July 30 - Births

Births

• 1511 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, biographer, art 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 musician (d. 1829)
• 1763 – Samuel Rogers, English poet (d. 1855)
• 1809 – Charles Chiniquy, Quebec excommunicated Catholic 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 inventor, academic and memoirs writer (d. 1893)
• 1855 – Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919)
• 1857 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist (d. 1929)
• 1859 – Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian (d. 1939)
• 1863 – Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)
• 1872 – Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Smedley Butler, American Marine general (d. 1940)
• 1889 – Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist (d. 1982)
• 1890 – Casey Stengel, American baseball manager (d. 1975)
• 1893 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political activist, sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and "Mother of the Nation" (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)
• 1914 – Lord Killanin, Irish IOC president (d. 1999)
• 1916 – Dick Wilson, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Berniece Baker Miracle, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe
• 1921 – Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Henry W. Bloch, American co-founder of H&R Block
• 1925 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (d. 1984)
• 1925 – Jacques Sernas, French actor
• 1926 – Christine McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
• 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 children's television producer
• 1933 – Edd Byrnes, American actor
• 1934 – Bud Selig, American Commissioner of Baseball
• 1936 – Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
• 1936 – Infanta Pilar of Spain
• 1936 – Ralph Taeger, American actor
• 1938 – Hervé de Charette, French politician
• 1939 – Peter Bogdanovich, American film director
• 1939 – Eleanor Smeal, American feminist
• 1940 – Pat Schroeder, American politician
• 1940 – Sir Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor
• 1941 – Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer
• 1943 – Henri-François Gautrin, Quebec politician
• 1945 – Patrick Modiano, French novelist
• 1945 – David Sanborn, American saxophonist
• 1946 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
• 1947 – William Atherton, American actor
• 1947 – Jonathan Mann, American AIDS activist (d. 1998)
• 1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder and politician, 38th Governor of California
• 1948 – Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor
• 1948 – Otis Taylor, American musician
• 1948 – Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and pianist (d. 2010)
• 1949 – Duck Baker, American guitarist
• 1950 – Frank Stallone, American singer and actor
• 1951 – Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
• 1954 – Ken Olin, American actor
• 1956 – Delta Burke, American actress
• 1956 – Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – Anita Hill, American academic, witness at the sexual harassment trial against Clarence Thomas
• 1956 – Soraida Martinez, American painter, creator of Verdadism
• 1957 – Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
• 1957 – Bill Cartwright, American basketball player
• 1957 – Nery Pumpido, Argentine footballer
• 1957 – Rat Scabies, English drummer (The Damned)
• 1958 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
• 1958 – Neal McCoy, American singer-songwriter and humanitarian
• 1958 – Daley Thompson, English decathlete
• 1960 – Richard Linklater, American filmmaker
• 1961 – Laurence Fishburne, American actor
• 1962 – Alton Brown, American television host and chef
• 1962 – Jay Feaster, American National Hockey League executive
• 1963 – Lisa Kudrow, American actress
• 1963 – Chris Mullin, American basketball player
• 1964 – Vivica A. Fox, American actress
• 1964 – Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
• 1964 – Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-born American film director
• 1965 – Tim Munton, England cricketer
• 1966 – Allan Langer, Australian Rugby League Player
• 1968 – Terry Crews, American football player and actor
• 1968 – Robert Korzeniowski, Polish racewalker
• 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
• 1970 – Christopher Nolan, English film director
• 1971 – Elvis Crespo, Puerto Rican singer
• 1971 – Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1971 – Sagi Kalev, Israeli-born American bodybuilder
• 1971 – Christine Taylor, American actress
• 1973 – Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1973 – Sonu Nigam, Indian singer and actor
• 1974 – Sandra Diaz-Twine, American winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villians
• 1974 – Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1974 – Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player
• 1974 – Hilary Swank, American actress
• 1975 – Graham Nicholls, English artist
• 1975 – Cherie Priest, American writer
• 1977 – Diana Bolocco, Chilean television presenter
• 1977 – James Branaman, American model and reality show contestant (The Amazing Race)
• 1977 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
• 1977 – Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets)
• 1979 – Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player
• 1979 – Show Luo, Taiwanese singer, television host, dancer and actor
• 1979 – Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
• 1980 – Sara Anzanello, Italian volleyball player
• 1980 – Justin Rose, British golfer
• 1980 – Chuck Thomas, British TV producer and presenter
• 1981 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer
• 1981 – Juan Smith, South African rugby player
• 1982 – James Anderson, English cricketer
• 1982 – Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
• 1982 – Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
• 1983 – Sean Dillon, Irish footballer
• 1984 – Gabrielle Christian, American actress
• 1984 – Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
• 1985 – Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
• 1990 – Coco Sumner, Italy-born English singer-songwriter and guitarist, daughter of Sting
• 1991 – Diana Vickers, English singer and stage actress
• 1999 – Joey King, American actress
• 2002 – Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal