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In the year 1930
1,241 Notable birthdays
Sorrell Booke
American actor (1930–1994).
Born January 4th, 1930 in Buffalo.
Died February 11th, 1994 at 64 years old in Sherman Oaks (colorectal cancer).
Andrew Sachs
British actor (1930–2016).
Born April 7th, 1930 in Berlin.
Died November 23rd, 2016 at 86 years old in London (vascular dementia). [ref]
Joan Sims
English actress (1930-2001).
Born May 9th, 1930 in Basildon.
Died June 27th, 2001 at 71 years old in London (gastrointestinal system disease).
Robert Prosky
American actor (1930–2008).
Born December 13th, 1930 in Philadelphia.
Died December 8th, 2008 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C. (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
John Young
American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018).
Born September 24th, 1930 in San Francisco.
Died January 5th, 2018 at 87 years old in Houston (pneumonia). [ref]
Lorraine Hansberry
American playwright and writer.
Born May 19th, 1930 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1965 at 34 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
John Morgan
American sailor (1930–2025).
Born September 17th, 1930 in Oyster Bay.
Died January 23rd, 2025 at 94 years old [ref]
Buck Henry
American actor (1930–2020).
Born December 9th, 1930 in New York City.
Died January 8th, 2020 at 89 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marni Nixon
American singer and actress (1930-2016).
Born February 22nd, 1930 in Altadena.
Died July 24th, 2016 at 86 years old in New York City (breast cancer). [ref]
Harold Bloom
American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930-2019).
Born July 11th, 1930 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 14th, 2019 at 89 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist.
Born May 11th, 1930 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2002 at 72 years old in Nuenen (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Frank Perry
American film director (1930–1995).
Born August 21st, 1930 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1995 at 65 years old in Manhattan (prostate cancer). [ref]
Jasper Johns
American painter and sculptor (1930- ).
Ed White
American astronaut (1930-1967).
Born November 14th, 1930 in San Antonio.
Died January 27th, 1967 at 36 years old in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (conflagration).
Kasinathuni Viswanath
Indian director, screenwriter and actor.
Born February 19th, 1930 in Repalle.
Died February 2nd, 2023 at 92 years old in Hyderabad.
Polly Bergen
American actress, singer, entrepreneur (1930-2014).
Born July 14th, 1930 in Knoxville. [ref]
Died September 20th, 2014 at 84 years old in Southbury (heart failure). [ref]
Sara Jane Moore
American failed assassin.
Born February 15th, 1930 in Charleston.
Died September 24th, 2025 at 95 years old in Franklin. [ref]
Pete Conrad
American astronaut.
Born June 2nd, 1930 in Philadelphia.
Died July 8th, 1999 at 69 years old in Ojai (motorcycle accident). [ref]
Pierre Bergé
French industrialist, patron and book collector.
Born November 14th, 1930 in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 86 years old in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (disease). [ref]
David Huddleston
American actor (1930-2016).
Born September 17th, 1930 in Vinton.
Died August 2nd, 2016 at 85 years old in Santa Fe (disease). [ref]
Frank McCourt
Irish-american teacher and pulitzer prize–winning writer.
Born August 19th, 1930 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died July 19th, 2009 at 78 years old in Manhattan (melanoma). [ref]
Grace Lee Whitney
American actress and entertainer (1930-2015).
Born April 1st, 1930 in Ann Arbor.
Died May 1st, 2015 at 85 years old in Coarsegold (disease).
Arlen Specter
American politician (1930–2012).
Born February 12th, 1930 in Wichita.
Died October 14th, 2012 at 82 years old in Philadelphia (lymphoma). [ref]
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