History Births on April 30

Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster

#Michael_Waltrip

Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Amanda_Palmer

Wayne Kramer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter

#Wayne_Kramer_(guitarist)

Sander Baart, Dutch field hockey player

#Sander_Baart

Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (d. 2012)

#Gary_Collins_(actor)

Liu Xijun, Chinese singer

#Liu_Xijun

Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer

#Jeroen_Verhoeven

Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (d. 1965)

#Olof_Sandborg

Justin Vernon, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer

#Justin_Vernon

Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

#Drew_Seeley

Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus (d. 1936)

#Hans_Poelzig

Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (d. 1972)

#Reverend_Gary_Davis

Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010)

#Jill_Clayburgh

Joachim von Ribbentrop, German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1946)

#Joachim_von_Ribbentrop

Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Finn_Kalvik

Louise of Lorraine (d. 1601)

#Louise_of_Lorraine

Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist

#Nicolas_Hulot

Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

#Kerry_Healey

Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (d. 1984)

#Erni_Krusten

Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (d. 1949)

#Cyriel_Verschaeve

Risto Mätas, Estonian javelin thrower

#Risto_Mätas

Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (d. 1923)

#Jaroslav_Hašek

Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager

#Phil_Garner

Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)

#Corinne_Calvet

Max Nettlau, German historian and academic (d. 1944)

#Max_Nettlau

Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (d. 2008)

#Dorival_Caymmi

Chris Carr, American football player

#Chris_Carr_(American_football)

Dianna Agron, American actress and singer

#Dianna_Agron

Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development

#Justine_Greening

Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player

#Luis_Scola

Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (d. 2014)

#Roger_L._Easton

Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (d. 1806)

#Mathurin_Jacques_Brisson

Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist (d. 1967)

#Alice_B._Toklas

Léon Flameng, French cyclist (d. 1917)

#Léon_Flameng

Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmaster

#Jorden_van_Foreest

Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player

#Chris_Kreider

J. Michael Brady, British radiologist

#J._Michael_Brady

Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (d. 1879)

#Albrecht_von_Roon

Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (d. 1947)

#Luigi_Russolo

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (d. 1719)

#Jean-Baptiste_de_La_Salle

Jonny Brownlee, English triathlete

#Jonny_Brownlee

Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)

#Simon_Kuznets

Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)

#Eve_Arden

John O'Shea, Irish footballer

#John_O'Shea

Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)

#Gaston_III,_Count_of_Foix

Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model

#Gal_Gadot

Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1944)

#Dadasaheb_Phalke

Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (d. 1940)

#Eugen_Bleuler

Luke Friend, English singer

#Luke_Friend

Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (d. 1948)

#Franz_Lehár

Sallehuddin of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah

#Sallehuddin_of_Kedah

Percy Heath, American bassist (d. 2005)

#Percy_Heath

Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor

#Leigh_Francis

Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor

#Kunal_Nayyar

Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer

#Jeroen_Brouwers

David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer (d. 1857)

#David_Thompson_(explorer)

Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)

#Humberto_Mauro

Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician

#Michael_Cleary_(rugby)

Kaarel Kiidron, Estonian footballer

#Kaarel_Kiidron

Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete

#Christian_Tamminga

Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician

#Geoffrey_Cox_(British_politician)

Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (d. 1937)

#Orso_Mario_Corbino

Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group

#Tony_Fernandes

Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 2002)

#Levi_Celerio

Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)

#Johann_Kaspar_Basselet_von_La_Rosée

Jeannie Haddaway, American politician

#Jeannie_Haddaway

Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter

#Juraj_Jakubisko

Lars von Trier, Danish director and screenwriter

#Lars_von_Trier

Brandon Bass, American basketball player

#Brandon_Bass

Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player

#Wang_Yafan

Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer

#Gerardo_Torrado

François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (d. 1708)

#François_de_Laval

F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator (d. 1992)

#F._E._McWilliam

Kirsten Dunst, American actress

#Kirsten_Dunst

Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)

#Jon_Bing

Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (d. 1967)

#Charles_Exeter_Devereux_Crombie

Mac DeMarco, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Mac_DeMarco

Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter

#Jacques_Audiard

Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)

