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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Muhal Richard Abrams
Pianist
19-Sep-1930   Levels and Degrees of Light
Chinua Achebe
Novelist
16-Nov-1930   Things Fall Apart
Dawn Addams
Actor
21-Sep-1930 7-May-1985 A King in New York
Mario Adorf
Actor
8-Sep-1930   The Tin Drum
Moustapha Akkad
Film/TV Producer
1-Jul-1930 10-Nov-2005 Halloween producer
Hafez al-Assad
Head of State
6-Oct-1930 10-Jun-2000 President of Syria, 1971-2000
Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut
20-Jan-1930   Second man on the Moon
Zhores I. Alferov
Scientist
15-Mar-1930   Developed solar cells for the Sputnik program
Néstor Almendros
Cinematographer
30-Oct-1930 4-Mar-1992 Mauvaise Conduite
Kenneth Anger
Film Director
3-Feb-1930   Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker
John Arden
Playwright
26-Oct-1930   Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
Neil Armstrong
Astronaut
5-Aug-1930   First man on the Moon
John Astin
Actor
30-Mar-1930   Gomez on The Addams Family
Doug Atkins
Football
8-May-1930   NFL Hall of Famer
Robert Atkins
Doctor
17-Oct-1930 17-Apr-2003 Atkins Diet doctor
Robert J. Aumann
Economist
8-Jun-1930   Game theorist
James Baker
Government
28-Apr-1930   US Secretary of State, 1989-92
J. G. Ballard
Author
18-Nov-1930 19-Apr-2009 Empire of the Sun, Crash
John Barron
Journalist
26-Jan-1930 24-Feb-2005 Soviet espionage expert
John Barth
Novelist
27-May-1930   Lost in the Funhouse
Baudouin I
Royalty
7-Sep-1930 31-Jul-1993 King of Belgium, 1951-93
Gary S. Becker
Economist
2-Dec-1930   Human Capital
Polly Bergen
Actor
14-Jul-1930   Cape Fear
Roger S. Berlind
Film/TV Producer
27-Jun-1930   Broadway producer
Mark R. Bernstein
Attorney
1930   Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein LP
John Biffen
Politician
3-Nov-1930 14-Aug-2007 Leader, House of Commons, 1982-87
Michael Bilirakis
Politician
16-Jul-1930   Congressman from Florida, 1983-2007
John P. Birkelund
Business
23-Jun-1930   Chairman of Dillon Read, 1986-98
Colin Blakely
Actor
23-Sep-1930 7-May-1987 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Bobby Bland
Singer
27-Jan-1930   Turn on Your Lovelight
Ray Blanton
Politician
10-Apr-1930 22-Nov-1996 Governor of Tennessee, 1975-79
Allan Bloom
Philosopher
14-Sep-1930 7-Oct-1992 The Closing of the American Mind
Harold Bloom
Critic
11-Jul-1930   Literary critic, Yale professor
Derek Bok
Educator
22-Mar-1930   President of Harvard, 1971-91
Sorrell Booke
Actor
4-Jan-1930 11-Feb-1994 Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
The Big Bopper
Musician
24-Oct-1930 3-Feb-1959 Chantilly Lace
Rudy Boschwitz
Business
7-Nov-1930   US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91
Philip Bosco
Actor
26-Sep-1930   American character actor
Pierre Bourdieu
Anthropologist
1-Aug-1930 23-Jan-2002 Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste
Julie Bovasso
Actor
1-Aug-1930 14-Sep-1991 Saturday Night Fever
Aleksander Bovin
Diplomat
9-Aug-1930 29-Apr-2004 Russian Ambassador to Israel, 1991-7
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Author
3-Jun-1930 25-Sep-1999 The Mists of Avalon
Nicholas F. Brady
Government
11-Apr-1930   US Secretary of the Treasury, 1988-93
