Famous people born on 29 September

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

1. Lech Wałęsa 1943Polish politician who served as President of the Republic of Polandliving, 83
2. Enrico Fermi 1901Italian physicistdied aged 53
3. Silvio Berlusconi 1936Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italydied aged 86
4. Michelle Bachelet 1951Chilean surgeonliving, 75
5. Caravaggio 1571Milanese painterdied aged 38
6. Julia Gillard 1961Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australialiving, 65
7. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson 1758British admiraldied aged 47
8. Miguel de Unamuno 1864Spanish poetdied aged 72
9. Masoud Pezeshkian 1954Iranian politician who served as President of Iranliving, 72
10. Ian McShane 1942British actorliving, 84
11. Andriy Shevchenko 1976Footballerliving, 50
12. Michelangelo Antonioni 1912Italian film director and screenwriterdied aged 94
13. Ludwig von Mises 1881Austrian economistdied aged 92
14. Anita Ekberg 1931Swedish actordied aged 83
15. Jon Fosse 1959Norwegian writer and translatorliving, 67
16. Kevin Durant 1988American basketball playerliving, 38
17. Elizabeth Gaskell 1810British novelistdied aged 55
18. Michael Servetus 1511Spanish physician and theologiandied aged 42
19. Bujar Nishani 1966Albanian politician who served as President of Albaniadied aged 55
20. Per Mertesacker 1984German footballerliving, 42
21. James Cronin 1931American physicistdied aged 84
22. Samora Machel 1933Politician who served as President of Mozambiquedied aged 53
23. Jerry Lee Lewis 1935American musiciandied aged 87
24. Rainer Weiss 1932American physicistdied aged 92
25. Sebastian Coe 1956British politicianliving, 70
26. François Boucher 1703French painterdied aged 66
27. Greer Garson 1904British actordied aged 91