck, American actor

1947 - Linda B. Buck, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1948 - Cristina Saralegui, American talk-show host

1948 - Marc Singer, Canadian actor

1950 - Ann Jillian, American actress

1950 - Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver

1952 - Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-born musician and record producer (The Ramones)

1953 - Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist

1953 - Teresa Teng, Chinese singer (d. 1995)

1954 - Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, American singer (The Dictators and MC5)

1954 - Terry Kinney, American actor

1954 - Oprah Winfrey, American producer, actress, and publisher

1957 - Grazyna Miller, Italian poet, translator, and journalist

1960 - Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)

1960 - Sean Kerly, British field hockey player

1960 - Greg Louganis, American diver

1960 - Steve Sax, American baseball player

1960 - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician

1962 - Nicholas Turturro, American actor

1964 - Andre Reed, American football player

1965 - Dominik Hasek, Czech hockey player

1966 - Romário, Brazilian footballer

1968 - Edward Burns, American actor

1969 - Thomas Jane, American actor

1969 - Hyde, Japanese singer

1970 - Heather Graham, American actress

1970 - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian shooter

1973 - Jason Schmidt, baseball player

1975 - Sara Gilbert, American actress

1978 - Rob Bironas, American football player

1979 - Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player

1980 - Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli actress and model

1981 - Jonny Lang, American musician

1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor

1987 - Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006)