William Lee Brent
Criminal
10-Nov-1930 4-Nov-2006 Black Panther hijacker
Jimmy Breslin
Columnist
17-Oct-1930   The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
William E. Brock
Politician
23-Nov-1930   US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87
Harold Brodkey
Novelist
25-Oct-1930 26-Jan-1996 Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
William Andreas Brown
Diplomat
7-Sep-1930   US Ambassador to Israel, 1988-92
Warren Buffett
Business
30-Aug-1930   Billionaire in Omaha
Walter Dean Burnham
Scholar
1930   Democracy in the Making
Arnold I. Burns
Attorney
14-Apr-1930   Deputy US Attorney General, 1986-88
Samuel Byck
Assassin
30-Jan-1930 22-Feb-1974 Unsuccessful Nixon assassin
Bill W. Byrne
Business
c. 1930   Warren Petroleum Company
Charles L. Caccia
Politician
29-Apr-1930 4-May-2008 Former Canadian MP, Davenport
Don Callander
Novelist
23-Mar-1930 26-Jul-2008 Pyromancer
John Calley
Film/TV Producer
8-Jul-1930 13-Sep-2011 CEO of Sony Pictures, 1996-2003
Frank Carlucci
Government
18-Oct-1930   US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89
Gerald P. Carmen
Government
8-Jul-1930   Carmen Group International
Pete Carril
Basketball
10-Jul-1930   Princeton Head Coach, 1967-96
Peter Cartwright
Business
1930   CEO of Calpine, 1984-2005
Henry Catto
Government
6-Dec-1930   US Ambassador to the UK, 1989-91
Claude Chabrol
Film Director
24-Jun-1930 12-Sep-2010 La Cérémonie
Ray Charles
Musician
23-Sep-1930 10-Jun-2004 Georgia On My Mind
Yves Chauvin
Chemist
10-Oct-1930   Metathesis
Lawton Chiles
Politician
3-Apr-1930 12-Dec-1998 Florida Governor and Senator
Roman Cieslewicz
Artist
13-Jan-1930 21-Jan-1996 Polish poster artist
William Clark, Jr.
Diplomat
12-Oct-1930   US Ambassador to India, 1989-92
Doug Coe
Religion
c. 1930   The Family
John P. Cole, Jr.
Attorney
12-Jan-1930   Telecommunications attorney
Ornette Coleman
Jazz Musician
19-Mar-1930   Free Jazz innovator
Michael Collins
Astronaut
31-Oct-1930   Apollo 11 command module pilot
Gene Conley
Baseball
10-Nov-1930   NBA and MLB champion
Sean Connery
Actor
25-Aug-1930   James Bond
Pete Conrad
Astronaut
2-Jun-1930 8-Jul-1999 Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon
Leon N. Cooper
Physicist
28-Feb-1930   BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Glenn Corbett
Actor
17-Aug-1930 16-Jan-1993 Lincoln Case on Route 66
Ronnie Corbett
Comic
4-Dec-1930   The Two Ronnies
Mara Corday
Actor
3-Jan-1930   Playboy Playmate and bit actress
Gregory Corso
Poet
26-Mar-1930 17-Jan-2001 Beat poet, Gasoline
F. Albert Cotton
Chemist
9-Apr-1930 20-Feb-2007 Metal-metal bonds
Joe Coulombe
Business
3-Jun-1930   Cofounder of Trader Joe's Market
Phil Crane
Politician
3-Nov-1930   Congressman from Illinois, 1969-2005
John Cullum
Actor
2-Mar-1930   Holling Vincoeur on Northern Exposure
Robert Culp
Actor
16-Aug-1930 24-Mar-2010 I Spy
Chuck Daly
Basketball
20-Jul-1930 9-May-2009 Won 2 NBA Championships with the Pistons
Cathryn Damon
Actor
11-Sep-1930 4-May-1987 Mary Campbell on Soap
Justin Dart, Jr.
Activist
29-Aug-1930 22-Jun-2002 Father of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Ron de Lugo
Government
2-Aug-1930   Congressman, Virgin Islands
Harry S. Dent, Sr.
