October 7, 1929

1929Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation (died 2021)^[†]

Ivan Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and inventor who co-invented the IMAX film format. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1992.

1929Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (died 2017)^[†]

Mariano Gagnon was an American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, who served as a missionary in Peru. Gagnon founded the Cutivereni mission in Peru's Ene River valley to assist the indigenous Asháninka people who were being forced out of their homes in the jungle by settlers. He would later become known for his work helping arm the Asháninka and eventually helping some Asháninka flee Cutivereni when it was facing attack from Shining Path guerrillas during the internal conflict in Peru. He later wrote about his experiences during the conflict in the book Warriors in Eden.

1929Robert Westall, English journalist and author (died 1993)^[†]

Robert Atkinson Westall was an English author and teacher known for fiction aimed at children and young people. Some of the latter cover complex, dark, and adult themes. He has been called "the dean of British war novelists". His first book, The Machine Gunners, won the 1975 Carnegie Medal for the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. It was named among the top ten Medal-winners at the 70th anniversary celebration in 2007. Westall also won a second Carnegie, a Smarties Prize, and the once-in-a-lifetime Guardian Prize.

1929Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.^[†]

Photius II of Constantinople was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 7 October 1929 until 29 December 1935.