The 149th day of the year, the 150th in a leap year
Born on 29 May
Every 29 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Gemini, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- GeminiAir, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 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 May in any year.
Which weekday 29 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 29 May falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 29 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,788 babies were born on 29 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 245th 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 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy | 1917–1963 | president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 |
| G. K. Chesterton | 1874–1936 | English author and Christian apologist |
| Charles II of England | 1630–1685 | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland; born 29 May in the Julian calendar, which is 8 June in the Gregorian |
| Peter Higgs | 1929–2024 | British physicist and Nobel Prize winner |
| Tenzing Norgay | 1914–1986 | Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer |
| Oswald Spengler | 1880–1936 | German historian and philosopher |
| Bob Hope | 1903–2003 | American entertainer |
| Annette Bening | 1958– | American actress |
| Andrey Arshavin | 1981– | Russian association football player |
| Gukesh Dommaraju | 2006– | Indian chess grandmaster |
| Noel Gallagher | 1967– | British singer and guitarist |
| Danny Elfman | 1953– | American film composer |
| Isaac Albéniz | 1860–1909 | Spanish composer |
| Abdoulaye Wade | 1926– | President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012 |
| Rupert Everett | 1959– | British actor |
| Alfonsina Storni | 1892–1938 | Argentine writer and poet |
| Patrick Henry | 1736–1799 | American Founding Father, orator and politician |
| Arne Friedrich | 1979– | German association football player |
Died on 29 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Baháʼu'lláh | 1817–1892 | founder of the Bahá'í Faith |
| Juan Ramón Jiménez | 1881–1958 | Spanish poet |
| Humphry Davy | 1778–1829 | British chemist |
| Mary Pickford | 1892–1979 | Canadian actress and producer |
| Erich Honecker | 1912–1994 | Leader of East Germany from 1971 to 1989 |
| Bartolomeu Dias | died 1500 | Portuguese explorer |
| Dennis Hopper | 1936–2010 | American actor and film director |
| Constantine XI Palaiologos | 1404–1453 | last Byzantine emperor, from 1449 to 1453 |
| Joséphine de Beauharnais | 1763–1814 | Empress of the French from 1804 to 1810 |
| Romy Schneider | 1938–1982 | German-French actress |
| Mily Balakirev | 1837–1910 | Russian composer, pianist, and conductor |
| Manuel Noriega | 1934–2017 | De facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989 |
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