Discover the most famous people who died on January 29. The list includes people like George III of the United Kingdom, Robert Frost, Alan Ladd, Jimmy Durante, Fritz Haber. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actors, emperors & kings, political leaders and poets and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
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Robert Frost(American Poet Who was Known for His Realistic Depictions of Rural Life)
Birthdate: March 26, 1874
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1963
Robert Frost was an American poet. An influential poet, Frost was honored with four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, the only poet to receive four such awards. One of America's public literary figures, Robert Frost received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960. His works influenced other poets like Robert Francis, James Wright, Edward Thomas, Richard Wilbur, and Seamus Heaney.
Birthdate: June 4, 1738
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1820
The King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for almost six decades, George III had a reign that was longer than those of any of his predecessors. His reign was marked by a series of military conflicts. He suffered from mental illness in his later years.
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Freddie Prinze(American Actor and Stand-up Comedian Known for His TV Sitcom ‘Chico and the Man’)
Birthdate: June 22, 1954
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hell's Kitchen, New York, United States
Died: 1977
Freddie Prinze, father of Freddie Prinze Jr., was best known as Chico Rodriguez from Chico and the Man. A trained ballet dancer, Freddie had dropped out of high school to become a stand-up comedian. He shot himself to death, though a jury later ruled it an accidental and medicine-induced death.
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Alexander Pushkin(The Greatest Russian Poet and the Founder of Modern Russian Literature)
Birthdate: May 26, 1799
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 1837
Legendary Russian playwright, poet, and novelist Alexander Pushkin is considered one of the most prominent figures of the Romantic era and of Russian literature. He is remembered for his poem Ode to Liberty, one of his works that led him to be exiled by Tsar Alexander I.
Birthdate: September 3, 1913
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
Died: 1964
Alan Ladd soared to fame with Westerns and film noir of the 1940s-1950s. He often paired up with Veronica Lake and also appeared in radio plays. Some of his hits were The Blue Dahlia, The Carpetbaggers, and The Great Gatsby. He died of an accidental overdose of alcohol and drugs.
Birthdate: December 9, 1868
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wrocław
Died: 1934
Fritz Haber was a German chemist who was honored with the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry for inventing the Haber-Bosch process. The process is used widely to synthesize ammonia from hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas. For his pioneering work in weaponizing poisonous gases like chlorine during World War I, Haber is referred to as the father of chemical warfare.
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James Ingram(Singer)
Birthdate: February 16, 1952
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, USA
Died: 2019
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H. L. Mencken(One of the Greatest and Most Influential American Literary Critic in the 1920s)
Birthdate: September 12, 1880
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: 1956
H. L. Mencken was an American journalist, cultural critic, essayist, satirist, and scholar of American English. His reporting on the Scopes Trial earned him national recognition. The trial came to be known as the Scopes Monkey Trial as Mencken had nicknamed it Monkey Trial in accordance with his satirical reporting of the trial.
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Hélio Gracie(Brazilian Martial Artist and Judo Player)
Birthdate: October 1, 1913
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
Died: 2009
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Willie Dixon(Singer-songwriter, Jazz musician, Record producer)
Birthdate: July 1, 1915
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vicksburg
Died: 1992
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Harold Russell(American 'Second World War' Veteran and Actor)
Birthdate: January 14, 1914
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 2002
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Night Train Lane(Football player)
Birthdate: April 16, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Austin, Texas, United States
Died: 2002
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Colleen McCullough(Novelist, Writer, Neurologist, Biographer, Science fiction writer)
Birthdate: June 1, 1937
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wellington
Died: 2015
Australian author Colleen McCullough soared to fame with her bestselling novel The Thorn Birds, which was also made into a hit miniseries. Fans also lover her Masters of Rome and Carmine Delmonico series of novels. A former neuropsychologist, she has previously taught at the Yale School of Medicine.