Government
21-Feb-1930 28-Sep-2007 Devised Nixon's Southern Strategy
Jacques Derrida
Philosopher
15-Jul-1930 9-Oct-2004 Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist
Edsger Dijkstra
Computer Programmer
11-May-1930 6-Aug-2002 Enemy of the goto statement
Bradford Dillman
Actor
14-Apr-1930   Sudden Impact
Roy E. Disney
Business
10-Jan-1930 16-Dec-2009 Walt Disney's nephew
Richard Donner
Film Director
24-Apr-1930   Superman
Raymond J. Donovan
Politician
31-Aug-1930   US Secretary of Labor, 1981-85
Jim Dooley
Football
8-Feb-1930 8-Jan-2008 Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71
Gwyneth Dunwoody
Politician
12-Dec-1930 17-Apr-2008 British MP, Crewe and Nantwich
Sunil Dutt
Actor
6-Jun-1930 25-May-2005 Mother India
Lawrence Eagleburger
Government
1-Aug-1930 4-Jun-2011 US Secretary of State, 1992-93
Clint Eastwood
Actor
31-May-1930   The Man With No Name
LaVell Edwards
Football
11-Oct-1930   BYU Head Football Coach, 1972-2000
Warren Eisenberg
Business
c. 1930   Co-Founder, Bed Bath and Beyond
Stanley Elkin
Novelist
11-May-1930 31-May-1995 The Living End
Klaus Eppler
Attorney
8-May-1930   Retired Partner, Proskauer Rose
Jaime Escalante
Educator
31-Dec-1930 30-Mar-2010 Celebrated high school calculus teacher
Robert Evans
Film/TV Producer
29-Jun-1930   The Kid Stays In The Picture
Hugh Everett
Physicist
11-Nov-1930 19-Jul-1982 Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics
Charles F. Farrell, Jr.
Business
c. 1930   Crystal Creek Associates
Joseph Jerome Farris
Judge
4-Mar-1930   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-95
Totie Fields
Comic
7-May-1930 2-Aug-1978 Weight-conscious comedienne
Maureen Forrester
Singer
25-Jul-1930 16-Jun-2010 Contralto, interpreter of Mahler
Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
Politician
11-Jul-1930   Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004
Anne Francis
Actor
16-Sep-1930 2-Jan-2011 Forbidden Planet
Robert Francis
Actor
26-Feb-1930 31-Jul-1955 The Caine Mutiny
Jesus Franco
Film Director
12-May-1930   Vampyros Lesbos
John Frankenheimer
Film Director
19-Feb-1930 6-Jul-2002 Seven Days in May
Malcolm Fraser
Politician
21-May-1930   Prime Minister of Australia, 1975-83
Albert Fried, Jr.
Business
c. 1930   Albert Fried & Company
Jerome I. Friedman
Physicist
28-Mar-1930   Verified existence of quarks
Hank Garland
Country Musician
11-Nov-1930 27-Dec-2004 Country guitar virtuoso
J. Joseph Garrahy
Politician
26-Nov-1930 24-Jan-2012 Governor of Rhode Island, 1977-85
Owen K. Garriott
Astronaut
22-Nov-1930   Skylab, Spacelab astronaut
Ben Gazzara
Actor
28-Aug-1930 3-Feb-2012 The Thomas Crown Affair
George W. Gekas
Politician
14-Apr-1930   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-2003
Frank Gifford
Football
16-Aug-1930   Monday Night Football
Jean-Luc Godard
Film Director
3-Dec-1930   Vivre sa Vie
Alfred Gottschalk
Educator
7-Mar-1930 12-Sep-2009 President, Hebrew Union College, 1971-95
Mike Gravel
Politician
13-May-1930   US Senator from Alaska, 1969-81
Hanna Holborn Gray
Educator
25-Oct-1930   President, University of Chicago, 1978-93
Meg Greenfield
Journalist
27-Dec-1930 13-May-1999 The Washington Post
Charles B. Griffith
Screenwriter
23-Sep-1930 28-Sep-2007 Little Shop of Horrors
Zvi Griliches
Economist
12-Sep-1930 4-Nov-1999 Technology, Education, and Productivity
