Born on This Day: June 30

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The following people, for better or worse, were born on June 30.

156 BC – Wu of Han, seventh emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty (d. 87 BC)

1286 – John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English magnate (d. 1347)

1468 – John, Elector of Saxony (d. 1532)

1470 – Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)

1478 – John, Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1497)

1503 – John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)

1533 – Martín de Rada, Spanish missionary (d. 1578)

1588 – Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1649)

1628 – Miguel de Molinos, Spanish mystic (d. 1696)

1641 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (d. 1719)

1685 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (d. 1732)

1688 – Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (d. 1756)

1722 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister (d. 1795)

1755 – Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (d. 1829)

1789 – Horace Vernet, French painter and academic (d. 1863)

1791 – Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (d. 1841)

1801 – Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist (d. 1850)

1803 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (d. 1849)

1807 – Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (d.1887)

1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (d. 1911)

1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, English orientalist and diplomat (d. 1929)

1864 – Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (d. 1945)

1884 – Georges Duhamel, French author and critic (d. 1966)

1889 – Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (d. 1965)

1890 – Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1962)

1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant (d. 1953)

1891 – Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager (d. 1966)

1891 – Stanley Spencer, English painter (d. 1959)

1892 – Pierre Blanchar, Algerian-French actor and director (d. 1963)

1893 – Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (d. 1973)

1895 – Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator (d. 1983)

1899 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)

1906 – Anthony Mann, American actor and director (d. 1967)

1907 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (d. 1950)

1908 – Winston Graham, English author (d. 2003)

1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

1912 – Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003)

1912 – Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971)

1913 – Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (d. 2007)

1913 – Harry Wismer, American sportscaster (d. 1967)

1914 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (d. 2001)

1914 – Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994)

1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)

1917 – Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010)

1917 – Willa Kim, American costume designer (d. 2016)

1919 – Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (d. 2007)

1920 – Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet and educator (d. 2011)

1925 – Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)

1926 – Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1926 – David Berglas, American magician and mentalist

1927 – James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1998)

1930 – Thomas Sowell, American economist, philosopher, and author

1931 – Yo-Yo Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2013)

1931 – Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (d. 2007)

1933 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (d. 2011)

1933 – M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer and rugby player

1933 – Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1933 – Joan Murrell Owens, American educator and marine biologist (d. 2011)

1934 – Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (d. 1997)

1935 – John Harlin, American pilot and mountaineer (d. 1966)

1936 – Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (d. 2015)

1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer

1936 – Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1936 – Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

1937 – Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

1939 – Tony Hatch, English pianist, composer, and producer

1939 – Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (d. 2016)

1939 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (d. 2014)

1940 – Mark Spoelstra, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)

1941 – Peter Pollock, South African cricketer and author

1942 – Robert Ballard, American lieutenant and oceanographer

1942 – Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1943 – Florence Ballard , American pop/soul singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)

1943 – Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Indian director and screenwriter

1944 – Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist and author

1944 – Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter

1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster

1949 – Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager

1949 – Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1951 – Stanley Clarke, American bass player and composer

1952 – Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician and academic

1952 – David Garrison, American actor and singer

1953 – Hal Lindes, American-English guitarist and film score composer

1954 – Stephen Barlow, English organist, composer, and conductor

1954 – Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)

1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia

1954 – Wayne Swan, Australian academic and politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

1955 – Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer

1956 – Volker Beck, German hurdler and coach

1956 – David Lidington, English historian, academic, and politician, Minister of State for Europe

1956 – David Alan Grier, American actor, singer, and comedian

1957 – Bud Black, American baseball player and manager

1957 – Sterling Marlin, American race car driver

1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer

1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor

1959 – Daniel Goldhagen, American political scientist, author, and academic

1959 – Brendan Perry, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1959 – Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager

1959 – Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician

1960 – Jack McConnell, Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland

1961 – Lynne Jolitz, American computer scientist and programmer

1961 – Clive Nolan, English musician, composer and producer

1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player

1962 – Julianne Regan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1963 – Olha Bryzhina, Ukrainian sprinter

1963 – Rupert Graves, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1963 – Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter

1964 – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg

1964 – Mark Waters, American director and producer

1965 – Steve Duchesne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

1965 – Anna Levandi, Russian figure skater and coach

1965 – Gary Pallister, English footballer and sportscaster

1965 – Mitch Richmond, American basketball player

1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer and actor

1967 – Patrik Bodén, Swedish javelin thrower

1967 – David Busst, English footballer and manager

1967 – Victoria Kaspi, American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic

1970 – Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player and manager

1973 – Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball player

1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian footballer

1978 – Patrick Ivuti, Kenyan runner

1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress

1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer

1985 – Cody Rhodes, American wrestler

1986 – Allegra Versace, Italian-American businesswoman