Birthdate: January 2, 1784
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Coburg, Germany
Died: 1844
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha reigned as the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld from 9 December 1806 to 12 November 1826. He oversaw the construction of many projects, including a court theatre, in Coburg. Ernest is also remembered for the educational, constitutional, and economic development of his territories.
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Lili St. Cyr(Burlesque ecdysiast)
Birthdate: June 3, 1918
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died: 1999
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Fritz Kreisler(One of the Greatest Violinists of All Time - Known for His Sweet Tone and Expressive Phrasing)
Birthdate: February 2, 1875
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1962
Born to a doctor in Austria, Fritz Kreisler was a music prodigy. However, after being rejected by the Vienna Philharmonic, he had started studying medicine. He had also studied art and been part of the Austrian army, though he is chiefly remembered for his violin pieces such as Viennese Caprice.
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Rod McKuen(Poet)
Birthdate: April 29, 1933
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States
Died: 2015
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John Chaney(Basketball player, Basketball coach)
Birthdate: January 21, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Died: 2021
Birthdate: October 30, 1839
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1899
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Sara Teasdale(Poet, Writer)
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Birthdate: August 8, 1884
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: 1933
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Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah(Ruler)
Birthdate: 1885 AD
Birthplace: Kuwait City
Died: 1950
Birthdate: May 16, 1905
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rushden, England
Died: 1974
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La Goulue(Dancer)
Birthdate: July 12, 1866
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died: 1929
La Goulue was a French can-can dancer who became a favorite subject for painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the peak of her popularity. Dubbed the Queen of Montmartre, Goulue is remembered for performing at the Moulin Rouge near Montmartre where she was a star. After parting ways with Moulin Rouge, she lost a considerable amount of money and died poor.
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Ulrike Maier(Two-Time World Champion Austrian Alpine Ski Racer Who Died During a Downhill Race)
Birthdate: October 22, 1967
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rauris, Austria
Died: 1994
Austrian alpine ski racer Ulrike Maier was not just a 2-time Olympian but also a 2-time World Champion. Back when she competed, she was the only mother in the World Cup circuit. She died after breaking her neck in a downhill race in Germany at age 26.
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Edward Lear(English Artist, Illustrator, Musician and Poet)
Birthdate: May 12, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Holloway, Middlesex, England
Died: 1888
Renowned for his absurdism and wit, Edward Lear was a British poet who popularized literary nonsense. A talented painter, too, he had worked for the London Zoo, illustrating birds, and had later released illustrated travel books. A pioneer of the modern limerick, he penned the iconic poem The Owl and the Pussycat.
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Gildas(Monk)
Birthdate: 0500 AD
Birthplace: Kingdom of Strathclyde
Died: 0570
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Nam June Paik(Artist, Video artist, University teacher)
Birthdate: July 20, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Seoul
Died: 2006
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Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi(Heiress)
Birthdate: August 27, 1886
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Died: 1965
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Lawren Harris(Painter)
Birthdate: October 23, 1885
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brantford
Died: 1970
Lawren Harris was a Canadian painter best remembered as one of the most important members of the influential group of Canadian landscape painters, Group of Seven. Harris played an important and influential role in shaping early modernism in Canadian art. He is also credited with inspiring and mentoring several modernist painters like Emily Carr.
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Tsuguharu Foujita(Japanese–French Painter and Printmaker)
Birthdate: November 27, 1886
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1968
Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese expatriate painter, known for his nude paintings, portraits, city scenes and painting of cats. Moving to Paris at the age of 25, he made friends with many aspiring artists including Picasso and Matisse, shortly becoming famous for his Reclining Nude with Toile de Jouy. He turned to more religious subjects towards the end of his lucrative career.
