Who Was Born Today – August 30 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on August 30 | ||
1797 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist best known for Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. | |
1871 | Ernest Rutherford, physicist who discovered and named alpha, beta and gamma radiation and was the first to achieve a man-made nuclear reaction. | |
1893 | Huey P. Long, Louisiana politician who served as governor and U.S. senator, known as “The Kingfish.” | |
1918 | Ted Williams, Hall of Fame outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, the last man to hit .400 in a season. | |
1919 | Kitty Wells (Ellen Muriel Deason), first female singer to top the Country Music charts in US (“It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels,” 1952). | |
1930 | Warren Buffett, business magnate; listed as world’s wealthiest person in 2008. | |
1931 | Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Hartford CT). | |
1943 | Robert Crumb (R. Crumb), satiric “underground” cartoonist (Fritz the Cat), musician. | |
1944 | Molly Ivins, American political humorist, newspaper columnist. | |
1956 | Jayne Irving, TV broadcaster (Good Morning Britain). | |
1958 | Anna Politkovskaya (Anna Mazepa), New York-born Ukrainian journalist, writer, human rights advocate best known for her reporting from Chechnya. | |
1960 | Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese political-paramilitary group Hezbollah since 1992. | |
1960 | US Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, receives posthumorous Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia. | |
1964 | Gavin Fisher, mechanical engineer; chief designer of the Williams Formula One racing team (1997–2005). | |
1972 | Cameron Diaz, model, award-winning actress (The Mask, There’s Something About Mary, Any Given Sunday). |
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