History Births on January 30

Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author

#Gregory_Benford

Jalen Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Jalen_Rose

Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese musician and singer

#Yumi_Yoshimura

Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic

#Lynn_Harrell

Fred Hembeck, American author and illustrator

#Fred_Hembeck

Nils Miatke, German footballer

#Nils_Miatke

Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Peter_Agre

Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2000)

#Chidambaram_Subramaniam

Tom Izzo, American basketball player and coach

#Tom_Izzo

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)

#Franklin_D._Roosevelt

Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author (d. 1864)

#Walter_Savage_Landor

Peter Crouch, English footballer

#Peter_Crouch

Livia, Roman wife of Augustus (d. 29)

#Livia

Christian Bale, Welsh actor

#Christian_Bale

Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer (d. 1950)

#Walter_Damrosch

Vanessa Redgrave, English actress

#Vanessa_Redgrave

Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and curator (d. 1899)

#Franz_Ritter_von_Hauer

Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (d. 2016)

#Islam_Karimov

Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager

#Davey_Johnson

Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)

#Joachim_Peiper

Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002-11) (d. 2016)

#Meir_Dagan

Gene Hackman, American actor and author

#Gene_Hackman

Miles Reid, English mathematician and academic

#Miles_Reid

Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player

#Luca_Sbisa

Nick Broomfield, English director and producer

#Nick_Broomfield

Afonso Alves, Brazilian footballer

#Afonso_Alves

Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer

#Mitchell_Starc

Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer

#Tineke_Lagerberg

William More, English courtier (d. 1600)

#William_More_(died_1600)

Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (d. 1773)

#Johann_Joachim_Quantz

Arda Turan, Turkish footballer

#Arda_Turan

Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)

#Steve_Marriott

Jody Watley, American entertainer

#Jody_Watley

Katy Marchant, English track cyclist

#Katy_Marchant

Lance Franklin, Australian footballer

#Lance_Franklin

Richard Theodore Greener, American lawyer, academic, and diplomat (d. 1922)

#Richard_Theodore_Greener

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)

#George_Villiers,_2nd_Duke_of_Buckingham

Doug Falconer, Canadian football player and producer

#Doug_Falconer_(Canadian_football)

Nick Evans, American baseball player

#Nick_Evans_(baseball)

Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1638)

#Georg_Friedrich,_Margrave_of_Baden-Durlach

Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver

#Mathias_Lauda

Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian (d. 1984)

#Francis_Schaeffer

Kotosh?giku Kazuhiro, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Kotosh?giku_Kazuhiro

Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1641)

#Franciscus_Gomarus

John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 2006)

#John_Profumo

Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player

#Chris_Simon

Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer (d. 1935)

#Charles_Martin_Loeffler

Kid Cudi, American entertainer

#Kid_Cudi

Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (d. 1983)

#Nikolaus_Pevsner

Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer

#Dimitar_Berbatov

Harold Prince, American director and producer

#Harold_Prince

Jorge Cantú, Mexican baseball player

#Jorge_Cantú

David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)

#David_Opatoshu

Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer

#Juninho_Pernambucano

Nathaniel P. Banks, American general and politician, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1894)

#Nathaniel_P._Banks

Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1932)

#Angela_of_the_Cross

Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver (d. 1959)

#Rudolf_Caracciola

Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player

#Kimo_von_Oelhoffen

John Patterson, American baseball player

#John_Patterson_(pitcher)

Tomás Mejías, Spanish footballer

#Tomás_Mejías

David Wayne, American actor (d. 1995)

#David_Wayne

Gelett Burgess, American author, poet, and critic (d. 1951)

#Gelett_Burgess

John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded The Big Issue

#John_Bird,_Baron_Bird

Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (d. 1741)

#Charles_Rollin

S. N. Goenka, Burmese-Indian author and educator (d. 2013)

#S._N._Goenka

Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player

#Stefan_Elliott

William Calthorpe, English knight (d. 1494)

