History Births on May 30

Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer

#Ruta_Lee

Rachael Stirling, English actress

#Rachael_Stirling

Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player

#Lesia_Tsurenko

Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (d. 1969)

#Alfred_Karindi

Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Idina_Menzel

Hal Clement, American author and educator (d. 2003)

#Hal_Clement

Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)

#Eugène_Charles_Catalan

Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (d. 1979)

#Cornelia_Otis_Skinner

Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (d. 1890)

#Pierre-Joseph-Olivier_Chauveau

Johan De Muynck, Belgian former professional road racing cyclist

#Johan_De_Muynck

Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

#Wynonna_Judd

Ji?í Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician

#Ji?í_Šlégr

Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)

#Roger_Newdigate

Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer

#Hisanori_Takada

Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer

#Ahmad_Elrich

Randy Ferbey, Canadian curler

#Randy_Ferbey

Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (d. 1921)

#Félix_Arnaudin

Larry Silverstein, American real estate magnate

#Larry_Silverstein

Samuel Bochart, French Protestant biblical scholar (d. 1667)

#Samuel_Bochart

Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (d. 1911)

#Mirza_Alakbar_Sabir

Madeon, French electronic music producer

#Madeon

Ilona Korstin, Russian basketball player

#Ilona_Korstin

Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)

#Ernest_Duchesne

Thomas Häßler, German footballer and manager

#Thomas_Häßler

Harry Enfield, English actor, director, and screenwriter

#Harry_Enfield

Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2012)

#Alketas_Panagoulias

Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster

#Kerry_Fraser

Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter

#Michel_Langevin

Jordan Palmer, American football player

#Jordan_Palmer

Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)

#Agnès_Varda

Federico Vilar, Argentinian-Italian footballer

#Federico_Vilar

Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1063)

#Emperor_Renzong_of_Song

Jason Kenney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 40th Canadian Minister of National Defence

#Jason_Kenney

Theobald IV, count of Champagne (d. 1253)

#Theobald_I_of_Navarre

Steven Gerrard, English footballer

#Steven_Gerrard

Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)

#Benny_Goodman

Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge

#Caroline_Swift

Jacqueline McGlade, English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic

#Jacqueline_McGlade

Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)

#Howard_Hawks

Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer

#Tonya_Pinkins

Georges Gilson, French archbishop

#Georges_Gilson

William McMurdo, English general (d. 1894)

#William_McMurdo

Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general (d. 1815)

#Étienne_Marie_Antoine_Champion_de_Nansouty

Marissa Mayer, American computer scientist and businesswoman

#Marissa_Mayer

Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1986)

#Frank_Wise

Zacarias Moussaoui, French citizen, sentenced to life in prison related to September 11 attacks

#Zacarias_Moussaoui

Paul Grayson, English rugby player and coach

#Paul_Grayson_(rugby_union)

Pro Hart, Australian painter (d. 2006)

#Pro_Hart

Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer

#Sham_Kwok_Fai

Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver

#Gianmaria_Bruni

Iginio Straffi, Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l.

#Iginio_Straffi

Colm Meaney, Irish actor

#Colm_Meaney

Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (d. 1883)

#Henri-Marie-Gaston_Boisnormand_de_Bonnechose

Alexei Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut

#Alexei_Leonov

René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (d. 1969)

#René_Barrientos

Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (d. 1979)

#Akinoumi_Setsuo

Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player

#Mike_Bishai

Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut

#Michael_López-Alegría

Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1964)

#Laurent_Barré

Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach

#Manny_Ramirez

Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player

#Beatriz_Haddad_Maia

Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (d. 2013)

#Igor_Kurnosov

Paresh Rawal, Indian actor, producer, and politician

#Paresh_Rawal

Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1942)

#Villem_Grünthal-Ridala

Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Stephen_Malkmus

Matt Maguire, Australian footballer

#Matt_Maguire

Ailee, Korean-American singer and songwriter

#Ailee

Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter (The Dave Clark Five)

#Lenny_Davidson

Clint Bowyer, American race car driver

#Clint_Bowyer

Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)

#Hubertus_van_Mook

Tim Loughton, English businessman and politician

#Tim_Loughton

Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist

#Gale_Sayers

Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

#Ryuhei_Kitamura

Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1936)

#Roger_Salengro

Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach

#Billy_Donovan

Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

#Kevin_Eastman

Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay

#Fernando_Lugo

CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

#CeeLo_Green

Alexander Sulzer, German ice hockey player

#Alexander_Sulzer

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1686)

#John_Egerton,_2nd_Earl_of_Bridgewater

Antonio Winterstein, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

#Antonio_Winterstein

Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)

#Giovanni_Gentile

Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer (d. 1985)

#Stepin_Fetchit

Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic

#Colm_Tóibín

Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

#Julius_Axelrod

Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player

#Andrei_Loktionov

Phil Brown, English footballer, coach, and manager

#Phil_Brown_(footballer,_born_1959)

Ivars Punnenovs, Latvian ice hockey player

#Ivars_Punnenovs

Bertrand Delanoë, French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris

#Bertrand_Delanoë

Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter

#Tim_Burgess_(musician)

