page_title: 1929
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1929 / Births / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Gerald Edelman in 2010. Español: Gerald M. Edelman en 2010.
context_page_description: 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 929th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1920s decade.
  This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the Edwards v. Canada case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created.
  In Asia, the Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph Stalin expelled Leon Trotsky and adopted a policy of collectivization. The Grand Trunk Express began service in India.
context_section_description: July 1
  Gerald Edelman, American biologist and Nobel laureate (d. 2014)
  Jack Storey, Australian rules footballer
  July 2
  Daphne Hasenjäger, South African athlete
  Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines
  July 3
  Joanne Herring, American socialite, businesswoman, political activist, philanthropist, diplomat, and former television talk show host
  Lavelle White, American Texas blues and soul blues singer, songwriter
  July 4
  Peter Angelos, American lawyer
  Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Colombian Catholic cardinal (d. 2018)
  July 5
  Chikao Ōtsuka, Japanese actor, voice actor and father of Akio Ōtsuka (d. 2015)
  Katherine Helmond, American actress (d. 2019)
  Thérèse Quentin, French actress (d. 2015)
  July 6
  Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, secretary of the Académie française, historian specializing in Russian history
  Angelo LiPetri, American former professional baseball player (d. 2016)
  Jean-Pierre Mocky, French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer (d. 2019)
  July 7
  Sergio Romano, Italian writer, journalist, and historian
  Colin Walker, English footballer
  July 8
  Shirley Ann Grau, American writer (d. 2020)
  Milena Greppi, Italian hurdler
  Héctor López, Panamanian baseball player
  July 9
  Elon Lages Lima, Brazilian mathematician (d. 2017)
  Jesse McReynolds, American bluegrass musician
  King Hassan II of Morocco (d. 1999)
  Chi Haotian, Chinese general
  July 10
  Franco Graziosi, Italian actor
  Winnie Ewing, Scottish nationalist
  José Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan leftist politician
  July 11
  Sandy Frank, American television producer
  David Kelly, Irish actor (d. 2012)
  July 12 – Brian Woodward, English footballer
  July 13
  Svein Ellingsen, Norwegian visual artist, hymnist (d. 2020)
  Sofia Muratova, Soviet artistic gymnast (d. 2006)
  July 14
  Jean Konan Banny, Ivorian politician (d. 2018)
  Sonja Kastl, Croatian film and stage actress, teacher, dancer and choreographer
  Kailash Chandra Joshi, Indian politician of the  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (d. 2019)
  Syed Rahim, Indian cricketer (d. 2014)
  July 17
  Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician, academic
  Arthur Frommer, American writer, publisher and consumer advocate
  Vasco Modena, Italian racing cyclist (d. 2016)
  July 18
  Dick Button, American figure skater
  Roy Killin, Canadian footballer
  A V Swamy, Indian politician (d. 2019)
  July 19
  Gaston Glock, Austrian inventor, businessman
  Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, French historian
  Ronald Melzack, Canadian physiologist and professor (d. 2019)
  Orville Turnquest, Bahamian politician
  July 20
  Hosbet Suresh, American judge (d. 2020)
  Irving Wardle, English writer and theatre critic
  July 21
  Birger Asplund, Swedish hammer thrower
  Idrissa Dione, French boxer
  Albert Kwesi Ocran, Ghanaian soldier, politician (d. 2019)
  John Woodvine, English actor
  July 22 – Midhat J. Gazalé, French international telecommunications, space consultant
  July 24
  Peter Yates, English film director and producer (d. 2011)
  Paolo Paoloni, Italian actor (d. 2019)
  July 25
  Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, writer, screenwriter and film director (d. 1974)
  Manuel Olivencia, Spanish economist, diplomat (d. 2018)
  Somnath Chatterjee, Indian politician (d. 2018)
  July 27
  Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist and political commentator (d. 2007)
  Jack Higgins, British novelist
  July 28 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
  July 31 – Don Murray, American actor
caption: Gerald Edelman
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