On This Day — August 30
3711 noted people were born and 1808 died on August 30 in our archive, including John Mauchly, Anna Politkovskaya and Carl David Tolmé Runge.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 30
John Mauchly
1907 – 1980
Anna Politkovskaya
1958 – 2006
Carl David Tolmé Runge
1856 – 1927
Clive A. Stace
b. 1938
David David-Weill
1871 – 1952
Edward Mills Purcell
1912 – 1997
Ernest Rutherford
1871 – 1937
František Salzer
1902 – 1974
Horace Davey, Baron Davey
1833 – 1907
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
1852 – 1911
Johann Hieronymus Schröter
1745 – 1816
John Amsden Starkweather
1925 – 2001
Luis María Atienza Serna
b. 1957
Maurice Hilleman
1919 – 2005
Olga Taussky-Todd
1906 – 1995
Olivier Roy
b. 1949
Paul Hazard
1878 – 1944
Paul Poupard
b. 1930
Ramon Torrecillas
b. 1963
Robert Bryant
b. 1953
Sara Ahmed
b. 1969
Theodor Svedberg
1884 – 1971
Thom Tillis
b. 1960
Théophile Gautier
1811 – 1872
Vladimir Malanin
b. 1942
Warren Buffett
b. 1930
William Price
1867 – 1924
Yves-Marie Bercé
1936 – 2026
A. Joseph DeNucci
1939 – 2017
Agustín González de Amezúa
1881 – 1956
Ahmet Üzümcü
b. 1951
Alain Rey
1928 – 2020
Albert Schnez
1911 – 2007
Aleksander Gawronik
b. 1948
Alexander H. Rice
1818 – 1895
Alexander Lukashenka
b. 1954
Alexandra Bellow
1935 – 2025
Alexey Nechayev
b. 1966
Alfredo D'Attorre
b. 1973
Allan Rock
b. 1947
Alwyn Jones
b. 1947
Andrés Velasco
b. 1960
Arnold Green
1920 – 2011
Arthur Groussier
1863 – 1957
August Bach
1897 – 1966
Bako Sahakyan
b. 1960
Ben Bradshaw
b. 1960
Bhagwati Charan Verma
1903 – 1981
Braulio Medel Cámara
b. 1947
Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya
b. 1932
Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker
1828 – 1895
Catriona Seth
b. 1964
Charles Alfred Ballance
1856 – 1936
Christian Eric Fahlcrantz
1790 – 1866
Dana Rosemary Scallon
b. 1951
Daniel Dăianu
b. 1952
Daniel Finkelstein
b. 1962
Daryl Gates
1926 – 2010
Denis Healey
1917 – 2015
Derek Keys
1931 – 2018
Didier Fassin
b. 1955
Don Getty
1933 – 2016
Donald W. McGowan
1899 – 1967
Edmond Langevin
1824 – 1889
Elliot Forbes
1917 – 2006
Elísio de Moura
1877 – 1977
Euthymios
b. 1972
Felix Dzerzhinsky
1877 – 1926
Frances Cairncross
b. 1944
François Cheng
b. 1929
Friedrich Ratzel
1844 – 1904
Frédéric Mion
b. 1969
Gediminas Kirkilas
1951 – 2024
Geneviève de Fontenay
1932 – 2023
Georg von Arco
1869 – 1940
Gerhard Wimberger
1923 – 2016
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia
1917 – 1992
Guillermo Linares
b. 1951
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
b. 1959
Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart
1848 – 1934
Han Sorya
1900 – 1976
Harald Deilmann
1920 – 2008
Henry F. Hollis
1869 – 1949
Horace Maynard
1814 – 1882
Hristo Smolenov
b. 1954
Inna Ohnivets
b. 1962
Jack Swigert
1931 – 1982
Jacques Tardi
b. 1946
Jacques-Louis David
1748 – 1825
Jean Bizet
b. 1947
Jean-Louis Georgelin
1948 – 2023
Joan Blondell
1906 – 1979
John B. Hayes
1924 – 2001
John Perdew
b. 1943
Jovan Ćirilov
