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April 30 birthdays

284 notable historical figures were born on April 30, and 188 died on this day. Everyone born on April 30 is a Taurus.

19% of April 30 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on April 30

• Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893 to 1946. German politician and diplomat (1893–1946))
• Kirsten Dunst (born 1982. American actress (born 1982))
• Gal Gadot (born 1985. Israeli actress (born 1985))
• Stephen Harper (born 1959. Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015)
• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 to 1855. German scholar (1777–1855))
• Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946. King of Sweden since 1973)
• António Guterres (born 1949. Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017)
• Mary II (1662 to 1694. Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694)
• Victor J. Glover (born 1976. American astronaut (born 1976))
• Claude Shannon (1916 to 2001. American mathematician (1916–2001))
• Juliana of the Netherlands (1909 to 2004. Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980)
• Amanda Palmer (born 1976. American musician and performance artist (born 1976))
• Lars von Trier (born 1956. Danish filmmaker (born 1956))
• Dadasaheb Phalke (1870 to 1944. Indian film producer, director and screenwriter (1870–1944))
• John Boyne (born 1971. Irish novelist and youth fiction author (born 1971))
• Philip III of France (1245 to 1285. King of France from 1270 to 1285)
• Tasya van Ree (born 1976. American photographer (born 1976))
• James Hewitt (born 1958. Retired British Army officer)
• Casimir III the Great (1310 to 1370. King of Poland from 1333 to 1370)
• Robin Kelly (born 1956. American politician (born 1956))
• Larry Niven (born 1938. American science fiction writer (born 1938))
• Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (born 1972. United Arab Emirates minister of foreign affairs (born 1972))
• Flávio Bolsonaro (born 1981. Brazilian politician (born 1981))
• Alexey Milchakov (born 1991. Russian neo-Nazi (born 1991))
• Franz Lehár (1870 to 1948. Austro-Hungarian composer (1870–1948))
• Michael Wright (born 1956. American actor)
• Yoshitoshi (1839 to 1892. Japanese artist and printmaker (1839–1892))
• Philip de László (1869 to 1937. Anglo-Hungarian artist (1869–1937))
• Frederick Chiluba (1943 to 2011. Former President of Zambia (1991–2002))
• Tony Harrison (1937 to 2025. English poet (1937–2025))
• David Thompson (explorer) (1770 to 1857. Canadian fur trader and surveyor (1770–1857))
• Marc-André ter Stegen (born 1992. German footballer (born 1992))
• Reverend Gary Davis (1896 to 1972. American blues and gospel singer and guitarist (1896–1972))
• David Manners (1900 to 1998. Canadian-American actor (1900–1998))
• Eva Illouz (born 1961. Israeli sociologist)
• Colum Eastwood (born 1983. Irish SDLP politician (born 1983))
• Luigi Russolo (1885 to 1947. Italian Futurist artist and composer (1885–1947))
• John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834 to 1913. English banker and politician (1834–1913))
• Robert Tarjan (born 1948. American computer scientist and mathematician)
• Louise of Lorraine (1553 to 1601. Queen of France from 1575 to 1589)
• H. V. Evatt (1894 to 1965. Australian politician (1894–1965))
• Sheldon Harnick (1924 to 2023. American lyricist and songwriter (1924–2023))
• Michelle Howard (born 1960. United States Navy admiral (born 1960))
• Floriano Peixoto (1839 to 1895. President of Brazil from 1891 to 1894)
• François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664 to 1709. King of Poland (titular))
• Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria (1894 to 1971. Austro-Tuscan royal (1894–1971))
• John W. Raymond (born 1962. 1st U.S. Space Force chief of space operations)
• Gerda Lerner (1920 to 2013. American historian and woman's history author (1920–2013))
• John Crowe Ransom (1888 to 1974. American writer and literary critic)
• Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross (1514 to 1515. Duke of Ross)
• Alessandro Barbero (born 1959. Italian historian and writer (born 1959))
• Ana de Armas (born 1988. Cuban and Spanish actress (born 1988))
• Pieter van Vollenhoven (born 1939. Dutch royal (born 1939))
• Sudha Ragunathan (born 1968. Indian Carnatic classical vocalist)
• April Flores (born 1976. American pornographic actress)
• Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (1839 to 1892. Archduke of Austria and gun inventor (1839–1892))
• Géza Lakatos (1890 to 1967. Former Prime Minister of Hungary)
• Dianna Agron (born 1986. American actress and singer (born 1986))
• Archduchess Barbara of Austria (1539 to 1572. Duchess consort of Ferrara)
• Robert Jervis (1940 to 2021. American political scientist and academic (1940–2021))

Died on April 30

• Adolf Hitler (1889 to 1945. Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945)
• Benzion Netanyahu (1910 to 2012. Israeli encyclopedist and historian (1910–2012))
• Mahmud of Ghazni (971 to 1030. Ghaznavid sultan from 998 to 1030 (971–1030))
• Édouard Manet (1832 to 1883. French painter (1832–1883))
• Bessie Coleman (1892 to 1926. Afro-Indigenous pioneer in aviation (1892–1926))
• Sigismund III (1566 to 1632. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1587–1632), King of Sweden (1592–1599))
• Tom Poston (1921 to 2007. American actor (1921–2007))
• John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 to 1792. British statesman, patron of exploration, and inventor (1718–1792))
• Lucan (39 to 65. Roman poet (AD 39–65))
• Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771 to 1847. Austrian archduke and general (1771–1847))
• Hyon Yong-chol (1953 to 2015. North Korean general (born 1949), possibly executed in 2015)
• Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776 to 1857. British princess (1776–1857))
• A. E. Housman (1859 to 1936. English classicist and poet (1859–1936))
• Robert FitzRoy (1805 to 1865. Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865))
• Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559 to 1632. Catholic marshal of the Thirty Years' War (1559–1632))
• Saif al-Arab Gaddafi (1982 to 2011. Son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1982–2011))
• Nizar Qabbani (1923 to 1998. Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher (1923–1998))
• Hildegard (758 to 783. Queen of the Franks from 771 to 783)
• Emperor Renzong of Song (1010 to 1063. Chinese emperor from 1022 to 1063)
• Richard Fariña (1937 to 1966. American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist (1937–1966))
• Beatrice Webb (1858 to 1943. English sociologist, economist, feminist and social reformer (1858–1943))
• Queen Amalasuintha (498 to 535. Regent and queen regnant of the Ostrogoths)
• Ernesto Sabato (1911 to 2011. Argentine writer and physicist (1911–2011))
• Georg Baselitz (1938 to 2026. German artist (born 1938))
• Marisol Escobar (1930 to 2016. Venezuelan American sculptor (1930–2016))
• Robert Stevenson (filmmaker) (1905 to 1986. British-American film director (1905–1986))
• Edwin S. Porter (1870 to 1941. American film pioneer (1870–1941))
• William Orlando Darby (1911 to 1945. United States Army general)
• Irina Yusupova (1915 to 1983. Countess Nikolai Dmitrievich Sheremetev)
• Harry Kroto (1939 to 2016. English chemist (1939–2016))

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