Historical Figures Born in 1930 (Part 2)

Birthdays 201 - 338 of 338

• Aug 2 Ron de Lugo, American politician (Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. Virgin Islands' at-large district 1981-95), born in Englewood, New Jersey
• Aug 2 Vali Myers, Australian painter, born in Canterbury, Sydney (d. 2003)

• Aug 4 David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader
• Aug 4 Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iranian shia cleric, born in Mashhad, Iran
• Aug 4 John Gorman, printer and socialist historian, born in Stratford, East London (d. 1996)
• Aug 5 Michal Kováč, 1st President of Slovakia (1993-98), born in Ľubiša, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)

• Aug 8 Joan Mondale (née Adams;), American artist, author, and wife of US vice-president Walter Mondale, born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 2014)
• Aug 10 Barry Unsworth, novelist (Pascali's Island), (d. 2012)
• Aug 11 Michael Quinlan, civil servant
• Aug 11 William A O'Neal, (Gov-D-Ct)

• Aug 12 Jacques Tits, Belgian mathematician
• Aug 12 Ronald James Herron, architect
• Aug 14 Gerald Solomon, American businessman and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in Okeechobee, Florida (d. 2001)
• Aug 14 Lord Chorley, mountaineering enthusiast
• Aug 15 Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
• Aug 17 James Gerald Gulliver, Scottish businessman (Argyll Foods), born in Campbeltown, Scotland (d. 1996)

• Aug 18 Liviu Librescu, Israeli professor, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre
• Aug 19 David G. Compton, British sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays), born in London, England
• Aug 19 Frank McCourt, Irish-American Pulitzer Prize winning author (Angela's Ashes), and teacher, born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2009)
• Aug 21 Margaret Rose, Countess of Snowdon, Sister of Queen Elizabeth II, born in Glamis Castle, Scotland (d. 2002)
• Aug 23 Andy Ireland, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Aug 23 John Fairclough, British scientific adviser and computer designer, born in Yorkshire (d. 2003)
• Aug 23 Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1988-91), born in Courbevoie, Paris (d. 2016)
• Aug 24 Raj Bagri, Indian-British merchant in metal, born in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 2017)
• Aug 27 John Daly, British trade union leader
• Aug 27 John Watts, British army and Chief of Defense (Omani Armed Forces), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 2003)
• Aug 28 Patriarch Irinej [Miroslav Gavrilović], Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, born in Vidova, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2020) [1]
• Aug 29 Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive, born in Montreal, Québec, Canada (d. 2006)
• Aug 29 Marius van Amelsvoort, Dutch politician (CDA), born in Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands (d. 2006)

