Portal:Literature/Adil archive/October/29
- 1740 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer born
- 1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer born
- 1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author born
- 1958 - Zoe Akins, American playwright died
- 1999 - Michel Regnier (Greg), Belgian comic-book writer died
- 2003 - Hal Clement, American writer died