Curated category
1929 births
- James McDivittJames Alton McDivitt Jr. was born on the 10th of June 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he earned the rank of Tenderfoot…
- Raymond L. GarthoffRaymond Leonard Garthoff received his bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University in 1948. He then earned a master of arts degree from Yale the…
- Audrey HepburnAudrey Kathleen Hepburn was born on the 4th of May 1929 at number 48 Rue Keyenveld in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.
- Djalma SantosDjalma Pereira Dias dos Santos began his professional journey in 1949 with Portuguesa, a club based in São Paulo. He started as a central defender before…
- Sándor KocsisSándor Péter Kocsis entered the world on the 21st of September 1929 in Budapest. He started his football journey as a junior with Kőbányai TC before joining…
- Hafizullah AminHafizullah Amin was born on the 1st of August 1929 in Qazi Khel village, a small community within the town of Paghman. His father died when he was eight…
- Imelda MarcosImelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez was born at dawn in San Miguel, Manila, on the 2nd of July 1929. Her parents were Vicente Orestes Romualdez, a…
- Thomas J. Kelly (aerospace engineer)Thomas Joseph Kelly was born on the 14th of June 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in Merrick, a middle-class neighborhood where parents compared their…
- Helmut RahnHelmut Rahn began his football journey in 1938 at the local club Altenessen 1912. He played there until 1946 before moving to SC Oelde 09.
- Babrak KarmalSultan Hussein was born on the 6th of January 1929 in Kamari, a village near Kabul. He grew up as the son of Muhammad Hussein, a lieutenant general in the…
- Gordon MooreGordon Earle Moore was born on the 3rd of January 1929 in San Mateo County, California. His father Walter Harold Moore served as a county sheriff until 1938…
- Richard F. Gordon Jr.Richard Francis Gordon Jr. entered the world on the 5th of October 1929 in Seattle, Washington. He was the first of five children born to Richard Francis…
- Peter BranscombePeter John Branscombe entered the world on the 7th of December 1929 in Sittingbourne, Kent. He grew up playing cricket at Dulwich College before serving his…
- Hubert DreyfusHubert Lederer Dreyfus entered the world on the 15th of October 1929 in Terre Haute, Indiana. His parents were Stanley S. and Irene (Lederer) Dreyfus.
- Lev YashinLev Yashin was born on the 22nd of October 1929 in Moscow. He grew up in a Russian family of industrial workers during a time when World War II forced him to…
- Edison DenisovEdison Vasilievich Denisov was born in Tomsk, Siberia on the 6th of April 1929. He initially studied mathematics before making a decisive turn toward…
- Barbara RemingtonBarbara Remington entered the world on the 23rd of June 1929 in Minnesota. Her formative years unfolded far from the fantasy landscapes that would later…
- George SteinerFrancis George Steiner was born on the 23rd of April 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris. His right arm withered from birth yet his mother insisted he use…
- Antonio CarbajalAntonio Félix Carbajal Rodríguez entered the world on the 7th of June 1929 in Mexico City. He grew up in a city where football was already a religion for…