• Aug 30 Warren Burger, American author (The Midas Touch)
• Aug 31 Owen B. Pickett, American politician (Rep-D-Virginia 1987-2001), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2010)
• Sep 1 Charles Correa, Indian architect (McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT), born in Secunderabad (d. 2015)
• Sep 3 Cherry Barbara Grimm [Lockett], New Zealand sci-fi author (Nearest Fire), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2002)
• Sep 3 Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch politician and 2nd chamber member (CDA), born in Weesp, Netherlands (d. 1994)
• Sep 4 Norman Dorsen, American lawyer, human rights advocate and president of the American Civil Liberties Union, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
• Sep 6 Andre Beullens, Flemish painter, born in Brussels, Belgium
• Sep 7 Baudouin I, King of Belgium (1951-93), born in Stuyvenberg Castle, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1993)
• Sep 8 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, American Mexican media tycoon (Televisa), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1997)
• Sep 8 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Premier of South Vietnam (1965-67), born in Sơn Tây, Indochina (d. 2011)
• Sep 8 Robert W. Firestone, American author and clinical psychologist, born in Brooklyn, New York
• Sep 10 Kenneth Dadzie, Ghanaian diplomat and 1st African Secretary-General of UNCTAD, born in the Gold Coast (d. 1995)
• Sep 13 Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and multi-millionaire (St Ives Group), born in London (d. 2015)
• Sep 14 Allan Bloom, American philosopher and author (Closing of the American Mind), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1992)
• Sep 16 Ken Coates, British Labour politician and writer, born in Leek, Staffordshire (d. 2010)
• Sep 17 Edgar Mitchell, NASA astronaut (Apollo 14), born in Hereford Texas (d. 2016)
• Sep 17 Gwyn Jones Francis, Welsh UK Forestry commissioner (d. 2015)
• Sep 17 Jim Rohn, American business philosopher, born in Yakima, Washington (d. 2009)
• Sep 17 Thomas P. Stafford, American Air Force officer and astronaut (Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18), born in Weatherford, Oklahoma
• Sep 22 Antonio Saura, Spanish painter, born in Huesca, Spain (d. 1998)
• Sep 23 Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin, cosmonaut (Soyuyz 7, 10, 11 backup)
• Sep 23 Sehba Akhtar, poet of Pakistan (d. 1996)
• Sep 24 John Young, American astronaut and 9th person to walk on the Moon (Gemini 3 & 10; Apollo 10 & 16; STS-1 & -9), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2018)
• Sep 24 Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (Marsz żałobny), born in Skarbanowo, Poland (d. 1998)
• Sep 25 Herbert Heckmann, German writer, born in Frankfurt (d. 1999)
• Sep 27 Roger Birch, Chief Constable (Sussex)
• Sep 28 Robin Buchanan, CEO (NHS Supplies Auth, Wessex Regional Health Auth)
• Sep 29 Colin Dexter, English crime writer (Inspector Morse), born in Stamford, Lincolnshire (d. 2017)
• Sep 29 Peter Miller, British Chairman of Lloyd's Bank of London (d. 2018)
• Oct 1 Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
• Oct 2 Dave Barrett, 26th Premier of British Columbia (1972-75), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2018)
• Oct 5 Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian cosmonaut (Vostok IV, Soyuz 14), born in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast, Soviet Union (d. 2009)
• Oct 5 Rahmon Nabiyev, Tajik politician (First Secretary of The Communist Party, 1982-85; President of Tadzjikistan, 1991-92), born in Leninabad, Tajik SSR (now Khujand, Tajikistan) (d. 1992)
• Oct 5 Reinhard Selten, German economist (Nobel Prize 1994), born in Breslau, Germany (d. 2016)

• Oct 8 Faith Ringgold, American artist (We Came to America), born in Harlem, New York
• Oct 10 Adlai Stevenson III, American politician (U.S. Senator from Illinois), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Oct 10 Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani Urdu poet, born in Allahabad, India (d. 1970)
• Oct 11 Arkady Shevchenko, Soviet diplomat who defected to the US (Foreign Ministry, 1958-73; United Nations Under-Secretary, 1973-78), born in Horlivka, Ukrainian SSR (d. 1998)
• Oct 11 Sam Johnson, American politician (Rep-R-Texas), born in San Antonio, Texas
• Oct 13 Piet Clase, South African politician (Minister of Education), born in Bothaville, South Africa

• Oct 15 FM-2030 [Fereidoun M. Esfandiary], Iranian-American author and transhumanist (Are You a Transhuman?), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2000)
• Oct 17 Jimmy Breslin, American investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist (NY Post; Daily News: Newsday), and novelist The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
• Oct 17 Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)
• Oct 18 Frank C. Carlucci, National Security Adviser/Sec of Defense (1987-89), born in Scanton, Pennsyslvania (d. 2018)
• Oct 19 Thomas ap Rees, British botanist, born in Frome, England (d. 1996)
• Oct 21 Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting (London)
• Oct 24 Johan Galtung, Norwegian polemologist (Meaning of Nonviolence), born in Oslo, Norway
• Oct 24 Sultan Ahmad Shah, 7th King of Malaysia (1979-84), born in Pekan, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (d. 2019)
• Oct 26 John Arden, English novelist and playwright (Left Handed Liberty), born in Barnsley, England (d. 2012)
• Oct 29 Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France (d. 2002)
• Oct 31 Bill Pearl, American bodybuilder (5 x Mr. Universe), born in Prineville, Oregon (d. 2022)

