October 29th, 1532

Born on October 29th, 1532

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 179,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 484 days, exactly on August 25th, 2025, people who were born on October 29th, 1532 will be 180,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

October 29th, 2013

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

October 29th, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

October 29th, 1999

About 10,000 people died when a tropical cyclone made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near the city of Bhubaneswar.

October 29th, 1998

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

October 29th, 1991

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

October 29th, 1986

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

October 29th, 1960

A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.

October 29th, 1956

Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work.

October 29th, 1955

An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

October 29th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

October 29th, 1868

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

October 29th, 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

October 29th, 1831

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

October 29th, 1792

William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 29th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 29th?

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*October 29th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

*October 29th, 1880, Frankfurt †August 20th, 1945, Wrocław

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

89

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

61

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

44

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

*October 29th, 1946, Pennsylvania †March 22nd, 1991, Pennsylvania

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

47

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

*October 29th, 1897, Rheydt †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

*October 29th, 1944, Tyseley †December 5th, 2023, Naples

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

25

Lance Stroll

Canadian and Belgian racing driver

*October 29th, 1998, Montreal

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57

Jean-Antoine de Baïf

French writer (1532-1589)

*February 19th, 1532, Venice †September 19th, 1589, Paris

56

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)

*June 24th, 1532, Kenilworth †September 4th, 1588, Oxfordshire

73

Marino Grimani

Doge of Venice (1532-1605)

*July 1st, 1532, Venice †December 25th, 1605, Venice

63

John Hawkins

English navigator, admiral, privateer and slave trader (1532-1595)

*January 1st, 1532, Plymouth †November 12th, 1595, Puerto Rico

66

Edzard II, Count of East Frisia

Count of East Frisia (1532–1599)

*June 24th, 1532, Greetsiel †March 1st, 1599, Aurich

35

Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess of Prussia

*April 23rd, 1532, Hann. Münden †March 20th, 1568, Guryevsk

64

Georg Lysthenius

German theologian

*January 1st, 1532, Naumburg †January 1st, 1596, Dresden

76

Martin Schalling the Younger

German theologian (1532-1608)

*April 21st, 1532, Strasbourg †December 29th, 1608, Nuremberg

85

Alphonsus Rodriguez

(1532-1617) lay brother and saint

*July 25th, 1532, Segovia †October 31st, 1617, Palma de Mallorca

53

John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Count of Schwarzburg, then Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1532-1586)

*December 20th, 1532, Sondershausen †October 28th, 1586, Arnstadt

43

Wilhelm Xylander

German humanist and classical scholar (1532–1576)

*December 26th, 1532, Augsburg †February 10th, 1576, Heidelberg

52

Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony

Electress consort of Saxony

*November 22nd, 1532, Haderslev †October 1st, 1585, Dresden

83

Owen Günther

German physicist and philosopher

*January 25th, 1532, Eiderstedt †July 8th, 1615, Helmstedt

62

Lorenz Dürnhofer

German deacon and theologian

*January 29th, 1532, Nuremberg †July 18th, 1594, Nuremberg

63

Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Abbess of Gandersheim, later Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

*November 16th, 1532, Wolfenbüttel †November 23rd, 1595, Herzberg Castle

69

Giulio Antonio Santorio

Catholic cardinal

*June 6th, 1532, Caserta †May 9th, 1602, Rome

60

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Astronomer, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592)

*June 24th, 1532, Kassel †August 25th, 1592, Kassel

40

Joachim Curaeus

German historian (1532-1573)

*October 23rd, 1532, Kożuchów †January 21st, 1573, Głogów

52

Friedrich Widebrand

German theologian

*July 4th, 1532, Pößneck †May 2nd, 1585, Heidelberg

78

Juan de Ribera

Roman Catholic archbishop and saint (1532-1611)

*March 20th, 1532, Seville †January 6th, 1611, Valencia

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Leap year

Yes: 1532 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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