July 30 - Births

Births

• 1511 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect (d. 1574)
• 1549 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
• 1641 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)
• 1751 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (d. 1829)
• 1763 – Samuel Rogers, English poet (d. 1855)
• 1809 – Charles Chiniquy, Canadian priest (d. 1899)
• 1818 – Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848)
• 1818 – Jan Heemskerk, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1897)
• 1825 – Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian engineer and writer (d. 1893)
• 1855 – Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German businessman (d. 1919)
• 1857 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (d. 1929)
• 1859 – Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and minister, founded Lunn Poly (d. 1939)
• 1863 – Henry Ford, American businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (d. 1947)
• 1864 – Dirk Boest Gips, Dutch target shooter (d. 1920)
• 1872 – Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Smedley Butler, American marine general (d. 1940)
• 1885 – Russell van Horn, American lightweight boxer (d. 1970)
• 1887 – Marquard Schwarz, American swimmer (d. 1968)
• 1889 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian physicist (d. 1982)
• 1890 – Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)
• 1893 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and stateswoman, Leader of the Opposition (d. 1967)
• 1895 – Wanda Hawley, American actress (d. 1963)
• 1898 – Henry Moore, English sculptor (d. 1986)
• 1899 – Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
• 1901 – Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
• 1904 – Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974)
• 1909 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Magda Schneider German actress (d. 1996).
• 1910 – Edgar de Evia, American photographer (d. 2003)
• 1913 – Lou Darvas, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1999)
• 1916 – Dick Wilson, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Berniece Baker Miracle, American author, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe
• 1921 – Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Henry W. Bloch, American banker and businessman, co-founder of H&R Block
• 1924 – George Savitsky, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Jacques Sernas, Lithuanian-French actor
• 1925 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (d. 1984)
• 1927 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Victor Wong, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress
• 1928 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Sid Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and producer
• 1933 – Edd Byrnes, American actor
• 1934 – Bud Selig, American businessman, 9th Commissioner of Baseball
• 1936 – Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1936 – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz
• 1936 – Ralph Taeger, American actor
• 1938 – Hervé de Charette, French politician
• 1939 – Peter Bogdanovich, American director
• 1939 – Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation
• 1940 – Patricia Schroeder, American politician
• 1940 – Clive Sinclair, English inventor and businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research
• 1941 – Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1943 – Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian politician
• 1945 – Patrick Modiano, French novelist
• 1945 – David Sanborn, American saxophonist and composer
• 1946 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
• 1947 – William Atherton, American actor
• 1947 – Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist, discovered HIV, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 – Jonathan Mann, American activist (d. 1998)
• 1947 – Anna Panayiotopoulou, Greek actress and writer
• 1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
• 1948 – Jean Reno, Moroccan-French actor
• 1948 – Otis Taylor, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
• 1948 – Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and pianist (d. 2010)
• 1949 – Duck Baker, American guitarist
• 1950 – Frank Stallone, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1950 – Simón Trinidad, Colombian guerrilla group leader
• 1951 – Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
• 1954 – Ken Olin, American actor
• 1955 – Rat Scabies, English drummer (The Damned)
• 1956 – Delta Burke, American actress
• 1956 – Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – Anita Hill, American attorney and academic, witness at the sexual harassment trial against Clarence Thomas
• 1956 – Soraida Martinez, American painter, creator of Verdadism
• 1957 – Bill Cartwright, American basketball player
• 1957 – Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
• 1957 – Nery Pumpido, Argentine footballer
• 1958 – Richard Burgi, American actor
• 1958 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 – Neal McCoy, American singer-songwriter and humanitarian
• 1958 – Daley Thompson, English athlete
• 1960 – Richard Linklater, American director and screenwriter
• 1961 – Laurence Fishburne, American actor
• 1962 – Alton Brown, American chef, author, and producer
• 1962 – Jay Feaster, American ice hockey manager and executive
• 1963 – Lisa Kudrow, American actress, writer, and producer
• 1963 – Chris Mullin, American basketball player
• 1964 – Vivica A. Fox, American actress and producer
• 1964 – Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-American director
• 1964 – Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
• 1965 – Tim Munton, England cricketer
• 1966 – Allan Langer, Australian rugby player
• 1968 – Terry Crews, American football player and actor
• 1968 – Robert Korzeniowski, Polish race walker
• 1968 – Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers)
• 1969 – Simon Baker, Australian actor
• 1969 – Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer
• 1970 – Dean Edwards, American comedian and actor
• 1970 – Christopher Nolan, English-American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1971 – Elvis Crespo, Puerto Rican singer
• 1971 – Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1971 – Sagi Kalev, Israeli-American bodybuilder and model
• 1971 – Christine Taylor, American actress
• 1973 – Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
• 1973 – Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1973 – Sonu Nigam, Indian singer and actor
• 1974 – Sandra Diaz-Twine, American reality contestant, winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
• 1974 – Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1974 – Jason Robinson, English rugby player
• 1974 – Hilary Swank, American actress
• 1975 – Graham Nicholls, English author and artist
• 1975 – Cherie Priest, American author
• 1977 – Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist Miss Universe 1987
• 1977 – Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player
• 1977 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
• 1977 – Ian Watkins, Welsh singer-songwriter (Lostprophets and Public Disturbance)
• 1979 – Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player
• 1979 – Show Luo, Taiwanese singer, dancer, and actor
• 1979 – Graeme McDowell, Irish golfer
• 1979 – Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (d. 2012)
• 1980 – Diam's, French-Greek rapper
• 1980 – Sara Anzanello, Italian volleyball player
• 1980 – Justin Rose, English golfer
• 1981 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer
• 1981 – Juan Smith, South African rugby player
• 1982 – Khaliah Adams, American actress
• 1982 – James Anderson, English cricketer
• 1982 – Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
• 1982 – Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
• 1983 – Nathan Carter, Canadian actor
• 1983 – Seán Dillon, Irish footballer
• 1984 – Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
• 1984 – Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
• 1985 – Aml Ameen, English actor
• 1985 – Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
• 1986 – Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Anton Fink, German footballer
• 1988 – Lara Jean Marshall, English-Australian actress
• 1989 – Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1989 – Johannes Halbig, German musician (Killerpilze)
• 1989 – Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer
• 1990 – Martin Stosch, German singer
• 1990 – Coco Sumner, Italian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 – Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1992 – Hannah Cockroft, English paralympic athlete
• 1993 – Katie Cecil, American singer, guitarist, and actress (KSM)
• 1993 – Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer (AKB48)
• 1998 – Johnny Bennett, English-Irish actor
• 1999 – Joey King, American actress
• 2002 – Prince Hridayendra of Nepal