1931 – 2014
Jules Carpentier
1851 – 1921
Julian Smith
b. 1971
Jyri Häkämies
b. 1961
Józef Maria Bocheński
1902 – 1995
Kaleigh Trace
b. 1986
Katsuhiko Satō
b. 1945
Kazuma Nakatani
b. 1983
Konstanty Skirmunt
1866 – 1949
Lajos Martin
1827 – 1897
Larisa Kadochnikova
b. 1937
Leonard Jaczewski
1858 – 1916
Leonid Polterovich
b. 1963
Li Zhanshu
b. 1950
Linda Griffith
b. 1960
Line Bareiro
1950 – 2026
Manuel Pimentel
b. 1961
Marelen Castillo
b. 1968
María Luisa Carcedo
b. 1953
Melissa Murray
b. 1975
Michael Grunstein
1946 – 2024
Michael L. Littman
b. 1966
Michael Sars
1805 – 1869
Mike Helton
b. 1953
Muhammad bin Nayef
b. 1959
Muriel Gray
b. 1958
Murray Gleeson
b. 1938
Mustapha Adib
b. 1972
Norbert Brackmann
b. 1954
Norbert Turini
b. 1954
Philip Henry Pye-Smith
1839 – 1914
Philip M. Epstein
1942 – 2021
Philippe Jourdan
b. 1960
Philippe Olivier
b. 1961
Pierre-Jules Cavelier
1814 – 1894
Puru
1896 – 1963
Pyotr Latyshev
1948 – 2008
Pyotr Sviatopolk-Mirsky
1857 – 1914
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
b. 1946
Ragna Árnadóttir
b. 1966
Rainis
1865 – 1929
Ray Lawson
1886 – 1980
Riccardo Giovanelli
1946 – 2022
Richard Stone
1913 – 1991
Robert E. Kraut
b. 1946
Robert Hamilton
1836 – 1895
Rodney Jones
b. 1956
Rıza Nur
1879 – 1942
Sabine Oberhauser
1963 – 2017
Samuel Kotz
1930 – 2010
San Tiago Dantas
1911 – 1964
Sandra Cavalcanti
1925 – 2022
Sergey Afanasyev
1918 – 2001
Shlomo Avineri
1933 – 2023
Simon Bainbridge
1952 – 2021
Siri Derkert
1888 – 1973
Spartak Nikanorov
1923 – 2015
Sylvia A. Earle
b. 1935
Tadeusz Sołtyk
1909 – 2004
Timothy Fancourt
b. 1964
Tomasz Majewski
b. 1981
Tsola Dragoycheva
1898 – 1993
Vadim Nikolaev
b. 1959
Vahagn Hayrapetyan
b. 1968
Walter LaFeber
1933 – 2021
William E. Carlson
1912 – 1999
William M. Bass
b. 1928
William Paton Ker
1855 – 1923
William Philip Schreiner
1857 – 1919
Xavier Pérouse de Montclos
1924 – 2018
Yuriy Khotlubei
b. 1947
Yves Calvi
b. 1959
Zarema Nahayeva
b. 1949
Zhang Wentian
1900 – 1976
Émile Paul Amable Guépratte
1856 – 1939
Aaron Henry
b. 1999
Abram S. Isaacs
1851 – 1920
Adam Jones
b. 1963
Adam Kuckhoff
1887 – 1943
Adam Wainwright
b. 1981
Addy Raj
b. 1995
Adolphe Ferrière
1879 – 1960
Agoston Haraszthy
1812 – 1869
Albert John Cook
1842 – 1916
Albert Watson
1922 – 1994
Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan
1891 – 1966
Alexander Etkind
b. 1955
Alexander Voeykov
1779 – 1839
Alexandru Arseni
b. 1952
Alfred Eriksen
1864 – 1934
Ali İhsan Sâbis
1882 – 1957
Alister MacKenzie
1870 – 1934
Alphonse Duvernoy
1842 – 1907
Alvin Greene
1977 – 2026
Alvin Morell Bentley
1918 – 1969
Amelia Andersdotter
b. 1987
Amy Sherald
b. 1973
Ana Birchall
b. 1973
Andreas Paulus
b. 1968
Andrew Onderdonk
1848 – 1905
Andy Roddick
b. 1982
Anesa Kajtazovic
b. 1986
Angelo Dundee
1921 – 2012
Anna Ushenina
b. 1985
Anne Caldwell
1867 – 1936
Antoinette Taus
b. 1981
… and 3,511 more
Died on August 30
Graeme Davies
1937 – 2022
Kristine Bonnevie
1872 – 1948
Wilhelm Wien
1864 – 1928
Albert Frey-Wyssling
1900 – 1988
Albert Vandal
