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September 30 birthdays

307 notable historical figures were born on September 30, and 184 died on this day. Everyone born on September 30 is a Libra.

18% of September 30 birthdays work in Science, more than any other field. More come from United States (75) than any other country.

Born on September 30

• Truman Capote (1924 to 1984. American author (1924–1984))
• Olivier Giroud (born 1986. French footballer (born 1986))
• Marion Cotillard (born 1975. French actress (born 1975))
• Elie Wiesel (1928 to 2016. American writer and activist (1928–2016))
• (born 1997. Dutch and Belgian racing driver (born 1997))
• Monica Bellucci (born 1964. Italian actress and model (born 1964))
• Fran Drescher (born 1957. American actress and writer (born 1957))
• Rumi (1207 to 1273. Sufi mystic and poet (1207–1273))
• Ehud Olmert (born 1945. Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009)
• Martina Hingis (born 1980. Swiss tennis player (born 1980))
• Len Cariou (born 1939. Canadian actor and stage director (born 1939))
• Xiomara Castro (born 1959. President of Honduras from 2022 to 2026)
• Michel Aoun (born 1933. President of Lebanon from 2016 to 2022)
• Paul Bremer (born 1941. American diplomat (born 1941))
• Jacques Necker (1732 to 1804. French statesman (1732–1804))
• Nicholas IV (1227 to 1292. Head of the Catholic Church from 1288 to 1292)
• Barry Marshall (born 1951. Australian physician (born 1951))
• Mel Stride (born 1961. British politician (born 1961))
• José María Morelos (1765 to 1815. Mexican priest and rebel leader of Mexican War of Independence (1765–1815))
• Cecelia Ahern (born 1981. Irish novelist (born 1981))
• Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811 to 1890. German Empress from 1871 to 1888)
• Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898 to 1977. Hereditary Princess of Monaco (1898–1977))
• Shintaro Ishihara (1932 to 2022. Japanese politician (1932–2022))
• John Rae (explorer) (1813 to 1893. Scottish explorer (1813–1893))
• Miki Howard (born 1960. American singer (born 1960))
• Laura Esquivel (born 1950. Mexican writer and politician)
• Archie Christie (1889 to 1962. Agatha Christie's first husband)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 to 1924. Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor (1852–1924))
• Charles Vyner Brooke (1874 to 1963. 3rd Rajah of Sarawak)
• Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (born 1956. Member of the Belgian royal family)
• Prince Hubertus of Prussia (1909 to 1950. German prince (1909–1950))
• Danica Roem (born 1984. American journalist and politician)
• W. S. Merwin (1927 to 2019. American poet (1927–2019))
• Raveena Aurora (born 1993. American singer-songwriter (born 1993))
• Bernhard Rust (1883 to 1945. Minister of Science, Education and National Culture of Nazi Germany (1883–1945))
• Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929 to 2021. Pakistani jurist and politician (1929–2015))
• Astra Taylor (born 1979. Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, and activist)
• Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria (1783 to 1853. Austrian archduke (1783–1853))
• Emeric, King of Hungary (1174 to 1204. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1196 to 1204)
• Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714 to 1780. French philosopher (1714–1780))
• Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939. French chemist, Nobel laureate (born 1939))
• Samuel Eilenberg (1913 to 1998. Polish-American mathematician (1913–1998))
• Johnny Podres (1932 to 2008. American baseball player (1932–2008))
• Siener van Rensburg (1864 to 1926. South African prophet)
• Dorothee Sölle (1929 to 2003. German theologian (1929–2003))
• Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943 to 1977. President of North Yemen from 1974 to 1977)
• Jean Perrin (1870 to 1942. French physicist (1870–1942))
• Suniti Devi (1864 to 1932. Maharani of Indian state of Cooch Behar (1864–1932))
• Decimus Burton (1800 to 1882. British architect (1800–1881))
• Bao Thang (1943 to 2017. Head of the House of Nguyen Phuc)
• Roman Kondratenko (1857 to 1904. Russian military commander (1857–1904))
• Chand Bardai (1149 to 1200. Court poet of Prithvi Raj Chauhan)
• Phil Plait (born 1964. American astronomer, writer, and skeptic (born 1964))
• Nevill Mott (1905 to 1996. British theoretical physicist (1905–1996))
• Richard K. Guy (1916 to 2020. British mathematician (1916–2020))
• Donald Swann (1923 to 1994. British composer and singer (1923–1994))
• Juan José Zúñiga (born 1968. Bolivian general)
• Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte (1807 to 1866. Mexican politician)
• Margaret Chant-Papandreou (born 1923. Greek-American politician (born 1923))
• Fred Donner (born 1945. American historian and scholar of Islam (born 1945))

Died on September 30

• James Dean (1931 to 1955. American actor (1931–1955))
• Thérèse of Lisieux (1873 to 1897. French Discalced Carmelite nun and saint (1873–1897))
• Jerome (345 to 420. Priest and theologian (c. 342/347 – 420))
• Anwar al-Awlaki (1971 to 2011. American-Yemeni Islamic cleric and lecturer (1971–2011))
• Nurhaci (1559 to 1626. Founding khan of the Later Jin dynasty)
• Abd al-Rahman I (731 to 788. Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788)
• Jessye Norman (1945 to 2019. American opera singer (1945–2019))
• Trường Chinh (1907 to 1988. Vietnamese political leader (1907–1988))
• St John Philby (1885 to 1960. British Arabist (1885–1960))
• Boulangist (1837 to 1891. French Army officer and politician (1837–1891))
• Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924 to 1994. President of Argentina in 1981)
• Alfred Bester (1913 to 1987. American science fiction author (1913–1987))
• Koichi Sugiyama (1931 to 2021. Japanese composer and conductor (1931–2021))
• 10th Dalai Lama (1816 to 1837. Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1816 to 1837)
• F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872 to 1930. British politician (1872–1930))
• Vladimir Voevodsky (1966 to 2017. Russian mathematician (1966–2017))
• Virgil Thomson (1896 to 1989. American composer and critic (1896–1989))
• Yaroslav II (1191 to 1246. Grand Prince of Vladimir (r. 1238–1246))
• Ralph M. Steinman (1943 to 2011. Canadian immunologist and cell biologist)
• Lewis Fry Richardson (1881 to 1953. English meteorologist and mathematician (1881–1953))
• Joseph Sobran (1946 to 2010. American political commentator (1946–2010))
• Walter Laqueur (1921 to 2018. American historian (1921–2018))
• Chindasuinth (563 to 653. King of the Visigoths)
• Lamine Bey (1881 to 1962. Ruler of Tunisia from 1943 to 1957)
• Federico Barocci (1535 to 1612. Italian painter (1535–1612))
• Martin Lewis Perl (1927 to 2014. American scientist)
• Michel Leiris (1901 to 1990. French writer (1901–1990))
• Padre Pio (1887 to 1968. 20th-century Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic (1887–1968))
• Leszek II the Black (1241 to 1288. High Duke of Poland from 1279 to 1288)
• Wilhelm Müller (1794 to 1827. German poet (1794–1827))

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