Famous Birthdays for January 30th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 58 BC – Livia, Roman wife of Augustus (d. 29)^[17]
• 1410 – William Calthorpe, English knight (d. 1494)^[18]
• 1520 – William More, English courtier (d. 1600)^[19]
• 1563 – Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1641)^[20]
• 1573 – Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1638)
• 1580 – Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein, court official in Vienna (d. 1658)
• 1590 – Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford (d. 1676)^[21]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)^[22]
• 1661 – Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (d. 1741)^[23]
• 1697 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (d. 1773)^[24]
• 1703 – François Bigot, French politician (d. 1778)
• 1720 – Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1778)
• 1754 – John Lansing, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1829)
• 1775 – Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author (d. 1864)
• 1781 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (d. 1838)
• 1816 – Nathaniel P. Banks, American general and politician, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1894)
• 1822 – Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and curator (d. 1899)
• 1841 – Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1899)
• 1844 – Richard Theodore Greener, American lawyer, academic, and diplomat (d. 1922)
• 1846 – Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1932)
• 1861 – Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer (d. 1935)
• 1862 – Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer (d. 1950)
• 1866 – Gelett Burgess, American author, poet, and critic (d. 1951)^[25]
• 1878 – A. H. Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)^[26]
• 1882 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and statesman, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)^[27]
• 1889 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1937)^[28]
• 1899 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)^[29]
• 1900 – Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress (d. 1969)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver (d. 1959)
• 1902 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
• 1912 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989)^[30]
• 1914 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter (d. 2000)
• 1914 – John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
• 1914 – David Wayne, American actor (d. 1995)^[31]
• 1915 – Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)
• 1915 – John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008)
• 1918 – David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1919 – Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005)^[32]
• 1920 – Michael Anderson, English director and producer (d. 2018)
• 1920 – Patrick Heron, British painter (d. 1999)^[33]
• 1920 – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Dick Martin, American comedian, actor, and director (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Marianne Ferber, Czech-American economist and author (d. 2013)
• 1924 – S. N. Goenka, Burmese-Indian author and educator (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)^[34]
• 1928 – Harold Prince, American director and producer (d. 2019)
• 1929 – Lois Hole, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (d. 1994)
• 1929 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996)^[35]
• 1930 – Gene Hackman, American actor and author^[13]
• 1930 – Magnus Malan, South African general and politician, South African Minister of Defence (d. 2011)
• 1931 – John Crosbie, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 2020)
• 1931 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Tammy Grimes, American actress and singer (d. 2016)
• 1935 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 1984)^[36]
• 1935 – Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and composer (d. 1973)
• 1936 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (d. 1998)
• 1937 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress^[13]
• 1937 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player^[13]
• 1938 – Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (d. 2016)
• 1941 – Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author
• 1941 – Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States^[13]
• 1941 – Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
• 1942 – Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
• 1943 – Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager^[13]
• 1944 – Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic (d. 2020)
• 1944 – Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 – Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) (d. 2016)
• 1945 – Michael Dorris, American author and scholar (d. 1997)
• 1946 – John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded The Big Issue
• 1947 – Les Barker, English poet and author
• 1947 – Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
• 1949 – Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Jack Newton, Australian golfer
• 1951 – Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor^[13]
• 1951 – Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director^[13]
• 1951 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995)
• 1952 – Doug Falconer, Canadian football player and producer (d. 2021)
• 1953 – Fred Hembeck, American author and illustrator
• 1955 – John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine
• 1955 – Curtis Strange, American golfer^[13]
• 1957 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
• 1959 – Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2018)
• 1959 – Jody Watley, American entertainer^[13]
• 1962 – Abdullah II of Jordan^[13]
• 1962 – Mary Kay Letourneau, American child rapist (d. 2020)^[37]
• 1964 – Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 1965 – Kevin Moore, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1966 – Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Felipe VI of Spain^[13]
• 1969 – Justin Skinner, English footballer and manager^[38]
• 1973 – Jalen Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster^[13]
• 1974 – Christian Bale, British actor^[39]
• 1974 – Olivia Colman, English actress^[40]
• 1975 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer^[41]
• 1976 – Andy Milonakis, American entertainer^[42]
• 1978 – Carmen Küng, Swiss curler^[43]
• 1978 – John Patterson, American baseball player
• 1979 – Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – João Soares de Almeida Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer
• 1980 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor and producer
• 1981 – Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer^[44]
• 1981 – Peter Crouch, English footballer
• 1981 – Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver^[45]
• 1982 – Jorge Cantú, Mexican baseball player
• 1984 – Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1984 – Kid Cudi, American entertainer^[46]
• 1985 – Gisela Dulko, Argentinian tennis player
• 1987 – Becky Lynch, Irish wrestler
• 1987 – Renato Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
• 1989 – Yoon Bo-ra, South Korean singer^[47]
• 1990 – Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer^[48]
• 1990 – Phillip Supernaw, American football player^[49]
• 1991 – Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player^[50]
• 1993 – Katy Marchant, English track cyclist^[51]
• 1993 – Thitipoom Techaapaikhun, Thai actor^[52]
• 1995 – Jack Laugher, English diver^[53]
• 1996 – Dafne Navarro, Mexican trampoline gymnast^[54]