January 30 - Births

Births

• 58 BC – Livia, First Roman Empress the wife of Emperor Augustus (d. 29)
• 133 – Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (d. 193)
• 1563 – Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian (d. 1641)
• 1615 – Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler (d. 1675)
• 1661 – Charles Rollin, French historian (d. 1741)
• 1697 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flautist and composer (d. 1773)
• 1720 – Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778)
• 1754 – John Lansing, Jr., American statesman (d. 1829)
• 1775 – Walter Savage Landor, English writer (d. 1864)
• 1781 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
• 1816 – Nathaniel Prentice Banks, American politician (d. 1894)
• 1822 – Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (d. 1899)
• 1832 – Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier (d. 1897)
• 1841 – Félix Faure, French politician (d. 1899)
• 1852 – Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian playwright and poet (d. 1912)
• 1859 – Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. 1944)
• 1861 – Charles Martin Loeffler, German composer (d. 1935)
• 1862 – Walter Johannes Damrosch, German composer (d. 1950)
• 1864 – James Mitchel, Irish-born American athlete (d. 1921)
• 1866 – Gelett Burgess, American literary humorist (d. 1951)
• 1873 – Georges Ricard-Cordingley, French painter (d. 1939)
• 1875 – Walter Middelberg, Dutch rower (d. 1944)
• 1878 – Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
• 1882 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States (d. 1945)
• 1889 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and dramatist (d. 1937)
• 1890 – Bruno Kastner, German actor (d. 1932)
• 1894 – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria (d. 1943)
• 1899 – Max Theiler, South African virologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1972)
• 1901 – Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (d. 1959)
• 1902 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Roy Eldridge, American musician (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Werner Hartmann, German physicist (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Francis Schaeffer, American theologian and pastor (d. 1984)
• 1912 – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Percy Thrower, British Television Gardener (d. 1988)
• 1914 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French naval officer and artist (d. 2000)
• 1914 – John Ireland, Canadian actor (d. 1992)
• 1914 – David Wayne, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)
• 1915 – John Profumo, British cabinet minister (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (d. 2008)
• 1918 – David Opatoshu, American television actor (d. 1996)
• 1919 – Nikolay Glazkov, Russian poet (d. 1979)
• 1919 – Fred Korematsu, Japanese-American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Michael Anderson, English film director
• 1920 – Carwood Lipton, American WWII veteran (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Delbert Mann, American film director (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Dick Martin, American comedian (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Walt Dropo, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist
• 1925 – Dorothy Malone, American actress
• 1927 – Ahmed Abdul-Malik, American musician (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Olof Palme, Swedish politician (d. 1986)
• 1927 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Hal Prince, American stage producer and director
• 1929 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian surgeon and aid worker (d. 1996)
• 1930 – Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player (d. 1992)
• 1930 – Samuel Byck, American criminal (d. 1974)
• 1930 – Gene Hackman, American actor
• 1930 – Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Magnus Malan, South African politician (d. 2011)
• 1931 – John Crosbie, Canadian politician
• 1931 – Allan W. Eckert, American naturalist and author
• 1931 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian author
• 1932 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician
• 1933 – Louis Rukeyser, American journalist (d. 2006)
• 1935 – Richard Brautigan, American writer and poet (d. 1984)
• 1936 – F. Vernon Boozer, American politician
• 1936 – Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist (d. 1998)
• 1937 – Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
• 1937 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
• 1938 – Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan
• 1941 – Gregory Benford, American author and scientist
• 1941 – Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States
