September 29th Birthdays

American singer Jerry Lee Lewis, a.k.a. “The Killer”, was born on this day in 1935 in Ferriday, Louisiana. Jerry Lee passed away at the age of 87 in Mississippi on October 28, 2022 at the age of 87. Here is his well-known hit “Great Balls of Fire”

Also born on September 29th:

• 1942
  Ian McShane, British actor
• 1946
  Patricia Hodge, British actress
• 1947
  Martin Ferrero, American actor
• 1948
  Mark Farner, American guitarist (Grand Funk)
  Mike Pinera, American singer, musician
• 1950
  Ken Macha, American baseball player, manager
• 1953
  Drake Hogestyn, American actor
• 1955
  Benoît Ferreux, French actor
• 1962
  Roger Bart, American actor
• 1963
  Les Claypool, American bassist
• 1966
  Jill Whelan, American actress
• 1968
  Luke Goss, English actor
  Alex Skolnick, American thrash metal, jazz guitarist
• 1969
  Erika Eleniak, American actress, model
• 1970
  Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
  Emily Lloyd, British actress
• 1971
  Mackenzie Crook, British actor, comedian
• 1972
  Robert Webb, British actor, comedian
• 1974
  Alexis Cruz, American actor
• 1977
  Eric Barton, American football player
  Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
  Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
• 1978
  Gunner McGrath, American guitarist
• 1979
  Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
• 1980
  Dallas Green, Canadian musician
  Zachary Levi, American actor
• 1987
  David Del Rio, American actor
• 1988
  Kevin Durant, American basketball player
  Justin Nozuka, American-Canadian singer, musician
• 1990
  Doug Brochu, American actor
• 1994
  Halsey, American singer

September Birthday Calendar

Died on September 29th:

• 1902
  William McGonagall, Scottish poet, actor (age 77)
  Émile Zola, French journalist, author, playwright (age 62)
• 1910
  Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, engraver (age 74)
• 1913
  Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, inventor (age 55)
• 1967
  Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, poet (age 50)
• 1970
  Edward Everett Horton, American actor (age 84)
• 1973
  W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, critic (age 66)
• 1975
  Casey Stengel, American baseball player, manager (age 85)
• 1988
  Charles Addams, American cartoonist (age 76)
• 1997
  Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (age 73)
• 2001
  Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, 5th President of South Vietnam (age 78)
• 2007
  Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (age 80)
• 2008
  Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (age 87)
• 2010
  Tony Curtis, American actor (age 85)
• 2011
  Sylvia Robinson, American singer, songwriter (age 76)
• 2018
  Otis Rush, American blues guitarist, singer (age 84)
• 2020
  Mac Davis, American singer, songwriter (age 78)
  Helen Reddy, Australian singer, actress (age 78)
• 2024
  Ron Ely, American actor (age 86)