Born on This Day: June 29

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The following folks, for better or worse, were born on June 29. 1136 – Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173) 1326 – Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1389) 1398 – John II of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1479) 1443 – Anthony Browne, English knight (d. 1506) 1482 – Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517) 1488 – Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (d. 1560) 1517 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (d. 1585) 1525 – Peter Agricola, German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (d. 1585) 1528 – Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1589) 1543 – Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1604) 1870 – Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (d. 1926) 1908 – Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963) 1925 – Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy 1925 – Chan Parker, American dancer and author (d. 1999) 1930 – Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 2014) 1933 – John Bradshaw, American theologian and author (d. 2016) 1948 – Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer 1953 – Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dokken) 1953 – Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist, 1957 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan 1962 – Amanda Donohoe, English actress 1967 – Jeff Burton, American race car driver 1970 – Emily Skinner, American actress and singer 1977 – Zuleikha Robinson, English actress 1978 – Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1982 – Dusty Hughes, American baseball player 1982 – Lily Rabe, American actress