1929: The Year in People

The Silent Generation · Year of the Snake 🐍 · Born in 1929 turn 97 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.21

US population

2.09B

US president

Herbert Hoover

Top song

"Singin' in the Rain" — Cliff Edwards

Top film

The Broadway Melody

Best Picture

The Broadway Melody

In the news: Wall Street crashes, triggering the Great Depression

What happened in 1929

1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 929th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1920s decade.

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Born in 1929

140 people in our data · most viewed first

Audrey Hepburn

1929–1993 · May 4

British actress

Anne Frank

1929–1945 · June 12

Diarist and Holocaust victim

Christopher Plummer

1929–2021 · December 13

Canadian actor

Arnold Palmer

1929–2016 · September 10

American professional golfer

Berry Gordy

b. 1929 · November 28

American record executive

Bob Newhart

1929–2024 · September 5

American comedian and actor

Barbara Walters

1929–2022 · September 25

American journalist

Amanda Blake

1929–1989 · February 20

American actress

Anne Meara

1929–2015 · September 20

American comedian and actress

Imelda Marcos

b. 1929 · July 2

First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986

Filaret Denysenko

1929–2026 · January 23

Ukrainian Orthodox religious leader

Bud Spencer

1929–2016 · October 31

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player

Alejandro Jodorowsky

b. 1929 · February 17

Chilean and French filmmaker

André Previn

1929–2019 · April 6

American musician

Buck Owens

1929–2006 · August 12

American musician and band leader

Dr. Rajkumar

1929–2006 · April 24

Indian actor and singer

Bill Evans

1929–1980 · August 16

American jazz pianist

Nigel Hawthorne

1929–2001 · April 5

English actor

Dick Clark

1929–2012 · November 30

American radio and television personality

Frank Gehry

1929–2025 · February 28

Canadian and American architect

Anne Ramsey

1929–1988 · March 27

American actress

Chuck Barris

1929–2017 · June 3

American game show host

Al Davis

1929–2011 · July 4

American football coach and executive

Jane Powell

1929–2021 · April 1

American actress

Died in 1929

Carl Benz1844–1929 · German designer and engineer
Georges Clemenceau1841–1929 · President of the Council of France (1906–1909, 1917–1920)
Asa Griggs Candler1851–1929 · American business magnate
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery1847–1929 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1894 to 1895
Edward Carpenter1844–1929 · English poet and academic
Bernhard von Bülow1849–1929 · Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909
Elijah McCoy1844–1929 · Canadian inventor and engineer
David Dunbar Buick1854–1929 · Inventor and the founder of Buick Motor Company
Aletta Jacobs1854–1929 · Dutch physician and feminist
Antoine Bourdelle1861–1929 · French painter and sculptor
Bliss Carman1861–1929 · Canadian poet
Charles F. Brush1849–1929 · American engineer