1853 – 1910
Costin Murgescu
1919 – 1989
Emrys Jones
1920 – 2006
Fischer Black
1938 – 1995
Fred Lawrence Whipple
1906 – 2004
Hans Rausing
1926 – 2019
Henryk Zygalski
1908 – 1978
Irving Segal
1918 – 1998
István Szőnyi
1894 – 1960
Ivan Tsvetaev
1847 – 1913
Joe Sutter
1921 – 2016
Joseph Alden
1807 – 1885
Joseph John Thomson
1856 – 1940
Mikhail Gorbachev
1931 – 2022
Olav Gjærevoll
1916 – 1994
Paul Lazarsfeld
1901 – 1976
Peder Oluf Pedersen
1874 – 1941
Samuel Wendell Williston
1851 – 1918
Seizō Sakonji
1879 – 1969
Solomon Mikhlin
1908 – 1990
Tūheitia
1955 – 2024
Ángel Faus Belau
1936 – 2020
A. James Gregor
1929 – 2019
Abu Obeida
1985 – 2025
Alexander III
1100 – 1181
Alexei Radzievsky
1911 – 1979
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
1880 – 1954
Andrea 't Mannetje
1972 – 2023
Andrii Parubii
1971 – 2025
Annabelle Rankin
1908 – 1986
Benedikt Carpzov
1595 – 1666
Benjamin Smith Lyman
1835 – 1920
Bernard Tellegen
1900 – 1990
Bipan Chandra
1928 – 2014
Bror Emil Hildebrand
1806 – 1884
C. E. Wynn-Williams
1903 – 1979
Ch'ien Mu
1895 – 1990
Charles Bean Euan-Smith
1842 – 1910
Charles Vanik
1913 – 2007
Christian Ludvig von Plessen
1676 – 1752
Christopher Polhem
1661 – 1751
David Rothman
1937 – 2020
Don L. Lind
1930 – 2022
Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa
1902 – 1992
Elis Schröderheim
1747 – 1795
Francesc Granell i Trias
1944 – 2022
Francis Baily
1774 – 1844
Frank Horton
1919 – 2004
Gabriel-Marie Legouvé
1764 – 1812
Gaetano Bisleti
1856 – 1937
Gaston Tissandier
1843 – 1899
Georges Schwob d'Héricourt
1864 – 1942
Govan Mbeki
1910 – 2001
Henri Barbusse
1873 – 1935
Hugh Evan-Thomas
1862 – 1928
Ignacy Potocki
1750 – 1809
Igor Grekhov
1934 – 2026
Jaak Kangilaski
1939 – 2022
Jacek Sempoliński
1927 – 2012
Jack Marshall
1912 – 1988
Jean-Pierre Wallot
1935 – 2010
Joachim Menant
1820 – 1899
John Juvenal Ancina
1545 – 1604
John White Webster
1793 – 1850
Josef-Maria Jauch
1914 – 1974
Joseph Kobzon
1937 – 2018
Joyce Ackroyd
1918 – 1991
Juan de la Concha Castañeda
1818 – 1903
Karin Ahrland
1931 – 2019
Károly Makk
1925 – 2017
Louis Armand
1905 – 1971
Louis Westenra Sambon
1867 – 1931
M. M. Kalburgi
1938 – 2015
Martin W. Clement
1881 – 1966
Marvin Mandel
1920 – 2015
Minoura Katsundo
1854 – 1929
Mohammad Javad Bahonar
1933 – 1981
Oliver Sacks
1933 – 2015
Otto Kursell
1884 – 1967
Otto Suhr
1894 – 1957
P. K. Koshevoĭ
1904 – 1976
Pedro Luiz Napoleão Chernoviz
1812 – 1881
Peter Griess
1829 – 1888
Pierre Amidieu du Clos
1881 – 1955
Pope Cooper
1848 – 1923
Richard Steidle
1881 – 1940
Seamus Heaney
1939 – 2013
Shridath Ramphal
1928 – 2024
Tatiana Proskouriakoff
1909 – 1985
Theodore Rothstein
1871 – 1953
Thomas Percival
1740 – 1804
Tim Boswell
1942 – 2025
Vicente Fidel López
1815 – 1903
Vladimir Tributs
1900 – 1977
Wade H. McCree
1920 – 1987
Zeid bin Shaker
1934 – 2002
Aaslaug Aasland
1890 – 1962
Abraham Harzfeld
1891 – 1973
Adolphe Reinach
1887 – 1914
Alain Corneau
1943 – 2010
Alan Wheatley
1907 – 1991
Albert Cazenave
1902 – 1982
Alberta Virginia Scott
