On this day · Gemini

May 30 birthdays

284 notable historical figures were born on May 30, and 186 died on this day. Everyone born on May 30 is a Gemini.

17% of May 30 birthdays work in Entertainment, more than any other field. More come from United States (65) than any other country.

Born on May 30

• Steven Gerrard (born 1980. English football manager (born 1980))
• Dante Alighieri (1265 to 1321. Italian writer and philosopher (1265–1321))
• Peter the Great (1672 to 1725. Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725)
• Andry Rajoelina (born 1974. Politician and businessman (born 1974))
• Selim II (1524 to 1574. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 to 1574)
• Mikhail Bakunin (1814 to 1876. Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876))
• Agnès Varda (1928 to 2019. French filmmaker and photographer (1928–2019))
• Alexei Leonov (1934 to 2019. Soviet cosmonaut (1934–2019))
• Colm Tóibín (born 1955. Irish novelist and writer (born 1955))
• Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1845 to 1890. King of Spain from 1870 to 1873)
• Vladimir Padrino López (born 1963. Venezuelan general (born 1963))
• K'naan (born 1978. Somali-Canadian rapper (born 1978))
• Kim Kyong-hui (born 1946. Daughter of Kim Il Sung (born 1946))
• Sakellaropoulou (born 1956. President of Greece from 2020 to 2025)
• Helen Sharman (born 1963. British chemist and cosmonaut (born 1963))
• Gretchen Felker-Martin (born 1989. American author and critic)
• Emperor Renzong of Song (1010 to 1063. Chinese emperor from 1022 to 1063)
• Countee Cullen (1903 to 1946. American author (1903–1946))
• Henry Addington (1757 to 1844. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804)
• Fernando Lugo (born 1951. 48th President of Paraguay (2008–2012))
• Norman Cota (1893 to 1971. U.S. Army Major General)
• Abbé Faria (1756 to 1819. Portuguese Catholic priest and pioneer of hypnotism (1756–1819))
• Mindaugas II (1864 to 1928. German prince, King-elect of Lithuania in 1918 (1864–1928))
• Gopi Sundar (born 1977. Indian musician (born 1977))
• Vissarion Belinsky (1811 to 1848. Russian literary critic (1811–1848))
• Pauline Oliveros (1932 to 2016. American composer and musician)
• René Barrientos (1919 to 1969. President of Bolivia (1964–1966, 1966–1969))
• Simona Kossak (1942 to 2007. Polish biologist (1943-2007))
• Hannes Alfvén (1908 to 1995. Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate (1908–1995))
• Frederick Dent Grant (1850 to 1912. United States Army general and son of Ulysses S. Grant (1850–1912))
• Godfrey Binaisa (1920 to 2010. Ugandan President from 1979 to 1980)
• Theobald I the Posthumous (1201 to 1253. King of Navarre from 1234 to 1253)
• Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1908 to 1975. British Peer and Politician)
• Can Xue (born 1953. Chinese writer and literary critic (born 1953))
• Giulio Douhet (1869 to 1930. Italian general and air power theorist)
• Tan Twan Eng (born 1972. Malaysian writer (born 1972))
• Alexander Archipenko (1887 to 1964. Ukrainian-American avant-garde artist and sculptor (1887–1964))
• Michael López-Alegría (born 1958. Spanish-American astronaut (born 1958))
• Elizabeth Alexander (poet) (born 1962. American poet (born 1962))
• Brian Kobilka (born 1955. American physiologist)
• George Zweig (born 1937. American physicist (born 1936))
• Julius Axelrod (1912 to 2004. American biochemist (1912–2004))
• Ryōgo Narita (born 1980. Japanese light novelist and manga writer (born 1980))
• Prince Leopold IV (1871 to 1949. Prince of Lippe from 1905 to 1918)
• Ni Kuang (1935 to 2022. Hong Kong writer (1935–2022))
• Charlotte Colbert (born 1987. Franco-British film director and artist)
• Richard Fuller (Conservative politician) (born 1962. British politician (born 1962))
• Vladimir Nazor (1876 to 1949. First Croatian president)
• Idina Menzel (born 1971. American actress and singer (born 1971))
• Alfred Austin (1835 to 1913. English poet (1835–1913))
• Paul Cameron (born 1958. Canadian-born American cinematographer)
• Sarah Bonnici (born 1998. Maltese singer (born 1998))
• Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792 to 1862. German nobleman and soldier)
• Solomon W. Golomb (1932 to 2016. American mathematician (1932–2016))
• Yuji Ohno (1941 to 2026. Japanese jazz musician (born 1941))
• Sardoine Mia (born 1998. Congolese painter (born 1998))
• John Oswald (composer) (born 1953. Canadian composer)
• Leonid Serebryakov (1888 to 1937. Russian politician (1890–1937))
• John Cocke (computer scientist) (1925 to 2002. American computer scientist and mathematician)
• Georg von Peuerbach (1423 to 1461. Austrian astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker (1423-1461))

Died on May 30

• Joan of Arc (1412 to 1431. French folk heroine and saint (1412–1431))
• Voltaire (1694 to 1778. French writer and philosopher (1694–1778))
• Christopher Marlowe (1564 to 1593. English playwright and poet (1564–1593))
• Peter Paul Rubens (1577 to 1640. Flemish artist and diplomat (1577–1640))
• Beau Biden (1969 to 2015. American politician and lawyer (1969–2015))
• Rafael Trujillo (1891 to 1961. Dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961)
• Ziaur Rahman (1936 to 1981. President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981)
• Charles IX of France (1550 to 1574. King of France from 1560 to 1574)
• Alexander Pope (1688 to 1744. English poet (1688–1744))
• Boris Pasternak (1890 to 1960. Russian and Soviet writer (1890–1960))
• Louis Slotin (1910 to 1946. Canadian physicist and chemist)
• Leo Szilard (1898 to 1964. Hungarian-American physicist and inventor (1898–1964))
• Prajadhipok (1893 to 1941. King of Siam from 1925 to 1935)
• Ferdinand III of Castile (1199 to 1252. King of Castile (1217–1252) and León (1230–1252))
• Emma Smith (1804 to 1879. Wife of Joseph Smith Jr. and Latter Day Saint leader (1804–1879))
• Ezra Taft Benson (1899 to 1994. President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1899–1994))
• François Boucher (1703 to 1770. French painter (1703–1770))
• Gaafar Nimeiry (1931 to 2009. Sudanese president and military officer (1931–2009))
• Patricia Bath (1942 to 2019. First African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention)
• Ephraim Katzir (1916 to 2009. President of Israel from 1973 to 1978)
• Andrew Huxley (1917 to 2012. English physiologist and biophysicist (1917–2012))
• Karl Carstens (1914 to 1992. German politician (1914–1992))
• Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders (980 to 1035. Count of Flanders from 987 to 1035)
• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921 to 2011. American medical physicist (1921–2011))
• Hermann Broch (1886 to 1951. Austrian writer (1886–1951))
• Wilhelm von Bismarck (1852 to 1901. German counselor, civil servant and politician)
• Michael Davitt (1846 to 1906. Irish republican, nationalist agrarian agitator (1846–1906))
• Luís Cabral (1931 to 2009. President of Guinea-Bissau from 1974 to 1980)
• Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg (1768 to 1843. German prince (1769–1843); field marshal in Russia)
• George Barnes (1892 to 1953. American cinematographer (1892–1953))

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