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In the year 1930

1,335 Notable birthdays

Morris Kahn

Israeli billionaire entrepreneur.

Born March 5th, 1930 in Benoni.

Died January 1st, 2026 at 95 years old in United States. [ref]

María Elena Walsh

Argentine author and composer.

Born February 1st, 1930 in Villa Sarmiento. [ref]

Died January 10th, 2011 at 80 years old in Buenos Aires (bone cancer). [ref]

Sa'dun Hammadi

Iraqi politician (1930-2007).

Born June 22nd, 1930 in Karbala.

Died March 14th, 2007 at 76 years old in Germany (leukemia).

Donald Byrne

American chess player (1930-1976).

Born June 12th, 1930 in New York City.

Died April 8th, 1976 at 45 years old in Philadelphia (systemic lupus erythematosus).

Pavel Popovich

Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009).

Born October 5th, 1930 in Uzyn. [ref]

Died September 29th, 2009 at 78 years old in Hurzuf (stroke). [ref]

Károly Grósz

Former general secretary of the hungarian socialist workers' party (1930–1996).

Born August 1st, 1930 in Miskolc.

Died January 7th, 1996 at 65 years old in Gödöllő (kidney cancer).

Choe Yong-rim

North korean politician (born 1930).

Born November 20th, 1930 (age 95 years) in Kankyō-hoku Prefecture.

Anatoly Lukyanov

Russian politician (1930-2019).

Born May 7th, 1930 in Smolensk.

Died January 9th, 2019 at 88 years old in Moscow.

Stuart Lewis-Evans

Racecar driver (1930-1958).

Born April 20th, 1930 in Luton.

Died October 25th, 1958 at 28 years old in East Grinstead.

Wolfgang Smith

Mathematician and philosopher of science (1930–2024).

Born February 18th, 1930 in Vienna.

Died July 19th, 2024 at 94 years old in Ventura. [ref]

Murphy J. Foster

American politician (1930-2020).

Born July 11th, 1930 in Franklin.

Died October 4th, 2020 at 90 years old in Franklin. [ref]

Matthew Meselson

American geneticist and molecular biologist.

Born May 24th, 1930 (age 95 years) in Denver.

Richie Ginther

American racing driver (1930-1989).

Born August 5th, 1930 in Hollywood.

Died September 20th, 1989 at 59 years old in Bordeaux (myocardial infarction).

Vern Law

American baseball player.

Born March 12th, 1930 (age 96 years) in Meridian.

Claude Bolling

French jazz musician, composer and pianist (1930–2020).

Born April 10th, 1930 in Cannes.

Died December 29th, 2020 at 90 years old in Saint-Cloud. [ref]

Robert Gilpin

American political scientist (1930–2018).

Born July 2nd, 1930 in Burlington. [ref]

Died June 20th, 2018 at 87 years old in Waterbury. [ref]

Timothy Findley

Canadian writer (1930–2002).

Born October 30th, 1930 in Toronto.

Died June 21st, 2002 at 71 years old in Brignoles. [ref]

Raymond J. Donovan

American businessman and politician (1930–2021).

Born August 31st, 1930 in Bayonne.

Died June 2nd, 2021 at 90 years old in New Vernon (heart failure). [ref]

Paul Horn

American flautist in jazz and new age music (1930-2014).

Born March 17th, 1930 in New York City.

Died June 29th, 2014 at 84 years old in Vancouver. [ref]

Frunzik Mkrtchyan

Soviet actor and theatre director (1930-1993).

Born July 4th, 1930 in Gyumri.

Died December 29th, 1993 at 63 years old in Yerevan (cancer).

Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou

Kurdish political leader.

Born December 22nd, 1930 in Urmia.

Died July 13th, 1989 at 58 years old in Vienna.

Israel Kirzner

American economist.

Born February 13th, 1930 (age 96 years) in London.

Wilferd Madelung

German-british author and scholar of islamic history (1930—2023).

Born December 26th, 1930 in Stuttgart.

Died May 9th, 2023 at 92 years old [ref]

Pampero Firpo

Argentiniean wrestler (1930-2020).

Born April 6th, 1930 in Buenos Aires. [ref]

Died January 9th, 2020 at 89 years old in San Jose. [ref]

Kenneth Frampton

British architect, critic and historian (born 1930).

Born November 20th, 1930 (age 95 years) in Woking.

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