The 210th day of the year, the 211th in a leap year
Born on 29 July
Every 29 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Leo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LeoFire, fixed, ruled by the Sun.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- 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 July in any year.
Which weekday 29 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 29 July 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 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,858 babies were born on 29 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 67th 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 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Benito Mussolini | 1883–1945 | Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943 |
| Dag Hammarskjöld | 1905–1961 | Swedish diplomat, economist, and author |
| Fernando Alonso | 1981– | Spanish racing driver |
| Alexis de Tocqueville | 1805–1859 | French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Isidor Rabi | 1898–1988 | American physicist |
| Eyvind Johnson | 1900–1976 | Swedish writer |
| Harry Mulisch | 1927–2010 | Dutch writer |
| Ivan Aivazovsky | 1817–1900 | Russian marine painter |
| Mikis Theodorakis | 1925–2021 | Greek composer |
| Clara Bow | 1905–1965 | American actress |
| Josh Radnor | 1974– | American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| Theda Bara | 1885–1955 | American actress |
| Daniel McFadden | 1937– | American economist |
| Mircea Lucescu | 1945–2026 | Romanian football player and manager |
| Sanjay Dutt | 1959– | Indian actor and politician |
| Allison Mack | 1982– | American former actress |
| William Powell | 1892–1984 | American actor |
| David Warner | 1941–2022 | British actor |
Died on 29 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent van Gogh | 1853–1890 | Dutch painter |
| Robert Schumann | 1810–1856 | German composer, pianist and critic |
| Dorothy Hodgkin | 1910–1994 | British chemist |
| Pope Urban II | 1035–1099 | 11th century pope and initiator of the Crusades |
| Luis Buñuel | 1900–1983 | Spanish-Mexican filmmaker |
| Pope Urban VIII | 1568–1644 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 |
| Herbert Marcuse | 1898–1979 | German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist |
| Umberto I of Italy | 1844–1900 | king of Italy |
| Erich Kästner | 1899–1974 | German children's writer |
| David Niven | 1910–1983 | British actor and novelist |
| Ronald Fisher | 1890–1962 | British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist |
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