May 29 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is May 29, your zodiac sign is Gemini ♊, your birthstone is Emerald and your birth flower is Lily of the valley or Hawthorn. You share your birthday with John F. Kennedy and G. K. Chesterton.
- Zodiac sign
- ♊ Gemini
- Element
- Air
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Birthstone
- Emerald
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, Hawthorn
- Day of year
- 149th
- Popularity
- 312th of 366
- Half birthday
- November 29
- Next May 29
- May 29
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May 29 zodiac: Gemini ♊
People born on May 29 fall under Gemini, the 3rd sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from May 21 to June 20. Gemini is a mutable air sign ruled by Mercury, and its symbol is the twins.
Gemini, the Twins, is the sign of conversation and curiosity. In astrology it is linked with ideas, language and variety, and Geminis are often pictured as lively people who can talk to anyone about anything.
Famous people born on May 29
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on May 29, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1917President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
- Born 1874English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)
- Born 1929British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)
- Born 1914Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
- Born 1880German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)
- Born 1903American entertainer (1903–2003)
- Born 1958American actress (born 1958)
- Born 1981Russian association football player
- Born 2006Indian chess grandmaster
- Born 1830French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
- Born 1967British singer and guitarist
- Born 1953American film composer (born 1953)
- Born 1868Last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944)
- Born 19263rd President of Senegal
- Born 1959British actor
- Born 1892Argentine writer and poet
- Born 1985Brazilian association football player
- Born 1736American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)
- Born 1979German association football player
- Born 1984American basketball player (born 1984)
- Born 1977Italian association football player
- Born 1920Hungarian economist (1920-2000)
- Born 1973Turkish association football player (born 1973)
- Born 1922Greek-French composer, architect and engineer (1922–2001)
- Born 1875Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician (1875-1944)
- Born 1972American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)
- Born 1970Italian association football player and manager
- Born 1995Ivorian footballer (born 1995)
- Born 1975British singer and television personality
- Born 1947Japanese association football player (1947-)
- Born 1940Pakistani politician (1940-2010)
- Born 1894Austrian-American film director (1894-1969)
- Born 1956American singer
- Born 1935South African writer (1935–2015)
- Born 1989American actress
- Born 1983Cameroonian footballer
- Born 1897Austrian-born American composer and conductor (1897–1957)
- Born 1957American actor (born 1957)
- Born 1957Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer
- Born 1944Austrian actor (1944–2023)
May 29 birthstone
Emerald (green). Emerald is linked with rebirth, love and wisdom, and it was a favourite of Cleopatra.
May 29 birthday facts
- May 29 is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years), leaving 216 days until the end of the year.
- May 29 is the 312th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,823 babies born on an average May 29(3% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, May 29 birthdays fall in spring. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in autumn.
- Babies born on May 29 were most likely conceived around September 6 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is November 29, six months after May 29.
- May 29 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is May 29?
May 29 falls under Gemini ♊, which runs from May 21 to June 20.
What is the birthstone for May 29?
The birthstone for May 29 is Emerald, the May birthstone. The May birth flowers are Lily of the valley and Hawthorn.
Who are famous people born on May 29?
Famous people born on May 29 include John F. Kennedy (1917), G. K. Chesterton (1874), Peter Higgs (1929), Tenzing Norgay (1914), Oswald Spengler (1880), Bob Hope (1903).
How common is a May 29 birthday?
May 29 is the 312th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,823 babies born on an average May 29.
What day of the year is May 29?
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in common years and the 150th day in leap years.