Famous Birthdays on May 30 (2024)

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 216

• 1010 Emperor Renzong of China, Emperor of the Song dynasty (d. 1063)
• 1201 Theobald de Champagne, French ruler (Count of Champagne; King of Navarre, 1234-53), poet, and troubadour, born in Troyes, County of Champagne (d. 1253)

• 1423 Georg von Purbach, Austrian mathematician and astronomer (best known for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum), born in Peuerbach, Austria (d. 1461)
• 1578 Valentin Dretzel, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1658)
• 1623 John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
• 1623 Wallerant Vaillant, French painter and engraver, born in Lille, France (d. 1677)
• 1653 Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1676)
• 1664 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish-Italian minister and cardinal, born in Piacenza, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1752)
• 1718 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, British politician, born in Fairford, Gloucestershire (d. 1793)

• 1797 Johann Christian Lobe, German composer, born in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1881)
• 1800 Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach), born in Jena, Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1834)
• 1808 Joaquim Casimiro Jr., Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1862)
• 1812 John Alexander McClernand, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky (d. 1900)
• 1814 Eugène Charles Catalan, French-Belgian mathematician (worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1894)
• 1819 William McMurdo, British army officer (d. 1894)
• 1820 Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French Canadian politician (1st Premier of Quebec), born in Charlesbourg, Quebec (d. 1890)
• 1829 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1897)
• 1830 Edward Winslow Hinks, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bucksport, Maine (d. 1894)
• 1832 George Doherty Johnston, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Hillsborough, North Carolina (d. 1910)
• 1835 Alfred Austin, English poet laureate of England (Garden), born in Headingley, Yorkshire, England (d. 1913)
• 1844 Louis Varney, French composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1908)
• 1845 Amadeus/Amadeo I, duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1870-73), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1890)
• 1846 Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (famous for Fabergé eggs), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1920)
• 1847 Alice Stopford Green, Irish historian and proponent of Irish independence, born in Kells, Ireland (d. 1929)
• 1853 Andries Andre, Dutch actor and husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen (Trumpeter-Major) (d. 1890)
• 1853 Karl Valentin, Swedish composer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1918)
• 1859 Pierre Janet, French psychologist and neurologist (contributed to the modern concept of mental and emotional disorders involving anxiety, phobias, and other abnormal behaviour), born in Paris (d. 1947)
• 1867 Arthur Vining Davis, American industrialist and CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), born in Sharon, Massachusetts (d. 1962)
• 1871 Amos Rusie, American Baseball HOF pitcher (Triple Crown & NL wins leader 1894; 5 × NL strikeout leader; pitched no-hitter 1891; NY Giants), born in Mooresville, Indiana (d. 1942)
• 1871 Olga Engl, Austrian actress (Phantom), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
• 1875 Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (The Doctrine of Fascism), born in Castelvetrano, Italy (d. 1944)
• 1878 Mike Donlin, American baseball player (NY Giants), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1933)
• 1879 Colin Blythe, English cricketer (outstanding slow lefty pre-WWI), born in Deptford (d. 1917)
• 1881 Georg von Küchler, German field marshal and WWII war criminal, born in Schloss Philippsruh, German Empire (d. 1968)
• 1882 Wyndham Halswelle, British athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1908), born in London, England (d. 1915)
• 1883 Riccardo Zandonai, Italian composer, born in Borgo Sacco, Rovereto, Austria-Hungary (d. 1944)
• 1886 Randolph Bourne, American writer (Education and Living), born in Bloomfield, New Jersey (d. 1918)
• 1887 Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and lithographer, born in Kyiv, Russian Empire (d. 1964)
• 1887 Gino Tagliapietra, Italian pianist and composer (Antologia di musica antica e moderna per pianoforte), born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1954)
• 1888 James A. Farley, American politician (ran Franklin Roosevelt's presidential campaign, US Postmaster General 1932-38), born in Grassy Point New York (d. 1976)
• 1891 Iman Jacob van den Bosch, Dutch WWII resistance fighter, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1944)
• 1892 Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)
• 1894 Hubertus van Mook, Dutch colonial administrator (Acting Governor General of the Dutch East Indies 1942-48), born in n Semarang in Central Java (d. 1965)
• 1895 Maurice Tate, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 155 wickets, 1 x 100, 5 x 50), born in Brighton, England (d. 1956)
• 1896 Howard Hawks, American director and producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface), born in Goshen, Indiana (d. 1977)
• 1899 Irving Thalberg, American film producer (MGM), born in Booklyn, New York (d. 1936)
• 1900 James A. Parsons, American metallurgist and inventor (stainless steel), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1989) [1]
• 1901 Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1979)
• 1902 Seton Lloyd, English Archaeologist (Arzawa civilization, Turkey), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1996)
• 1902 Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Perry], American actor (Miracle in Harlem) 1st African American film star, born in Key West, Florida (d. 1985)
• 1903 Countee Cullen, African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance (The Black Christ; Copper Sun), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1946) [1]
• 1903 Ray Howard-Jones, Welsh artist, born in Lambourn, England (d. 1996)
• 1904 Ernesto de la Guardia, President of Panama (1956-60), born in Panama City, Panama (d. 1983)
• 1906 Bruno Gröning, German faith healer (d. 1959)
• 1907 Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)
• 1907 Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. 2008)
• 1908 Mel Blanc, American radio comedian and voice actor, best known for his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1989)

• 1910 Inge Meysel, German actress (None, Ida Rogalski), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2004)
• 1911 Douglas Fowley, American actor (Singin' in the Rain, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), born in New York City (d. 1998)
• 1912 Alexander Langsdorf, American physicist (worked on the Manhattan Project), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1996)
• 1912 Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (Ben-Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!), born in Marian Glas, Anglesey, Wales (d. 1980)
• 1912 Joseph Stein, American dramatist and playwright (Fiddler on the Roof), born in New York City (d. 2010)
• 1912 Julian Symons, English crime writer and poet, born in London, England (d. 1994)
• 1913 Cedric Thorpe Davie, British composer of film scores and pedagogue (The Green Man; St. Andrews University), born in Lewisham, London (d. 1983)
• 1914 Bobby Sherwood, American jazz and session guitarist (Bing Crosby, 1933-40), big band bandleader, and disc jockey, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1981)
• 1915 Jerome Bert Weisner, American engineer (science advisor to John. F Kennedy, President of MIT 1971-80), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1994)
• 1915 Larry Kelley, American College Football Hall of Fame tight end (Heisman Trophy 1936; Unanimous All-American 1936; Yale), born in Hightstown, New Jersey (d. 2000)
• 1916 Joseph W Kennedy, American chemist (Manhattan Project; 1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium), and educator, born in Nacogdoches, Texas (d. 1957)
• 1918 Bob Evans, American restaurateur (Bob Evans Farms), born in Sugar Ridge, Ohio (d. 2007)
• 1918 Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
• 1919 René Barrientos, President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
• 1920 George London, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1985)
• 1920 John Heawood, Canadian actor, singer and choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), born in Canada (d. 1995)
• 1922 Hal Clement [Harry Clement Stubbs], American sci-fi writer (Mission of Gravity; Needle), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
• 1923 Jimmy Lydon, American actor (Twice Blessed, Life with Father), born in Harrington Park, New Jersey (d. 2022)
• 1924 Armando Peraza, Cuban jazz, Latin jazz, and rock percussionist (George Shearing; Cal Tjader; Santana, 1972-90), born in Lawton Batista, Havana, Cuba (d. 2014) [birth year disputed]
• 1924 Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (Olympic gold heavyweight 1952, silver 1948, bronze 1960, 64), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2016)
• 1925 Claude Prey, French pianist, organist, and opera composer (Jonas), born in Fleury sur Andelle, France (d. 1998)
• 1925 Eddy Bruma, Surinamese politician, lawyer and writer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2000)
• 1925 Gerard Toorenaar, Dutch controversial police officer (political commissar in Amsterdam 1975-79), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1994)
• 1926 Christine Jorgensen, American pioneering transsexual and the first person widely known for having had sex reassignment surgery, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1989)
• 1926 Edouard Van Remoortel, Belgian conductor (St Louis Symphony, 1958-62), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1977)
• 1926 James Whitman McLamore, American businessman and 1st CEO of Burger King who created The Whopper, born in New York City (d. 1996) [1]
• 1927 Clint Walker, American actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen), born in Hartford, Illinois (d. 2018)
• 1927 Dick Noel, American vocalist, jingle singer, radio and television performer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
• 1928 Agnès Varda, Belgium-born French director (Vagabond), born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 2019)
• 1928 Glyn Moses, Welsh rugby league fullback (2 caps Wales. 9 Great Britain; Salford, St. Helens), born in Nant-y-Moel, Wales (d. 2021)
• 1928 Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor, born in 's-Graveland, Netherlands (d. 2012)
• 1928 John Keith Wright, English economist, diplomat and Under-Secretary, Overseas Development Administration (1971-84), born in Ealing, England (d. 1994) [1]
• 1928 Pro Hart, Australian artist (d. 2006)
• 1929 Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (Scott Hamilton, Patrick Chan, Tiffany Chin), born in Washington, D.C.. (d. 2014)
• 1929 Michael Mellinger, German actor (Goldfinger; The Bourne Identity), born in Kochel, Bavaria (d. 2004)
• 1930 David Evatt Tunley, Australian composer, educator, and musicologist, born in Sydney, Australia
• 1930 Mark Birley, British nightclub owner (d. 2007)
• 1930 Robert Ryman, American minimalist painter and visual artist known for his white-on-white works, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2019)
• 1932 Pauline Oliveros, American avant garde composer (Sound Patterns), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1932 Seppo Nummi, Finnish composer and music critic, born in Oulu, Finland (d. 1981)
• 1933 Sid Mark [Fliegelman], American disc jockey and 'Frank-ophile' (The Sounds of Sinatra, 1960-2022), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2022)

• 1934 Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach (d. 2012)
• 1935 Bill Mallory, College Football coach (Miami, Colorado, Northern Illinois, Indiana), born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 2018)
• 1935 Ni Kuang, Hong Kong-American novelist and screenwriter (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), born in Shanghai, China (d. 2022) [1]
• 1936 Keir Dullea, actor (2001, 2010, David & Lisa), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1936 Roy Harford, New Zealand cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests, 11 dismissals; Auckland), born in London, England
• 1936 Ruta Lee, actress (Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar)
• 1937 Arthur C. Jacobs, Scottish poet, born in Glasgow (d. 1994)
• 1937 George Zweig, Russian-American physicist (Quark model), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
• 1938 Lone Koppel, Danish operatic soprano (Danish Royal Theatre, 1962-93) and avant garde rock singer (Savage Garden), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1939 Dieter Quester, Austrian racing driver, born in Vienna, Austria
• 1939 Michael J Pollard [Pollack], American character actor (Bonnie & Clyde; Roxanne), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2019)
• 1940 David Ackroyd, actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of Me), born in Orange, New Jersey
• 1942 Dan Miller, American politician (Rep-R-Florida 1993-2003), born in Highland Park, Michigan
• 1943 Francesco Rizzo, Italian soccer midfielder (2 caps; Cagliari, ACF Fiorentina, Bologna FC, Genoa CFC), born in Rovito, Italy (d. 2022)

• 1943 Leon Burtnett, American college football coach (Purdue University 1982-86; Big Ten Coach of the Year 1984), born in Fresno, California (d. 2021)
• 1944 John Casado, American graphic artist (MacIntosh; New Line Cinema), album cover designer (Doobie Brothers, Aaron Neville, Barry White, and photographer, born in East Los Angeles, California
• 1944 Lenny Davidson, British rock guitarist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), born in London, England
• 1945 Barry Clifford, American underwater explorer (discovered 1st verified pirate shipwreck the Whydah), born in Hyannis, Massachusetts
• 1945 Gladys Horton, American pop singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"; "Too Many Fish In The Sea"), born in Gainesville, Florida (d. 2011) [some sources have birth year as1944]
• 1945 Meredith MacRae, American actress (Petticoat Junction. 1966-70- "Billie Jo"; My Three Sons, 1964-66 - "Sally"), and talk show host, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2000)
• 1945 Norman Eshley, English actor
• 1945 Richard Divila, Brazilian motorsports designer (Fittipaldi Automotive; Ligier, Nissan), born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2020)
• 1945 Steve Smith, American singer (Lawrence Welk Show), born in San Francisco, California
• 1946 Candy Lightner, American political activist/founder (MADD), born in Pasadena, California
• 1947 Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (LPGA Rookie of the Year 1972; Canadian Open 1973), born in Shawinigan, Quebec (d. 2021)
• 1947 Krishna Das [Jeffrey Kagel], American new age and kirtan vocalist, and record producer (All One), born in Long Island, New York
• 1948 Michael Piller, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1949 Bob Willis, English cricket fast bowler and captain (90 Tests, 325 wickets; 64 ODIs; Surrey CCC, MCC, Warwickshire CCC, Northern Transvaal), born in Sunderland, County Durham, England (d. 2019)
• 1949 P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
• 1950 Bertrand Delanoë, French politician
• 1950 Paresh Rawal, Indian Bollywood actor (Woh Chokri, Woh Chokri), born in Bombay, India
• 1951 Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician
• 1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, Tx, actor (Single White Female, Thelma & Louise)
• 1951 Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer, born in Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
• 1952 Alexander Toradze, Soviet Georgian-American concert pianist and music professor (University of Indiana, 1991-2017), born in Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR (d. 2022)
• 1952 Zoltán Kocsis, Hungarianpianist,conductor and composer, born in Budapest (d. 2016)
• 1953 Colm Meaney, actor (Star Trek Deep Space 9)
• 1953 Peter Townend, Australian surfer (first IPS/ASP World Champion 1976; International Surfing HOF), born in Coolangatta, Australia

• 1955 Jake "The Snake" Roberts, American pro wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame), born in Gainesville, Texas
• 1955 Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer (Clash. 1977-82 - "London Calling", "Rock the Casbah"), born in Bromley, England
• 1956 Allison Roe, New Zealand athlete (NYC Marathon, Boston 1981; Seoul 1982), born in Auckland, New Zealand
• 1956 David-Maria Sassoli, Italian politician and journalist, European Parliament President (2019-22), born in Florence, Italy (d. 2022)
• 1956 Jonathan Idema, Poughkeepsie, New York, torturer, kidnapper and con artist (d. 2012)
• 1956 Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Greek politician (1st female President of Greece 2020-), born in Thessaloniki, Greece
• 1957 Hervé Leroux, French fashion designer and founder of Hervé Léger fashion house, born in Bapaume, France (d. 2017)
• 1958 Marie Fredriksson, Swedish pop singer (Roxette - "Must Have Been Love"), born in Össjö, Sweden (d. 2019)
• 1958 Michael E Lopez-Alegria, Lt Cmdr/astro (STS 73, sk 92), born in Madrid, Spain
• 1958 Steve Israel, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (D-New York)
• 1958 Ted McGinley, actor (Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty), born in Newport Beach, California
• 1959 Claudia Alexander, Canadian-born American NASA Scientist (led Galileo mission to Jupiter), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2015)
• 1959 Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician, born in Bruges, Belgium
• 1960 Stephen Duffy, English rock singer, songwriter, and musician (The Lilac Time - "Paradise Circus"; solo - "Sugar High"; Duran Duran 1978-79), born in Alum Rock, England
• 1961 Ella Arolovich, Leningrad USSR, model
• 1961 Harry Enfield, English comedian and actor (Dermot-Men Behaving Badly, Saturday Live), born in Horsham, England
• 1961 Ralph Carter, American actor (Michael Evans-Good Times), born in New York City
• 1962 Elizabeth Alexander, American poet (American Sublime) and academic (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation president), born in Harlem, New York
• 1962 John Alt, American NFL tackle (KC Chiefs), born in Stuttgart, West Germany
• 1962 Kevin Eastman, American comic book creator (co-created Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), born in Portland, Maine
• 1962 Tonya Pinkins, American actress (Livia Frye-All My Children), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1963 Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12)
• 1963 Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iranian human rights lawyer, born in Langarud, Iran
• 1963 Sally Dyvenor [Whittaker], English actress (Coronation Street), born in Middleton, Lancashire, England
• 1964 Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver

• 1965 Billy Donovan Jr., American basketball head coach (Oklahoma City Thunder 2015-19; University of Florida, NCAA Cship 2006-07), born in Rockville Centre, New York
• 1965 Tammy Parks, actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold), born in Rockville Centre, New York
• 1965 Tyronne Stowe, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1966 Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler (Zimbabwe ODI)
• 1966 Stephen Malkmus, American songwriter, singer and guitarist (Pavement), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1967 Martin Blunt, British rock singer (The Charlatans - "The Only One I Know"), born in West Midlands, England
• 1968 Amy Fuller, American rower (World C'ship gold W 8+, 6 x silver; Olympic silver Coxless four 1992), born in Inglewood, California (d. 2023)
• 1968 Kelley Armstrong, Canadian novelist (Women of the Otherworld), born in Sudbury, Ontario
• 1968 Tim Burgess, English rock vocalist (Charlatans - "Only One I Know"), born in Salford, Lancashire, England
• 1968 Zacarias Moussaoui, French citizen and member of al-Qaeda who pled guilty to charges related to September 11, 2001 attacks, born in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
• 1970 Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist
• 1970 Sam Rogers, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)

• 1971 Jiri Slegr, Jihlava Cze, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers, Olympic gold 1998)
• 1972 Anthony Cook, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tenn Oilers)
• 1972 Jeff Jones, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
• 1972 Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball outfielder (12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 2004 [MVP], 07; 9 × Silver Slugger Award; Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• 1972 Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese seiyuu
• 1973 Je'Rod Cherry, safety (New Orleans Saints)
• 1974 Big L [Lamont Coleman], American rapper (Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1999)
• 1974 David Wilkie, American NHL hockey defenseman, 1994-2002 (Montreal Canadiens and 2 other teams), born in Ellensbrg, Washigton
• 1974 Konstantinos Chalkias, Greek footballer
• 1975 Andrew Farrell, English rugby league and union footballer
• 1975 CeeLo Green [Thomas Callaway], American Grammy winning singer-songwriter ("Crazy"; "F*** You"), television personality (The Voice, 2011-13), record producer, and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1975 Marissa Mayer, American technology executive (CEO of Yahoo, designed Google home page), born in Wausau, Wisconsin
• 1976 Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
• 1976 Omri Hairi Katz, actor (Marshall Teller-Eerie Indiana), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1977 Akwá, Angolan footballer
• 1977 Rachael Stirling, British actress
• 1978 Lyoto Machida, Brazilian mixed martial artist

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