History Profiles

Historical Figures Born in 1929

Notable people born in 1929. Each links to a full biography, feats, trivia and similar figures.

Portrait of Anne Frank

Anne Frank

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Diarist · 1929 – 1945

Anne Frank was a German-Dutch Jewish girl whose diary, written while hiding from the Nazis in occupied Amsterdam, became one of the most widely read accounts of the Holocaust and a lasting testament to humanity amid persecution.

  • The Diary of a Young Girl
  • Voice of the Holocaust
 Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Activist · 1929 – 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who championed nonviolent resistance to racial injustice and became the most prominent voice of the movement for equality in the United States.

  • I Have a Dream speech
  • Civil rights leadership