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Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.
Famous Birthdays on December 29
1808 — Andrew Johnson
American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (died 1875)
December 29 has 289 recorded notable births across history, from 1536 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on December 29
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- 1989 Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia. Source
- 1874 The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain. Source
- 1996 Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war. Source
- 1812 USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle. Source
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In 2013, he became a recurring cast member during season three on the Showtime drama House of Lies.
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William Ewart Gladstone's four non-consecutive terms — the most of any British prime minister — took place between 1868 and 1894.
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Yvonne Marianne Elliman is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
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Jon Polito's television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and Phil Bartoli on the first season of Crime Story.
More major people born on December 29
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1974
Mekhi Phifer
American actor
Mekhi Phifer is an American actor. Beginning his career in the mid-1990s, Phifer was known for a few notable roles in films including Clockers, Soul Food, High School High and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
1809
William Ewart Gladstone
English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1898)
William Ewart Gladstone was a British statesman who served four times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1951
Yvonne Elliman
American singer-songwriter and actress
Yvonne Marianne Elliman is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
1950
Jon Polito
American actor (died 2016)
Jon Raymond Polito was an American actor. In a film and television career spanning 35 years, he amassed over 220 credits.
1969
Allan McNish
Scottish race car driver and journalist
Allan McNish is a British former racing driver, commentator and team principal from Scotland. He is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, for Porsche in 1998 and for Audi in 2008 and 2013.
1983
Jessica Andrews
American singer and songwriter
Jessica Danielle Andrews Chagnon is an American country music singer.
1844
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (died 1906)
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee was an Indian independence activist and barrister who practised in England. He was a secretary of the London Indian Society founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1865.
1995
Rina Ikoma
Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)
Rina Ikoma is a Japanese actress and former idol singer best recognized as the "Face of Nogizaka46".
1987
Juliana Huxtable
American artist
Juliana Huxtable is an American artist, writer, performer, DJ, and co-founder of the New York–based nightlife project Shock Value.
1914
Zainul Abedin
Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 1976)
Zainul Abedin, also known as Shilpacharya was a Bangladeshi painter. He became well known in 1944 through his series of paintings depicting some of the great famines in Bengal during its British colonial period.
1951
Mike deGruy
American documentary filmmaker (died 2012)
Michael V. deGruy was an American documentary filmmaker specializing in underwater cinematography. His credits include Life in the Freezer, Trials of Life, The Blue Planet and Pacific Abyss.
1959
Paula Poundstone
American comedian and author
Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. In the late 1980s, she performed the first of several HBO comedy specials.
1938
Harvey Smith
English horse rider and sportscaster
Harvey John Smith is a retired British show jumping champion. He stood out from the ranks of showjumpers because of his broad accent and blunt manner.
1978
Angelo Taylor
American hurdler and sprinter
Angelo F. Taylor is an American track and field athlete, winner of 400-meter hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics. His personal record for the hurdles event is 47.25 seconds.
1978
LaToya London
American singer and actress
LaToya Renee London is an American R&B and soul singer and stage actress who was fourth-place finalist on the third season of American Idol.
1972
Jason Kreis
American soccer player and manager
Jason Clarence Kreis is an American soccer coach and former player who is the director of operations and special projects for Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake and the former head coach of the United States…
1964
Josh Harris
American investor and sports team owner
Joshua Jordan Harris is an American investor and sports team owner.
1967
Lilly Wachowski
American director, screenwriter and producer
Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski are American film and television directors, writers and producers.
1911
Klaus Fuchs
German physicist and spy (died 1988)
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist, atomic spy, and communist who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after…