Famous birthdays on January 29
Famous people born on January 29, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
💎 Birthstone
Garnet
👶 How common
No. 341 of 366
Born on January 29

Anton Chekhov
born 1860 · Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

Boris Pasternak
born 1890 · Russian writer (1890–1960)

Teresa Teng
born 1953 · Taiwanese ROC singer (1953-1995)

Oprah Winfrey
born 1954 · American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
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Linda B. Buck
born 1947 · American biologist

Marc Gasol
born 1985 · Spanish basketball player (born 1985)
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Yusuf Yazıcı
born 1997 · Turkish association football player (born 1997)

Jarell Quansah
born 2003 · English association football player (born 2003)

Tenoch Huerta
born 1981 · Mexican actor

Mohamed Abou Gabal
born 1989 · Egyptian association football player
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Ramadan Darwish
born 1988 · Egyptian judoka

Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
born 1956 · Egyptian military officer
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Germaine Greer
born 1939 · Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)

Adriana Hoffmann
born 1940 · Chilean botanist (1940–2022)

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
born 1942 · Cuban cosmonaut

Susana Giménez
born 1944 · Argentine actress and businesswoman
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Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
born 1945 · Malian politician
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Jody Scheckter
born 1950 · South African racecar driver
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Mulatu Teshome
born 1957 · former President of Ethiopia
Maya Jribi
born 1960 · Tunisian politician (1960–2018)

Tigran Sargsyan
born 1960 · Armenian economist and politician

Olga Tokarczuk
born 1962 · Polish writer and activist (born 1962)
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Ismail Haniyeh
born 1962 · Hamas leader (1962–2025)
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Dominik Hašek
born 1965 · Czech ice hockey player (born 1965)
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Romário
born 1966 · Former Brazilian footballer, politician and Senator of Brazil since 2015
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Wagner Lopes
born 1969 · Brazilian-Japanese association football player and manager

Saša Obradović
born 1969 · Serbian basketball player and coach
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Motohiro Yamaguchi
born 1969 · Japanese association football player and manager

Mohammed Yusuf
born 1970 · militant Islamist leader (1970-2009)
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Saúl Martínez
born 1976 · Honduran association football player

Ivan Klasnić
born 1980 · Croatian footballer

Kim Dong-jin
born 1982 · South Korean footballer (born 1982)

Isabel Lucas
born 1985 · Australian actress and model

Denys Boyko
born 1988 · Ukrainian footballer

Josip Iličić
born 1988 · Slovenian association football player

Johnny Placide
born 1988 · Haitian footballer

Grzegorz Krychowiak
born 1990 · Polish association football player
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Daisuke Suzuki
born 1990 · Japanese association football player

Ovays Azizi
born 1992 · association football player

Rafał Kurzawa
born 1993 · Polish association football player
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Questions about January 29 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on January 29?
- Famous people born on January 29 include Anton Chekhov (1860), Boris Pasternak (1890), Teresa Teng (1953), Oprah Winfrey (1954), Linda B. Buck (1947).
- What star sign is someone born on January 29?
- Someone born on January 29 is a Aquarius.
- What is the birthstone for January 29?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- How common is a birthday on January 29?
- In the US, January 29 is the No. 341 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,753 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).