The 119th day of the year, the 120th in a leap year
Born on 29 April
Every 29 April birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- DiamondThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Daisy, Sweet peaUsually taken today to mean innocence and blissful pleasure.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 29 April in any year.
Which weekday 29 April falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 29 April falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 29 April is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,789 babies were born on 29 April in each year of the twenty, making it the 240th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 29 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Hirohito | 1901–1989 | emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 |
| Henri Poincaré | 1854–1912 | French mathematician, physicist and engineer |
| Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | 1968– | Croatian politician and diplomat |
| Alexander II of Russia | 1818–1881 | Emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881 |
| Uma Thurman | 1970– | American actress and model |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | 1957– | British actor |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | 1958– | American actress |
| Andre Agassi | 1970– | American tennis player |
| Duke Ellington | 1899–1974 | American jazz pianist and composer |
| Harold Urey | 1893–1981 | American physical chemist |
| Constantine P. Cavafy | 1863–1933 | Greek-Egyptian poet and journalist |
| Jerry Seinfeld | 1954– | American comedian and actor |
| Willie Nelson | 1933– | American country musician |
| Raja Ravi Varma | 1848–1906 | Indian painter from Kerala |
| William Randolph Hearst | 1863–1951 | American newspaper publisher |
| Zubin Mehta | 1936– | Indian conductor |
| Fred Zinnemann | 1907–1997 | Austrian-American film director |
| Bernie Madoff | 1938–2021 | American fraudster and financier |
Died on 29 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Hitchcock | 1899–1980 | British filmmaker |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein | 1889–1951 | Austrian philosopher and logician |
| Catherine of Siena | 1347–1380 | Italian Dominican saint |
| Bob Hoskins | 1942–2014 | English actor |
| Albert Hofmann | 1906–2008 | Swiss chemist |
| John Kenneth Galbraith | 1908–2006 | Canadian-American economist and diplomat |
| Constantine P. Cavafy | 1863–1933 | Greek-Egyptian poet and journalist |
| Irrfan Khan | 1967–2020 | Indian actor |
| Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb | 1876–1956 | German field marshal and war criminal |
| Michiel de Ruyter | 1607–1676 | Dutch admiral |
| Agrippa d'Aubigné | 1552–1630 | French military officer, historian, writer and poet; died 29 April in the Julian calendar, which is 9 May in the Gregorian |
| Irving Fisher | 1867–1947 | American economist and statistician |
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