October 29th Birthdays

American singer Melba Moore was born on this day in 1945 in New York City, NY

Also born on October 29th:

1938
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 24th President of Liberia
1946
Lynn Carey, American actress, singer
1947
Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
1948
Kate Jackson, American actress
1949
James Williamson, American guitarist
1950
Abdullah Gül, 11th President of Turkey
Bronwen Mantel, Canadian actress, voice actor
1955
Roger O’Donnell, English musician
1960
Finola Hughes, British actress
1961
Randy Jackson, American musician
1967
Joely Fisher, American actress
Rufus Sewell, English actor
1969
SA Martinez, American singer
1971
Winona Ryder, American actress
1972
Gabrielle Union, American actress
Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress
1976
Milena Govich, American actress
1977
Jon Abrahams, American actor
Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
1978
Travis Henry, American football player
1980
Ben Foster, American actor
B.J. Sams, American football player
1982
Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress
1983
Maurice Clarett, American football player
Dana Eveland, American baseball player
1984
Chris Baio, American musician
1990
Eric Saade, Swedish singer
1993
India Eisley, American actress

Georges Brassens, French singer and songwriter, passed away on this day in 1981 at the age of 60 in Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, France.

Died on October 29th:

1618
Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer (age 66)
1901
Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (age 28)
1911
Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, politician (age 64)
1924
Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist, playwright (age 74)
1957
Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American producer (age 73)
1963
Adolphe Menjou, American actor (age 73)
1987
Woody Herman, American singer, musician, bandleader (age 74)
2005
Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (age 81)
2013
Sherman Halsey, American director, producer (age 56)
Graham Stark, English actor, director (age 91)
2019
John Witherspoon, American actor (age 77)
2024
Teri Garr, American film actress (age 79)