What happened on September 29 ?

1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)

1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)

1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)

1511 - Michael Servetus, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)

1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)

1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)

1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)

1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)

1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)

1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)

1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)

1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)

1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)

1725 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)

1758 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)

1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (d. 1843)

1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)

1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)

1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)

1895 - J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980).

1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)

1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (d. 1981)

1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)

1907 - Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman (d. 1998)

1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)

1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director

1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)

1913 - Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001)

1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress

1934 - Lance Gibbs, West Indian cricketer

1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician

1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy

1938 - Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)

1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic

1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer

1941 - Fred West, British serial killer

1942 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)

1942 - Bill Nelson, U.S. Senator from Florida

1942 - Ian McShane, British actor

1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist

1943 - Lech Wa??sa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality

1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile

1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)

1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler

1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster

1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician

1955 - Tjibbe Joustra, Dutch artist

1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete

1957 - Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor

1960 - Jennifer Rush, American singer

1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian and liberal talk show host

1962 - Roger Bart, American actor

1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian hockey player

1964 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)

1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress

1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress

1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer

1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comidian, and writer.

1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player

1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player

1977 - Debelah Morgan, R&B coloratura soprano.

1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer

1979 - Beau Zimmer, telejournalist

1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player

1982 - Rob Smith Irish musician and singer/songwriter

1982 - Ariana Jollee, American porn actress and director

1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player