• 1941 – Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
• 1942 – Marty Balin, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and KBC Band)
• 1943 – Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager
• 1944 – Gad Tsobari, Israeli lightweight wrestler
• 1945 – Michael Dorris, American author (d. 1997)
• 1947 – Les Barker, English poet
• 1947 – Steve Marriott, English musician (Humble Pie and The Small Faces) (d. 1991)
• 1948 – Nick Broomfield, English documentarian
• 1948 – Paul Magee, Irish Republican Army figure
• 1948 – Miles Reid, English mathematician
• 1949 – Peter Agre, American biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1950 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1951 – Phil Collins, English musician (Genesis and Brand X)
• 1951 – Charles S. Dutton, American actor
• 1951 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995)
• 1952 – Doug Falconer, Canadian football player
• 1953 – Fred Hembeck, American cartoonist
• 1955 – John Baldacci, American politician
• 1955 – Tom Izzo, American basketball coach
• 1955 – Curtis Strange, American golfer
• 1955 – Judith Tarr, American author
• 1955 – Mychal Thompson, Bahamian basketball player
• 1956 – Jeremy Gittins, English actor
• 1956 – Darko Rundek, Croatian musician, actor and theatrical director (Haustor)
• 1956 – Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese racing driver
• 1957 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
• 1958 – Brett Butler, American actress and comedian
• 1959 – Mark Eitzel, American singer and musician (American Music Club)
• 1959 – Jody Watley, American singer (Shalamar)
• 1960 – Tony O'Dell, American actor
• 1960 – Alex Titomirov, Russian-born American businessman
• 1961 – Dexter Scott King, American actor and film maker, son of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• 1962 – King Abdullah II of Jordan
• 1963 – Tina Malone, English actress
• 1964 – Otis Smith, American basketball player
• 1965 – Julie McCullough, American model and actress
• 1966 – Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Jay Gordon, American musician (Orgy)
• 1968 – Trevor Dunn, American musician (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, and Tomahawk)
• 1968 – Prince Felipe of Spain
• 1968 – Tony Maudsley, British film actor
• 1969 – Carolyn Kepcher, American businesswoman and reality contestant on The Apprentice
• 1971 – Darren Boyd, British actor
• 1971 – Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player
• 1972 – Lupillo Rivera, Mexican singer
• 1972 – Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Jalen Rose, American basketball player
• 1974 – Christian Bale, English actor
• 1974 – Olivia Colman, English actress
• 1974 – Jemima Khan, English socialite
• 1975 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
• 1976 – Andy Milonakis, American actor and comedian
• 1977 – Dan Hinote, American ice hockey player
• 1977 – Tom Malchow, American swimmer
• 1977 – Deltha O'Neal, American football player
• 1978 – Carmen Küng, Swiss curler
• 1978 – John Patterson, American baseball player
• 1979 – Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Leilani Dowding, British model
• 1980 – Josh Kelley, American singer
• 1980 – Pavel Ponomaryov, Russian-Estonian actor
• 1980 – Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer
• 1980 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
• 1981 – Jonathan Bender, American basketball player
• 1981 – Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1981 – Peter Crouch, English footballer
• 1981 – Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver
• 1982 – Jorge Cantu, Mexican baseball player
• 1982 – DeSagana Diop, Senegalese basketball player
• 1982 – Mark Nwokeji, English footballer
• 1984 – Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player
• 1984 – Kid Cudi, American rapper and musician (WZRD)
• 1984 – Xi Zhang, American Painter
• 1985 – Torrey Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Trae Williams, American football player
• 1986 – Sam Duckworth, British singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Nick Evans, American baseball player
• 1987 – Rebecca Knox, Irish wrestler
• 1987 – Renato Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
• 1988 – Rob Pinkston, American actor
• 1989 – Tomás Mejías, Spanish footballer
• 1989 – Khleo Thomas, American actor and rapper
• 1990 – Joe Colborne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Eiza Gonzalez, Mexican actress and singer
• 1990 – Nils Miatke, German footballer
• 1990 – Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1990 – Jake Thomas, American actor and singer
• 1995 – Misaki Iwasa, Japanese singer (AKB48)
• 1995 – Viktoria Komova, Russian gymnast
• 1995 – Thia Megia, American singer
• 2005 – Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II of Jordan