Famous Births on 30 Aug

Famous Births on 30 Aug

1334 - Pedro of Castile (d. 1369)
1377 - Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)
1705 - David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)
1720 - Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796)
1748 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer (d. 1851)
1808 - Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
1813 - Princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862
1818 - Alexander H. Rice, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
1821 - Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi's wife (War of Tatters) (d. 1849)
1839 - Gulstan Ropert, French Catholic prelate (d. 1903)
1842 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)
1848 - Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)
1852 - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1911)
1856 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (d. 1927)
1860 - Isaac Levitan, Russian artist (d. 1900)
1870 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)
1871 - Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1937)
1884 - Theodor Svedberg, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1893 - Huey Long, American politician (d. 1935)
1896 - Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (d. 1983)
1898 - Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)
1901 - Roy Wilkins, American civil rights leader (1981)
1901 - John Gunther, American writer (d. 1970)
1906 - Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979)
1908 - Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
1912 - Edward Mills Purcell, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1912 - Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent
1913 - Richard Stone, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1991)
1915 - Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003)
1918 - Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1918 - Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1919 - Kitty Wells, American singer
1922 - Lionel Murphy, Australian politician (d. 1986)
1922 - Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano
1923 - Vic Seixas, American tennis player
1923 - Barbara Mary Ansell, UK founder of paediatric rheumatology (d. 2001)
1924 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)
1925 - Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator
1928 - Lloyd Casner, American racecar driver and owner (d. 1965)
1930 - Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur
1930 - Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach
1931 - Jack Swigert, American astronaut (d. 1982)
1933 - Don Getty, Canadian politician
1935 - John Phillips, American singer (Mamas and the Papas) (d. 2001)
1937 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team (d. 1970)
1939 - John Peel, English radio disc jockey (d. 2004)
1939 - Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
1941 - Ben Jones, American actor and politician
1943 - Jean-Claude Killy, French skier
1943 - Robert Crumb, American cartoonist
1944 - Molly Ivins, American political humorist (d. 2007)
1944 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1946 - Peggy Lipton, American actress
1946 - Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
1947 - Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat
1948 - Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
1948 - Lewis Black, American comedian
1949 - Peter Maffay, German musician
1949 - Ted Ammon, American financier (d. 2001)
1949 - Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (d. 1994)
1949 - Don Boudria, Canadian politician
1951 - Timothy Bottoms, American actor
1951 - Dana, Irish singer and politician
1953 - Ron George, American politician
1953 - Robert Parish, American basketball player
1953 - Horace Panter, British musician (The Specials and General Public)
1953 - Robin Harris, American comedian (d. 1990)
1954 - David Paymer, American actor
1954 - Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
1958 - Martin Jackson, British drummer (Swing out Sister)
1958 - Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
1959 - Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor
1960 - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (d. 1992)
1960 - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese terrorist group Hizbollah
1960 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1960 - Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer
1962 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer (d. 2006)
1963 - Michael Chiklis, American actor
1963 - Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey
1964 - Gavin Fisher, British engineer
1966 - Michael Michele, American actress
1968 - Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player
1969 - Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist
1970 - Michael Wong Guang Liang, Chinese Malaysian singer
1971 - Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs)
1972 - Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
1972 - Cameron Diaz, American actress
1973 - Lisa Ling, American journalist
1974 - Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist
1974 - Aaron Barrett, Lead singer/guitarist of Reel Big Fish
1975 - Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer
1976 - Mike Koplove, American baseball player
1977 - Jens Ludwig, German guitarist
1977 - Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer
1977 - Elden Henson, American actor
1977 - Marlon Byrd, American baseball player
1977 - Shaun Alexander, American football player
1978 - Swizz Beatz, rapper/producer
1978 - Cliff Lee, American baseball player
1979 - Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
1979 - Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer
1979 - Leon Lopez, British actor
1979 - Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player
1982 - Andy Roddick, American tennis player
1982 - Will Davison, Australian racing driver
1983 - Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (d. 2007)
1983 - Jonne Aaron, Vocalist of the Finnish Band Negative
1983 - Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor
1984 - Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer
1985 - Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer
1985 - Steven Smith, Scottish footballer
1986 - Ryan Ross, American guitarist and lyricist (Panic at the Disco)
1988 - Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player
1990 - Kyle Swann, American actor