December 30 – Famous Birthdays
Ellie Goulding (POP SINGER) 1986
Tyrese Gibson (R&B SINGER) 1978
Andra Day (POP SINGER) 1984
December 30 – Famous Birthdays:
1904 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (d. 1987)
1905 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
1906 – Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (d. 1997)
1906 – Carol Reed, English director and producer (d. 1976)
1910 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
1911 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
1913 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1913 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
1914 – Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host (d. 1992)
1917 – Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004)
1919 – Dick Spooner, English cricketer (d. 1997)
1919 – David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
1921 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1987)
1922 – Jane Langton, American author and illustrator
1923 – Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician (d. 1977)
1924 – Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (d. 2013)
1925 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer, and director (d. 2002)
1926 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1927 – Jan Kubíček, Czech painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1929 – Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, and academic (d. 2004)
1930 – Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic
1930 – Red Rhodes, American guitarist (d. 1995)
1930 – Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1931 – John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author
1931 – Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005)
1934 – Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1934 – Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscaster
1934 – Joseph P. Hoar, American general
1934 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
1934 – Russ Tamblyn, American actor
1935 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
1935 – Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster
1935 – Jack Riley, American actor (d. 2016)
1937 – Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager
1937 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2001)
1937 – Jim Marshall, American football player
1937 – Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Ron Wolf, American Football Hall of Fame General Manager
1939 – Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (d. 2007)
1939 – Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1983)
1940 – James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
1942 – Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist
1942 – Guy Edwards, English race car driver
1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1942 – Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic, and politician
1942 – Robert Quine, American guitarist (d. 2004)
1942 – Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician
1942 – Fred Ward, American actor
1944 – William J. Fallon, American admiral
1944 – Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and philosopher
1945 – Davy Jones, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2012)
1945 – Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
1945 – Paola Pigni, Italian runner
1945 – Concetta Tomei, American actress
1946 – Clive Bunker, English drummer and songwriter
1946 – Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
1946 – Berti Vogts, German footballer and coach
1947 – James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1947 – Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
1948 – Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (d. 1996)
1949 – David Bedford, English runner
1949 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
1950 – Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
1950 – Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author
1950 – Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
1950 – Martti Vainio, Finnish runner
1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
1951 – Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
1951 – Nick Rose, English runner
1952 – June Anderson, American soprano and actress
1953 – Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
1953 – Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (d. 2010)
1953 – Graham Vick, English director and producer
1953 – Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist
1956 – Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
1956 – Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Patricia Kalember, American actress
1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
1957 – Matt Lauer, American television journalist and anchor
1957 – Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian and actor
1958 – Pedro Costa, Portuguese director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1958 – Steven Smith, American engineer and astronaut
1959 – Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
1959 – Kåre Thomsen, Norwegian guitarist and graphic designer
1959 – Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Josée Verner, Canadian politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
1960 – Richard M. Durbin, English biologist and academic
1961 – Douglas Coupland, German-Canadian author and playwright
1961 – Bill English, New Zealand farmer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1961 – Sean Hannity, American radio and television host
1961 – Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
1961 – Charlie Nicholas, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1963 – Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
1963 – Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
1964 – Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee (d. 2013)
1964 – Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1964 – George Newbern, American actor
1965 – Heidi Fleiss, American procurer
1966 – Gary Chartier, American philosopher, scholar, and academic
1966 – Bennett Miller, American director and producer
1967 – Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster
1968 – Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
1968 – Adam Dale, Australian cricketer
1968 – Sandra Glover, American hurdler
1968 – Albano Mucci, Australian champion
1969 – Emmanuel Clérico, French race car driver
1969 – Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
1969 – Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
1969 – Michelle McGann, American golfer
1969 – Meredith Monroe, American actress
1971 – Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1971 – C. S. Lee, Korean-American actor
1971 – Ricardo, Spanish footballer and manager
1972 – Daniel Amokachi, Nigerian footballer and manager
1972 – Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
1972 – Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian trade union leader and activist
1972 – Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer
1973 – Jason Behr, American actor
1973 – Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner, sportscaster, and politician
1974 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2012)
1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
1975 – Tiger Woods, American golfer
1976 – Kastro, American rapper
1976 – Patrick Kerney, American football player
1976 – A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster
1977 – Laila Ali, American boxer and actress
1977 – Glory Alozie, Nigerian-Spanish sprinter and hurdler
1977 – Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
1977 – Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
1977 – Scott Lucas, Australian footballer and coach
1977 – Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
1977 – Lucy Punch, English actress
1977 – Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
1978 – Devin Brown, American basketball player
1978 – Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1978 – Phillips Idowu, English triple jumper
1978 – Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
1978 – Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
1979 – Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Eliza Dushku, American actress and producer
1980 – D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
1980 – Alison McGovern, English politician
1981 – Cédric Carrasso, French footballer
1981 – Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
1981 – Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
1981 – Matt Ulrich, American football player
1982 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
1982 – Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
1982 – Dawan Landry, American football player
1982 – Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
1983 – Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
1983 – Eddie Edwards, American professional wrestler
1983 – Nick Symmonds, American runner
1983 – Kevin Systrom, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
1984 – Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman
1985 – Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
1985 – Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby league player
1986 – Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
1986 – Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
1986 – Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
1986 – Caity Lotz, American actress
1989 – Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
1989 – Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player
1990 – Joe Root, English cricketer
1990 – Bruno Henrique Pinto, Brazilian footballer
1991 – Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
1992 – Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
1992 – Carson Wentz, American football player