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Angela Thirkell(Novelist)
Birthdate: January 30, 1890
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: 1961
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Louise of Lorraine(Queen)
Birthdate: April 30, 1553
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nomeny, France
Died: 1601
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Ralph McInerny(Author)
Birthdate: February 24, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died: 2010
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Jamie Uys(Filmmaker)
Birthdate: May 30, 1921
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Boksburg, Union of South Africa
Died: 1996
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Hank Crawford(Songwriter)
Birthdate: December 21, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: 2009
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Yevgeny Leonov(One of the Best-Loved Actors of Russia Who Specialized in Playing Comic Roles)
Birthdate: September 2, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 1994
Yevgeny Leonov was a Soviet and Russian actor best remembered for playing important roles in many of Soviet's most famous films like Mimino, Gentlemen of Fortune, and Striped Trip. Widely regarded as one of the best-loved actors of Russia, Yevgeny Leonov specialized in playing comic roles and also voiced many Soviet cartoon characters, such as Winnie-the-Pooh.
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Natalia Dudinskaya(Prima ballerina)
Birthdate: August 21, 1912
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: 2003
Natalia Dudinskaya was a Russian ballet dancer who dominated the Imperial Russian Ballet between the 1930s and the 1950s. Dudinskaya, who originated many roles during her illustrious career, won four Stalin Prizes. She also received the prestigious People's Artist of the USSR award in 1957. After her retirement, Natalia Dudinskaya served as a teacher and taught at the Vaganova Institute.
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An Lushan(General)
Birthdate: November 30, 0703
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: China
Died: 0757
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Stéphanie de Beauharnais(Grand Duchess consort)
Birthdate: August 28, 1789
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Versailles, France
Died: 1860
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William Gull(Physician)
Birthdate: December 31, 1816
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Colchester, England
Died: 1890
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Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness(Mistress of King Edward VIII)
Birthdate: August 23, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lucerne, Switzerland
Died: 1970
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Ernst Moritz Arndt(Historian)
Birthdate: December 26, 1769
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rügen, Germany
Died: 1860
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William Cranch Bond(American Astronomer)
Birthdate: September 9, 1789
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Falmouth, Maine, United States
Died: 1859
Born to a clockmaker father, William Cranch Bond made his first clock at 15 and then took over his father’s William Bond Clock Shop. Watching a solar eclipse pushed him into astronomy, and he ended up discovering Hyperion, the eighth moon of Saturn. He was also the Harvard Observatory’s first director.
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R. M. Hare(British Moral Philosopher Known for His Development of Prescriptivism as a 'Meta-Ethical Theory')
Birthdate: March 12, 1919
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Backwell, England
Died: 2002
Best known for his theory on universal prescriptivism, British moral philosopher R. M. Hare initially studied classics at Balliol College, Oxford. He had also been part of World War II and captured by Japan. Essays on Political Morality remains one of his most significant works.
Birthdate: June 19, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: 1928
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was a British Army officer best remembered for his service as the commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during the First World War. He also commanded forces during the Battle of Arras, the Battle of the Somme, the Third Battle of Ypres, the Hundred Days Offensive, and the German Spring Offensive.
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Seth Thomas(Clockmaker)
Birthdate: August 19, 1785
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wolcott, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1859
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Margaret Truman(actor, novelist, writer, biographer)
Birthdate: February 17, 1924
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Independence
Died: 2008
Birthdate: April 8, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Germany
Died: 1906
Christian IX of Denmark was King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906, having claimed the throne following the death of King Frederick VII. During his early reign, the Danish saw defeat in the Second Schleswig War and lost several duchies. Recovering from a tumultuous start, he reigned over his nation for several years and was respected by his people.
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John Rich(Director)
Birthdate: July 6, 1925
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2012
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Michael Foster(Physiologist)
Birthdate: March 8, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Huntingdon, England
Died: 1907
British physiologist Michael Foster scripted history as the first physiology professor at the University of Cambridge. As a teacher, he stressed on the importance of laboratory experiments and thus modernized the teaching methods for subjects such as biology and physiology. He had also tried his luck in politics.
