Famous Births on 30 Oct

Famous Births on 30 Oct

1218 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)
1513 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (d. 1593)
1624 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)
1668 - Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705)
1735 - John Adams, President of the United States (d. 1826)
1751 - Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. 1816)
1762 - André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794)
1786 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer (d. 1871)
1799 - Ignace Bourget, bishop of Montreal (d. 1885)
1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881)
1839 - Alfred Sisley, French artist (d. 1899)
1844 - Harvey W. 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 (d. 1929)
1871 - Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. 1949)
1871 - Paul Valery, French poet (d. 1945)
1881 - Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)
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)
1888 - Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek Olympic champion (d. 1913)
1893 - Roland Freisler, German Nazi politician (d. 1945)
1893 - Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (d. 1972)
1894 - Jean Rostand, French biologist (d. 1977)
1895 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (d. 1964)
1895 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1896 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. 1985)
1896 - Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (d. 1928)
1897 - Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928)
1898 - Bill Terry, baseball player (d. 1989)
1900 - Ragnar Granit Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1906 - Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. 1970)
1906 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1966)
1907 - Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995)
1908 - Patsy Montana, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1996)
1909 - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966)
1911 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005)
1914 - Anna Wing, English actress
1914 - Richard E Holz, American composer
1915 - Fred Friendly, American journalist (d. 1998)
1916 - Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1917 - Bobby Bragan, American baseball player
1917 - Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (d. 1994)
1917 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
1922 - Jane White, American actress and singer
1926 - Jacques Swaters, Belgian racing driver
1927 - Joe Adcock, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1928 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
1930 - Nestor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. 1992)
1930 - Clifford Brown, American musician (d. 1956)
1931 - Vince Callahan, American politician
1932 - Louis Malle, French film director (d. 1995)
1932 - Barun De, Indian historian
1934 - Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician
1935 - Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer
1935 - Michael Winner, British film director
1935 - Jim Perry, American baseball player
1935 - Robert Caro, American biographer
1936 - Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005)
1937 - Claude Lelouch, French film director
1939 - Edward Holland, Jr., American singer
1939 - Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane)
1939 - Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1940 - Ed Lauter, American actor
1941 - Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Otis Williams, American singer
1943 - Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
1945 - Henry Winkler, American actor
1947 - Timothy B. Schmit, American musician (Eagles)
1948 - Rusty Goffe, British actor
1951 - Harry Hamlin, American actor
1953 - Charles Martin Smith, American actor
1954 - Mario Testino, Peruvian-born English fashion photographer
1956 - Juliet Stevenson, English actress
1957 - Kevin Pollak, American actor
1957 - Andy Archer, Scottish dramatist
1958 - Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist
1958 - Stefan Dennis, Australian actor
1958 - Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)
1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer
1961 - Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
1962 - Courtney Walsh, West Indian cricketer
1963 - Michael Beach, American actor
1963 - Kristina Wagner, American actress
1964 - Howard Lederer, American poker player
1966 - Scott Innes, American voice actor
1967 - Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Gavin Rossdale, English musician
1968 - Jack Plotnick, American actor
1969 - Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
1970 - Ben Bailey, American host of the game show Cash Cab
1970 - Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
1970 - Nia Long, American actress
1970 - Tory Belleci, American TV Mythbuster
1970 - Maja Tatic, Bosnia singer
1971 - Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor and singer
1973 - Adam "Edge" Copeland, Canadian wrestler
1973 - Silvia Corzo, Colombian newscaster
1973 - Michael Oakes, English footballer
1975 - Maria Thayer, American actress
1975 - Ian D'Sa, Guitarist/Vocalist for Canadian rock band Billy Talent
1976 - Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
1976 - Maurice Taylor, American Basketball Player
1977 - Jason Adelman, American actor
1977 - Charmian Faulkner, Australian crime victim
1978 - Martin Dossett, American football player
1978 - Amanda Swafford, American model
1979 - Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress
1979 - Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
1980 - Sarah Carter, Canadian actress
1980 - Choi Hong-man, South Korean kickboxer
1981 - Ivanka Trump, American model
1981 - Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
1981 - Ian Snell, American baseball player
1982 - Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
1982 - Manny Parra, American baseball player
1983 - Trent Edwards, American Football Player
1983 - Iain Hume, Canadian footballer
1984 - Eva Pigford, American model
1986 - Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
1987 - Junaid Siddique, Bangladeshi cricketer
1988 - Janel Parrish, American actress
1989 - Nastia Liukin, American gymnast
1989 - Seth Adkins, American actor