29 January: today's birthdays

• Matthew Ashford - American actor, best known for his role of Jack Deveraux on Days of Our Lives soap opera 
• Anton Čechov (Anton Chekhov) - Russian author, playwright and physician. He wrote Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Bear 
• Heather Graham - American actress and model
• John Calcott Horsley - English painter. He painted the first Christmas card in history
• Rag'n'Bone Man -  English singer-songwriter, born Rory Graham
• Romain Rolland - French dramatist and novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1915
• Jody Scheckter - Former South African racing driver
• Olga Tokarczuk - Polish writer, activist, born Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk. She was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Oprah Winfrey - American actress, talk show host and producer. She won a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award