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Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only Black billionaire.
Famous Birthdays on January 29
1954 — Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions
January 29 has 166 recorded notable births across history, from 1455 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on January 29
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- 1989 Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so. Source
- 1856 Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. Source
- 1845 "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe. Source
- 2025 A chartered Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Unity oilfield in South Sudan, killing 20 people. Source
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Lambert rose to fame in 2009 after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol.
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Rockefeller was the fifth child and only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D.
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Christian VII of Denmark (died 1808) was affected by mental illness and was only nominally king for most of his reign.
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In 2015, she acted beside Nick Jonas in the thriller film Careful What You Wish For.
More major people born on January 29
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1982
Adam Lambert
American singer, songwriter and actor
Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his dynamic vocal performances that combine his theatrical training with modern and classic genres.
1874
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
American businessman and philanthropist (died 1960)
John Davison Rockefeller Jr. was an American financier and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fifth child and only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
1749
Christian VII of Denmark (died 1808)
Christian VII was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death in 1808. He was affected by mental illness and was only nominally king for most of his reign.
1985
Isabel Lucas
Australian actress and model
Isabel Lucas is an Australian actress, environmentalist and model.
1965
Dominik Hašek
Czech ice hockey player
Dominik Hašek is a Czech former ice hockey player who was a goaltender for 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), mostly for the Buffalo Sabres.
1968
Aeneas Williams
American football player
Aeneas Demetrius Williams is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and safety in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons.
1941
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Sri Lankan politician (died 2024)
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera was a Sri Lankan politician.
1901
Allen B. DuMont
American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (died 1965)
Allen Balcom DuMont was an American electronics engineer, scientist, and inventor who improved the cathode-ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers.
1602
Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1651)
Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg was Landgravine consort and Regent of Hesse-Kassel. She married the future William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1619 and became Landgravine upon his ascension to power in 1627.
1972
Brian Wood
American writer, illustrator and graphic designer
Brian Wood is an American writer, illustrator, and graphic designer, known for his work in comic books, television and video games.
1947
Marián Varga
Slovak organist and composer (died 2017)
Marián Varga was a Slovak musician, composer and organist. In the context of Czech-Slovak musical culture of the second half of the 20th century, Varga was a significant figure in the field of autonomous, modern…
1761
Albert Gallatin
Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1849)
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist, and linguist.
1953
Charlie Wilson
American singer-songwriter and producer
Charles Kent Wilson, also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who served as lead vocalist for the Gap Band from its 1967 formation until its 2010 disbandment.
1968
Edward Burns
American actor, director, writer, and producer
Edward Fitzgerald Burns is an American actor and filmmaker. He rose to fame with The Brothers McMullen (1995), his low-budget independent film that became successful worldwide.
1946
Bettye LaVette
American singer-songwriter
Bettye LaVette is an American soul singer who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical acclaim,…
1985
Rag'n'Bone Man
English singer-songwriter
Rory Charles Graham, known professionally as Rag'n'Bone Man, is an English singer. He is known for his baritone voice. His first hit single, "Human", was released in 2016, and his first album Human was released in 2017.
1967
Stacey King
American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2026)
Ronald Stacey King was an American professional basketball player and sports announcer.
1960
Steve Sax
American baseball player
Stephen Louis Sax is an American former Major League Baseball player and coach.
1860
Anton Chekhov
Russian playwright and short story writer (died 1904)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer.