The 272nd day of the year, the 273rd in a leap year
Born on 29 September
Every 29 September birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- SapphireThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Aster, Morning gloryUsually taken today to mean patience and affection.
- 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 September in any year.
Which weekday 29 September falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 29 September 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 September is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,934 babies were born on 29 September in each year of the twenty, making it the 11th 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 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Miguel de Cervantes | 1547–1616 | Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright |
| Lech Wałęsa | 1943– | President of Poland from 1990 to 1995 |
| Enrico Fermi | 1901–1954 | Italian–American physicist |
| Silvio Berlusconi | 1936–2023 | Italian media tycoon and politician |
| Michelle Bachelet | 1951– | President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018 |
| Julia Gillard | 1961– | Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013 |
| Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | 1758–1805 | British admiral |
| Pompey | 106–48 BC | Roman general and statesman |
| Miguel de Unamuno | 1864–1936 | Spanish poet |
| Ian McShane | 1942– | English actor |
| Ludwig von Mises | 1881–1973 | Austrian-American economist |
| Michelangelo Antonioni | 1912–2007 | Italian film director and screenwriter |
| Jon Fosse | 1959– | Norwegian writer, playwright, and translator |
| Anita Ekberg | 1931–2015 | Swedish actress |
| Kevin Durant | 1988– | American basketball player |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | 1810–1865 | British author |
| Bujar Nishani | 1966–2022 | Albanian politician |
| Per Mertesacker | 1984– | German association football player |
Died on 29 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Émile Zola | 1840–1902 | French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet |
| W. H. Auden | 1907–1973 | British-American poet |
| Rudolf Diesel | 1858–1913 | German inventor and mechanical engineer |
| Ilya Repin | 1844–1930 | Ukrainian-born Russian painter |
| Tony Curtis | 1925–2010 | American actor |
| Ferdinand VII | 1784–1833 | King of Spain in 1808 and from 1813 to 1833 |
| Willem Einthoven | 1860–1927 | Dutch physiologist |
| Gustav Vasa | 1496–1560 | King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560 |
| Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 1929–2020 | emir of Kuwait |
| Lothair I | 795–855 | Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 817 to 855 |
| Machado de Assis | 1839–1908 | Brazilian writer |
| Bill Shankly | 1913–1981 | Scottish footballer and manager |
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