* 1929 – Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

* 1929 – Willis Hall, English playwright and writer ( d. 2005 )

* 1929 – Joi Lansing, American model and actress ( d. 1972 )

* 1929 – André Previn, German composer and conductor

* 1866 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia ( d. 1929 )

* 1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet ( d. 2010 )

* 1929 – Ira Levin, American author ( d. 2007 )

* 1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist ( The Foundations )

* 1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician ( d. 2007 )

* 1929 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist ( d. 1979 )

* 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor

* 2005 – Harald Juhnke, German actor ( b. 1929 )

In Serbia Nikola Pašić ( 1845 – 1926 ) and his Radical Party dominated Serbian politics after 1903 ; they also monopolized power in Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1929 ; during the dictatorship of the 1930s, it furnished the prime minister.

* 1929 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician ( d. 1979 )

* 1929 – Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer ( d. 2006 )

* 1929 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, tapped to be the messianic " World Teacher ", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.

* 1840 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician ( d. 1929 )

* 1929 – Emile Berliner, German-American inverter and businessman, invented the phonograph ( b. 1851 )

* 1929 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist ( b. 1857 )

A third generation was led by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie ( 1929 – ) and includes Jacques Revel, and Philippe Ariès ( 1914 – 1984 ), who joined the group in 1978.

The French Historical Revolution: The Annales School 1929 – 89, ( 1990 ), the major study in English excerpt and text search

* 1929 – Don Larsen, American baseball player

* 1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.

* 1876 – Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest ( d. 1929 )

* 1929 – Dick Button, American figure skater

* 1929 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, manager, and coach ( d. 2011 )

* April 18 – Dick Clark, American television host and producer ( b. 1929 )

* Dick Cleveland ( 1929 – 2002 ), American swimmer

* Dick Weber ( 1929 – 2005 ), American ten-pin bowler

** Dick Clark ( 1929 – 2012 ), entertainer and producer, host of Pyramid and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin ' Eve

Richard Wagstaff " Dick " Clark ( November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012 ) was an American radio and television personality, best known for hosting American television's longest-running variety show, American Bandstand, from 1957 to 1987.

* Dick Hoover ( 1929 – 2009 ), American professional bowler

The complete list: Doc Ayers ( played through 1921 ); Ray Caldwell ( 1921 ); Stan Coveleski ( 1928 ); Bill Doak ( 1929 ); Phil Douglas ( 1922 ); Red Faber ( 1933 ); Dana Fillingim ( 1925 ); Ray Fisher ( 1920 ); Marv Goodwin ( 1925 ); Dutch Leonard ( 1925 ); Clarence Mitchell ( 1932 ); Jack Quinn ( 1933 ); Allen Russell ( 1925 ); Dick Rudolph ( 1927 ); Urban Shocker ( 1928 ); and Allen Sothoron ( 1926 ).

* Dick Tooth ( 1929 -), former Australian rugby union representative, born in Bombala.

* 1929 – 1931 Dick Sheppard

This was the home of Dick McCarthy, noted professional jockey of the early 20th century who finished third in the Grand National at Aintree in 1929.

* Richard Wagstaff " Dick " Clark ( November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012 ) was an American radio and television personality

* Dick Button ( born 1929 ), figure skater.

Dick Weber ( December 23, 1929 – February 13, 2005 ) was a bowling professional and a founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association ( PBA ).

* Dick Latessa ( born 1929 ) — a film, stage and television actor who won the 2003 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in Hairspray

* Dick Alban ( born 1929 ), former professional American football player

William Fritz Afflis ( June 27, 1929 – November 10, 1991 ), best known as Dick the Bruiser, was an American football player and professional wrestler.

Richard Hirschfeld " Dick " Williams ( May 7, 1929 – July 7, 2011 ) was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front office consultant in Major League Baseball.

In 1929, Allis, J. Gresham Machen, Robert Dick Wilson and others founded Westminster Theological Seminary.

In the midst of the " fundamentalist-modernist controversy " facing Christianity in the 1920s, he and many conservative classmates followed those members of the faculty-such as J. Gresham Machen, Robert Dick Wilson and Cornelius Van Til-who withdrew from Princeton to establish the Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1929.