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December 30 birthdays

260 notable historical figures were born on December 30, and 194 died on this day. Everyone born on December 30 is a Capricorn.

18% of December 30 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on December 30

• LeBron James (born 1984. American basketball player (born 1984))
• Tiger Woods (born 1975. American professional golfer (born 1975))
• Patti Smith (born 1946. American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer (born 1946))
• Rudyard Kipling (1865 to 1936. English writer and poet (1865–1936))
• Hideki Tojo (1884 to 1948. Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944)
• Titus (41 to 81. Roman emperor from AD 79 to 81)
• Tracey Ullman (born 1959. English and American actress (born 1959))
• Sergei Korolev (1906 to 1966. Soviet aerospace engineer (1907–1966))
• Tu Youyou (born 1930. Chinese pharmaceutical chemist (born 1930))
• Bjarne Stroustrup (born 1950. Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950))
• Ahmed III (1673 to 1736. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1703 to 1730)
• Omar Bongo (1935 to 2009. President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009)
• Mike Pompeo (born 1963. American politician and diplomat (born 1963))
• Ellie Goulding (born 1986. English singer and songwriter (born 1986))
• Paul Bowles (1910 to 1999. American composer and writer (1910–1999))
• Akosua Busia (born 1966. Ghanaian actress and writer (born 1966))
• Douglas Coupland (born 1961. Canadian writer and graphic designer (born 1961))
• Austin Osman Spare (1886 to 1956. English artist (1886–1956))
• Kersti Kaljulaid (born 1969. President of Estonia from 2016 to 2021)
• Paras Shah (born 1971. Former Crown Prince of Nepal)
• Stephen Leacock (1869 to 1944. Canadian writer and economist)
• Vasily I (1371 to 1425. Grand Prince of Moscow from 1389 to 1425)
• Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887 to 1971. Indian independence movement activist (1887–1971))
• Theodor Fontane (1819 to 1898. German journalist, novelist and poet)
• Gordon Goodwin (1954 to 2025. American musician, composer and conductor (1954–2025))
• Osman Hamdi Bey (1842 to 1910. Ottoman administrator, intellectual and artist (1842–1910))
• Reinhold Glière (1874 to 1956. Russian and Soviet composer (1875–1956))
• Randy Schekman (born 1948. American cell biologist)
• Cécile La Grenade (born 1952. Governor-General of Grenada since 2013)
• L. P. Hartley (1895 to 1972. English novelist and writer)
• Tyrone Willingham (born 1953. American football player and coach (born 1953))
• Elle Kennedy (born 1979. Canadian novelist)
• Maria Prymachenko (1908 to 1997. Ukrainian artist (1908–1997))
• Ebussuud Efendi (1490 to 1574. Ottoman chief jurist (1490–1574))
• V (born 1995. South Korean singer (born 1995))
• Rashid Karami (1921 to 1987. Eight-time Prime Minister of Lebanon)
• Antoine Pinay (1891 to 1994. 70th Prime Minister of France)
• Helge Ingstad (1899 to 2001. Norwegian explorer (1899–2001))
• Jill Price (born 1965. American hyperthymesiac author (born 1965))
• Sergio Doplicher (1940 to 2025. Italian mathematical physicist (1940–2025))
• Eustachius De Lannoy (1715 to 1777. Military commander of the Travancore army)
• Haydée Santamaría (1923 to 1980. Cuban revolutionary and politician (1922–1980))
• Stephen Harriman Long (1784 to 1864. American inventor, civil engineer, and explorer (1784–1864))
• Empress Dowager Bian (159 to 230. Cao Wei Empress Dowager (died 230))
• C. D. Broad (1887 to 1971. English philosopher (1887–1971))
• Li Zhisui (1919 to 1995. Chinese-American physician and Mao Zedong's personal doctor and confidant (1919–1995))
• Ben Witherington III (born 1951. American religion academic)
• Chéri Samba (born 1956. Congolese painter (born 1956))
• Eliza Dushku (born 1980. American actress (born 1980))
• John N. Bahcall (1934 to 2005. American astrophysicist)
• Zhu Gaoxu (1380 to 1426. Chinese prince and rebel (1380–1426))
• Gilmar Mendes (born 1955. Brazilian jurist and politician)
• Prince Henry of Prussia (1781–1846) (1781 to 1846. Prussian prince and army officer)
• Jack Pithey (1903 to 1984. Rhodesian politician)
• Alexander Waugh (1963 to 2024. English businessman and writer (1963–2024))
• S. P. Somtow (born 1952. Thai-American musical composer and author of science fiction and horror (born 1952))
• Ramana Maharshi (1879 to 1950. Indian Hindu sage (1879–1950))
• Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail (born 1967. Crown Prince of Perlis (born 1967))
• Yvonne Brill (1924 to 2013. Canadian-American Rocket and Jet Propulsion Engineer)
• Jelka Rosen (1868 to 1935. German painter)

Died on December 30

• Saddam Hussein (1937 to 2006. President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003)
• José Rizal (1861 to 1896. Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath (1861–1896))
• Khaleda Zia (1946 to 2025. Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996; 2001–2006))
• Richard Rodgers (1902 to 1979. American composer (1902–1979))
• Richard of York (1411 to 1460. English nobleman (1411–1460))
• Vikram Sarabhai (1919 to 1971. Indian physicist and astronomer)
• Alfred North Whitehead (1861 to 1947. English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947))
• Vishnuvardhan (1950 to 2009. Indian Kannada actor (1950–2009))
• Abdurrahman Wahid (1940 to 2009. President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001)
• Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909 to 2012. Italian neurologist (1909–2012))
• El Lissitzky (1890 to 1941. Soviet Avantgarde artist (1890–1941))
• Julius J. Epstein (1909 to 2000. American screenwriter (1909–2000))
• Felix I (300 to ?. Head of the Catholic Church from 269 to 274)
• Sophia of Nassau (1836 to 1913. Queen of Sweden and Norway)
• Kirill Meretskov (1897 to 1968. Soviet military commander (1897–1968))
• Carl Woese (1928 to 2012. American microbiologist (1928–2012))
• Ion Duca (1879 to 1933. Romanian liberal politician, diplomat and lawyer (1879–1933))
• Jan Baptist van Helmont (1577 to 1644. Chemist and physician (1580–1644))
• Innocent IX (1519 to 1591. Head of the Catholic Church in 1591)
• Amelia Bloomer (1818 to 1894. Women's rights activist and temperance advocate (1818–1894))
• Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814 to 1906. British peeress and philanthropist (1814–1906))
• Fraser Stoddart (1942 to 2024. Scottish chemist (1942–2024))
• Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863 to 1954. Archduke of Austria and a Prince of Hungary and Bohemia)
• Neville Henderson (1882 to 1942. British diplomat (1882–1942))
• Mohamed M. Atalla (1924 to 2009. Egyptian engineer (1924–2009))
• Angelina Beloff (1879 to 1969. Russian-Mexican artist (1879–1969))
• Juan Prim Marquis of los Castillejos (1814 to 1870. Spanish Prime minister, general and statesman (1814–1870))
• Gertrude Himmelfarb (1922 to 2019. American historian (1922–2019))
• Roger Ascham (1515 to 1568. English scholar and didactic writer (1515-1568))
• Heiner Müller (1929 to 1995. German writer, poet, and theatre director (1929–1995))

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