March 29: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is March 29th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 29th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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March 29th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 29th Birthdays: Famous Artists

British painter and printmaker Edward Burra (The Cabbage Harvest, Christ Mocked, Home Again, Market Day and The Washerwomen) was born on March 29, 1905.

Evangelos Odysseas (Vangelis) Papathanassiou, Greek keyboardist, film score composer and Academy Award winner (1981), was born on March 29, 1943. Vangelis composed the film scores for 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire.

British composer Sir William Walton (Troilus and Cressida and The Wise Virgins) was born on March 29, 1902.

March 29th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Brad Bridgewater, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on March 29, 1973.

American professional football player Ken Burrow (Atlanta Falcons and Oakland Raiders) was born on March 29, 1948.

Earl Campbell, American professional football player (Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints), was born on March 29, 1955.

Jennifer Capriati, American tennis star and Olympic gold medalist (1992), was born on March 29, 1976.

American professional basketball player Walter (Clyde) Frazier was born on March 29, 1945. Clyde Frazier played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks.

Thomas Hubert (Tom) Hume, American professional baseball player, was born on March 29, 1953. Tom Hume played for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies.

American professional baseball player Dennis Dale (Denny) McLain was born on March 29, 1944. Denny McLain pitched for the Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics and Washington Senators.

William Edward (Ed) Ratleff, American professional basketball player, was born on March 29, 1950. Ed Ratleff played for the Houston Rockets.

Canadian professional hockey player Duane Rupp (Calgary Cowboys, Hershey Bears, Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Rochester Americans, Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Blazers) was born on March 29, 1938.

Teofilo Stevenson, Cuban heavyweight boxer and Olympic gold medalist (1972, 1976 and 1980), was born on March 29, 1952.

Kurt Thomas, American gymnast, television sports commentator (ESPN), actor (Gymkata) and television personality (That's Incredible and True Confessions),

Denton True (Cy) Young, American professional baseball player, was born on March 29, 1867. Cy Young played for the Boston Pilgrims, Boston Red Sox, Boston Rustlers, Boston Somersets, Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Perfectos. The annual Cy Young pitching award in Major League Baseball was named for him.

March 29th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

American author Judith Guest (Errands, Killing Time in St. Cloud, The Mythic Family, Ordinary People, Second Heaven and The Tarnished Eye) was born on March 29, 1936. Judith Guest's great-uncle was poet Edgar Guest.

Howard Lindsey, American dramatist and author (State of the Union and A Woman's World) was born on March 29, 1888.

American television personality and political commentator John McLaughlin (John McLaughlin's One 0n One and The McLaughlin Group) was born on March 29, 1927.

March 29th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Elihu Thomson, American electrical engineer and entrepreneur (British Thomson-Houston Company, General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company), was born on March 29, 1853.

Samuel Moore (Sam) Walton, American retailer (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.), was born on March 29, 1918.

March 29th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Pearl Mae Bailey, American singer and actress (Hello Dolly, Porgy and Bess, St. Louis Woman and Variety Girl), was born on March 29, 1918. Pearl Bailey's most famous songs included "A Little Learnin' Is a Dangerous Thing" and "Takes Two to Tango."

American alternative rock singer Peretz (Perry Farrell) Bernstein (Jane's Addiction) was born on March 29, 1959. Perry Farrell originated the annual Lollapalooza music festival.

British-American organist E. Power Biggs was born on March 29, 1906.

Michael Brecker, American jazz and rock saxophonist (The Brecker Brothers), was born on March 29, 1949.

Jill Goodacre Connick, American model, voice-over artist (Duckman) and actress (Odd Jobs, Play for Today and The Uninvited), was born on March 29, 1964. Jill Goodacre married singer and actor Harry Connick, Jr.

American actor Bud Cort (Brewster McCloud, Electric Dreams, Harold and Maude and M*A*S*H) was born on March 29, 1950.

Philip (Phil Foster) Feldman, American comedian and actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Conquest of Space, Hail and Laverne and Shirley), was born on March 29, 1914.

American contemporary Christian music singer Brian Free (Gold City) was born on March 29, 19--.

Eileen Heckart, American actress (The Bad Seed, Bus Stop, Butterflies Are Free, A Doll's House, Heartbreak Ridge, Trauma Center and Up the Down Staircase) and Academy Award winner (1972), was born on March 29, 1919.

British comedian and actor Eric Idle was born on March 29, 1943. Eric Idle appeared in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Casper, Monty Python's Flying Circus and Splitting Heirs.

Christopher Lambert, French-American actor (Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, The Highlander, Lord of the Apes, Subway, To Kill a Priest and Why Me), was born on March 29, 1957.

Christopher Lawford, American author (Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption) and actor (All My Children, Blankman, The Doors, Eavesdrop, General Hospital, The Russia House, Slipstream, Terminator 3, Thirteen Days and The World's Fastest Indian), was born on March 29, 1955. Christopher Lawford is the son of actor Peter Lawford. John F. Kennedy, 35^th U.S. President, was his uncle.

New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) was born on March 29, 1968.

Regina Leigh, American country music singer (Regina Regina), was born on March 29, 1965.

Australian model and actress (Batman & Robin, Friends, A Girl Thing, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Sirens and South Kensington) Elle MacPherson was born on March 29, 1964.

John Popper, American rock guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter (Blues Traveler), was born on March 29, 1967.

American country music keyboardist and singer Brady Seals (Hot Apple Pie and Little Texas) was born on March 29, 1969. Brady Seals' cousins are musicians Dan Seals and Jim Seals (of Seals & Crofts).

Amy Sedaris, American actress (Strangers with Candy), was born on March 29, 1961.

American jazz singer Kelly Sweet ("I Will Be Waiting" and "Ready for Love") was born on March 29, 1988.

Robert (Bobby Kimball) Toteaux, American rock singer (Toto), was born on March 29, 1947.

March 29th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician and inventor of the guillotine, a device previously used for capital punishment, was born on March 29, 1738.

Italian physician and surgical instrument production pioneer Santorio Santorio was born on March 29, 1561. Tagged a heretic, Santorio Sanctorius was burned at the stake in 1636.

March 29th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Lou Hoover, American First Lady (to 31^st U.S. President Herbert Hoover), was born on March 29, 1875.

British Prime Minister John Major was born on March 29, 1943.

Eugene J. McCarthy, American politician, author (The Limits of Power and The Year of the People), U.S. Senator (D-MN) and 1968 U.S. Presidential candidate, was born on March 29, 1916.

Edward Stanley, British Prime Minister, was born on March 29, 1799.

John Tyler, 10^th President of the United States, was born on March 29, 1790.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on March 29th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on March 29th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, March 29th.

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