page_title: 1929
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1929 / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Representative John Conyers (D-MI) official photo
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: May 1
  Ralf Dahrendorf, Anglo-German sociologist (d. 2009)
  Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer
  May 2
  Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor and director (d. 2019)
  Link Wray, American rock and roll musician (d. 2005)
  Édouard Balladur, 91st Prime Minister of France
  May 3 – Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish physician, "father of modern dental implantology" (d. 2014)
  May 4
  Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian, actor (d. 2005)
  Audrey Hepburn, British actress, activist (d. 1993)
  May 5 – Ilene Woods, American singer, actress (d. 2010)
  May 6
  Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
  Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and Nobel laureate (d. 2007)
  May 8
  John C. Bogle, American investor (d. 2019)
  Claude Castonguay, Canadian politician and businessman
  Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (d. 2017)
  Jane Roberts, American writer (d. 1984)
  Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese singer, actress (d. 2007)
  May 10
  Sándor Kányádi, Hungarian poet, translator (d. 2018)
  Antonine Maillet, Canadian author and playwright
  May 11 – Margaret Kerry, American actress
  May 12
  Don Gibson, English footballer
  Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher (d. 2019)
  Sam Nujoma, 1st President of Namibia
  May 13 – Ângela Maria, Brazilian singer and actress (d. 2018)
  May 15 – Otar Patsatsia, Georgian politician
  May 16
  Betty Carter, African-American jazz singer (d. 1998)
  John Conyers, African-American politician (d. 2019)
  Claude Morin, Canadian politician and academic
  Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist (d. 2012)
  Zhang Zong, Chinese crystallographer (d. 2019)
  May 20
  Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian soldier (d. 1973)
  Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician
  May 25 – Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano, director of the New York City Opera (d. 2007)
  May 26
  Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer
  John Jackson, English businessman
  Alfred Kunz, German-Canadian composer (d. 2019)
  May 28 – Patrick McNair-Wilson, English politician
  May 29
  Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher and academic
  Peter Higgs, British theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
  Dwijen Sharma, Bangladeshi naturalist (d. 2017)
  May 30
  Doina Cornea, Romanian human rights activist, professor (d. 2018)
  Georges Gilson, French catholic bishop
  May 31
  Joseph Bernardo, French Olympic swimmer
  Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (d. 2014)
caption: John Conyers
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