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In the year 1930

1,241 Notable birthdays

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

Younger daughter of king george vi and queen elizabeth the queen mother.

Born August 21st, 1930 in Glamis Castle. [ref]

Died February 9th, 2002 at 71 years old in King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes (stroke). [ref]

Clint Eastwood

American actor and filmmaker.

Born May 31st, 1930 (age 95 years) in San Francisco.

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020).

Born August 25th, 1930 in Fountainbridge. [ref]

Died October 31st, 2020 at 90 years old in Lyford Cay (respiratory failure, atrial fibrillation). [ref]

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman.

Born August 30th, 1930 (age 95 years) in Omaha.

George Soros

Hungarian-american business magnate, investor and philanthropist.

Born August 12th, 1930 (age 95 years) in Budapest.

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012).

Born August 5th, 1930 in Wapakoneta. [ref]

Died August 25th, 2012 at 82 years old in Cincinnati (coronary artery bypass surgery). [ref]

Steve McQueen

American actor (1930-1980).

Born March 24th, 1930 in Beech Grove.

Died November 7th, 1980 at 50 years old in Ciudad Juárez (lung cancer).

Gene Hackman

American actor (1930–2025).

Born January 30th, 1930 in San Bernardino.

Died February 18th, 2025 at 95 years old in Santa Fe (coronary artery disease, hypertensive heart disease). [ref]

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon

Welsh photographer and filmmaker (1930-2017); ex-husband of princess margaret (1930–2017).

Born March 7th, 1930 in Belgravia. [ref]

Died January 13th, 2017 at 86 years old in Kensington. [ref]

Richard Harris

Irish actor, singer, film director and writer (1930–2002).

Born October 2nd, 1930 in Limerick.

Died October 25th, 2002 at 72 years old in University College Hospital (Hodgkin lymphoma).

Ray Charles

American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004).

Born September 23rd, 1930 in Albany. [ref]

Died June 10th, 2004 at 73 years old in Beverly Hills (liver failure).

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut (born 1930).

Born January 20th, 1930 (age 96 years) in Mountainside Medical Center.

Robert Wagner

American actor (born 1930).

Born February 10th, 1930 (age 96 years) in Detroit.

Joanne Woodward

American actress (born 1930).

Born February 27th, 1930 (age 96 years) in Thomasville.

Tippi Hedren

American actress, model and activist.

Born January 19th, 1930 (age 96 years) in New Ulm.

Ross Perot

American businessman and politician (1930–2019).

Born June 27th, 1930 in Texarkana.

Died July 9th, 2019 at 89 years old in Dallas (leukemia). [ref]

Stephen Sondheim

American composer and lyricist (1930–2021).

Born March 22nd, 1930 in Manhattan.

Died November 26th, 2021 at 91 years old in Roxbury. [ref]

John Astin

American actor (born 1930).

Born March 30th, 1930 (age 96 years) in Baltimore.

Sandra Day O'Connor

American lawyer and jurist (1930–2023).

Born March 26th, 1930 in El Paso.

Died December 1st, 2023 at 93 years old in Phoenix (respiratory disease, dementia). [ref]

Frank Lucas

American mobster (1930-2019).

Born September 9th, 1930 in La Grange. [ref]

Died May 30th, 2019 at 88 years old in Cedar Grove. [ref]

Sunil Dutt

Hindi film actor.

Born June 6th, 1930 in Jhelum. [ref]

Died May 25th, 2005 at 74 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Thomas Sowell

American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author.

Born June 30th, 1930 (age 95 years) in Gastonia.

Kader Khan

Indian-canadian film actor, script and dialogue writer.

Born October 22nd, 1930 in Kabul.

Died December 31st, 2018 at 88 years old in Toronto (progressive supranuclear palsy).

Harvey Milk

American politician who became a martyr in the gay community (1930-1978).

Born May 22nd, 1930 in Woodmere. [ref]

Died November 27th, 1978 at 48 years old in San Francisco (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Katherine Jackson

Matriarch of the jackson musical family.

Born May 4th, 1930 (age 95 years) in Barbour County.

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