Dick Groat
Baseball
4-Nov-1930   Shortstop, 1960 National League MVP
Bob Guccione
Business
17-Dec-1930 20-Oct-2010 Founder, Penthouse magazine
Gene Hackman
Actor
30-Jan-1930   The Conversation
David Hall
Politician
20-Oct-1930   Governor of Oklahoma, 1971-75
Peter Hall
Theater Director
22-Nov-1930   Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Lynn Hamilton
Actor
25-Apr-1930   Donna Harris on Sanford and Son
Lorraine Hansberry
Playwright
19-May-1930 12-Jan-1965 A Raisin in the Sun
George V. Hansen
Politician
14-Sep-1930   Congressman from Idaho
Ty Hardin
Actor
1-Jan-1930   Bronco
Fred R. Harris
Politician
13-Nov-1930   US Senator from Oklahoma, 1964-73
Richard Harris
Actor
1-Oct-1930 25-Oct-2002 English Bob in Unforgiven
Don Haskins
Basketball
14-Mar-1930 7-Sep-2008 UTEP Head Basketball Coach, 1961-99
Jim Haslam
Business
13-Dec-1930   Pilot Corporation
Allison Hayes
Actor
6-Mar-1930 27-Feb-1977 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Jack Hedley
Actor
28-Oct-1930   Lt. Col. John Preston on Colditz
Tippi Hedren
Actor
19-Jan-1930   The Birds
W. G. Hefner
Politician
11-Apr-1930 2-Sep-2009 Congressman from North Carolina, 1975-99
Buck Henry
Comic
9-Dec-1930   Frequent SNL host
Gordon Hessler
Film Director
12-Dec-1930   The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Ira Michael Heyman
Educator
30-May-1930 19-Nov-2011 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1980-90
Don Ho
Singer
13-Aug-1930 14-Apr-2007 Hawaiian crooner, Tiny Bubbles
Skip Homeier
Actor
5-Oct-1930   Halls of Montezuma
Sally Ann Howes
Actor
20-Jul-1930   Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
David Huddleston
Actor
17-Sep-1930   The Big Lebowski
Ted Hughes
Poet
16-Aug-1930 28-Oct-1998 Crow
Douglas Hurd
Politician
8-Mar-1930   Former UK Home, Foreign Secretary
Ion Iliescu
Head of State
3-Mar-1930   Twice President of Romania
Andy Ireland
Politician
23-Aug-1930   Congressman from Florida, 1977-93
Clifford Irving
Hoaxer
5-Nov-1930   Howard Hughes autobiography hoax
James Irwin
Astronaut
17-Mar-1930 8-Aug-1991 8th to walk on the Moon
Katherine Jackson
Relative
4-May-1930   Matriarch of the Jackson family
Joni James
Singer
22-Sep-1930   Why Don't You Believe Me?
Vic Janowicz
Football
26-Jan-1930 27-Feb-1996 Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy
Graham Jarvis
Actor
25-Aug-1930 16-Apr-2003 Canadian-American character actor
Sue Johanson
Talk Show Host
29-Jul-1930   Talk Sex With Sue Johanson
Jasper Johns
Painter
15-May-1930   Neo-Dadaist painter of US Flag
Sam Johnson
Politician
11-Oct-1930   Congressman, Texas 3rd
Burton Joseph
Attorney
23-May-1930 31-Mar-2010 First Amendment lawyer
Anerood Jugnauth
Head of State
29-Mar-1930   President of Mauritius
Claude Jutra
Film Director
11-Mar-1930 5-Nov-1986 Mon Oncle Antoine
Marvin Kalb
Journalist
9-Jun-1930   CBS and NBC news correspondent
Martin Karplus
Chemist
15-Mar-1930   Karplus Equation
Dick Kazmaier
Football
23-Nov-1930   Winner, 1951 Heisman Trophy
David T. Kearns
Business
11-Aug-1930 25-Feb-2011 CEO of Xerox, 1985-91
Nan Kempner
Socialite
24-Jul-1930 3-Jul-2005 New York City socialite
D. James Kennedy
Religion
3-Nov-1930 5-Sep-2007 Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
Martha Elizabeth Keys
Politician
10-Aug-1930   Congresswoman from Kansas, 1975-79
