What happened on October 29 ?

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)

1827 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (d. 1907)

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 and comedienne (d. 1951)

1897 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945)

1899 - Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972)

1910 - Alfred Ayer, British philosopher (d. 1989)

1915 - William Berenberg, American physician and Harvard professor (d. 2005)

1920 - Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1920 - Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic clergyman

1921 - Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist (d. 2003)

1923 - Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist

1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author

1926 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor

1930 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor, painter, and film maker (d. 2002)

1935 - Takahata Isao, Japanese director of animated movies

1936 - Akiko Kojima, Japanese model

1938 - Ralph Bakshi, Israeli cartoonist, film director, and video producer

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 and Wings)

1944 - Otto Wiesheu, German minister

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

1959 - Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player

1960 - Finola Hughes, British actress

1961 - Randy Jackson, American musician

1964 - Yasmin Le Bon, British model

1967 - Joely Fisher, American actress

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

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

1983 - Maurice Clarett, American football player

1984 - Eric Staal, Canadian hockey player

1987 - Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)