Famous Birthdays for May 30th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1010 – Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1063)
• 1201 – Theobald IV, count of Champagne (d. 1253)
• 1423 – Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
• 1464 – Barbara of Brandenburg, Bohemian queen (d. 1515)
• 1580 – Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza (d. 1634)
• 1599 – Samuel Bochart, French Protestant biblical scholar (d. 1667)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1623 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1686)
• 1686 – Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator (d. 1736)
• 1718 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1793)
• 1719 – Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
• 1757 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844)
• 1768 – Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general (d. 1815)
• 1797 – Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1873)
• 1800 – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (d. 1883)
• 1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (d. 1876)
• 1814 – Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)
• 1819 – William McMurdo, English general (d. 1894)
• 1820 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (d. 1890)
• 1835 – Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1913)
• 1844 – Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (d. 1921)
• 1845 – Amadeo I, Spanish king (d. 1890)^[10]
• 1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
• 1862 – Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (d. 1911)
• 1869 – Grace Andrews, American mathematician (d. 1951)
• 1874 – Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)
• 1875 – Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
• 1879 – Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1917)
• 1879 – Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic (d. 1975)
• 1881 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
• 1882 – Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier (d. 1915)
• 1883 – Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (d. 1930)
• 1884 – Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (d. 1942)
• 1885 – Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1942)
• 1886 – Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1964)
• 1886 – Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (d. 1918)
• 1887 – Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1964)
• 1890 – Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1936)
• 1892 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)
• 1894 – Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)
• 1895 – Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)
• 1896 – Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1986)
• 1898 – John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (d. 1985)
• 1899 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1936)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (d. 1969)
• 1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (d. 1979)
• 1902 – Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer (d. 1985)
• 1903 – Countee Cullen, American poet and author (d. 1946)
• 1906 – Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author (d. 1959)
• 1907 – Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist and academic (d. 2008)
• 1908 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)^[11]
• 1909 – Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (d. 1988)
• 1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)
• 1910 – Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)
• 1912 – Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (d. 1979)
• 1915 – Len Carney, English footballer and soldier (d. 1996)^[12]
• 1916 – Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician (d. 1962)
• 1916 – Mort Meskin, American illustrator (d. 1995)
• 1918 – Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (d. 2007)
• 1919 – René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
• 1920 – Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Hal Clement, American author and educator (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (d. 2014)
• 1925 – John Henry Marks, English physician and author (d. 2022)
• 1926 – Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Joan Birman, American mathematician
• 1927 – Clint Walker, American actor and singer (d. 2018)
• 1927 – Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1928 – Pro Hart, Australian painter (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
• 1929 – Georges Gilson, French archbishop
• 1930 – Mark Birley, English businessman, founded Annabel's (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Robert Ryman, American painter (d. 2019)
• 1931 – Larry Silverstein, American real estate magnate
• 1932 – Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright
• 1932 – Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2018)
• 1934 – Alexei Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 2019)
• 1934 – Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer
• 1935 – Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Keir Dullea, American actor
• 1937 – Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician
• 1937 – Rick Mather, American-English architect (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Billie Letts, American author and educator (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Michael J. Pollard, American actor (d. 2019)
• 1939 – Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver
• 1939 – Tim Waterstone, Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones
• 1940 – Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1942 – John Gladwin, English bishop
• 1942 – Carole Stone, English journalist and author
• 1943 – James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)^[13]
• 1943 – Anders Michanek, Swedish motorcycle racer
• 1943 – Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist (d. 2020)
• 1944 – Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1944 – Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman
• 1945 – Gladys Horton, American singer (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Allan Chapman, English historian and author
