Urho Castrén

Finnish politician (1886-1965).

Born December 30th, 1886 in Jyväskylä.

Died March 8th, 1965 at 78 years old in Helsinki.

Kader Attia

French installation artist and photographer (born 1970).

Born December 30th, 1970 (age 55 years) in Dugny.

Gerard Labuda

Polish historian (1916–2010).

Born December 30th, 1916 in Nowa Huta, Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Died October 1st, 2010 at 93 years old in Poznań. ^[ref]

Manuel de Ascásubí

Acting president of ecuador (1849-1850) / (1869).

Born December 30th, 1804 in Quito.

Died December 25th, 1876 at 71 years old in Quito (myocardial infarction).

Bartosz Arłukowicz

Polish politician.

Born December 30th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Resko.

Sandra Glover

African american athlete.

Born December 30th, 1968 (age 57 years) in Palestine.

Anatoly Logunov

Russian physicist (1926-2015).

Born December 30th, 1926 in Obsharovka.

Died March 1st, 2015 at 88 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Ken Jones

Welsh sprinter and rugby union footballer (1921-2006).

Born December 30th, 1921 in Blaenavon.

Died April 18th, 2006 at 84 years old in Newport. ^[ref]

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player.

Born December 30th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Copenhagen. ^[ref]

Aleksandar Ćirić

Serbian water polo player.

Born December 30th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Belgrade.

Henri Debehogne

Astronomer (1928–2007).

Born December 30th, 1928 in Maillen.

Died December 9th, 2007 at 78 years old in Uccle.

Sergio Gadea

Spanish motorcycle racer.

Born December 30th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Puçol.

Honoria Acosta-Sison

Filipino woman physician.

Born December 30th, 1888 in Calasiao.

Died January 19th, 1970 at 81 years old

Jaime Lazcano Escolá

Spanish association football player (1909–1983).

Born December 30th, 1909 in Pamplona.

Died June 1st, 1983 at 73 years old in Madrid.

Jean-Pierre Bel

French politician.

Born December 30th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Lavaur.

Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily

Saudi athletics competitor.

Born December 30th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Ta'if.

João Tamagnini Barbosa

Portuguese politician and military officer (1883–1948).

Born December 30th, 1883 in Macau.

Died December 15th, 1948 at 64 years old in Lisbon.

Jakub Nakládal

Czech ice hockey player.

Born December 30th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Hradec Králové.

Jules Vandooren

French footballer (1908-1985).

Born December 30th, 1908 in Armentières.

Died January 7th, 1985 at 76 years old in Calais.

Maria Golopența

Romanian table tennis player (1939–2024).

Born December 30th, 1939 in Plugova.

Died November 27th, 2024 at 84 years old in Băile Herculane. ^[ref]

Milan Šrejber

Czech tennis player and businessman.

Born December 30th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Prague.

Marcela Lagarde

Mexican academic, author, researcher, anthropologist, feminist activist and politician.

Born December 30th, 1948 (age 77 years) in Mexico City.

Oumar Dieng

Senegalese and french footballer.

Born December 30th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Dakar.

Bruno Parma

Slovene chess player.

Born December 30th, 1941 in Ljubljana.

Died February 6th, 2026 at 84 years old in Ljubljana. ^[ref]

Sigmund Ruud

Norwegian ski jumper (1907–1994).

Born December 30th, 1907 in Kongsberg.

Died April 7th, 1994 at 86 years old in Oslo.