| 49141 | April 29 | Birth | 1818 – Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881) |
| 49142 | April 29 | Birth | 1837 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1891) |
| 49143 | April 29 | Birth | 1842 – Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899) |
| 49144 | April 29 | Birth | 1848 – Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (d. 1906) |
| 49145 | April 29 | Birth | 1854 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1912) |
| 49146 | April 29 | Birth | 1863 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933) |
| 49147 | April 29 | Birth | 1863 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951) |
| 49148 | April 29 | Birth | 1863 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922) |
| 49149 | April 29 | Birth | 1868 – Alice Keppel, British society hostess and mistress of Edward VII (d. 1947) |
| 49150 | April 29 | Birth | 1872 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930) |
| 49151 | April 29 | Birth | 1872 – Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (d. 1952) |
| 49152 | April 29 | Birth | 1875 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1950) |
| 49153 | April 29 | Birth | 1876 – Zewditu I of Ethiopia (d. 1930) |
| 49154 | April 29 | Birth | 1879 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961) |
| 49155 | April 29 | Birth | 1882 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (d. 1945) |
| 49156 | April 29 | Birth | 1891 – Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist (d. 1964) |
| 49157 | April 29 | Birth | 1894 – Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970) |
| 49158 | April 29 | Birth | 1885 – Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948) |
| 49159 | April 29 | Birth | 1887 – Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (d. 1921) |
| 49160 | April 29 | Birth | 1893 – Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |
| 49161 | April 29 | Birth | 1895 – Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970) |
| 49162 | April 29 | Birth | 1895 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1967) |
| 49163 | April 29 | Birth | 1899 – Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1987) |
| 49164 | April 29 | Birth | 1899 – Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1974) |
| 49165 | April 29 | Birth | 1899 – Mary Petty, American illustrator (d. 1976) |
| 49166 | April 29 | Birth | 1901 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989) |
| 49167 | April 29 | Birth | 1907 – Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983) |
| 49168 | April 29 | Birth | 1907 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997) |
| 49169 | April 29 | Birth | 1908 – Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 49170 | April 29 | Birth | 1909 – Tom Ewell, American actor and singer (d. 1994) |