| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1377 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Shah Rukh |
ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447) |
| 1705 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
David Hartley |
English philosopher (d. 1757) |
| 1720 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Samuel Whitbread |
English brewer (d. 1796) |
| 1748 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Jacques-Louis David |
French painter (d. 1825) |
| 1768 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Joseph Dennie |
American writer (d. 1812) |
| 1797 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
English writer (d. 1851) |
| 1818 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Alexander H. Rice |
30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895) |
| 1821 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Anita Garibaldi |
Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi's wife (War of Tatters) (d. 1849) |
| 1839 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Gulstan Ropert |
French Catholic prelate (d. 1903) |
| 1848 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Andrew Onderdonk |
Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905) |
| 1850 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Marcelo H. del Pilar |
Filipino writer‚ journalist and revolutionary (d. 1896) |
| 1852 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff |
Dutch physical and organic chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1911) |
| 1856 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Carle David Tolme Runge |
German physicist (d. 1927) |
| 1860 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Isaac Levitan |
Russian artist (d. 1900) |
| 1871 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Ernest Rutherford |
New Zealand-born Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1937) |
| 1884 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Theodor Svedberg |
Swedish chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1890 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson |
British fighter ace (d. 1918) |
| 1893 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Huey Long |
American politician (d. 1935) |
| 1896 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Raymond Massey |
Canadian actor (d. 1983) |
| 1898 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Shirley Booth |
American actress (d. 1992) |
| 1901 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Roy Wilkins |
American civil rights leader (d. 1981) |
| 1901 |
August 30 |
Friday |
John Gunther |
American writer (d. 1970) |
| 1906 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Joan Blondell |
American actress (d. 1979) |
| 1908 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Fred MacMurray |
American actor (d. 1991) |
| 1912 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Edward Mills Purcell |
American physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1912 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Nancy Wake AC GM |
New Zealand-born World War II secret agent |
| 1913 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Richard Stone |
British economist Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1991) |
| 1915 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Robert Strassburg |
American composer (d. 2003) |
| 1917 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Denis Healey |
British politician‚ former Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1918 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Ted Williams |
American baseball player (d. 2002) |
| 1918 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Billy Johnson |
American baseball player (d. 2006) |
| 1919 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Kitty Wells |
American singer |
| 1919 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Wolfgang Wagner |
German opera director (d. 2010) |
| 1922 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Lionel Murphy |
Australian politician (d. 1986) |
| 1922 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Regina Resnik |
American mezzo-soprano |
| 1923 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Barbara Mary Ansell |
UK founder of paediatric rheumatology (d. 2001) |
| 1923 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Charmian Clift |
Australian writer and essayist (d. 1969) |
| 1923 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Vic Seixas |
American tennis player |
| 1924 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Geoffrey Beene |
American fashion designer (d. 2004) |
| 1925 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Laurent de Brunhoff |
French writer and illustrator |
| 1928 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Lloyd Casner |
American racecar driver and owner (d. 1965) |
| 1930 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Warren Buffett |
American entrepreneur |
| 1930 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Jerry Tarkanian |
American basketball coach |
| 1930 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Noel Harford |
New Zealand cricketer (d. 1981) |
| 1931 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Jack Swigert |
American astronaut (d. 1982) |
| 1933 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Don Getty |
Canadian politician |
| 1934 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Baloo Gupte |
Indian cricketer (d. 2005) |
| 1935 |
August 30 |
Friday |
John Phillips |
American singer/songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2001) |
| 1937 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Bruce McLaren |
New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team (d. 1970) |
| 1939 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
John Peel |
English radio disc jockey (d. 2004) |
| 1939 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Elizabeth Ashley |
American actress |
| 1941 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Ben Jones |
American actor and politician |
| 1942 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Pervez Sajjad |
Pakistani cricketer |
| 1943 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Robert Crumb |
American cartoonist |
| 1943 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Jean-Claude Killy |
French skier |
| 1944 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Molly Ivins |
American political humorist (d. 2007) |
| 1944 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Tug McGraw |
American baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 1946 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Peggy Lipton |
American actress |
| 1947 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Allan Rock |
Canadian politician and diplomat |
| 1948 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Lewis Black |
American comedian |
| 1948 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Fred Hampton |
Black Panther leader‚ murdered in 1969 Chicago Police raid |
| 1948 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Donnacha O'Dea |
Irish poker player and swimmer |