Roger Kirk
Diplomat
2-Nov-1930   US Ambassador to Romania, 1985
Catherine Baker Knoll
Politician
3-Sep-1930 12-Nov-2008 Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, 2003-08
Helmut Kohl
Head of State
3-Apr-1930   Chancellor of Germany 1982-98
Michael Kojaian
Business
25-Nov-1930   Kojaian Management Corporation
James L. Koley
Attorney
26-Aug-1930   Koley Jessen LP
Tommy Kono
Sports Figure
27-Jun-1930   Weightlifter
Arthur G. Koumantzelis
Business
c. 1930   Gainesborough Investments
Ryszard Kuklinski
Spy
13-Jun-1930 10-Feb-2004 Polish Cold War era spy who worked with CIA
Burt Kwouk
Actor
18-Jul-1930   Cato in Pink Panther films
Moon Landrieu
Politician
23-Jul-1930   Mayor of New Orleans, 1970-78
Anton LaVey
Religion
11-Apr-1930 29-Oct-1997 Founder, Church of Satan
Barbara Lawrence
Actor
24-Feb-1930   A Letter to Three Wives
Howard Leach
Diplomat
19-Jun-1930   US Ambassador to France, 2001-05
Paul E. Lego
Business
16-May-1930   CEO of Westinghouse, 1990-93
Burton Levin
Diplomat
28-Sep-1930   US Ambassador to Burma, 1987-90
Elliott H. Levitas
Politician
26-Dec-1930   Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85
Samuel W. Lewis
Diplomat
1-Oct-1930   US Ambassador to Israel, 1977-85
G. Gordon Liddy
Government
30-Nov-1930   Watergate criminal, talk-show-host
Charles Lindbergh, Jr.
Victim
22-Jun-1930 Mar-1932 The Lindbergh Baby
Gene Littler
Golf
21-Jul-1930   Winner, 1961 US Open
Robert Loggia
Actor
3-Jan-1930   The Jagged Edge
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
Head of State
1-Jul-1930   Twice President of Bolivia
Lee Lozano
Painter
5-Nov-1930 2-Oct-1999 Misogyny as art form
Frank Lucas
Criminal
9-Sep-1930   Harlem heroin kingpin
Lorin Maazel
Conductor
6-Mar-1930   Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Dick MacPherson
Football
4-Nov-1930   Syracuse Head Coach, 1981-90
Michel Magne
Musician
20-Mar-1930 19-Dec-1984 Tropical Fantasy
Adam Cardinal Maida
Religion
18-Mar-1930   Catholic Archbishop of Detroit, 1990-2009
Minoru Makihara
Business
c. 1930   President of Mitsubishi, 1992-98
Irvin W. Maloney
Business
c. 1930   Dataproducts Corporation
Silvana Mangano
Actor
23-Apr-1930 16-Dec-1989 Bitter Rice and Anna
Herbie Mann
Jazz Musician
16-Apr-1930 1-Jul-2003 Jazz flautist
Princess Margaret
Royalty
21-Aug-1930 9-Feb-2002 QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon
Peter Marshall
Game Show Host
30-Mar-1930   The Hollywood Squares
Frank R. Mascara
Politician
19-Jan-1930 10-Jul-2011 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1995-2003
Harry Mathews
Author
14-Feb-1930   My Life in CIA
Bob Mathias
Sports Figure
17-Nov-1930 2-Sep-2006 Decathlon athlete turned Congressman
Ollie Matson
Football
1-May-1930 19-Feb-2011 NFL Hall of Famer
Whitman Mayo
Actor
15-Nov-1930 22-May-2001 Grady on Sanford and Son
Paul Mazursky
Film Director
25-Apr-1930   Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Theodore Cardinal McCarrick
Religion
7-Jul-1930   Archbishop of Washington, 2000-06
Peggy McCay
Actor
3-Nov-1930   Caroline Brady on Days of Our Lives
Mike McCormack
Football
21-Jun-1930   NFL Hall of Famer, coach
Frank McCourt
Author
19-Aug-1930 19-Jul-2009 Angela's Ashes
Joseph McElroy
Novelist
21-Aug-1930   Lookout Cartridge
Jack McKeon
Baseball
23-Nov-1930   Former Manager, Florida Marlins
Mary Ann G. McMorrow
