List of Famous people born on December 29th

Zagalav Abdulbekovich Abdulbekov is a retired Russian featherweight freestyle wrestler of Avar heritage. He won the world title in 1971 and 1973 and an Olympic gold medal in 1972. At the European Championships, he earned a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1969 and 1975.

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. is a Salesian and Cardinal of the Catholic Church from Honduras. He is the current Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, is the former President of Caritas Internationalis and served as President of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) from 1995 to 1999. Rodríguez was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. He has been the Vatican's spokesman with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, on the issue of Third World debt.

André Lajoinie is a French politician, and a member of the French Communist Party (PCF).

Lena Bogdanović is a Serbian actress. She is the daughter of journalist Duško Bogdanović.

Guido Leopold Weiss is an American mathematician, working in analysis, especially Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis.

Jaime García Márquez Patricio Castillo San Juan, better known as Patricio Castillo was a Chilean born Mexican actor.

Richard Charles Horton is editor-in-chief of The Lancet, a United Kingdom–based medical journal. He is an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the University of Oslo.