August 30

August 30 – Famous Birthdays

Mary Shelley (WRITER) 1797 – 1851

Warren Buffett (BUSINESS MAGNATE) 1930 – 2017

Cameron Diaz (MOVIE ACTRESS) 1972

August 30 – Famous Birthdays

1748 Jacques-Louis David France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat)
1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley London England, author (Frankenstein)
1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur wife of president Chester A Arthur
1852 Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)
1871 Ernest Lord Rutherford England, physicist; discovered atomic nucleus
1884 Theodor Svedberg Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel ’26)
1893 Huey P Long Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La)
1896 Raymond Massey Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare)
19– Anthony Call actor (Herb Callison-One Life to Live)
19– Ben Jones NC, actor (Cooter-Dukes of Hazzard)
19– Deedy Peters Hartford City Indiana, actress (House Calls)
19– Dorian Lopinto actress (One Life to Live)
19– James Vallely New Brunswick NJ, actor (Charles-Double Trouble)
19– William G Schilling Phila Pa, actor (Dr Samuels-Head of the Class)
1901 John Gunther Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther’s High Road)
1901 Roy Wilkins civil rights director (NAACP)
1907 Fred MacMurray Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons)
1908 Willie Bryant New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times)
1909 Joan Blondell NYC, actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides)
1917 Julie Bishop Denver Colo, actress (Northern Pursuit, Threat)
1918 Ted Williams Baseball’s last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox, hit .406, .344 lifetime)
1919 Kitty Wells Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1922 Regina Resnik NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)
1923 Elias Victor Seixas US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbledon 1953-56)
1927 Geoffrey Beene Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards)
1928 Bill Daily Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart)
1928 Johnny Mann Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer)
1930 Warren Buffett author (The Midas Touch)
1931 John L Swigert Jr Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13
1935 John Phillips singer (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming)
1938 Steve Delaney Dobbs Ferry NY, newscaster (Monitor)
1939 Elizabeth Ashley Ocala Florida, actress (Coma)
1943 Jean Claude Killy France, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1968)
1943 R Crumb cartoonist (Father Time)
1947 Peggy Lipton Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks)
1950 John Landis actor (American Werewolf in London)
1951 Timothy Bottoms actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden)
1953 Robert Parish NBA center (Boston Celtics)
1955 Martin Jackson rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
1964 Joan Bennett Chicago Ill, playmate (January, 1985)
1964 Stephen Baker NFL receiver (NY Giants)
1974 Matt Bongiovi heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi)