30 October Births

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 62 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).

39 BC – Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (d. 14)
1218 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (d. 1234)
1513 – Jacques Amyot, French bishop and translator (d. 1593)
1624 – Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (d. 1693)
1660 – Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1731)
1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (d. 1705)
1712 – Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (d. 1770)
1735 – John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (d. 1826)
1748 – Martha Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1782)
1751 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (d. 1816)
1762 – André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright (d. 1794)
1786 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author (d. 1871)
1799 – Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (d. 1885)
1839 – Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (d. 1899)
1857 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and 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 and philosopher (d. 1945)
1873 – Francisco I. Madero, Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (d. 1913)
1877 – Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (d. 1941)
1881 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)
1882 – Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer (d. 1957)
1882 – William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (d. 1959)
1882 – Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
1885 – Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (d. 1972)
1886 – Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
1887 – Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (d. 1923)
1888 – Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician (d. 1969)
1888 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek footballer and high jumper (d. 1913)
1893 – Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (d. 1972)
1893 – Roland Freisler, German soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1945)
1894 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (d. 1977)
1894 – Peter Warlock, English composer and critic (d. 1930)
1895 – Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1895 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1896 – Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1896 – Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and educator (d. 1928)
1896 – Harry Randall Truman, American soldier (d. 1980)
1896 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (d. 1985)
1897 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928)
1897 – Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1970)
1898 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
1900 – Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1905 – Johnny Miles, English-Canadian runner (d. 2003)
1906 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (d. 1966)
1906 – Hermann Fegelein, German general (d. 1945)
1906 – Alexander Gode, German-American linguist and translator (d. 1970)
1907 – Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)
1908 – Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
1908 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1963)
1908 – Peter Smith, English cricketer (d. 1967)
1909 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic (d. 1966)
1910 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monacan organist and composer (d. 1994)
1911 – Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005)
1914 – Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (d. 1986)
1914 – Leabua Jonathan, Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (d. 1987)
1914 – Anna Wing, English actress (d. 2013)
1915 – Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud, French sculptor and educator (d. 1923)
1915 – Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and producer (d. 1998)
1915 – Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2009)
1916 – Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1917 – Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010)
1917 – Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994)
1917 – Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (d. 1994)
1917 – Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
1922 – Jane White, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
1924 – John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (d. 2015)
1923 – Gloria Oden, American poet and academic (d. 2011)
1925 – Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (d. 1999)
1926 – Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (d. 2010)
1927 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
1928 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1929 – Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (d. 2012)
1930 – Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)
1930 – Christopher Foster, English economist and academic
1930 – Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1956)
1930 – Don Meineke, American basketball player (d. 2013)
1931 – Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)
1931 – David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
1932 – Barun De, Indian historian and author (d. 2013)
1932 – Louis Malle, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1933 – Col Campbell, New Zealand gardener and television host (d. 2012)
1934 – Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach
1934 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (d. 2014)
1935 – Robert Caro, American journalist and author
1935 – Agota Kristof, Hungarian-Swiss author (d. 2011)
1935 – Jim Perry, American baseball player
1935 – Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1936 – Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (d. 2005)
1936 – Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach
1937 – Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Brian Price, Welsh rugby player
1938 – Morris Lurie, Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 2014)
1939 – Jean Chapman, English author
1939 – Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic
1939 – Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
1939 – Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model
1941 – Marcel Berlins, French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic
1941 – Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
1941 – Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Temptations)
1941 – Bob Wilson, English footballer and sportscaster
1942 – Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer and historian
1943 – Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator
1943 – Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
1943 – David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician
1944 – Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (d. 2015)
1945 – Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer
1946 – Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1946 – Andrea Mitchell, American journalist
1946 – Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic
1946 – Chris Slade, Welsh drummer
1947 – Glenn Andreotta, American soldier (d. 1968)
1947 – Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1947 – Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer
1948 – Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer
1948 – Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter
1949 – Larry Gene Bell, American murderer (d. 1996)
1950 – Tim Sheens, Australian rugby league player and coach
1951 – Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., American race car driver and businessman (d. 2000)
1951 – Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter
1951 – Harry Hamlin, American actor
1951 – Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player
1953 – Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American lawyer and politician
1953 – Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1954 – Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
1954 – Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
1955 – Heidi Heitkamp, American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota
1956 – Juliet Stevenson, English actress
1957 – Shlomo Mintz, Israeli violinist and conductor
1957 – Kevin Pollak, American actor, game show host, and producer
1958 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (Bergen Big Band) (d. 2014)
1958 – Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)
1958 – Stefan Dennis, Australian actor and singer
1958 – Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist and photographer
1959 – Vincent Lagaf', French actor, singer, and game show host
1960 – Charnele Brown, American actress and singer
1960 – Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1961 – Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
1961 – Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
1961 – Larry Wilmore, American comedian and television host
1962 – Danny Tartabull, Puerto Rican baseball player
1962 – Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer
1963 – Michael Beach, American actor and producer
1963 – Rebecca Heineman, American video game designer and programmer
1963 – Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author
1963 – Mike Veletta, Australian cricketer and coach
1963 – Kristina Wagner, American actress
1964 – Adnan Al Talyani, Emirati footballer
1964 – Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author
1964 – Howard Lederer, American poker player
1965 – Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1967 – Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist and conductor
1968 – Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (d. 2013)
1968 – Jack Plotnick, American actor, director, and producer
1968 – Ken Stringfellow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (d. 2015)
1969 – Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
1969 – Snow, Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter
1969 – Vangelis 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 and actress
1970 – Nia Long, American actress
1970 – Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
1971 – Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager
1971 – Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
1971 – Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
1972 – Jessica Hynes, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official
1973 – Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist
1973 – Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor
1973 – Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager
1973 – Raci Şaşmaz, Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Xhavit Bajrami, Albanian-Swiss kick-boxer
1975 – Ian D'Sa, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Billy Talent)
1975 – Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player
1976 – Stephanie Izard, American chef
1976 – Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
1976 – Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager
1976 – Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
1978 – Martin Dossett, American football player
1978 – Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor
1978 – Daniel Poulter, English physician and politician
1978 – Amanda Swafford, American model
1978 – Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
1979 – Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
1980 – Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
1980 – Kareem Rush, American basketball player
1980 – Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player
1981 – Joshua Jay, American magician and author
1981 – Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean model and actress
1981 – Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress
1981 – Ian Snell, American baseball player
1981 – Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
1982 – Stalley, American rapper
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 – David Mooney, Irish footballer
1984 – Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer
1986 – Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
1986 – Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor
1987 – Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer
1987 – Danielle Fong, Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy
1988 – Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
1989 – Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer
1989 – Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress
1989 – Vanessa White, English singer-songwriter and dancer
1990 – Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter
1992 – Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player
1992 – Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player
1993 – Marcus Mariota, American football player
1994 – Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player
1996 – Devin Booker, American basketball player

Source: Wikipedia