The 333rd day of the year, the 334th in a leap year

Born on 29 November

Every 29 November birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.

Star sign
SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
Birthstone
Topaz, CitrineThe 1912 list gave Topaz.
Birth flower
ChrysanthemumUsually taken today to mean loyalty.
Most common weekdays
Tuesday and Sunday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Where the sun stands on 29 November. The marked arc is every position it has held on 29 November, midnight to midnight UTC, in any year since 1920.

Your year

Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 29 November in any year.

Which weekday 29 November falls on

Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 29 November 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 November is

In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,771 babies were born on 29 November in each year of the twenty, making it the 309th 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 November

18 people born on 29 November, from English Wikipedia's list of births on this day, chosen and ordered by how many Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects have a page about them.
NameYearsKnown for
Jacques Chirac1932–2019President of France from 1995 to 2007
C. S. Lewis1898–1963British writer, lay theologian, and scholar
Charles I of England1600–1649King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649; born 29 November in the Gregorian calendar, 19 November in the Julian
Louisa May Alcott1832–1888American novelist
Empress Dowager Cixi1835–1908Chinese empress
Ryan Giggs1973–Welsh association football player and coach
Garry Shandling1949–2016American comedian
Christian Doppler1803–1853Austrian mathematician and physicist
Chadwick Boseman1976–2020American actor
John Mahama1958–President of the Republic of Ghana
Gaetano Donizetti1797–1848Italian opera composer
Beji Caid Essebsi1926–2019Tunisian politician
Don Cheadle1964–American actor
Anna Faris1976–American actress
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg1856–1921German politician
Wilhelm Hauff1802–1827German poet and novelist
Jean-Martin Charcot1825–1893French neurologist
John Ray1627–1705British botanist

Died on 29 November

11 people who died on 29 November, chosen and ordered the same way from Wikipedia's list of deaths on this day.
NameYearsKnown for
Giacomo Puccini1858–1924Italian opera composer
Henry Kissinger1923–2023United States Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977
George Harrison1943–2001English musician and member of the Beatles
Maria Theresa1717–1780ruler of the Habsburg Dominions
Cary Grant1904–1986British-American actor
Claudio Monteverdi1567–1643Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest
Philip IV of France1268–1314King of France from 1285 to 1314
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor1316–1378Holy Roman Emperor
Natalie Wood1938–1981American actress
Pope Clement IV1190–1268Pope from 1265 to 1268
Yasuhiro Nakasone1918–2019Japanese politician

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