List of Famous people born on October 29th

Salman Schocken or Shlomo Zalman Schocken was a German Jewish publisher, and co-founder of the large Kaufhaus Schocken chain of department stores in Germany. Stripped of his citizenship and forced to sell his company by the German government, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1934, where he purchased the newspaper Haaretz. In 1940, Schocken moved to the United States, where he founded Schocken Books.

August Theodor Låstbom (1815–1845) was a Swedish historian.

Nicola Maldacea was an Italian actor, comedian and singer. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1935 to 1956.

William Henry Walker was a prominent English footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest footballers to ever play for Aston Villa and England. As a manager he won the FA Cup with each of Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest, some 24 years apart, a record which stands to this day.

Julia Swayne Gordon was an American actress who appeared in at least 228 films between 1908 and 1933.

Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford, styled The Honourable Hercules Rowley between 1766 and 1791, was an Irish politician.

Darwin Zahedy Saleh is an Indonesian economist. He was part of the Second United Indonesia Cabinet and served as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources in Indonesia from October 22, 2009, to October 19, 2011. Saleh is a noted academic who is a long-time lecturer at the University of Indonesia and was a financial consultant, manager and banker.