March 30 - Births

Births

• 1326 – Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (d. 1359)
• 1432 – Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481)
• 1640 – John Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)
• 1746 – Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (d. 1828)
• 1750 – John Stafford Smith, English composer (d. 1836)
• 1811 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist (d. 1899)
• 1820 – Anna Sewell, British author (d. 1878)
• 1844 – Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
• 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d. 1890)
• 1857 – Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)
• 1864 – Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (d. 1943)
• 1879 – Coen de Koning, Dutch ice skater (d. 1954)
• 1880 – Sean O'Casey, Irish dramatist (d. 1964)
• 1882 – Melanie Klein, British Psychoanalyst (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Fortunato Depero, Italian artist (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972)
• 1894 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aerospace engineer (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Jean Giono, French author (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali writer (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (d. 2007)
• 1902 – Ted Heath, British musician and band leader (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Countee Cullen, American poet (d. 1946)
• 1903 – Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Ripper Collins, American baseball player (d. 1970)
• 1905 – Albert Pierrepoint, English executioner (d. 1992)
• 1907 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe Officer (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Józef Marcinkiewicz, Polish mathematician (d. 1940)
• 1913 – Marc Davis, American animator (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Richard Helms, American CIA director (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Frankie Laine, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Censu Tabone, President of Malta
• 1914 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (d. 1948)
• 1919 – McGeorge Bundy, American National Security Advisor (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Turhan Bey, Turkish actor
• 1923 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (d. 1986)
• 1926 – Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish entrepreneur
• 1926 – Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (d. 1992)
• 1927 – Peter Marshall, American game show host
• 1928 – Robert Badinter, French politician
• 1928 – Tom Sharpe, English satirical author
• 1929 – Richard Dysart, American actor
• 1930 – John Astin, American actor
• 1930 – Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, former Lord of Appeal, UK
• 1930 – Rolf Harris, Australian artist and entertainer
• 1933 – Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director (d. 2007)
• 1935 – Karl Berger, German musicologist and musician
• 1935 – Willie Galimore, American football player (d. 1964)
• 1937 – Warren Beatty, American actor and director
• 1940 – Jerry Lucas, American basketball player
• 1940 – Hans Ragnemalm, Swedish professor of public law, and judge
• 1941 – Graeme Edge, British musician (Moody Blues)
• 1941 – Wasim Sajjad, President of Pakistan
• 1941 – Bob Smith, former American politician
• 1942 – Ruben Kun, Nauruan politician and former President of Nauru
• 1943 – Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (d. 1998)
• 1945 – Eric Clapton, British guitarist
• 1945 – Johnnie Walker, British DJ
• 1947 – Ryszard Kotla, Polish travel writer and activist
• 1948 – Mervyn King, British economist
• 1948 – Eddie Jordan, Former owner of Jordan Grand Prix
• 1949 – Naomi Sims, American fashion model and businesswoman (d. 2009)
• 1949 – Liza Frulla, Quebec politician
• 1949 – Ray Magliozzi, American radio personality, cohost of Car Talk
• 1950 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian
• 1951 – Yves Séguin, Quebec politician
• 1952 – Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach
• 1955 – Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1956 – Bill Butler, Scottish politician
• 1956 – Juanito Oiarzabal, Basque mountaineer
• 1956 – Shahla Sherkat, Iranian feminist journalist
• 1957 – Paul Reiser, American actor
• 1958 – Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor
• 1959 – Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis, New Zealand convicted child abuser
• 1959 – Sabine Meyer, German clarinetist
• 1961 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
• 1962 – MC Hammer, American rap musician
• 1962 – Bil Dwyer, American actor
• 1963 – Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor
• 1963 – Panagiotis Tsalouchidis, Greek footballer
• 1964 – Tracy Chapman, American singer
• 1964 – Vlado Bozinovski, Australian former footballer
• 1964 – Dave Ellett, Canadian hockey player
• 1964 – Ian Ziering, American actor
• 1965 – Piers Morgan, British journalist
• 1966 – Joey Castillo, American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age)
• 1966 – Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess grandmaster and author
• 1967 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (d. 2008)
• 1967 – Hayashibara Megumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1967 – Richard Hutten, designer
• 1968 – Donna D'Errico, American actress and model
• 1968 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer
• 1970 – Secretariat, American racehorse (d. 1989)
• 1971 – Mark Consuelos, American actor
• 1971 – Mari Holden, American cycle racer
• 1972 – Mili Avital, Israeli-American actress
• 1973 – Jan Koller, Czech footballer
• 1973 – Matthew Pritchard, Welsh stuntman
• 1975 – Paul Griffen, New Zealand-born Italian rugby player
• 1975 – Bahar Soomekh, American actress
• 1976 – Mark McClelland, Northern Irish musician (Degrassi)
• 1976 – Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Obadele Thompson, Barbadian athlete
• 1978 – Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player
• 1979 – Anatoliy Tymoschuk Ukrainian footballer
• 1979 – Norah Jones, American musician
• 1979 – Simon Webbe, English singer
• 1980 – Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Yalın, Turkish singer and songwriter
• 1981 – Jammal Brown, American football player
• 1981 – Andrea Masi, Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Jason Dohring, American actor
• 1982 – Mark Hudson, English footballer
• 1983 – Jérémie Aliadière, French footballer
• 1983 – Zach Gowen, American professional wrestler
• 1983 – Scott Moffatt, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1983 – Davis Romero, Panamanian baseball player
• 1983 – Hebe Tien, Taiwanese singer (S.H.E)
• 1984 – Mario Ančić, Croatian tennis player
• 1984 – Anna Nalick, American singer and songwriter
• 1984 – Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
• 1986 – Beni Arashiro, Japanese singer
• 1986 – Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Canadian hockey player
• 1990 – Cassie Scerbo, American actress
• 1990 – AJ (singer), Korean singer and dancer (BEAST)
• 1994 – Sarah Solovay, American singer-songwriter