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November 29 1990

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Asian American Arts Centre

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on November 29 Died on November 29 On This Day Day Lookup

🇷🇴Artur Phleps

deceased

military person · 1881–1944

Days lived

22,941

🇩🇪Aylin Tezel

German actress and film director · b. 1983

Days alive

2,557

🇩🇪Birgit Rockmeier

German sprinter · b. 1973

Days alive

6,209

🇦🇺Bob Dwyer

Australian rugby union coach · b. 1940

Days alive

18,262

🇷🇴Bogdan Tudor

rugby union player · b. 1976

Days alive

5,113

🇿🇦Brett Wilkinson

South African rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1983

Days alive

2,557

🇬🇧C. S. Lewis

deceased

writer · 1898–1963

Days lived

23,733

🇺🇸Carrie Sheinberg

American alpine skier · b. 1972

Days alive

6,574

🇫🇷David Oberhauser

football player · b. 1990

Days alive

0

🇩🇪Erwin Franzkowiak

deceased

field hockey player (1894–1984) · 1894–1984

Days lived

32,617

🇺🇸Gena Lee Nolin

American actress and model · b. 1971

Days alive

6,940

🇦🇹Georg Marco

deceased

Austrian chess player (1863-1923) · 1863–1923

Days lived

21,822

🇩🇪Gustav Ritter von Kahr

deceased

German politician (1862-1934) · 1862–1934

Days lived

26,145

🇦🇹Hanns Hörbiger

deceased

Austrian inventor and scientist (1860-1931) · 1860–1931

Days lived

25,882

🇬🇧Hans Singer

deceased

German economist (1910–2006) · 1910–2006

Days lived

34,788

🇺🇾Héctor Castro

deceased

football player · 1904–1960

Days lived

20,379

🇩🇪Herbert Zimmermann

deceased

German tv presenter (1917–1966) · 1917–1966

Days lived

17,914

🇩🇪Hermann Junker

deceased

German egyptologist (1877-1962) · 1877–1962

Days lived

30,721

🇫🇷Jacques Chirac

deceased

Notable Trials · 1932–2019

Days lived

31,712

🇺🇸Janina Gavankar

actor · b. 1980

Days alive

3,652

🇩🇪Johannes Raspe

German actor and voice actor · b. 1977

Days alive

4,748

🇺🇸John Layfield

actor · b. 1966

Days alive

8,766

🇺🇸John Templeton

deceased

Investor & Fund Manager · 1912–2008

Days lived

34,920

🇩🇪Jörg Wontorra

German television presenter · b. 1948

Days alive

15,340

🇺🇸Mariano Rivera

film director · b. 1969

Days alive

7,670

🇫🇷Maurice Genevoix

deceased

writer · 1890–1980

Days lived

32,790

🇺🇸Neill Barry

American actor · b. 1965

Days alive

9,131

🇩🇪Petra Lang

musician · b. 1962

Days alive

10,227

🇬🇧Ryan Giggs

football player · b. 1973

Days alive

6,209

🇮🇹Sandro Salvadore

deceased

Italian footballer (1939-2007) · 1939–2007

Days lived

24,508

🇨🇦Sheena Iyengar

Professor at Columbia Business School · b. 1969

Days alive

7,670

🇩🇪Stefan Reisch

German footballer · b. 1941

Days alive

17,897

🇺🇸Steve Toth

Politician · b. 1960

Days alive

10,957

🇺🇸The Game

American rapper, record producer and actor · b. 1979

Days alive

4,018

Theodor Escherich

deceased

Austrian doctor (1857–1911) · 1857–1911

Days lived

19,435

🇬🇧William Renwick

deceased

Scottish rugby union player (1914–1944) · 1914–1944

Days lived

10,791

🇳🇱Andre de Kruijff

deceased

football player · 1895–1964

Days lived

25,436

🇺🇸Budd Boetticher

deceased

American film director (1916-2001) · 1916–2001

Days lived

31,169

🇺🇸Cary Grant

deceased

British-American actor (1904–1986) · 1904–1986

Days lived

30,266

🇬🇧Chris Howland

deceased

British broadcaster (1928-2013) · 1928–2013

Days lived

31,168

🇮🇹Emilio Pucci

deceased

Italian noble, fashion designer and politician (1914-1992) · 1914–1992

Days lived

28,499

🇬🇧George Harrison

deceased

actor · 1943–2001

Days lived

21,462

Giacomo Puccini

deceased

politician · 1858–1924

Days lived

24,083

🇩🇪Günter Schneider

deceased

German association football player (1924-2000) · 1924–2000

Days lived

27,908

🇺🇸Henry Kissinger

deceased

entrepreneur · 1923–2023

Days lived

36,711

🇩🇪Hermann Balck

deceased

German general (1893-1982) · 1893–1982

Days lived

32,498

🇮🇳J. R. D. Tata

deceased

Indian industrialist, philanthropist and aviator (1904–1993) · 1904–1993

Days lived

32,630

🇺🇸James J. Braddock

deceased

American boxer (1905-1974) · 1905–1974

Days lived

25,377

🇦🇹Joseph Furst

deceased

actor · 1916–2005

Days lived

32,797

🇩🇪Karl Arnold

deceased

painter, caricaturist and comics maker from Germany (1883-1953) · 1883–1953

Days lived

25,809

🇺🇸Lou Groza

deceased

Player of American football (1924-2000) · 1924–2000

Days lived

28,068

🇨🇭Ludwig Minelli

deceased

Swiss lawyer and former journalist (1932–2025) · 1932–2025

Days lived

33,962

Mabel Strickland

deceased

writer · 1899–1988

Days lived

32,832

🇦🇹Margarethe Noé von Nordberg

deceased

actor · 1905–1995

Days lived

33,052

🇮🇹Mario Monicelli

deceased

Italian film director and screenwriter (1915–2010) · 1915–2010

Days lived

34,896

🇬🇧Mary Lee Woods

deceased

British mathematician and computer programmer (1924-2017) · 1924–2017

Days lived

34,230

🇺🇸Patrice O'Neal

deceased

actor · 1969–2011

Days lived

15,332

🇫🇷Philippe Yacé

deceased

Ivorian politician (1920–1998) · 1920–1998

Days lived

28,800

🇵🇱Roman Malek

deceased

Polish priest (1951-2019) · 1951–2019

