Birthdays in History on September 30

Jacques Necker (1732-1804)

French finance minister of Louis XVI whose decisions contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution, born in Geneva, Switzerland

1765 José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
1788 FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, British Army officer (commander of the British forces during the Crimean War), born in Badminton, England (d. 1855)
1800 Decimus Burton, British architect (Hyde Park, Palm House Kew Gardens), born in London, England (d. 1881)
1805 Samuel Peter Heintzelman, American Major General (Union Army), born in Manheim, Pennsylvania (d. 1880)
1808 Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch vicar (Folies-old Calvinist communities)
1811 Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Queen of Prussia and German Empress (d. 1890)
1827 Ellis H. Roberts, American politician, Treasurer of the US (Rep-R-New York), born in Utica, New York(d. 1918)
1827 Kenner Garrard, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bourbon County, Kentucky (d. 1879)
1832 Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, British governor of Natal (Ireland-Boer war)
1833 Ferdinand von Saar, Austrian novelist, playwright and poet, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1906)
1847 Wilhelmina Drucker [Lensing], Dutch feminist
1857 Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge), born in Matziken, East Prussia (d. 1928)
1861 William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)

Reinhard Scheer (1863-1928)

German admiral and commander of the High Seas Fleet in World War I (Battle of Jutland), born in Obernkirchen, Electorate of Hesse

1870 Jean Perrin, French physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926), born in Lille, France (d. 1942)
1870 Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)
1871 Jan Fabricius, Dutch-English playwright (Dolle Hans), born in Assen, Netherlands (d. 1964)
1882 Hans Geiger, German physicist (co-inventor of the Geiger counter), born in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, German Empire (d. 1945)
1883 Bernhard Rust, German Nazi politician and Minister of Science, Education and National Culture (1934-45), born in Hanover, German Empire (d. 1945)
1883 Robert Lightfoot, English theologist and exegetist (St John's Gospel) (d. 1953)
1893 Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American politician (REP-Maryland 1939-53), born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland (d. 1964)
1894 Dirk J Bush, Dutch-American mathematician (Concise History of Mathematics)
1896 Jolie Gabor [Janka Tilleman], Hungarian-American jeweler and mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa, & Eva, born in Budapest, Hungary (birth date disputed)
1898 Felix Kersten, Baltic-German Finnish masseuse (masseuse to Heinrich Himmler who helped save people from Nazi persecution), born in Tartu, Imperial Russia (d. 1960)
1898 Princess Charlotte of Monaco, illegitimate daughter of Louis II and mother of Prince Rainier III born in Constantine, French Algeria (d. 1977)
1899 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet, writer and critic, born in Zeist, Netherlands (d. 1940)
1902 Piet[er J] "Piet" Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52)
1905 Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1977 for work on amorphous semiconductors), born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
1905 Savitri Devi [Maximiani Portas], Greek French Nazi writer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1982)
1908 Edzard H. Schaper, German Swiss sailor and UP correspondent and antifascist, born in Ostrowo
1912 Oliver Anderson, English novelist (Rotten Borough), born in Snitterby, England (d. 1996)
1915 Lester Maddox, American politician (Governor-D-Georgia 1967-71) and restaurant owner, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2003)
1915 Robert Morris, American lawyer, born in Jersey City (d. 1996)
1917 Chung Hee Park, Korean general and President of South Korea (1961-79), assassinated in office, born in Gumi, Japanese Korea (d. 1979)
1917 Irving B. Kahn, American inventor of the teleprompter, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1994)
1917 Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, Soviet director (Taganka Theatre), born in Yaroslavl, Russia (d. 2014)
1918 Lewis Nixon, American WWII soldier (depicted in "Band of Brothers), born in New York City (d. 1996)
1921 Eileen Chang, Chinese-American writer, scriptwriter and feminist, born in Shanghai, China (d. 1995)
1922 Alan Stretton, Australian general (managed the response to 1974 Cyclone Tracey in Darwin), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2012)

Truman Capote (1924-1984)

American author (Breakfast At Tiffany's; In Cold Blood), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

1925 Gwyn A. Williams, Welsh historian and socialist, born in Dowlais, Wales (d. 1995)
1927 W. S. Merwin, American poet (17th United States Poet Laureate), born in New York City (d. 2019)

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

Jewish Auschwitz survivor and author (Night), Nobel Prize winner 1986, born in Sighet, Romania

1929 Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino Senator, lawmaker and women's rights activist who led the drafting of the international women’s bill of rights, born in Lingayen, Philippine Islands (d. 2017)
1932 Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo), born in Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan (d. 2022)
1933 Mars Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut (one of the 20 original cosmonauts), born in Jalal-Abad, Soviet Union (d. 2000)
1936 Butler Derrick, American politician (Rep-D-SC, 1974-95), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2014)
1936 Jim Sasser, American politician (Senator-D-Tennessee, 1977-97), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1937 Jurek Becker, Polish-born German writer (Jacob the Liar), born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1997)
1938 Salvatore Michael Caruana, American criminal (FBI Most Wanted List)
1939 Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (VVD)
1943 Jody Powell, American White House press secretary for Jimmy Carter, born in Cordele, Georgia (d. 2009)
1943 Johann Deisenhofer, German biochemist (1988 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for determining structure of proteins essential to photosynthesis), born in Zusamaltheim, Germany
1945 Bob Lassiter 'Mad Dog', American radio personality, born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2006)
1945 Ehud Olmert, Israeli politician (twelfth Prime Minister of Israel 1988-92), born near Binyamina, Palestine
1946 Raël [Claude Vorilhon] French founder of Raelism, a UFO religion, born in Vichy, France
1946 William Thurston, American mathematician (Fields Medal, 1982), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2012)
1949 Michel Tognini, French test pilot and astronaut (Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS 93), born in Vincennes, France
1951 Barry Marshall, Australian physician, (1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes peptic ulcers), born in Kalgoorlie, Australia
1951 Nicholas Yermakov, American sci-fi author (Epiphany, Jehad, Clique)
1953 S.M. Stirling, Canadian-American author (Draka series), bon in Metz, France
1956 Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III and Lilian Baels
1957 Gladys Portugues, American atress, Mrs Jean-Claude Van Damme (It's Alive 3), born in NYC, New York
1959 Xiomara Castro, Honduran politician (1st female President of Honduras 2022-), born in Santa Bárbara, Honduras
1960 Blanche Lincoln, American politician (Senator-Arkansas 1999-2011, youngest person elected to the Senate at 38), born in Helena, Arkansas
1962 Massimo Bottura, Italian restaurateur (Osteria Francescana), born in Modena, Italy
1964 Stephen N. Frick, American naval commander and astronaut, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1966 Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
1972 Ari Behn, Norwegian author, born in Aarhus, Denmark
1975 Jay Asher, American writer, born in Arcadia, California
1975 Laure Péquégnot, French skier, born in Isère, France
1975 Ta-Nehisi Coates, American author, born in Baltimore, Maryland
1980 Camilla D'Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter
1980 Virgil Abloh, American designer (Louis Vuitton menswear), 1st African American artistic director at a French fashion house, born in Rockford, Illinois
1992 Marina Windsor, English granddaughter of English prince Edward