| 1949 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Peter Maffay |
German musician |
| 1949 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Ted Ammon |
American financier (d. 2001) |
| 1949 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Christopher Collins |
American actor and comedian (d. 1994) |
| 1949 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Don Boudria |
Canadian politician |
| 1950 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Antony Gormley |
English sculptor |
| 1951 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Timothy Bottoms |
American actor |
| 1951 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Dana |
Irish singer and politician |
| 1953 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Robin Harris |
American comedian (d. 1990) |
| 1953 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Horace Panter |
British musician (The Specials and General Public) |
| 1953 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Robert Parish |
American basketball player |
| 1953 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Ron George |
American politician |
| 1954 |
August 30 |
Monday |
David Paymer |
American actor |
| 1954 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Alexander Lukashenko |
President of Belarus |
| 1958 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Martin Jackson |
British drummer (Swing out Sister) |
| 1958 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Anna Politkovskaya |
Russian journalist (d. 2006) |
| 1959 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Mark 'Jacko' Jackson |
Australian rules footballer and actor |
| 1960 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Chalino Sanchez |
Mexican musician (d. 1992) |
| 1960 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Gary Gordon |
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993) |
| 1960 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Guy A. Lepage |
Quebec humorist‚ television host and producer |
| 1962 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Alexander Litvinenko |
Russian KGB officer (d. 2006) |
| 1963 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Michael Chiklis |
American actor |
| 1963 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Paul Oakenfold |
British disc jockey |
| 1963 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Dave Brockie |
American vocalist (GWAR) |
| 1964 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Gavin Fisher |
British engineer |
| 1966 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Michael Michele |
American actress |
| 1967 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Justin Vaughan |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1967 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Frederique van der Wal |
Dutch model |
| 1968 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Vladimir Malakhov |
Russian ice hockey player |
| 1969 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Dimitris Sgouros |
Greek pianist |
| 1970 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Carlo Checchinato |
Italian rugby player and manager |
| 1970 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
Michael Wong Guang Liang |
Chinese Malaysian singer |
| 1971 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Lars Frederiksen |
American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs) |
| 1972 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Cameron Diaz |
American actress |
| 1972 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Pavel Nedv?d |
Czech footballer |
| 1973 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Lisa Ling |
American journalist |
| 1974 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Javier Otxoa |
Spanish cyclist |
| 1974 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Aaron Barrett |
Lead singer/guitarist of Reel Big Fish |
| 1975 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Radhi Jaidi |
Tunisian footballer |
| 1976 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Lillo Brancato Jr. |
American actor |
| 1976 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Mike Koplove |
American baseball player |
| 1976 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Sarah-Jane Potts |
English actress |
| 1977 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Shaun Alexander |
American football player |
| 1977 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Marlon Byrd |
American baseball player |
| 1977 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Elden Henson |
American actor |
| 1977 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Kamil Kosowski |
Polish footballer |
| 1977 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Jens Ludwig |
German guitarist |
| 1978 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Swizz Beatz |
American record producer and rapper |
| 1978 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Cliff Lee |
American baseball player |
| 1978 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Sinead Kerr |
Irish Olympic figure skater/ice dancer |
| 1979 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Juan Ignacio Chela |
Argentine tennis player |
| 1979 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Leon Lopez |
British actor |
| 1979 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Niki Chow |
Hong Kong actress and singer |
| 1979 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Scott Richmond |
Canadian baseball player |
| 1979 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Tavia Yeung |
Hong Kong actress |
| 1981 |
August 30 |
Sunday |
German Legarreta |
American actor |
| 1982 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Andy Roddick |
American tennis player |
| 1982 |
August 30 |
Monday |
Will Davison |
Australian racing driver |
| 1983 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Jun Matsumoto |
Japanese singer and actor |
| 1983 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Gustavo Eberto |
Argentine footballer (d. 2007) |
| 1984 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Anthony Ireland |
Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 1985 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Richard Duffy |
Welsh footballer |
| 1985 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Leisel Jones |
Australian swimmer |
| 1985 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Eamon Sullivan |
Australian swimmer |
| 1985 |
August 30 |
Friday |
eva Risztov |
Hungarian swimmer |
| 1985 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Steven Smith |
Scottish footballer |
| 1986 |
August 30 |
Saturday |
Ryan Ross |
American musician (Panic! at the Disco) |
| 1988 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Michael Cavanaugh |
Professional gamer |
| 1988 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Ernests Gulbis |
Latvian tennis player |
| 1988 |
August 30 |
Tuesday |
Laura P?ldvere |
Estonian singer |
| 1989 |
August 30 |
Wednesday |
Ronald Huth |
Paraguayan footballer |
| 1991 |
August 30 |
Friday |
Liam Cooper |
Scottish footballer (Hull City) |
| 2001 |
August 30 |
Thursday |
Emily Bear |
American child pianist and composer |
