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Notable Birthdays for March 29

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Those born on this date include:

- John Tyler, 10th president of the United States, in 1790
- baseball pitching legend Cy Young in 1867
- Eugene McCarthy, the Minnesota Democrat whose 1968 presidential campaign focused on U.S. opposition to the Vietnam War, in 1916
- actor/singer Pearl Bailey in 1918
- Walmart founder Sam Walton in 1918
- political commentator John McLaughlin in 1927 (age 88)
- former British Prime Minister John Major in 1943 (age 72
- actor Eric Idle in 1943 (age 72)
- Greek composer Vangelis in 1943 (age 72)
- basketball Hall of Fame member Walt Frazier in 1945 (age 70)
- Karen Ann Quinlan, the focus of arguments over the right to die when she fell into an irreversible coma, in 1954
- football Hall of Fame member Earl Campbell in 1955 (age 60)
- actor Brendan Gleeson in 1955 (age 60)
- gymnast Kurt Thomas in 1956 (age 59)
- actor Christopher Lambert in 1957 (age 58)
- actor Amy Sedaris in 1961 (age 54)
- model Elle Macpherson in 1963 (age 52)
- actor Lucy Lawless in 1968 (age 47)
- former tennis star Jennifer Capriati in 1976 (age 39).

 


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