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Birthdays of Personalities on August 30

xxxx : Mohammed, Arabic prophet/founder (Islam)
1334 : Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon
1609 : Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised
1748 : Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat)
1772 : Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader
1797 : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)
1804 : Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]
1805 : Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist
1811 : Thomas Gautier, writer
1837 : Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)
1844 : Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)
1849 : Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher
1852 : Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)
1866 : Georges Minne, Flemish sculptor
1871 : Ernest Lord Rutherford, Engld, physicist (atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908)
1878 : Paul Hazard, French literature historian
1882 : Meijer de Hond, Dutch rabbi/writer
1883 : Theo Van Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style)
1884 : Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926)
1887 : Adam Kuckhoff, writer
1890 : S ndor Rem‚nyik, [V‚gv ri], Hungary, poet (Campfire)
1893 : Huey P Long, Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La)
1900 : Franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief)
1901 : John Gunther, Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther's High Road)
1906 : Countess of Longford, biographer/historian
1908 : Leonor Fini, painter
1908 : Willie Bryant, New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times)
1909 : Barry Appleby, cartoonist
1912 : Edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952)
1913 : Thomas Torrance, theologist
1914 : Rafael Jose Luis Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur
1915 : Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor
1916 : John Thoday, geneticist
1916 : Kornelis M R van der Beek, reformed vicar (Arnhem)
1916 : Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker
1917 : Denis Healey, English politician
1918 : Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox)
1919 : Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1920 : Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)
1922 : Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)
1927 : Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards)
1928 : Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist (Dr Ruth)
1930 : Warren Burger, US, author (The Midas Touch)
1931 : Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Hartford CT)
1931 : John Leonard Swigert Jr, Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13)
1935 : John Phillips, singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming)
1936 : Fabrizia Ramondino, writer
1938 : Steve Delaney, Dobbs Ferry NY, newscaster (Monitor)
1941 : John McNally, Liverpool, rock guitarist/vocalist (Searchers)
1941 : Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess
1942 : Jonathan Aitken, English MP
1943 : Robert Crumb, US, cartoonist (Father Time, Fritz Cat)
1944 : Charles Colbert, Chicago Ill, rocker (American Breed)
1944 : Freek de Jonge, Dutch comedian (Neerlands Hoop)
1944 : John Surman, jazz musician
1946 : Anne-Marie, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
1954 : Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer (1991 children stamp)
1955 : Martin Jackson, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
1956 : Jayne Irving, English TV hostess (Live at 3)
1964 : Joan Bennett, Chicago Ill, playmate (January, 1985)
1966 : John Terry, CFL tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 : Simon Wheeldon, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1968 : Vladimir Malakhov, Sverdlovsk Rus, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
1972 : Jose Herrera, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Oakland A's)
1972 : Ryan Leahy, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 : Shonte Peoples, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 : Jimmy Herndon, offensive tackle (Chicago Bears)
1974 : Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi)

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