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

October Birthday Calendar

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)