#William_Calthorpe

John Crosbie, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice

#John_Crosbie

Arthur Chu, Asian-American columnist and former Jeopardy! contestant

#Arthur_Chu

Kevin Moore, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Kevin_Moore_(rugby_league)

Girish Kumar, Indian film actor

#Girish_Kumar

Jill McGill, American golfer

#Jill_McGill

Gisela Dulko, Argentinian tennis player

#Gisela_Dulko

Wilmer Valderrama, American actor and producer

#Wilmer_Valderrama

Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States

#Dick_Cheney

Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1778)

#Charles_De_Geer

Ben Cutting, Australian cricketer

#Ben_Cutting

Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein, court official in Vienna (d. 1658)

#Gundakar,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein

Dan Hinote, American ice hockey player and coach

#Dan_Hinote

Jack Laugher, English diver

#Jack_Laugher

Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2016)

#Shirley_Hazzard

Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)

#Payne_Stewart

Dick Martin, American comedian, actor, and director (d. 2008)

#Dick_Martin_(comedian)

Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

#Phil_Collins

Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1944)

#Tony_Mullane

Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996)

#Lucille_Teasdale-Corti

Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (d. 1838)

#Adelbert_von_Chamisso

Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (d. 1994)

#Hugh_Tayfield

Tammy Grimes, American actress and singer (d. 2016)

#Tammy_Grimes

Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (d. 1988)

#Werner_Hartmann_(physicist)

Les Barker, English poet and author

#Les_Barker

Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)

#Olof_Palme

Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1989)

#Roy_Eldridge

Joe Colborne, Canadian ice hockey player

#Joe_Colborne

Phil Lester, English Internet celebrity

#Phil_Lester

Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Danielle_Goyette

Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager

#Otis_Smith_(basketball)

Andrew McCullough, Australian rugby league player

#Andrew_McCullough

Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008)

#Paul_Frère

Yoon Bo-ra, South Korean singer

#Yoon_Bo-ra

Torrey Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player

#Torrey_Mitchell

Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player

#Trevor_Gillies

Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005)

#Fred_Korematsu

John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1992)

#John_Ireland_(actor)

Carmen Küng, Swiss curler

#Carmen_Küng

Olivia Colman, English actress

#Olivia_Colman

John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine

#John_Baldacci

Didius Julianus, Roman emperor (probable; d. 193)

#Didius_Julianus

Becky Lynch, Irish wrestler

#Becky_Lynch

Michael Anderson, English director and producer (d. 2018)

#Michael_Anderson_(director)

Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)

#Max_Theiler

Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (d. 2013)

#Douglas_Engelbart

Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and composer (d. 1973)

#Tubby_Hayes

Abdullah II of Jordan

#Abdullah_II_of_Jordan

Andy Milonakis, American entertainer

#Andy_Milonakis

Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1899)

#Félix_Faure

Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)

#Marty_Balin

Boris Spassky, Russian chess player and theoretician

#Boris_Spassky

Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director

#Charles_S._Dutton

Víctor Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2015)

Phillip Supernaw, American football player

Rob Pinkston, American actor and director

Maksim Krychanov, Russian footballer

Renato Santos, Brazilian footballer

Trae Williams, American football player

Jonathan Bender, American basketball player

Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer

João Soares de Almeida Neto, Brazilian footballer

Felipe VI of Spain

Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2018)

Cynthia Carter, Welsh journalist, author, and academic

Derek White, Scottish rugby player

Curtis Strange, American golfer and sportscaster

Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995)

Jack Newton, Australian golfer

Michael Dorris, American author and scholar (d. 1997)

Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge

Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (d. 1998)

Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 1984)

Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (d. 2007)

Magnus Malan, South African general and politician, South African Minister of Defence (d. 2011)

Lois Hole, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (d. 2005)

Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (d. 2007)

Marianne Ferber, Czech-American economist and author (d. 2013)

Delbert Mann, American director and producer (d. 2007)

Patrick Heron, British painter (d. 1999)

Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter (d. 2000)

Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989)

Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress (d. 1969)

Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1937)

Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)

John Lansing, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1829)

François Bigot, French politician (d. 1778)

Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford (d. 1676)