• Nov 1 A. R. Gurney, American playwright (The Dining Room), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2017)
• Nov 2 Denis Gerald Barrington, artist
• Nov 3 D. James Kennedy, American theologian (d. 2007)
• Nov 3 Philip M. Crane, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1969-2005), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)
• Nov 3 William H Dana, pilot (X-15)
• Nov 5 Clifford Irving, American novelist and investigative reporter (hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
• Nov 7 Peter Woods, British journalist and newsreader, born in Romford, Essex, England (d. 1995)
• Nov 7 Rudy Boschwitz, American politician (U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91), born in Berlin, Weimar Germany
• Nov 8 Edmund Happold, British structural engineer (founder of Buro Happold), born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
• Nov 9 Ignacio Ellacuría, Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit priest, philosopher and human rights activist, born in Portugalete, Spain (d. 1989) [1]
• Nov 10 Clarence M. Pendleton Jr., African-American chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1988)
• Nov 11 Hugh Everett, American physicist (many-worlds-interpretation of quantum physics), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1982)
• Nov 11 Kenneth Fleetwood, English fashion designer (Hardy Amies, dressed Queen Elizabeth II), born in Wigan, England (d. 1996)
• Nov 12 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children's author (Towers of February), born in Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
• Nov 13 Fred Harris, American politician (Sen-D-Okla, 1964-73), born in Walters, Oklahoma
• Nov 13 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist and poet, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1990)
• Nov 14 Dame Elisabeth Frink, Thurlow, Suffolk, English sculptor and printmaker
• Nov 14 Edward H White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), born in San Antonio, Texas
• Nov 14 Ham Kee-yong, South Korean runner (Boston Marathon 1950), born in Chuncheon, South Korea (d. 2022)
• Nov 14 Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curacao
• Nov 14 Pierre Bergé, French industrialist and co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent Couture House, born in Oléron, France (d. 2017)
• Nov 15 J.G. Ballard, British novelist (Empire of the Sun; Crash), born in 1930 Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China (d. 2009)
• Nov 15 Olene Walker, politician (R), 1st female Governor of Utah (2003-2005), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 2015)
• Nov 16 Alice Adams, American sculptor, born in NYC, New York

• Nov 16 Salvatore Riina, Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, born in Corleone, Sicily, Italy (d. 2017)
• Nov 17 Brian Lenihan, snr, Irish politician and minister, born in Dundalk, County Louth (d. 1995)
• Nov 22 John P. Schiffer, American nuclear physicist, born in Budapest
• Nov 22 Owen Kay Garriott, American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut (Skylab 3; STS-9), born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
• Nov 23 Bill Brock, American Republican politician (Senator from Tennessee 1971-77) and US Secretary of Labor (1985-87), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 2021)
• Nov 26 Berthold Leibinger, German entrepreneur (Trumpf) and philanthropist, born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 2018)
• Nov 27 James M. Taylor, American USAF/astronaut, born in Stamps, Arkansas (d. 1970)
• Nov 27 Joe DeNardo, American Meteorologist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Nov 27 Vladimir Maksimov, Russian writer and dissident, born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 1995)
• Nov 29 Shirley Porter, English politician
• Nov 30 G. Gordon Liddy, American Watergate felon and radio host, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
• Nov 30 William H Dana, test pilot (X-15), born in Pasadena, California
• Dec 1 Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)
• Dec 2 Gary Becker, American economist (Nobel 1992) and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom 2007, born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
• Dec 8 John Morressy, American sci-fi author (Starbrat, Greymantle, Kingsbane), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Dec 8 Julian Critchley, British journalist and politician, born in Islington, London (d. 2000)
• Dec 10 Clayton K Yeutter, American trade negotiator and Republican National chairman, born in Eustis, Nebraska (d. 2017)
• Dec 15 Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist and short story writer (Girl with Green Eyes, Casualties of Peace), born in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland
• Dec 16 Bill Young, American politician (Congress, 1993-2013), born in Harmarville, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)

• Dec 21 Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, secretary of Council of Churches
• Dec 22 Larry Stevenson [Richard], American skateboard innovator (kicktail), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2012)
• Dec 25 Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1986)
• Dec 27 Meg Greenfield, American Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer (Washington Post; Newsweek), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1999)
• Dec 27 Wilfrid Sheed, England, writer (Boys of Winter, Hack)
• Dec 30 Jerome Theisen, American Abbot Primate of the Benedictine order of monks, born in Loyal, Wisconsin (d. 1995)

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