| 49171 | April 29 | Birth | 1912 – Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 49172 | April 29 | Birth | 1915 – Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997) |
| 49173 | April 29 | Birth | 1917 – Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961) |
| 49174 | April 29 | Birth | 1917 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 49175 | April 29 | Birth | 1917 – Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian and author (d. 2011) |
| 49176 | April 29 | Birth | 1918 – George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990) |
| 49177 | April 29 | Birth | 1919 – Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 49178 | April 29 | Birth | 1919 – Alla Rakha, Indian tabla player (d. 2000) |
| 49179 | April 29 | Birth | 1920 – Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (d. 1996) |
| 49180 | April 29 | Birth | 1920 – Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013) |
| 49181 | April 29 | Birth | 1922 – Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 2001) |
| 49182 | April 29 | Birth | 1922 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player |
| 49183 | April 29 | Birth | 1923 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010) |
| 49184 | April 29 | Birth | 1924 – Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006) |
| 49185 | April 29 | Birth | 1924 – Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress |
| 49186 | April 29 | Birth | 1925 – Ned Austin, American actor (d. 2007) |
| 49187 | April 29 | Birth | 1925 – John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007) |
| 49188 | April 29 | Birth | 1925 – Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007) |
| 49189 | April 29 | Birth | 1926 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009) |
| 49190 | April 29 | Birth | 1927 – Dorothy Manley, English sprinter |
| 49191 | April 29 | Birth | 1928 – Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2011) |
| 49192 | April 29 | Birth | 1928 – Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic |
| 49193 | April 29 | Birth | 1929 – Ray Barretto, American conga player (d. 2006) |
| 49194 | April 29 | Birth | 1929 – Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (d. 2007) |
| 49195 | April 29 | Birth | 1929 – Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003) |
| 49196 | April 29 | Birth | 1929 – Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014) |
| 49197 | April 29 | Birth | 1929 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014) |
| 49198 | April 29 | Birth | 1930 – Jean Rochefort, French actor and director |
| 49199 | April 29 | Birth | 1931 – Frank Auerbach, German-English painter and academic |
| 49200 | April 29 | Birth | 1931 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) |