Days lived

24,894

🇵🇱Rudolf Paszek

deceased

Polish teacher, national activist, community organizer and politician (1894-1969) · 1894–1969

Days lived

27,648

Slobodan Praljak

deceased

Notable Trials · 1945–2017

Days lived

26,629

🇺🇸Tony Canadeo

deceased

Player of American football (1919-2003) · 1919–2003

Days lived

30,889

🇩🇪Walter Hieber

deceased

chemist · 1895–1976

Days lived

29,566

Wendie Jo Sperber

deceased

Actor · 1958–2005

Days lived

17,242

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

deceased

Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991

Days lived

37,244

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

36,396

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

deceased

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,634

🇺🇸Hal Roach

deceased

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,817

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

36,059

Lang Jingshan

deceased

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

deceased

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

Days lived

36,166

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

deceased

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

🇺🇸Martha Graham

deceased

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,388

🇮🇹Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

deceased

Italian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998

Days lived

37,799

Hermann Florstedt

deceased

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,302

🇦🇹Adolf Pokorny

deceased

Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,144

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

deceased

American baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006

Days lived

40,557

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

deceased

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,295

🇧🇷Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt

deceased

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

Days lived

36,188

🇩🇪Friedrich Hund

deceased

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,945

🇺🇸Lilia Skala

deceased

Austrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994

Days lived

35,813

🇦🇹Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

deceased

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,614

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

deceased

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Washoe

deceased

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇺🇸Koko

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Alex

deceased

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

🇮🇸Keiko

deceased

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,841

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,484

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,926

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,892

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,526

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,970

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,622

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,953

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,622

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,974

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,517

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,427

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,404

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,824

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,641

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,936

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,249

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,206

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,985

On This Day

Historical Events

Born on This Day

🇺🇸Andy Panko

🇺🇸Anna Faris

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Alfons Fryland

🇺🇸Alfred Lawson

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇦🇺Harriet

🇸🇭Jonathan

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇷🇴Artur Phleps

🇩🇪Aylin Tezel

🇩🇪Birgit Rockmeier

🇦🇺Bob Dwyer

🇷🇴Bogdan Tudor

🇿🇦Brett Wilkinson

🇬🇧C. S. Lewis

🇺🇸Carrie Sheinberg

🇫🇷David Oberhauser

🇩🇪Erwin Franzkowiak

🇺🇸Gena Lee Nolin

🇦🇹Georg Marco

🇩🇪Gustav Ritter von Kahr

🇦🇹Hanns Hörbiger

🇬🇧Hans Singer

🇺🇾Héctor Castro

🇩🇪Herbert Zimmermann

🇩🇪Hermann Junker

🇫🇷Jacques Chirac

🇺🇸Janina Gavankar

🇩🇪Johannes Raspe

🇺🇸John Layfield

🇺🇸John Templeton

🇩🇪Jörg Wontorra

🇺🇸Mariano Rivera

🇫🇷Maurice Genevoix

🇺🇸Neill Barry

🇩🇪Petra Lang

🇬🇧Ryan Giggs

🇮🇹Sandro Salvadore

🇨🇦Sheena Iyengar

🇩🇪Stefan Reisch

🇺🇸Steve Toth

🇺🇸The Game

Theodor Escherich

🇬🇧William Renwick

🇳🇱Andre de Kruijff

🇺🇸Budd Boetticher

🇺🇸Cary Grant

🇬🇧Chris Howland

🇮🇹Emilio Pucci

🇬🇧George Harrison

Giacomo Puccini

🇩🇪Günter Schneider

🇺🇸Henry Kissinger

🇩🇪Hermann Balck

🇮🇳J. R. D. Tata

🇺🇸James J. Braddock

🇦🇹Joseph Furst

🇩🇪Karl Arnold

🇺🇸Lou Groza

🇨🇭Ludwig Minelli

Mabel Strickland

🇦🇹Margarethe Noé von Nordberg

🇮🇹Mario Monicelli

🇬🇧Mary Lee Woods

🇺🇸Patrice O'Neal