Notable Birthdays for October 29
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Those born on this date include:
- Scottish biographer James Boswell in 1740
- singer/composer Daniel Decatur Emmett, who wrote the words and music for Dixie, in 1815
- comedian/singer Fanny Brice in 1891
- Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels in 1897
- political cartoonist Bill Mauldin in 1921
- Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 1938 (age 76)
- English rock musician Denny Laine in 1944 (age 70)
- singer Melba Moore in 1945 (age 69)
- actors Richard Dreyfuss in 1947 (age 67), Kate Jackson in 1948 (age 66), Dan Castellaneta in 1957 (age 57)
- Finola Hughes in 1959 (age 55), Joely Fisher in 1967 (age 47) and Winona Ryder in 1971 (age 43)
- journalist David Remnick in 1958 (age 56)
- and Rock and Roll Hall of fame member Randy Jackson in 1961 (age 53).
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