Famous people born on 29 July

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

1. Benito Mussolini 1883Politician who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italydied aged 61
2. Dag Hammarskjöld 1905Swedish politician and diplomat who served as United Nations Secretary-Generaldied aged 56
3. Fernando Alonso 1981Spanish driverliving, 45
4. Alexis de Tocqueville 1805French historiandied aged 53
5. Fumio Kishida 1957Japanese ministerliving, 69
6. Isidor Rabi 1898American physicistdied aged 89
7. Eyvind Johnson 1900Swedish writerdied aged 76
8. Harry Mulisch 1927Dutch writerdied aged 83
9. Abai Qunanbaiuly 1845Russian poet and philosopherdied aged 58
10. Mikis Theodorakis 1925Greek composerdied aged 96