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January 30 birthdays

289 notable historical figures were born on January 30, and 209 died on this day. Everyone born on January 30 is a Aquarius.

18% of January 30 birthdays work in Science, more than any other field. More come from United States (65) than any other country.

Born on January 30

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 to 1945. President of the United States from 1933 to 1945)
• Dick Cheney (1941 to 2025. Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009)
• Christian Bale (born 1974. English actor (born 1974))
• Phil Collins (born 1951. English musician (born 1951))
• Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937. British actress (born 1937))
• Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962. King of Jordan since 1999)
• Felipe VI of Spain (born 1968. King of Spain since 2014)
• Mary Kay Letourneau (1962 to 2020. American sex offender (1962–2020))
• Olof Palme (1927 to 1986. Prime Minister of Sweden (1969–76; 1982–86))
• Gene Hackman (1930 to 2025. American actor (1930–2025))
• Boris III (1894 to 1943. Tsar of Bulgaria from 1918 to 1943)
• Islam Karimov (1938 to 2016. Leader of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 2016)
• Amrita Sher-Gil (1913 to 1941. Hungarian-Indian painter (1913–1941))
• Richard Brautigan (1935 to 1984. American writer (1935–1984))
• Barbara W. Tuchman (1912 to 1989. American historian and author (1912–1989))
• Félix Faure (1841 to 1899. President of France from 1895 to 1899)
• Prince Hashem bin Abdullah (born 2005. Jordanian prince (born 2005))
• George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628 to 1687. 17th-century English statesman and poet)
• Meir Dagan (1945 to 2016. Israeli general and Mossad director (1945–2016))
• Masaki Kashiwara (born 1947. Japanese mathematician (born 1947))
• Nikolaus Pevsner (1902 to 1983. German-British historian (1902–1983))
• Laurentino Cortizo (born 1953. President of Panama from 2019 to 2024)
• Akira Yoshino (born 1948. Japanese chemist (born 1948))
• Isamu Akasaki (1929 to 2021. Japanese electronics engineer (1929–2021))
• Jaishankar Prasad (1889 to 1937. Indian (Hindi) litterateur and writer (1889–1937))
• Princess Louise of Denmark (1750–1831) (1750 to 1831. Princess Charles of Hesse-Kassel)
• Olivia Colman (born 1974. British actress (born 1974))
• Bernardo Bellotto (1721 to 1780. Italian painter and printmaker (c. 1721–1780))
• Gregory Benford (born 1941. American science fiction author and astrophysicist)
• Walter Savage Landor (1775 to 1864. English writer, poet, and activist (1775–1864))
• Peter Agre (born 1949. American physician and academic (born 1949))
• Liu Gang (born 1961. Chinese scientist and revolutionary (born 1961))
• F. H. Bradley (1846 to 1924. British idealist philosopher (1846–1924))
• Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain (1832 to 1897. Duchess of Montpensier (1832–1897))
• Max Theiler (1899 to 1972. South African-American virologist and physician)
• Dimitar Berbatov (born 1981. Bulgarian footballer (born 1981))
• Ivan T. Sanderson (1911 to 1973. British naturalist, writer and cryptozoologist (1911–1973))
• Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria (1899 to 1958. Duchess Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg)
• George Bass (1771 to 1803. British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia)
• Rainilaiarivony (1828 to 1896. Prime Minister of Madagascar from 1864 to 1895)
• Kaaris (born 1980. French rapper)
• Johann Joachim Quantz (1697 to 1773. German flautist, composer and flute maker (1697–1773))
• Sam Loyd (1841 to 1911. American chess player, composer, puzzle author and mathematician (1841-1911))
• Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1884 to 1962. 22nd President of Argentina)
• Pierre-Jean De Smet (1801 to 1873. Jesuit priest (1801–1873))
• Walter Jackson Freeman III (1927 to 2016. American biologist, theoretical neuroscientist and philosopher (1927–2016))
• Linda Nochlin (1931 to 2017. American art historian)
• Peter Crouch (born 1981. English footballer (born 1981))
• Mike Johnson (born 1972. American lawyer and politician (born 1972))
• Jack Spicer (1925 to 1965. American poet (1925–1965))
• Angela of the Cross (1846 to 1932. Spanish Catholic saint (1846–1932))
• Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748 to 1820. Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg)
• G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903 to 1991. British ecologist (1903–1991))
• Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757–1830) (1757 to 1830. Grand Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from 1815 to 1828)
• Valery Khalilov (1952 to 2016. Uzbek-Russian military band conductor and composer (1952–2016))
• Penor Rinpoche (1933 to 2009. Palyul Nyingma Tibetan Buddhism, monk and tulku (1933–2009))
• Mark Eitzel (born 1959. American musician (born 1959))
• Roger Shepard (1929 to 2022. American psychologist (1929–2022))
• Marta Minujín (born 1943. Argentine artist (born 1943))
• Ernest II (1745 to 1804. German duke (1745–1804))

Died on January 30

• Mahatma Gandhi (1869 to 1948. Indian independence activist (1869–1948))
• Catherine O'Hara (1954 to 2026. Canadian and American actress (1954–2026))
• Charles I of England (1600 to 1649. King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649)
• Marianne Faithfull (1946 to 2025. English singer and actress (1946–2025))
• Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858 to 1889. Heir to the Austrian throne (1858–1889))
• Rana Sanga (1482 to 1528. Maharana of Mewar from 1509 to 1528)
• Emperor Kōmei (1831 to 1867. Emperor of Japan from 1846 to 1867)
• John Bardeen (1908 to 1991. American physicist (1908–1991))
• Duke Ernest Augustus (1887 to 1953. Duke of Brunswick from 1913 to 1918)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 to 1963. French composer and pianist (1899–1963))
• Inge Morath (1923 to 2002. Austrian photographer (1923–2002))
• Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1921 to 1993. Queen of Yugoslavia from 1944 to 1945)
• Osceola (1804 to 1838. Seminole leader (1804–1838))
• Cheslie Kryst (1991 to 2022. American television correspondent, model, Miss USA 2019 (1991–2022))
• Li Zongren (1890 to 1969. Chinese warlord, politician, and general (1890–1969))
• Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (1936 to 1989. Duke of Anjou and Duke of Cádiz)
• Georges de La Tour (1593 to 1652. French painter (1593–1652))
• Vitalian (600 to 672. Head of the Catholic Church from 657 to 672)
• Granville Woods (1856 to 1910. American inventor (1856–1910))
• Asa Gray (1810 to 1888. American botanist (1810–1888))
• Julius Chan (1939 to 2025. Papua New Guinean politician (1939–2025))
• Carl Djerassi (1923 to 2015. American pharmaceutical chemist and writer (1923–2015))
• Zhelyu Zhelev (1935 to 2015. President of Bulgaria from 1990 to 1997)
• Svetoslav Roerich (1904 to 1993. Russian-Indian painter (1904–1993))
• Joseph Jacobs (1854 to 1916. Australian-born folklorist, literary critic and historian (1854–1916))
• Emperor Takakura (1161 to 1181. Emperor of Japan from 1168 to 1180)
• Peter I of Bulgaria (915 to 970. Tsar of Bulgaria from 927 to 969)
• Georgy Pyatakov (1890 to 1937. Ukrainian revolutionary and politician (1890–1937))
• Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1780 to 1832. King of Kandy from 1798 to 1815)
• Carlo Maderno (1556 to 1629. Italian architect (1556–1629))

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