The 88th day of the year, the 89th in a leap year
Born on 29 March
Every 29 March birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Aries, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- AriesFire, cardinal, ruled by Mars.
- Birthstone
- Aquamarine, BloodstoneThe 1912 list put Bloodstone first.
- Birth flower
- DaffodilUsually taken today to mean new beginnings.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 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 March in any year.
Which weekday 29 March falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 29 March falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 29 March is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,748 babies were born on 29 March in each year of the twenty, making it the 350th 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 March
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| John Tyler | 1790–1862 | president of the United States from 1841 to 1845 |
| John Major | 1943– | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997 |
| Lavrentiy Beria | 1899–1953 | Soviet politician and NKVD police chief |
| Vangelis | 1943–2022 | Greek composer |
| N'Golo Kanté | 1991– | French footballer |
| Ernst Jünger | 1895–1998 | German writer |
| Lucy Lawless | 1968– | New Zealand actress |
| Jo Nesbø | 1960– | Norwegian novelist, musician and economist |
| Bola Tinubu | 1952– | 12th Governor of Lagos (1999–2007) and President of Nigeria since 2023 |
| Michel Hazanavicius | 1967– | French film director, producer and screenwriter |
| Eric Idle | 1943– | British comedian, actor and writer |
| Christopher Lambert | 1957– | American actor |
| Sam Walton | 1918–1992 | American businessman |
| Brendan Gleeson | 1955– | Irish actor |
| Lennart Meri | 1929–2006 | Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 |
| Jennifer Capriati | 1976– | American tennis player |
| Roger Myerson | 1951– | American economist |
| Irene | 1991– | South Korean singer and actress |
Died on 29 March
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Walpole | 1676–1745 | British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford; died 29 March in the Gregorian calendar, 18 March in the Julian |
| Emanuel Swedenborg | 1688–1772 | Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian |
| Robert Falcon Scott | 1868–1912 | Royal Navy officer and explorer |
| Alexei Abrikosov | 1928–2017 | Soviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist |
| Georges Seurat | 1859–1891 | French painter |
| Pope Stephen IX | died 1058 | pope |
| Agnès Varda | 1928–2019 | French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer |
| Carl Orff | 1895–1982 | German composer |
| Gustav III | 1746–1792 | King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792 |
| Krzysztof Penderecki | 1933–2020 | Polish composer and conductor |
| Richard Chamberlain | 1934–2025 | American actor |
| Patty Duke | 1946–2016 | American actress |
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