1929 Chinese zodiac, age & generation
People born in 1929 are 96 or 97 years old this year and turn 97 on their birthday in 2026.Babies born in 1929 will belong to The Silent Generation. 1929 is the Year of the Earth Snake π and belongs to The Silent Generation.
- Age this year
- Turns 97
- Chinese zodiac
- π Earth Snake
- Generation
- π» Silent Generation
- Leap year
- No (365 days)
- Jan 1, 1929
- Tuesday
- Chinese New Year
- February 10
How old is someone born in 1929?
Your exact age depends on whether you have had your birthday yet this year. Right now, someone born in 1929 is 96 or 97 years old. Use the age calculator for an exact answer in years, months and days.
Milestone birthdays for people born in 1929
- 10 in 1939
- 18 in 1947
- 21 in 1950
- 30 in 1959
- 40 in 1969
- 50 in 1979
- 60 in 1989
- 70 in 1999
- 80 in 2009
- 90 in 2019
- 100 in 2029
1929 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Snake π
1929 is a Earth Snake year (Yin). The 1929 Chinese zodiac year began on February 10, 1929 and ended on January 29, 1930. People born in January or early February 1929, before Chinese New Year on February 10, belong to the previous zodiac year: the Year of the Dragon.
The Snake represents wisdom and intuition. Snake-year people are described as thoughtful, graceful and private, often trusting their instincts and thinking carefully before they act.
People with the Earth element are traditionally described as stable, practical and patient.
What generation is 1929?
People born in 1929 are part of The Silent Generation, which covers birth years 1928β1945.
The Silent Generation was born between the Great Depression and the end of World War II. A 1951 Time magazine essay gave the generation its name, describing young people who worked hard and kept their heads down.
Famous people born in 1929
- January 15, 1929American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929β1968)
- June 12, 1929German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929β1945)
- March 8, 1929Brazilian recording artist, television host, actress and singer (1929β2012)
- May 4, 1929British actress (1929β1993)
- November 12, 1929American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929β1982)
- April 1, 1929Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929β2023)
- October 21, 1929American fantasy and science fiction author (1929β2018)
- November 9, 1929Hungarian author (1929β2016)
- December 13, 1929Canadian actor (1929β2021)
- June 18, 1929German sociologist and philosopher (1929β2026)
- July 2, 1929Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)
- July 28, 1929First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
- May 29, 1929British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929β2024)
- June 25, 1929French artist (1929-2010)
- September 15, 1929American physicist (1929β2019)
- January 3, 1929Italian filmmaker (1929β1989)
- September 28, 1929Indian singer (1929β2022)
- February 28, 1929Canadian and American architect (1929β2025)
- April 8, 1929Belgian singer (1929β1978)
- November 15, 1929American actor (1929β2021)
- June 29, 1929Italian journalist (1929β2006)
- June 17, 1929Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion
- January 31, 1929German nuclear physicist and Noble Prize in Physics
- July 9, 1929King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
- October 31, 1929Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player
- November 12, 1929German writer (1929β1995)
- January 30, 1929Japanese engineer (1929-2021)
- April 5, 1929Norwegian-American physicist
- April 10, 1929Swedish-French actor (1929β2020)
- June 10, 1929American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929β2021)
- June 16, 1929Emir of Kuwait (1929β2020)
- June 4, 19296th President of Greece (1929β2021)
- November 2, 1929Canadian physicist (1929-2018)
- March 18, 1929German novelist and essayist (1929β2011)
- March 22, 1929Japanese artist (1929β2026)
- September 5, 1929American stand-up comedian and actor (1829β2024)
- January 31, 1929British-American actress (1929β2010)
- March 22, 1929Malaysian singer, actor and film director (1929β1973)
- September 25, 1929American broadcast journalist (1929β2022)
- May 4, 1929Brazilian actor and comedian (1929β2005)
- June 3, 1929Swiss microbiologist and geneticist
- October 18, 1929President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 (1929β2025)
- January 23, 1929Hungarian-Canadian chemist
- February 10, 1929American film composer (1929β2004)
- May 6, 1929American chemist (1929β2007)
- May 12, 1929President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005 (1929β2025)
- October 29, 19294th Russian Prime Minister (1929β2015)
- December 9, 1929Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (1929-2019)
- January 3, 1929American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929β2023)
- November 7, 1929American neuropsychiatrist
- July 1, 1929American biologist (1929β2014)
- October 16, 1929Brazilian actress and writer
- February 23, 192915th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (1929β2008)
- March 29, 1929Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992β2001 (1929-2006)
- April 22, 1929British mathematician
- May 16, 1929American poet, essayist and feminist (1929β2012)
- June 1, 1929Indian actress (1929β1981)
- December 23, 1929American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
- July 25, 1929Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director (1929-1974)
- October 15, 1929Serbian writer (1929β2009)
Other birth years
Frequently asked questions
How old is someone born in 1929?
Someone born in 1929 turns 97 in 2026, 100 in 2029. Before their birthday each year, they are one year younger.
What Chinese zodiac is 1929?
1929 is the Year of the Snake, with the Earth element (Earth Snake). The 1929 zodiac year runs from February 10, 1929 to January 29, 1930. People born in 1929 before February 10 belong to the previous year, the Year of the Dragon.
What generation is 1929?
People born in 1929 belong to The Silent Generation (Silent Generation), which includes birth years 1928 to 1945. Some sources use slightly different cut-off years.
Is 1929 a leap year?
No. 1929 is a common year with 365 days.