• 1946 – Dragan Džajić, Serbian and Yugoslav footballer
• 1947 – Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (d. 2021)
• 1948 – Johan De Muynck, Belgian former professional road racing cyclist
• 1948 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 1948 – David Thorpe, Australian rules footballer
• 1949 – P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach
• 1949 – Paul Coleridge, English lawyer and judge
• 1949 – Bob Willis, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2019)
• 1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris
• 1950 – Paresh Rawal, Indian actor, producer, and politician
• 1950 – Joshua Rozenberg, English lawyer, journalist, and author
• 1951 – Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter
• 1951 – Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay
• 1951 – Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director
• 1952 – Daniel Grodnik, American screenwriter and producer
• 1952 – Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster
• 1953 – Jim Hunter, Canadian skier
• 1953 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor
• 1955 – Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter
• 1955 – Jacqueline McGlade, English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic
• 1955 – Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge
• 1955 – Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic
• 1956 – Tim Lucas, American author, screenwriter, and critic
• 1957 – Mike Clayton, Australian golfer
• 1958 – Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football player
• 1958 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2019)
• 1958 – Steve Israel, American lawyer and politician
• 1958 – Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1958 – Ted McGinley, American actor
• 1959 – Phil Brown, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1959 – Randy Ferbey, Canadian curler
• 1959 – Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
• 1961 – Harry Enfield, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Bob Yari, Iranian-American director and producer
• 1962 – Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• 1962 – Richard Fuller, English lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Tim Loughton, English businessman and politician
• 1962 – Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer
• 1963 – Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter
• 1963 – Élise Lucet, French journalist
• 1963 – Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut
• 1964 – Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1964 – Andrea Montermini, Italian race car driver
• 1964 – Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1965 – Troy Coker, Australian rugby player
• 1965 – Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – Iginio Straffi, Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l.
• 1966 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer and manager
• 1966 – Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 – Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Rechelle Hawkes, Australian hockey player
• 1967 – Sven Pipien, German-American bass player
• 1968 – Jason Kenney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Alberta
• 1968 – Zacarias Moussaoui, French citizen, sentenced to life in prison related to September 11 attacks
• 1969 – Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Paul Grayson, English rugby player and coach
• 1971 – Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 – Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician
• 1971 – Adrian Vowles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach
• 1974 – Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
• 1974 – Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer
• 1974 – CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
• 1974 – David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player
• 1975 – Brian Fair, American singer-songwriter
• 1975 – Andy Farrell, English rugby player and coach^[14]
• 1975 – Marissa Mayer, American computer scientist and businesswoman
• 1976 – Rasho Nesterović, basketball player
• 1976 – Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player and coach
• 1976 – Margaret Okayo, Kenyan runner^[15]
• 1977 – Rachael Stirling, English actress
• 1977 – Federico Vilar, Argentinian-Italian footballer
• 1979 – Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player^[16]
• 1979 – Clint Bowyer, American race car driver
• 1979 – Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Steven Gerrard, English international footballer and manager^[17]
• 1980 – Ilona Korstin, Russian basketball player
• 1980 – Ryōgo Narita, Japanese author
• 1981 – Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver
• 1981 – Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Remy Ma, American rapper
• 1981 – Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player
• 1981 – Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer
• 1982 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
• 1982 – James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player^[18]
• 1984 – Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer^[19]
• 1984 – Matt Maguire, Australian footballer^[20]
• 1984 – Alexander Sulzer, German ice hockey player^[21]
• 1985 – Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (d. 2013)^[22]
• 1985 – Igor Lewczuk, Polish footballer^[23]
• 1985 – Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player^[24]
• 1986 – Nikolay Bodurov, Bulgarian international footballer^[25]
• 1989 – Ailee, Korean-American singer and songwriter^[26]
• 1989 – Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player^[27]
• 1990 – Im Yoon-ah, South Korean singer and actress^[28]
• 1990 – Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player^[29]
• 1991 – Jonathan Fox, English swimmer^[30]
• 1992 – Harrison Barnes, American basketball player^[31]
• 1992 – Danielle Harold, English actress^[32]
• 1994 – Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player^[33]
• 1996 – Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player^[34]
• 1997 – Jung Eun-bi, South Korean singer and actress^[35]
• 1999 – Eddie Nketiah, English footballer^[36]
• 1999 – Guanyu Zhou, Chinese racing driver^[37]