Judge
16-Jan-1930   Illinois Chief Justice, 2002-06
Steve McQueen
Actor
24-Mar-1930 7-Nov-1980 The Great Escape
Ned McWherter
Politician
15-Oct-1930 4-Apr-2011 Governor of Tennessee, 1987-95
Raphael Mechoulam
Chemist
5-Nov-1930   Discovered THC
James R. Mellor
Business
c. 1930   CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97
Carlos Menem
Head of State
2-Jul-1930   President of Argentina, 1989-99
Richard G. Merrill
Business
c. 1930   Former Prudential executive
Harvey Milk
Politician
22-May-1930 27-Nov-1978 Openly gay SF city supervisor
Stanley Miller
Chemist
7-Mar-1930 20-May-2007 Miller-Urey Experiment
Edgar Mitchell
Astronaut
17-Sep-1930   6th to walk on the Moon
Scoey Mitchell
Actor
12-Mar-1930   Barefoot in the Park
Donald Moffat
Actor
26-Dec-1930   British-American character actor
Matt Monro
Singer
1-Dec-1930 7-Feb-1985 Born Free
Sara Jane Moore
Assassin
15-Feb-1930   Tried to kill President Ford
Thomas Gale Moore
Economist
6-Nov-1930   Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Actor
17-Dec-1930   Shine
Fakir Musafar
Performance Artist
10-Aug-1930   Coined the term modern primitives
Jim Nabors
Actor
12-Jun-1930   Gomer Pyle USMC
Derek Nimmo
Actor
19-Sep-1930 24-Feb-1999 All Gas and Gaiters
Marni Nixon
Singer
22-Feb-1930   The Voice of Hollywood
Philippe Noiret
Actor
1-Oct-1930 23-Nov-2006 Cinema Paradiso
Keith Foote Nyborg
Business
4-Mar-1930   US Ambassador to Finland, 1981-86
Frank O'Bannon
Politician
30-Jan-1930 13-Sep-2003 Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003
Edna O'Brien
Novelist
15-Dec-1930   The Country Girls
John J. O'Connor III
Relative
10-Jan-1930 11-Nov-2009 Sandra Day O'Connor's husband
Sandra Day O'Connor
Judge
26-Mar-1930   US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
William A. O'Neill
Politician
11-Aug-1930 24-Nov-2007 Governor of Connecticut, 1980-91
Odetta
Singer
31-Dec-1930 2-Dec-2008 Queen of American Folk Music
Herbert S. Okun
Diplomat
27-Nov-1930 8-Nov-2011 US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89
James Olson
Actor
8-Oct-1930   Rachel, Rachel
Bo Hi Pak
Business
18-Aug-1930   Sun Myung Moon's right-hand man
Larry Peerce
Film Director
19-Apr-1930   Goodbye, Columbus
Jerry Perenchio
Business
20-Dec-1930   Univision billionaire
H. Ross Perot
Business
27-Jun-1930   Eccentric presidential candidate
Frank Perry
Film Director
21-Aug-1930 29-Aug-1995 Mommie Dearest
Roberta Peters
Singer
4-May-1930   Coloratura soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera
Owen B. Pickett
Politician
31-Aug-1930 27-Oct-2010 Congressman from Virginia, 1987-2001
Lynden Oscar Pindling
Politician
22-Mar-1930 25-Aug-2000 Father of The Bahamas
Gordon Pinsent
Actor
12-Jul-1930   Fraser, Sr. on Due South
Harold Pinter
Playwright
10-Oct-1930 24-Dec-2008 The Birthday Party
Norman Podhoretz
Author
16-Jan-1930   Prominent neocon author
Robert M. Price
Business
c. 1930   CEO of Control Data Corporation, 1986-89
Robert Prosky
Actor
13-Dec-1930 8-Dec-2008 Pat Chase on Veronica's Closet
Charles Rangel
Politician
11-Jun-1930   Congressman, New York 15th
B. M. Rankin, Jr.
Business
c. 1930   Co-Founder, McMoRan Oil & Gas Co.
Marge Redmond
Actor
14-Dec-1930   Sister Jacqueline on The Flying Nun
Kate Reid
Actor
4-Nov-1930 27-Mar-1993 The Andromeda Strain
Clive Revill
Actor
18-Apr-1930   Avanti!
