The 363rd day of the year, the 364th in a leap year
Born on 29 December
Every 29 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Capricorn, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CapricornEarth, cardinal, ruled by Saturn.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 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 December in any year.
Which weekday 29 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 29 December falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 29 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,857 babies were born on 29 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 70th 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 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Johnson | 1808–1875 | President of the United States from 1865 to 1869 |
| Jon Voight | 1938– | American actor |
| William Ewart Gladstone | 1809–1898 | British Liberal prime minister |
| Carles Puigdemont | 1962– | Catalan politician |
| Jude Law | 1972– | English actor |
| Elizabeth of Russia | 1709–1762 | Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762 |
| Madame de Pompadour | 1721–1764 | chief mistress of Louis XV of France |
| Ulf Kristersson | 1963– | Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden since 2022, caretaker since his coalition lost the 2026 election |
| Thomas Bach | 1953– | German lawyer, sports administrator and former fencer, president of the International Olympic Committee from 2013 to 2025 |
| Ronald Coase | 1910–2013 | British economist and Nobel laureate |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1936–2017 | American actress and television producer |
| Pablo Casals | 1876–1973 | Spanish cellist, conductor and composer |
| Victor Osimhen | 1998– | Nigerian footballer |
| Elisabeth of Wied | 1843–1916 | German writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I |
| David Alfaro Siqueiros | 1896–1974 | Mexican painter and muralist |
| Dylan Minnette | 1996– | American actor and musician |
| Charles Goodyear | 1800–1860 | American inventor |
| Kei Nishikori | 1989– | Japanese tennis player |
Died on 29 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carter | 1924–2024 | president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 |
| Pelé | 1940–2022 | Brazilian footballer |
| Rainer Maria Rilke | 1875–1926 | Austrian poet and writer |
| Thomas Robert Malthus | 1766–1834 | British political economist |
| Andrei Tarkovsky | 1932–1986 | Soviet film director and screenwriter |
| Harold Macmillan | 1894–1986 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963 |
| Carl Spitteler | 1845–1924 | Swiss writer |
| Jacques-Louis David | 1748–1825 | French painter |
| Thomas Becket | 1119–1170 | Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 |
| Leopold Kronecker | 1823–1891 | German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra |
| Christina Rossetti | 1830–1894 | English poet |
| Vivienne Westwood | 1941–2022 | British fashion designer |
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