April 29th
240 Notable deaths
Antonio Buero Vallejo
Spanish playwright (1916–2000).
Born September 29th, 1916 in Guadalajara.
Died April 29th, 2000 at 83 years old in Madrid.
Shankar Lakshman
Field hockey player.
Born July 7th, 1933 in Dr. Ambedkar Nagar.
Died April 29th, 2006 at 72 years old in Dr. Ambedkar Nagar.
Eduard Crasemann
German general and knight's cross recipient (1891–1950).
Born March 5th, 1891 in Hamburg.
Died April 29th, 1950 at 59 years old in Werl.
Max Bense
German philosopher (1910-1990).
Born February 7th, 1910 in Strasbourg.
Died April 29th, 1990 at 80 years old in Stuttgart.
Zhang Enhua
Chinese footballer (1973–2021).
Born April 28th, 1973 in Dalian.
Died April 29th, 2021 at 48 years old in Shenzhen. [ref]
Michael Costa
Italian conductor and composer (1808–1884).
Born February 14th, 1808 in Naples.
Died April 29th, 1884 at 76 years old in Brighton, Hove.
Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas
Lithuanian writer (1869–1933).
Born September 20th, 1869 in Maleišiai.
Died April 29th, 1933 at 63 years old in Kaunas.
Ignacio Cervantes
Cuban pianist and composer (1847–1905).
Born July 31st, 1847 in Havana.
Died April 29th, 1905 at 57 years old in Havana.
Joseph Nérette
President of haiti (1924-2007).
Born April 9th, 1924 in Port-au-Prince.
Died April 29th, 2007 at 83 years old in Port-au-Prince (lung cancer). [ref]
Johan Willem Beyen
Dutch politician, diplomat and author (1897–1976).
Born May 2nd, 1897 in Utrecht.
Died April 29th, 1976 at 78 years old in The Hague.
Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea
Romanian writer (1858–1917).
Born April 11th, 1858 in Bucharest.
Died April 29th, 1918 at 60 years old in Iași.
Pyotr Stolyarsky
Ukrainian music educator (1871-1944).
Born November 30th, 1871 in Lypovets.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 72 years old in Yekaterinburg.
Hafid Bouazza
Moroccan-dutch writer.
Born March 8th, 1970 in Oujda.
Died April 29th, 2021 at 51 years old in Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Baltzar von Platen
Swedish inventor (1898–1984).
Born February 24th, 1898 in Malmö Sankt Petri församling. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1984 at 86 years old in Ystad church parish. [ref]
Giovanni Canestri
Catholic cardinal (1918-2015).
Born September 30th, 1918 in Castelspina.
Died April 29th, 2015 at 96 years old in Rome. [ref]
Ernest Fox Nichols
American physicist and academic administrator (1869-1924).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Leavenworth County.
Died April 29th, 1924 at 54 years old in New York City.
Carl Hellmuth Hertz
German physicist (1920–1990).
Born October 15th, 1920 in Berlin.
Died April 29th, 1990 at 69 years old in Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling.
Joseph Vinoy
French general (1800-1880).
Born August 10th, 1800 in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs.
Died April 29th, 1880 at 79 years old in Paris.
Chuck Daigh
Racecar driver.
Born November 29th, 1923 in Long Beach.
Died April 29th, 2008 at 84 years old in Newport Beach. [ref]
Eugene O'Brien
American stage and film actor (1880-1966).
Born November 14th, 1880 in Boulder.
Died April 29th, 1966 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Maria Polydouri
Greek poet (1902–1930).
Born April 1st, 1902 in Kalamata.
Died April 29th, 1930 at 28 years old in Athens (tuberculosis).
Franz Eybl
Austrian artist (1806-1880).
Born April 1st, 1806 in Gumpendorf.
Died April 29th, 1880 at 74 years old in Vienna, Belvedere.
Wilhelm Schlenk
German chemist (1879-1943).
Born March 22nd, 1879 in Munich.
Died April 29th, 1943 at 64 years old in Tübingen.
Alfred-Marie Liénard
French physicist (1869–1958).
Born April 2nd, 1869 in Amiens.
Died April 29th, 1958 at 89 years old in Paris.
Gennady Nevelskoy
Russian navigator (1813-1876).
Born December 5th, 1813 in Soligalichsky Uyezd.
Died April 29th, 1876 at 62 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King