#Juliana_of_the_Netherlands

Don Schollander, American swimmer

#Don_Schollander

Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress

#Takako_Tokiwa

Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer

#Marc-André_ter_Stegen

Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (d. 1984)

#Jack_Middelburg

Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer (d. 2011)

#Shrinivas_Khale

Merrill Osmond, American singer and bass player

#Merrill_Osmond

Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1855)

#Carl_Friedrich_Gauss

António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations

#António_Guterres

Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager

#Shawn_Daivari

Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2001)

#Mimi_Fariña

Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player

#Daniel_Wagon

Wonder Mike, American rapper and songwriter

#Wonder_Mike

Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Don_McKenney

Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (d. 2001)

#Claude_Shannon

Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress

#Chae_Seo-jin

Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player

#Paulo_Jr.

Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor

#Phil_Chang

Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet

#Annie_Dillard

Meredith L. Patterson, American technologist, journalist, and author

#Meredith_L._Patterson

Bea Wain, American singer (d. 2017)

#Bea_Wain

Charles Berling, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Charles_Berling

Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970)

#Bjarni_Benediktsson_(born_1908)

Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer and actor (2PM)

#Jang_Wooyoung

Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer

#Rohit_Sharma

Mary II of England (d. 1694)

#Mary_II_of_England

Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter

#Larry_Niven

Seimone Augustus, American basketball player

#Seimone_Augustus

Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)

#Michael_J._Smith_(astronaut)

Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian

#Cloris_Leachman

Liljay, Taiwanese singer

#Liljay

Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (d. 1884)

#Ferdinand_von_Hochstetter

Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets

#Mats_Odell

Stephen Harper, Canadian economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

#Stephen_Harper

John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (d. 1974)

#John_Crowe_Ransom

Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)

#Sergey_Nikolsky

Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter

#Jane_Campion

Philip III of France (d. 1285)

#Philip_III_of_France

Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer

#Arnór_Guðjohnsen

Bobby Vee, American pop singer-songwriter (d. 2016)

#Bobby_Vee

Ian Healy, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

#Ian_Healy

Tatjana Hüfner, German luger

#Tatjana_Hüfner

Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (d. 1570)

#Francesco_Primaticcio

Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union

#Kim_Darroch

François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)

#François_Louis,_Prince_of_Conti

Adrian Pasdar, American actor

#Adrian_Pasdar

Oh Hye-ri, South Korean taekwondo athlete

#Oh_Hye-ri

Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter

#Bill_Plympton

Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1438)

#Anne_of_Gloucester

Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Stavros_Dimas

Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (d. 1936)

#Mary_Haviland_Stilwell_Kuesel

William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (d. 1482)

#William_III,_Landgrave_of_Thuringia

Cecily Lefort, English World War II heroine, spy for the SOE (d. 1945)

#Cecily_Lefort

Johnny Galecki, American actor

#Johnny_Galecki

Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (d. 2004)

#Kagamisato_Kiyoji

Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Isiah_Thomas

Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Pierre_Pagé

Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor

Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer

Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer

Travis Scott, American rapper and producer

Andy Allen, Australian chef

Chris Morris, South African cricketer

Alipate Carlile, Australian footballer

Martten Kaldvee, Estonian biathlete

Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute

Lee Roache, English footballer

Troy Williamson, American football player

Marina Tomi?, Slovenian hurdler

Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player

Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter

Warren Defever, American bass player and producer

Dave Meggett, American football player and coach

Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower

Abhishek Chatterjee, Indian actor

Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer and manager

Pooky Quesnel, English actress, screenwriter and singer

Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor

Zlatko Top?i?, Bosnian writer and screenwriter

David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge

Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer

Karl Meiler, German tennis player (d. 2014)

Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete

Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager

Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (d. 2011)

Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter

Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright

Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter (d. 1995)

Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician

Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (d. 1992)

Orlando Sirola, Italian tennis player (d. 1995)

Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic (d. 2000)

Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960)

Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (d. 2008)

Anton Murray, South African cricketer (d. 1995)

Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot (d. 1994)

Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)

Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2003)

Charles Beetham, American middle-distance runner (d. 1997)

Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician (d. 1997)

Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (d. 1996)

Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1960)

Harold Breen, Australian public servant (d. 1966)

Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1920)

Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (d. 1802)

King Casimir III of Poland (d. 1368)