Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 29

Births

 * 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, (pictured) French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
 * 1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
 * 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
 * 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
 * 1929 - Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher (d. 2007)
 * 1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born television journalist (d. 2005)
 * 1941 - David Warner, Canadian actor (d. 2022)
 * 1959 - Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
 * 1972 - Wil Wheaton, American actor
 * 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver

Deaths

 * 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
 * 1974 - Cass Elliot, American musician (b. 1941)
 * 1981 - Robert Moses, New York public works official (b. 1888)
 * 1983 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)

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