April 30 - Births

Births

• 1245 – King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
• 1331 – Gaston Phoebus of Foix (d. 1391)
• 1553 – Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
• 1623 – François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
• 1651 – Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer, Catholic saint (d. 1719)
• 1662 – Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
• 1664 – François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
• 1710 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
• 1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
• 1770 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
• 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
• 1803 – Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
• 1812 – Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
• 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
• 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
• 1864 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
• 1865 – Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
• 1870 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
• 1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
• 1876 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
• 1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
• 1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
• 1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
• 1895 – Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
• 1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
• 1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
• 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician
• 1908 – Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic Foreign and later Prime Minister (d. 1970)
• 1909 – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
• 1909 – F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
• 1916 – Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Tove Maës, Danish actress
• 1923 – Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Francis Tucker, South African rally driver (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42^nd Yokozuna (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
• 1925 – Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
• 1926 – Cloris Leachman, American actress
• 1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Félix Guattari, French philosopher and social theorist (d. 1992)
• 1933 – Dickie Davies, British television presenter
• 1933 – Willie Nelson, American musician
• 1934 – Jerry Lordan, British composer and singer (d. 1995)
• 1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
• 1938 – Gary Collins, American actor
• 1938 – Larry Niven, American author
• 1940 – Burt Young, American actor
• 1941 – Stavros Dimas, Greek politician
• 1941 – Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
• 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991-2001)
• 1943 – Bobby Vee, American singer
• 1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress
• 1945 – Annie Dillard, American writer
• 1945 – Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1946 – Lee Bollinger, American lawyer, educator and president of Columbia University
• 1946 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
• 1946 – Don Schollander, American swimmer
• 1946 – Bill Plympton, American animator
• 1947 – Leslie Grantham, British actor
• 1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
• 1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer
• 1947 – Manousos Manousakis, Greek director and producer
• 1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish politician
• 1948 – Perry King, American actor
• 1949 – Phil Garner, baseball manager
• 1949 – António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1952 – Jacques Audiard, French film director
• 1953 – Merrill Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
• 1954 – Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
• 1954 – Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
• 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
• 1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish film director
• 1957 – Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
• 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
• 1959 – Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
• 1959 – Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
• 1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
• 1960 – Kerry Healey, American politician
• 1960 – David Miscavige, American cult leader
• 1961 – Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
• 1963 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
• 1964 – Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
• 1964 – Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
• 1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor
• 1966 – Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Steven Mackintosh, British actor
• 1969 – Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
• 1969 – Warren Defever, American musician, composer
• 1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist
• 1971 – Darren Emerson, Briti DJ (Underworld)
• 1972 – JR Richards, American musician, composer, actor (Dishwalla)
• 1973 – Akon, American R&B singer
• 1973 – Jeff Timmons, American singer (98 Degrees)
• 1975 – Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
• 1975 – Mike Chat, American actor
• 1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor
• 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
• 1977 – Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
• 1977 – Pell James, American actress
• 1978 – Tom Fulp, animator and founder of Newgrounds
• 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Luis Scola, Argentinean basketball player
• 1981 – John O'Shea, Irish footballer
• 1981 – Emma Pierson, British actress
• 1981 – Kunal Nayyar, Indian/British actor
• 1982 – Lloyd Banks, American rapper
• 1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
• 1982 – Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
• 1982 – Drew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
• 1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
• 1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player
• 1984 – Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager
• 1984 – Lee Roache, British footballer
• 1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
• 1986 – Dianna Agron, American actress
• 1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian rules footballer
• 1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
• 1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 2002 – Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish prince