June 29: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is June 29th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on June 29th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company. June 29th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

June 29th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Leroy Anderson, American conductor, arranger and composer ("Sleigh Ride" and "The Syncopated Clock"), was born on June 29, 1908.

Frank Henry Loesser, American lyricist and composer (Greenwillow, Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Pleasures and Palaces, The Most Happy Fella and Where's Charley), was born on June 29, 1910.

Hiram Powers, American Neoclassical sculptor (The Greek Slave), was born on June 29, 1805.

James Van Der Zee, African-American photographer ("Harlem in My Mind"), was born on June 29, 1886.

June 29th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Peter George, American weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist (1948 and 1952), was born on June 29, 1929.

David Jenkins, American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist (1960), was born on June 29, 1936.

Sergey Kopylov, Russian cyclist and Olympic gold medalist (1980), was born on June 29, 1960.

Pavilhao Rosa Mota, Portuguese marathoner and Olympic gold medalist (1988), was born on June 29, 1953.

June 29th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Italian political journalist Oriana Fallaci (L'Europeo) was born on June 29, 1919.

Helen Elna Hokinson, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), was born on June 29, 1893.

Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio PietroLeopardi, Italian philosopher, essayist and poet, was born on June 29, 1798.

French aviator and author Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupéry (Courrier Sud, Le Petit Prince, Pilote de Guerre, Terre des Homes and Vol de Nuit) was born on June 29, 1900.