Famous People Born on September 29

Famous people born on September 29 include Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Lech Wałęsa (1943) and Enrico Fermi (1901).

BORN ON THIS DAY

Miguel de Cervantes

Born 1547 · Literature

Author of Don Quixote

Lech Wałęsa

Born 1943 · Activism & Social Change

Solidarity leader and president of Poland

Enrico Fermi

Born 1901 · Science & Invention

Father of the nuclear age, first nuclear reactor

Caravaggio

Born 1571 · Art

Revolutionary Baroque painter

MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Silvio Berlusconi

1936–2023

Italian media tycoon and politician (1936–2023)

Michelle Bachelet

1951–present

President of Chile (2006–2010; 2014–2018)

Julia Gillard

1961–present

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

1758–1805

Royal Navy officer (1758–1805)

Pompey

106 BCE–48 BCE

Roman general and statesman (106–48 BC)

Miguel de Unamuno

1864–1936

Spanish writer, philosopher and academic (1864–1936)

Ian McShane

1942–present

English actor (born 1942)

Michelangelo Antonioni

1912–2007

Italian filmmaker (1912–2007)

Ludwig von Mises

1881–1973

Austrian–American political economist (1881–1973)

Anita Ekberg

1931–2015

Swedish actress (1931–2015)

Jon Fosse

1959–present

Norwegian author and dramatist (born 1959)

Kevin Durant

1988–present

American basketball player (born 1988)

Elizabeth Gaskell

1810–1865

English novelist, biographer, and short story writer (1810–1865)

Bujar Nishani

1966–2022

President of Albania from 2012 to 2015

Michael Servetus

1511–1553

16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist

DIED ON THIS DAY

Émile Zola

Died 1902 · Literature

French novelist who wrote J'Accuse

MORE FAMOUS DEATHS

W. H. Auden

1907–1973

British-American poet (1907–1973)

Rudolf Diesel

1858–1913

German inventor and engineer (1858–1913)

Ilya Repin

1844–1930

Ukrainian-born Russian painter (1844–1930)

Tony Curtis

1925–2010

American actor (1925–2010)

Ferdinand VII

1784–1833

King of Spain (1808, 1813–1833)

Willem Einthoven

1860–1927

Dutch physiologist (1860–1927)

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

1929–2020

Emir of Kuwait from 2006 to 2020

Lothair I

795–855

Carolingian Emperor from 817 to 855

Bill Shankly

1913–1981

Scottish footballer and manager (1913–1981)

Machado de Assis

1839–1908

Brazilian writer (1839–1908)

Sources

September 29 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
Lech Wałęsa — Wikipedia
Enrico Fermi — Wikipedia
Caravaggio — Wikipedia
Émile Zola — Wikipedia
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths

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