October 30 - Births

Births

• 39 BC – Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (d. AD 14)
• 1218 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (d. 1234)
• 1513 – Jacques Amyot, French writer and translator (d. 1593)
• 1624 – Paul Pellisson, French author (d. 1693)
• 1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (d. 1705)
• 1735 – John Adams, American politician, 2nd President of the United States (d. 1826)
• 1748 – Martha Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1782)
• 1751 – Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. 1816)
• 1762 – André Chénier, French poet (d. 1794)
• 1786 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (d. 1871)
• 1799 – Ignace Bourget, Canadian priest and bishop (d. 1885)
• 1839 – Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (d. 1899)
• 1844 – Harvey Washington Wiley, American chemist (d. 1930)
• 1847 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (d. 1897)
• 1857 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (d. 1904)
• 1861 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (d. 1929)
• 1871 – Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. 1949)
• 1871 – Paul Valéry, French poet (d. 1945)
• 1873 – Francisco I. Madero, Mexican politician, 33rd President of Mexico (d. 1913)
• 1881 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)
• 1882 – Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player (d. 1957)
• 1882 – William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (d. 1959)
• 1882 – Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (d. 1944)
• 1885 – Ezra Pound, American poet (d. 1972)
• 1886 – Zoe Akins, American playwright (d. 1958)
• 1887 – Sukumar Ray, Bengali poet, author, and playwright (d. 1923)
• 1888 – Louis Menges, American soccer player (d. 1969)
• 1888 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek jumper (d. 1913)
• 1893 – Charles Atlas, Italian bodybuilder (d. 1972)
• 1893 – Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
• 1894 – Jean Rostand, French biologist (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• 1896 – Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (d. 1928)
• 1896 – Harry Randall Truman, American American owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens lodge (d. 1980)
• 1896 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (d. 1985)
• 1897 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928)
• 1897 – Agustín Lara, Mexican composer (d. 1970)
• 1898 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
• 1900 – Ragnar Granit Finnish-Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (d. 1966)
• 1906 – Hermann Fegelein, German SS general (d. 1945)
• 1906 – Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. 1970)
• 1907 – Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
• 1908 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (d. 1963)
• 1909 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian musician and composer (d. 1994)
• 1911 – Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Hans Berndt, German footballer (d. 1988)
• 1914 – Richard E Holz, American composer (d. 1986)
• 1914 – Anna Wing, English actress
• 1915 – Fred Friendly, American journalist (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Jane Randolph, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995)
• 1917 – Bobby Bragan, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Nikolai Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (d. 1994)
• 1917 – Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Jane White, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Tommy Ridgley, American singer (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1928 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. 1992)
• 1930 – Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1956)
• 1931 – Vince Callahan, American politician
• 1932 – Barun De, Indian historian
• 1932 – Louis Malle, French director (d. 1995)
• 1934 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor
• 1935 – Robert Caro, American journalist and author
• 1935 – Agota Kristof, Hungarian author (d. 2011)
• 1935 – Jim Perry, American baseball player
• 1935 – Michael Winner, English director and producer
• 1936 – Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Dick Vermeil, American football coach
• 1937 – Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, and producer
• 1939 – Jean Chapman, English author
• 1939 – Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 – Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1939 – Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and The Great Society)
• 1940 – Ed Lauter, American actor
• 1941 – Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 – Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Temptations)
• 1943 – Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
• 1945 – Henry Winkler, American actor, director, and producer
• 1946 – Robert L. Gibson, American astronaut
• 1946 – Chris Slade, Welsh drummer (Asia, The Firm, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, Uriah Heep, and Michael Schenker Group)
• 1947 – Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Eagles and Poco)
• 1948 – Rusty Goffe, English actor
• 1948 – Garry McDonald, Australian actor
• 1951 – Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and composer (Oregon and Tabla Beat Science)
• 1951 – Harry Hamlin, American actor
• 1951 – Poncho Sanchez, Mexican-American singer and conga player
• 1953 – Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American politician
• 1953 – Charles Martin Smith, American actor and director
• 1954 – Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
• 1954 – Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
• 1956 – Juliet Stevenson, English actress
• 1957 – Kevin Pollak, American actor
• 1958 – Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)
• 1958 – Stefan Dennis, Australian actor
• 1958 – Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist
• 1959 – Michael Fiedler, German footballer
• 1960 – Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer
• 1961 – Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
• 1961 – Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician
• 1962 – Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer
• 1963 – Michael Beach, American actor
• 1963 – Rebecca Heineman, American video game programmer
• 1963 – Kristina Wagner, American actress
• 1964 – Adnan Al Talyani, Emirates footballer
• 1964 – Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author
• 1964 – Howard Lederer, American poker player
• 1965 – Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bush and Institute)
• 1966 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian terrorist (d. 2006)
• 1966 – Scott Innes, American voice actor and songwriter
• 1967 – Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Karim el-Mejjati, Moroccan terrorist (d. 2005)
• 1968 – Jack Plotnick, American actor
• 1969 – Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
• 1969 – Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player
• 1970 – Ben Bailey, American comedian and game show host
• 1970 – Tory Belleci, American visual affects designer and television host
• 1970 – Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist
• 1970 – Nia Long, American actress
• 1970 – Maja Tatić, Serbian singer
• 1970 – Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
• 1971 – Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer
• 1971 – Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1971 – Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
• 1972 – Jessica Hynes, English actress and scriptwriter
• 1973 – Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor
• 1973 – Silvia Corzo, Colombian journalist
• 1973 – Michael Oakes, English footballer
• 1975 – Ian D'Sa, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Billy Talent)
• 1975 – Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1975 – Maria Thayer, American actress
• 1976 – Stephanie Izard, American chef
• 1976 – Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
• 1976 – Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer
• 1976 – Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
• 1977 – Jason Adelman, American actor
• 1977 – Eefke Mulder, Dutch field hockey player
• 1978 – Martin Dossett, American football player
• 1978 – Matthew Morrison, American actor and singer
• 1978 – Amanda Swafford, American model
• 1978 – Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 – Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
• 1979 – Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress
• 1980 – Sarah Carter, Canadian actress and singer
• 1980 – Jon Foo, English actor and martial artist
• 1980 – Choi Hong-man, South Korean mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Kareem Rush, American basketball player
• 1981 – Joshua Jay, American magician
• 1981 – Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
• 1981 – Ayaka Kimura, Japanese actress
• 1981 – Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
• 1981 – Ian Snell, American baseball player
• 1981 – Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
• 1982 – Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
• 1982 – Manny Parra, American baseball player
• 1983 – Trent Edwards, American football player
• 1983 – Iain Hume, Scottish-Canadian footballer
• 1983 – Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer
• 1984 – Eva Marcille, American model and actress
• 1984 – Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
• 1987 – Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer
• 1988 – Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
• 1989 – Seth Adkins, American actor
• 1989 – Jay Asforis, American singer
• 1989 – Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer
• 1989 – Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast
• 1989 – Vanessa White, English singer-songwriter and dancer (The Saturdays)
• 1990 – Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter
• 1992 – Tequan Richmond, American actor
• 1996 – Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
• 1998 – Meimi Tamura, Japanese singer and actress (S/mileage)