Alejandro Rey
Actor
8-Feb-1930 21-May-1987 Carlos Ramirez on The Flying Nun
Dick Riordan
Politician
1-May-1930   Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001
Michael Robbins
Actor
14-Nov-1930 11-Dec-1992 Arthur Rudge on On the Buses
Doris Roberts
Actor
4-Nov-1930   Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond
Pat Robertson
Religion
22-Mar-1930   The 700 Club
Jay Robinson
Actor
14-Apr-1930   Caligula in The Robe
Paul H. Robinson
Business
22-Jun-1930   US Ambassador to Canada, 1981-85
Jean Rochefort
Actor
29-Apr-1930   The Clockmaker of St. Paul
Sonny Rollins
Jazz Musician
7-Sep-1930   Tenor sax master
John Romita
Cartoonist
24-Jan-1930   Comic book artist
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
Business
c. 1930   Former Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Gena Rowlands
Actor
19-Jun-1930   A Woman Under The Influence
Warren Rudman
Politician
18-May-1930   US Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93
Renato Ruggiero
Politician
9-Apr-1930   Director-General of the WTO, 1995-99
Fred Saberhagen
Novelist
18-May-1930 29-Jun-2007 Berserker series
Patricia Saiki
Politician
28-May-1930   Congresswoman from Hawaii, 1987-91
Marion O. Sandler
Philanthropist
17-Oct-1930 1-Jun-2012 Golden West Financial
Roger W. Sant
Business
c. 1930   Billionaire, AES
Dick Sargent
Actor
19-Apr-1930 8-Jul-1994 Darrin #2 on Bewitched
José Sarney
Head of State
24-Apr-1930   President of Brazil, 1985-90
Hal Saunders
Government
27-Dec-1930   Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81
Maximilian Schell
Actor
8-Dec-1930   Judgment at Nuremberg
Thomas Schippers
Conductor
9-Mar-1930 16-Dec-1977 Music Director, Cinncinati Symphony, 1970-77
Ruth A. Schmidt
Educator
16-Sep-1930 24-May-2010 President of Agnes Scott College, 1982-94
John G. Schmitz
Politician
12-Aug-1930 10-Jan-2001 Congressman from California, 1970-73
Dieter Schnebel
Composer
14-Mar-1930   Avant-garde composer
Mobutu Sese Seko
Head of State
14-Oct-1930 7-Sep-1997 Dictator, bled Zaire dry
Reinhard Selten
Economist
5-Oct-1930   Game theory
Mel Sembler
Diplomat
10-May-1930   US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05
William Sessions
Government
27-May-1930   Director of FBI, 1987-93
Wilfrid Sheed
Author
27-Dec-1930 19-Jan-2011 Office Politics
John H. Shenefield
Attorney
23-Jan-1930   Morgan Lewis
Zalman Shoval
Diplomat
28-Apr-1930   Twice Israeli Ambassdor to the US
Alan Shugart
Inventor
27-Sep-1930 12-Dec-2006 SCSI interface
Don Shula
Football
4-Jan-1930   Miami Dolphins coach
Shel Silverstein
Poet
25-Sep-1930 10-May-1999 Where the Sidewalk Ends
Joan Sims
Actor
9-May-1930 28-Jun-2001 Carry On...
