Who Was Born Today – September 30 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on September 30 | ||
1861 | William Wrigley, Jr., founder of the Wrigley chewing gum empire and owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. | |
1863 | Reinhard von Scheer, German admiral who commanded the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland. | |
1908 | David Oistrakh, violinist. | |
1924 | Truman Capote, author and playwright whose works include Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood. | |
1927 | W.S. Mervin, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. | |
1928 | Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, writer, best known for his first book Night about his own experiences in concentration camps. | |
1935 | Johnny Mathis, singer. | |
1941 | Samuel F. Pickering Jr., unconventional professor of English at the University of Connecticut in Storrs who was the inspiration for the character of Mr. Keating in the movie Dead Poets Society. | |
1955 | Andy Bechtolsheim, engineer; co-founder of Sun Microsystems. | |
1958 | Marty Stuart, singer, songwriter, musician (“Hillbilly Rock”); joined the renowned Lester Flatt’s Nashville Grass bluegrass group at age 14; at this writing he hosts The Marty Stuart Show on RFD-TV. | |
1974 | Daniel Wu, Chinese-American actor, director, producer (City of Glass). |
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