Famous people born on 29 January

17 of the people we track were born on 29 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Anton Chekhov 1860Russian playwrightdied aged 44
2. William McKinley 1843American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 58
3. Boris Pasternak 1890Russian writerdied aged 70
4. Romain Rolland 1866French novelistdied aged 78
5. Thomas Paine 1737American philosopherdied aged 72
6. Oprah Winfrey 1954American talk show host and actorliving, 72
7. Olga Tokarczuk 1962Polish writerliving, 64
8. ESEmanuel Swedenborg 1688Swedish scientist and physicistdied aged 84
9. Abdus Salam 1926Theoretical physicistdied aged 70
10. Linda B. Buck 1947American neuroscientistliving, 79
11. Germaine Greer 1939Australian writerliving, 87
12. Teresa Teng 1953Taiwanese singerdied aged 42
13. Romário 1966Brazilian footballer and politicianliving, 60
14. Vasily Zhukovsky 1783Russian poetdied aged 69
15. Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta 1945Malian politician who served as President of Malidied aged 76
16. Christina Koch 1979American astronautliving, 47
17. Adam Lambert 1982American singerliving, 44