Remy Ma, American rapper

#Remy_Ma

Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)

#Peter_Carl_Fabergé

Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (d. 2007)

#Bob_Evans_(restaurateur)

Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player

#Gilles_Villemure

Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic (d. 1975)

#Konstantin_Ramul

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (d. 1876)

#Mikhail_Bakunin

Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist

#Marie_Fredriksson

Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut

#Helen_Sharman

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1793)

#Wills_Hill,_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire

Andrea Montermini, Italian race car driver

#Andrea_Montermini

Amadeo I, Spanish king (d. 1890)

#Amadeo_I_of_Spain

Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier (d. 1915)

#Wyndham_Halswelle

Élise Lucet, French journalist

#Élise_Lucet

Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (d. 2016)

#Pauline_Oliveros

Nikolay Bodurov, Bulgarian footballer

#Nikolay_Bodurov

Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (d. 1918)

#Randolph_Bourne

Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)

#Maurice_Tate

Bob Willis, English cricketer and sportscaster

#Bob_Willis

Clint Walker, American actor and singer (d. 2018)

#Clint_Walker

Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician

#Frank_Vanhecke

Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1873)

#Georg_Amadeus_Carl_Friedrich_Naumann

Brian Fair, American singer-songwriter

#Brian_Fair

Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (d. 1930)

#Sandy_Pearce

Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (d. 1997)

#Jacques_Canetti

Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player

#Scott_Laughton

Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)

#Georg_von_Küchler

Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Devendra_Banhart

Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician (d. 1962)

#Justin_Catayée

Anders Michanek, Swedish motorcycle racer

#Anders_Michanek

Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player and coach

#Magnus_Norman

Countee Cullen, American poet and author (d. 1946)

#Countee_Cullen

Igor Lewczuk, Polish footballer

#Igor_Lewczuk

Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer (d. 1989)

#Franklin_J._Schaffner

Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Tom_Morello

Sven Pipien, German-American bass player

#Sven_Pipien

Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

#Naomi_Kawase

Ted McGinley, American actor

#Ted_McGinley

Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)

#Georg_von_Peuerbach

Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1936)

#Irving_Thalberg

Joshua Rozenberg, English lawyer, journalist, and author

#Joshua_Rozenberg

Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)

#Meredith_MacRae

Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver

#Dieter_Quester

Keir Dullea, American actor

#Keir_Dullea

Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

#Hannes_Alfvén

Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director

#Stephen_Tobolowsky

Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter

#Duncan_Jones

Jonathan Fox, English swimmer

#Jonathan_Fox_(swimmer)

Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter (The Clash)

#Topper_Headon

Steve Israel, American lawyer and politician

#Steve_Israel

Margaret Okayo, Kenyan runner

#Margaret_Okayo

Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player

#Aaron_Volpatti

Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1917)

#Colin_Blythe

Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer

#Kostas_Chalkias

Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player

#Francis_Lessard

Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) (d. 2015)

#Johnny_Gimble

Mustafa Akba?, Turkish footballer

#Mustafa_Akba?

Barbara of Brandenburg, Bohemian queen (d. 1515)

#Barbara_of_Brandenburg_(1464-1515)

Zdravko ?oli?, Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter

#Zdravko_?oli?

Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)

#Mel_Blanc

Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)

#Hugh_Griffith

Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1913)

#Alfred_Austin

Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)

#Fernando_Amorsolo

Danielle Harold, English actress

Im Yoona, South Korean singer and actress

James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player

Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)

Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player

Ry?go Narita, Japanese author

Radoslav Nesterovi?, Slovenian-Greek basketball player

Andy Farrell, English rugby player and coach

Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player

David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach

Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)

Adrian Vowles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Rechelle Hawkes, Australian hockey player

Troy Coker, Australian rugby player

Richard Fuller, English lawyer and politician

Bob Yari, Iranian-American director and producer

Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football player

Michael Clayton, Australian golfer

Tim Lucas, American author, screenwriter, and critic

Jim Hunter, Canadian skier

Daniel Grodnik, American screenwriter and producer

Paul Coleridge, English lawyer and judge

P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach

David Thorpe, Australian rules footballer

Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)

Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer

Allan Chapman, English historian and author

Gladys Horton, American singer (d. 2011)

Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman

Carole Stone, English journalist and author

John Gladwin, English bishop

Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (d. 2015)

Tim Waterstone, Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones

Michael J. Pollard, American actor

Billie Letts, American author and educator (d. 2014)

Rick Mather, American-English architect (d. 2013)

Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician

Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (d. 2005)

Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2018)

Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright

Robert Ryman, American painter (d. 2019)

Mark Birley, English businessman, founded Annabel's (d. 2007)

Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1993)

Joan Birman, American mathematician

John Henry Marks, English physician and author

Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (d. 2014)

Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author (d. 2000)

Mort Meskin, American illustrator (d. 1995)

Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010)

Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996)

Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996)

Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (d. 2011)

Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (d. 1988)

Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist and academic (d. 2008)

Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author (d. 1959)

John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (d. 1985)

Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1964)

Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 1964)

Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (d. 1942)

Grace Andrews, American mathematician (d. 1951)

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844)

Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator (d. 1736)

Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza (d. 1634)