1878 – 1902
Aleksandr Khanov
1904 – 1983
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin
1893 – 1964
Alexander Boarman
1839 – 1916
Alexander Buturlin
1694 – 1767
Alexander Samsonov
1859 – 1914
Alfred S. Hartwell
1836 – 1912
Alice Salomon
1872 – 1948
Amos J. Peaslee
1887 – 1969
André Lemonnier
1896 – 1963
Andy Johnson
1932 – 2002
Andy Sundberg
1941 – 2012
Anna Forbes Liddell
1891 – 1979
Antonio Flores Jijón
1833 – 1915
Axel Høeg-Hansen
1877 – 1947
Bartlett Yancey
1785 – 1828
Benjamin Woods Labaree
1927 – 2021
Bernard F. Grabowski
1923 – 2019
Bernard Joseph Harrington
1933 – 2025
Bernardo Santareno
1924 – 1980
Bernice T. Van der Vries
1890 – 1986
Bjarne Fiskum
1939 – 2021
Blondell Cummings
1944 – 2015
Buckner Thruston
1763 – 1845
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
1886 – 1944
Carlos Ramírez Suárez
1902 – 1978
Carroll L. Beedy
1880 – 1947
Chan Chak
1892 – 1949
Chancy Croft
1937 – 2022
Charles Bean
1879 – 1968
Charles Stanley Reinhart
1844 – 1896
Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz
1702 – 1765
Dai Shimamura
1960 – 2023
Dan C. Ogle
1901 – 1990
Daniel Elmer Salmon
1850 – 1914
David Parker Gibbs
1911 – 1987
Dennis J. Nordfelt
1943 – 2014
Don Bennett
1931 – 1987
Dudley Ward
1827 – 1913
Eddy de Neve
1885 – 1943
Edmund Anstice
1899 – 1979
Edward Fadeley
1929 – 2015
Eleanor Gamble
1868 – 1933
Elena Rozmirovich
1886 – 1953
Elías Lozada Benavente
1897 – 1987
Emanuele Filiberto I, Duke of Savoy
1528 – 1580
Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin
1872 – 1921
Emmanuel Gambardella
1888 – 1953
Eric Shepherd
1894 – 1967
Erich Emminger
1880 – 1951
Ernest Joseph
1877 – 1960
Ernst Hinsken
1943 – 2020
Feargus O'Connor
1794 – 1855
Fernando Lazcano Echaurren
1848 – 1920
Ferris Jacobs, Jr.
1836 – 1886
Francis McLaren
1886 – 1917
Frank B. Fulkerson
1866 – 1936
Franz Oberthür
1745 – 1831
François Ignace Schaal
1747 – 1833
François Seydoux
1905 – 1981
Frederick Forestier-Walker
1844 – 1910
Gabriel Vahanian
1927 – 2012
Gary Friedrich
1943 – 2018
George Ford
1846 – 1917
George Repton
1818 – 1906
George Ridding
1828 – 1904
George T. Thomas
1856 – 1920
George Throssell
1840 – 1910
Georgette Bréjan-Silver
1870 – 1951
Gerald Sharp
1865 – 1933
Gertruida Wijsmuller-Meier
1896 – 1978
Gilberto Rincón Gallardo
1939 – 2008
Glenn Ford
1916 – 2006
Glenni William Scofield
1817 – 1891
Gregan McMahon
1874 – 1941
Grigory Semyonov
1890 – 1946
Guy Burgess
1911 – 1963
Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht
1919 – 1999
Hans Kundt
1869 – 1939
Harinath De
1877 – 1911
Harold W. Handley
1909 – 1972
Harrie Geelen
1939 – 2025
Heinrich Bassermann
1849 – 1909
Henry Clay Wood
1832 – 1918
Herakliusz Lissowski
1734 – 1809
Hermann Anschütz
1802 – 1880
Hitomi Yamaguchi
1923 – 1995
Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar
1844 – 1923
Hubert Zemke
1914 – 1994
Hugh John Casey
1898 – 1981
Hywaly Babaýew
1902 – 1941
Hélène Mallebrancke
1902 – 1940
Igor Kvasha
1933 – 2012
Ivan Adrianovich Mikhailov
1891 – 1946
… and 1,608 more