George E. Smith
Scientist
10-May-1930   Digital photography
Lois Smith
Actor
3-Nov-1930   Five Easy Pieces
Gary Snyder
Poet
8-May-1930   Turtle Island
Gerald B. H. Solomon
Politician
14-Aug-1930 26-Oct-2001 Congressman from New York, 1979-99
Stephen Sondheim
Composer
22-Mar-1930   West Side Story
George Soros
Business
12-Aug-1930   Financial speculator
Robert Sorrells
Actor
29-Jun-1930   Gunsmoke and Bonanza
Thomas Sowell
Economist
30-Jul-1930   Conservative economist, Hoover fellow
Arlen Specter
Politician
12-Feb-1930   US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011
Carl Spielvogel
Business
c. 1930   Advertising executive, Bates Worldwide
Raymond St. Jacques
Actor
1-Mar-1930 27-Aug-1990 Cotton Comes to Harlem
Thomas P. Stafford
Astronaut
17-Sep-1930   Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz
Arlan Stangeland
Politician
8-Feb-1930   Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-91
George Steinbrenner
Baseball
4-Jul-1930 13-Jul-2010 Owner, New York Yankees
Frances Sternhagen
Actor
13-Jan-1930   Misery
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Politician
10-Oct-1930   US Senator from Illinois, 1970-81
Elaine Stewart
Actor
31-May-1930 27-Jun-2011 Brigadoon
Barbara Stuart
Actor
3-Jan-1930 15-May-2011 Bunny on Gomer Pyle, USMC
Albert Stubblebine
Military
c. 1930   The Men Who Stare at Goats
Pat Summerall
Sports Journalist
10-May-1930   Sportscaster
Akira Suzuki
Chemist
12-Sep-1930   Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings
Toru Takemitsu
Composer
8-Oct-1930 20-Feb-1996 A Way A Lone
Nita Talbot
Actor
8-Aug-1930   Rose on Starting from Scratch
Myles Tanenbaum
Business
28-Jun-1930   Real Estate developer
Jerry Tarkanian
Basketball
8-Aug-1930   Longtime UNLV basketball coach
Vic Tayback
Actor
6-Jan-1930 25-May-1990 Character actor, Papillon, etc
Rod Taylor
Actor
11-Jan-1930   The Time Machine
James D. Theberge
Diplomat
28-Dec-1930 20-Jan-1988 US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85
David R. Thompson
Judge
26-Dec-1930 19-Feb-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-2011
William E. Timmons, Sr.
Government
27-Dec-1930   Washington lobbyist
Esteban Torres
Politician
27-Jan-1930   Congressman from California, 1983-99
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Actor
11-Dec-1930   Un homme et une femme
Carlisle Trost
Military
24-Apr-1930   Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90
Dorothy Tutin
Actor
8-Apr-1930 6-Aug-2001 Savage Messiah
Don Tyson
Business
21-Apr-1930 6-Jan-2011 Tyson Foods
Barry Unsworth
Novelist
10-Aug-1930 5-Jun-2012 Sacred Hunger
William vanden Heuvel
Diplomat
14-Apr-1930   US Ambassador to the UN Europe, 1977-79
Richard N. Viets
Diplomat
10-Nov-1930   US Ambassador to Jordan, 1981-84
Robert Wagner
Actor
10-Feb-1930   Jonathan Hart on Hart to Hart
Derek Walcott
Poet
23-Jan-1930   In a Green Night
Olene Walker
Politician
15-Nov-1930   Governor of Utah, 2003-05
William D. Walsh
Business
c. 1930   Sequoia Associates
Robert L. Waltrip
Business
c. 1930   Founder, Service Corporation International
Dennis Weatherstone
Business
29-Nov-1930 13-Jun-2008 CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94
Earl Weaver
Baseball
14-Aug-1930   Cantankerous Orioles Manager
Howard B. Wentz, Jr.
Business
10-Jan-1930   CEO of Amstar Company, 1983-89
Ed White
Astronaut
14-Nov-1930 27-Jan-1967 First American to walk in space
Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
1-Apr-1930   Yeoman Rand on Star Trek
Grant Williams
Actor
18-Aug-1930 28-Jul-1985 The Incredible Shrinking Man
David Wise
Author
10-May-1930   The Invisible Government
Frederick Wiseman
Film Director
1-Jan-1930   Titicut Follies
Werner F. Wolfen
Attorney
15-May-1930   Former Partner, Irell & Manella
John Wood
Actor
5-Jul-1930 6-Aug-2011 Dr. Falken in WarGames
Edward Woodward
Actor
1-Jun-1930 16-Nov-2009 The Equalizer
Joanne Woodward
Actor
27-Feb-1930   The Three Faces of Eve
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Government
30-Jun-1930   Former Saudi Minister of Oil
Glenn Yarbrough
Singer
12-Jan-1930   Lead singer, The Limeliters
Clayton K. Yeutter
Government
10-Dec-1930   US Secretary of Agriculture, 1989-91
Bill Young
Politician
16-Dec-1930   Congressman, Florida 10th
John Young
Astronaut
24-Sep-1930   9th to walk on the Moon
Alfred M. Zeien
Business
25-Feb-1930   CEO of Gillette, 1991-99




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