May 29th Birthdays

The 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was born on this day in 1917. Here is a video of Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to him on stage at Madison Square Garden at his 45th birthday party. Ms. Monroe died less than 3 months later and President Kennedy was assassinated the following year on 11/22/1963.

Also born on May 29th:

• 1926
  Abdoulaye Wade, 3rd President of Senegal
• 1932
  Richie Guerin, American basketball player
• 1937
  Irmin Schmidt, German musician (Can)
• 1942
  Kevin Conway, American actor
• 1945
  Gary Brooker, English musician
• 1947
  Anthony Geary, American actor
• 1948
  Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor
• 1949
  Robert Axelrod, American actor
  Andrew Clements, American author
  Francis Rossi, British musician
• 1950
  Rebbie Jackson, American singer, actress
• 1953
  Danny Elfman, American musician
• 1956
  La Toya Jackson, American singer, actress
• 1957
  Ted Levine, American actor
• 1958
  Annette Bening, American actress
• 1959
  Rupert Everett, English actor
  Adrian Paul, English actor
• 1960
  Neil Crone, Canadian actor
• 1961
  Melissa Etheridge, American musician
• 1962
  Eric Davis, American baseball player
  John D. LeMay, American actor
  Chloé Sainte-Marie, Canadian actress, singer, activist
• 1963
  Blaze Bayley, British singer
  Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
  Lisa Whelchel, American actress
• 1967
  Noel Gallagher, English musician
• 1968
  Tate George, American basketball player
• 1969
  Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician
• 1972
  Bill Curley, American basketball player
• 1973
  Anthony Azizi, American actor
  Mark Lee, American musician
• 1975
  Melanie Brown, English musician, actress
  Daniel Tosh, American comedian
• 1976
  David Buckner, American musician
  Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
  Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player
• 1977
  Danny Gerard, American actor
• 1978
  Adam Rickitt, British actor
• 1979
  Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
  John Rheinecker, American baseball player
• 1981
  Justin Chon, American actor
• 1982
  Joanne Borgella, American model, singer
  Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
  Matt Macri, American baseball player
• 1983
  Joanna Higson, English actress
• 1984
  Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
• 1987
  Pearl Mackie, British actress
  Noah Reid, Canadian actor
  Alessandra Torresani, American actress
• 1989
  Riley Keough, American actress
• 1991
  Kristen Alderson, American actress
• 1992
  Gregg Sulkin, British actor

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 29th:

• 1866
  Winfield Scott, American general, politician (age 79)
• 1911
  W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet (age 74)
• 1942
  John Barrymore, American actor (age 60)
• 1948
  May Whitty, English actress (age 82)
• 1951
  Fanny Brice, American singer, comedian (age 59)
• 1979
  Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, United Artists co-founder (age 87)
• 1982
  Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (age 43)
• 1996
  Tamara Toumanova, Georgian-American ballerina, actress (age 77)
• 1997
  Jeff Buckley, American singer, guitarist (age 30)
• 1998
  Barry Goldwater, American general, politician (age 89)
• 2008
  Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (age 81)
• 2010
  Dennis Hopper, American actor, director (age 74)
• 2012
  Doc Watson, American singer, guitarist (age 89)
• 2015
  Betsy Palmer, American actress (age 88)
• 2017
  Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general, politician (age 83)
• 2021
  Gavin MacLeod, American actor (age 90)
  B.J. Thomas, American singer (age 78)
• 2022
  Ronnie Hawkins, American-Canadian rockabilly singer (age 87)