1995 – V, South Korean singer and actor
1996 – Brad Abbey, New Zealand rugby league player
1905 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
1906 – Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (d. 1997)
1906 – Carol Reed, English director and producer (d. 1976)
1910 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
1911 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
1913 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1913 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
1914 – Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host (d. 1992)
1917 – Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004)
1919 – Dick Spooner, English cricketer (d. 1997)
1919 – David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
1921 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1987)
1922 – Jane Langton, American author and illustrator
1923 – Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician (d. 1977)
1924 – Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (d. 2013)
1925 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer, and director (d. 2002)
1926 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1927 – Jan Kubíček, Czech painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1929 – Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, and academic (d. 2004)
1930 – Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic
1930 – Red Rhodes, American guitarist (d. 1995)
1930 – Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1931 – John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author
1931 – Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005)
1934 – Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1934 – Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscaster
1934 – Joseph P. Hoar, American general
1934 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
1934 – Russ Tamblyn, American actor
1935 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
1935 – Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster
1935 – Jack Riley, American actor (d. 2016)
1937 – Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager
1937 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2001)
1937 – Jim Marshall, American football player
1937 – Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Ron Wolf, American Football Hall of Fame General Manager
1939 – Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (d. 2007)
1939 – Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1983)
1940 – James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
1942 – Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist
1942 – Guy Edwards, English race car driver
1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1942 – Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic, and politician
1942 – Robert Quine, American guitarist (d. 2004)
1942 – Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician
1942 – Fred Ward, American actor
1944 – William J. Fallon, American admiral
1944 – Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and philosopher
1945 – Davy Jones, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2012)
1945 – Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
1945 – Paola Pigni, Italian runner
1945 – Concetta Tomei, American actress
1946 – Clive Bunker, English drummer and songwriter
1946 – Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
1946 – Berti Vogts, German footballer and coach
1947 – James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1947 – Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
1948 – Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (d. 1996)
1949 – David Bedford, English runner
1949 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
1950 – Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
1950 – Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author
1950 – Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
1950 – Martti Vainio, Finnish runner
1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
1951 – Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
1951 – Nick Rose, English runner
1952 – June Anderson, American soprano and actress
1953 – Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
1953 – Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (d. 2010)
1953 – Graham Vick, English director and producer
1953 – Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist
1956 – Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
1956 – Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Patricia Kalember, American actress
1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
1957 – Matt Lauer, American television journalist and anchor
1957 – Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian and actor
1958 – Pedro Costa, Portuguese director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1958 – Steven Smith, American engineer and astronaut
1959 – Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
1959 – Kåre Thomsen, Norwegian guitarist and graphic designer
1959 – Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Josée Verner, Canadian politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
1960 – Richard M. Durbin, English biologist and academic
1961 – Douglas Coupland, German-Canadian author and playwright
1961 – Bill English, New Zealand farmer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1961 – Sean Hannity, American radio and television host
1961 – Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
1961 – Charlie Nicholas, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1963 – Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
1963 – Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
1964 – Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee (d. 2013)
1964 – Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1964 – George Newbern, American actor
1965 – Heidi Fleiss, American procurer
1966 – Gary Chartier, American philosopher, scholar, and academic
1966 – Bennett Miller, American director and producer
1967 – Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster
1968 – Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
1968 – Adam Dale, Australian cricketer
1968 – Sandra Glover, American hurdler
1968 – Albano Mucci, Australian champion
1969 – Emmanuel Clérico, French race car driver
1969 – Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
1969 – Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
1969 – Michelle McGann, American golfer
1969 – Meredith Monroe, American actress
1971 – Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1971 – C. S. Lee, Korean-American actor
1971 – Ricardo, Spanish footballer and manager
1972 – Daniel Amokachi, Nigerian footballer and manager
1972 – Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
1972 – Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian trade union leader and activist
1972 – Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer
1973 – Jason Behr, American actor
1973 – Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner, sportscaster, and politician
1974 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2012)
1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
1975 – Tiger Woods, American golfer
1976 – Kastro, American rapper
1976 – Patrick Kerney, American football player
1976 – A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster
1977 – Laila Ali, American boxer and actress
1977 – Glory Alozie, Nigerian-Spanish sprinter and hurdler
1977 – Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
1977 – Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
1977 – Scott Lucas, Australian footballer and coach
1977 – Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
1977 – Lucy Punch, English actress
1977 – Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
1978 – Devin Brown, American basketball player
1978 – Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1978 – Phillips Idowu, English triple jumper
1978 – Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
1978 – Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
1979 – Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Eliza Dushku, American actress and producer
1980 – D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
1980 – Alison McGovern, English politician
1981 – Cédric Carrasso, French footballer
1981 – Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
1981 – Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
1981 – Matt Ulrich, American football player
1982 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
1982 – Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
1982 – Dawan Landry, American football player
1982 – Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
1983 – Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
1983 – Eddie Edwards, American professional wrestler
1983 – Nick Symmonds, American runner
1983 – Kevin Systrom, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
1984 – Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman
1985 – Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
1985 – Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby league player
1986 – Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
1986 – Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
1986 – Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
1986 – Caity Lotz, American actress
1989 – Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
1989 – Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player
1990 – Joe Root, English cricketer
1990 – Bruno Henrique Pinto, Brazilian footballer
1991 – Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
1992 – Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
1992 – Carson Wentz, American football player
1995 – V, South Korean singer and actor
1996 – Brad Abbey, New Zealand rugby league player
