May 30 - Births

Births

1010 – Emperor Renzong of Song (d. 1063)
1220 – Saint Alexander Nevsky (d.1263)
1423 – Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
1623 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
1653 – Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)
1713 – Princess Caroline of Great Britain (d. 1757)
1718 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (d. 1793)
1719 – Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
1757 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English statesman (d. 1844)
1768 – Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French commander (d. 1815)
1768 – Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1873)
1800 – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose French bishop and senator (d. 1883)
1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary, and philosopher, and theorist (d. 1876)
1814 – Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (d. 1894)
1819 – William McMurdo, English army officer (d. 1894)
1820 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French-Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (d. 1890)
1844 – Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (d. 1921)
1845 – Amadeo I of Spain (d. 1890)
1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
1858 – Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
1871 – Olga Engl, Austrian actress (d. 1946)
1874 – Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)
1875 – Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (d. 1944)
1878 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)
1879 – Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
1881 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
1882 – Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (d. 1915)
1886 – Laurent Barré, Canadian author and politician (d. 1964)
1886 – Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918)
1887 – Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian artist (d. 1964)
1887 – Paulette Noizeux, French actress (d. 1971)
1890 – Roger Salengro, French politician (d. 1936)
1892 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)
1894 – Hubertus van Mook, Dutch administrator and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)
1895 – Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)
1896 – Howard Hawks, American director (d. 1977)
1899 – Irving Thalberg, American film producer (d. 1936)
1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (d. 1979)
1902 – Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (d. 1985)
1906 – Bruno Gröning, German mystic (d. 1959)
1907 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)
1907 – Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. 2008)
1908 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)
1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinetist, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)
1909 – Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (d. 1997)
1910 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete and politician (d. 1978)
1910 – Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)
1910 – Harry Bernstein, English-American writer (d. 2011)
1912 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912 – Erich Bagge, German physicist (d. 1996)
1912 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)
1912 – Joseph Stein, American playwright (d. 2010)
1914 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (d. 1979)
1916 – Justin Catayée, French politician (d. 1962)
1918 – Pita Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
1918 – Bob Evans, American restaurateur and businessman, founder of Bob Evans Restaurants (d. 2007)
1919 – René Barrientos, Bolivian politician, 55th President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
1920 – Franklin Schaffner, American director (d. 1989)
1922 – Hal Clement, American writer (d. 2003)
1926 – Christine Jorgensen, American transgender (d. 1989)
1927 – Clint Walker, American actor
1928 – Agnès Varda, French director
1928 – Pro Hart, Australian artist (d. 2006)
1929 – Georges Gilson, French bishop
1930 – Mark Birley, English nightclub owner, founded Annabel's (d. 2007)
1930 – Robert Ryman, American painter
1931 – Larry Silverstein, American businessman and real estate investor
1932 – Pauline Oliveros, American accordionist, composer, and author (Deep Listening Band)
1934 – Alexey Leonov, Russian astronaut
1934 – Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach
1935 – Lee Gunther, American producer and editor (d. 1998)
1935 – Guy Tardif, Canadian politician (d. 2005)
1936 – Keir Dullea, American actor
1936 – Ruta Lee, Canadian actress
1937 – Harry Statham, American basketball coach
1939 – Michael J. Pollard, American actor
1939 – Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver
1940 – Gilles Villemure, Canadian ice hockey player
1943 – James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1943 – Gale Sayers, American football player
1944 – Lenny Davidson, English guitarist (The Dave Clark Five)
1944 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
1944 – Stav Prodromou, Greek-American businessman
1945 – Norman Eshley, English actor
1946 – Allan Chapman, English historian
1947 – Jocelyne Bourassa, French-Canadian golfer
1948 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
1949 – P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
1949 – Klaus Flouride, American musician, songwriter, and producer (Dead Kennedys)
1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, French politician
1950 – Dann Glenn, American bassist, composer, and author
1950 – Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
1951 – Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer-songwriter (Ambasadori and Korni Grupa)
1951 – Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician
1951 – Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor
1952 – Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey referee
1952 – Scott Holmes, American actor
1953 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor
1955 – Jake Roberts, American wrestler
1955 – Topper Headon, English musician and songwriter (The Clash and Mirkwood)
1958 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician (Roxette)
1958 – Steve Israel, American politician
1958 – Ted McGinley, American actor
1958 – Michael Lopez-Alegria, Spanish-American astronaut
1959 – Phil Brown, English footballer and manager
1959 – Randy Ferbey, Canadian curler
1959 – Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
1961 – Harry Enfield, English comedian, actor, writer, and director
1961 – Ralph Carter, American actor
1961 – Bob Yari, Iranian-American film producer
1962 – Kevin Eastman, American comic book artist, writer, and publisher
1962 – Tonya Pinkins, American actress
1963 – Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter (Voivod)
1963 – Élise Lucet, French journalist and television host
1963 – Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut
1964 – Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Judds)
1964 – Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and activist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, The Nightwatchman, and Axis of Justice)
1964 – Andrea Montermini, Italian race car driver
1965 – Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach
1965 – Abderraouf Jdey, Tunisian terrorist
1965 – Iginio Straffi, Italian businessman, founder of Rainbow S.r.l.
1966 – Stephen Malkmus, American singer and musician (Pavement and Silver Jews)
1967 – Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter (The Charlatans and The Chavs)
1968 – Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author
1968 – Jason Kenney, Canadian politician
1968 – Zacarias Moussaoui, French terrorist
1969 – Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director and screenwriter
1969 – Naomi Kawase, Japanese director
1970 – Flora Chan, Hong Kong actress
1970 – Ness Wadia, Indian businessman
1971 – Duncan Jones, English director
1971 – Idina Menzel, American actress and singer
1971 – Jiri Slegr, Czech ice hockey player
1972 – Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player
1972 – Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese voice actor
1973 – Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor
1974 – Cee Lo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley)
1974 – Big L, American rapper (Children of the Corn and Diggin' in the Crates Crew) (d. 1999)
1974 – Konstantinos Chalkias, Greek footballer
1974 – Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor
1974 – David Wilkie, American ice hockey player
1975 – Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player
1975 – Brian Fair, American singer and musician (Shadows Fall and Overcast)
1975 – Andy Farrell, English rugby player
1976 – Rasho Nesterovič, Slovenian basketball player
1976 – Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
1976 – Margaret Okayo, Kenyan runner
1976 – Leonel Grave de Peralta, Cuban activist
1977 – Akwá, Angolan footballer
1977 – Marc Dos Santos, Canadian soccer manager and coach
1977 – Rachael Stirling, English actress
1977 – Federico Vilar, Argentine footballer
1978 – Cyrus King, American actor
1978 – Lyoto Machida, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978 – Kevin Hart, American comedian
1978 – Eric Searle American singer and guitarist (Light Pupil Dilate)
1979 – Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Rie Kugimiya, Japanese voice actress
1979 – Clint Bowyer, American race car driver
1979 – Fabian Ernst, German footballer
1979 – Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
1981 – Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Megapuss)
1981 – Blake Bashoff, American actor
1981 – Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver
1981 – Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
1981 – Remy Ma, American rapper and songwriter (Terror Squad)
1981 – Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player
1981 – Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer
1982 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
1982 – James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player
1983 – Jennifer Ellison, English actress, model, singer, and dancer
1984 – Matt Maguire, Australian rules footballer
1984 – Jordan Palmer, American football player
1984 – Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer
1984 – Alexander Sulzer, German ice hockey player
1985 – Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Jennifer Winget, Indian Actress
1987 – Joyce Cheng, Hong Kong singer, writer, actress, and model
1986 – William S. Mick "185668232", American activist, artist, musician.
1988 – Antonio Winterstein, Australian rugby player
1988 – Kelvin Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
1989 – Ailee, American-Korean singer and actress
1989 – Hyomin, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara)
1989 – Kevin Covais, American singer and actor
1989 – Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player
1990 – Dean Collins, American actor
1990 – Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player
1990 – Im Yoona, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation)
1991 – Jonathan Fox, English swimmer
1992 – Liam Mower, English actor and dancer
1997 – Jake Short, American actor
2000 – Jared S. Gilmore, American actor