List of Famous people who born in 1929
Jules Feiffer
Jules Ralph Feiffer is an American cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as North-America's leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short Munro, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Library of Congress has recognized his "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor.
Basil Gogos
Basil Gogos was an American illustrator best known for his portraits of movie monsters which appeared on the covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in the 1960s and 1970s.
Adib Jatene
Adib Domingos Jatene was a noted Brazilian physician of Lebanese background, university professor, scientist and thoracic surgeon. He is remembered as the inventor of the arterial switch operation, a surgical technique to correct transposition of the great vessels in the newborn.
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Edgar Miles Bronfman was a Canadian-American businessman. He worked for his family distilled beverage firm, Seagram, eventually becoming president, treasurer and CEO. As President of the World Jewish Congress, Bronfman is especially remembered for initiating diplomacy with the Soviet Union, which resulted in legitimizing the Hebrew language in Russia, and contributed to Soviet Jews being legally able to practice their own religion, as well as emigrate to Israel.
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman was an American butler who served 11 different U.S. presidents in the White House. He was one of the White House's longest serving employees.
Oskar Brüsewitz
Oskar Brüsewitz was an East German Lutheran pastor who committed public self-immolation to protest the repression of religion in the Communist state of East Germany.
Daisy Lúcidi
Daisy Lopes Lúcidi Mendes was a Brazilian actress, radio broadcaster, and politician.
Ágnes Heller
Ágnes Heller was a Hungarian philosopher and lecturer. She was a core member of the Budapest School philosophical forum in the 1960s and later taught political theory for 25 years at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She lived, wrote and lectured in Budapest.
Peggy Pope
Florence Margaret "Peggy" Pope was an American actress of stage, television and film.
Jacques Deray
Jacques Deray was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime and thriller films.