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Birthdays of Personalities on March 30

1135 : Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], C•rodoba Spain, philosopher/physician
1222 : Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint
1432 : Mehmed II [Fƒtih], Sultan of Turkey (1451-81)
1672 : Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
1681 : Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver
1697 : John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor
1719 : John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music
1746 : Francisco Jose de Goya, Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja)
1790 : Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
1823 : Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1824 : Innis Newton Palmer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1825 : Samuel Bell Maxey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1830 : Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher
1836 : Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician
1842 : Dr Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic
1842 : John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher
1844 : Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)
1853 : Vincent van Gogh, Zundert Neth, artist who always lent an ear (Irises)
1864 : Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician
1865 : Heinrich Rubens, German physicist
1876 : Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer
1880 : Sean O'Casey, Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World)
1882 : Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis
1883 : Jo Davidson, US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman)
1886 : Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician
1887 : Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great)
1892 : Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian
1894 : Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin)
1899 : Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM)
xxxx : Jeffrey Sanders, Queens NY, rapper (Intro)
1903 : Countee Cullen, US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl)
1903 : Sol C Siegel, US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes)
1904 : Akarova, [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches)
1911 : Dennis Gomm, musician
1912 : Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar/naturalist
1913 : Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre producer
1913 : Richard Helms, CIA head (1966-73)
1914 : Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues musician (Down & Out Blues)
1918 : John Gray, FRS/marine biologist
1919 : McGeorge Bundy, Boston, national security adviser (JFK)
1921 : Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire
1922 : J F Coates, naval architect
1925 : John Wells, MP
1926 : Lord Rayner
1926 : Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph)
1927 : Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
1927 : Peter Marshall, Huntington WV, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares)
1928 : Richard Trant, Brit general
1928 : Tom Sharpe, English historian/author (Riotous Assembly, Want)
1930 : Browne-Wilkinson, lord
1930 : David Staple, joint pres (Council of Churches for Brit & Ireland)
1930 : Rolf Harris, Australian/British cartoonist
1931 : Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut
1932 : A J Zuckerman, Dean (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine)
1934 : Lord Tanlaw
1935 : Alan Jackson, CEO (BTR)
1936 : Richard Baker, Santa Fe NM, Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha)
1937 : J S Jennings, CEO (Shell Transport & Trading Co)
1937 : Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth
1938 : Martin Dunne, Lord-Lt (Warwickshire)
1941 : Brendan O'Friel, CEO (Prison Governors Assn)
1941 : Robert C Smith, (Rep-R-NH, 1985- )
1941 : Ron Johnston, Vice-Chancellor (Essex U)
1942 : George Esson, Chief Constable (Dumfries & Galloway)
1942 : Graeme Edge, England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams)
1944 : Gerrit Komrij, Dutch poet/essayist (Happy Schizo)
1948 : Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy)
1948 : M A King, FBA, economist
1948 : Nigel Jones, British MP
1949 : Sue Cook, British broadcaster
1950 : Dave McCurdy, (Rep-D-OK, 1981- )
1950 : Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (Fixx)
1955 : Randy Wanwarmer, Denver, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most)
1957 : Elena V Kondakova, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (STS 84)
1957 : Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM 20, STS 84)
1960 : William D Johnson, US alpine skier
1962 : M C Hammer, [Stanley Kirk Burrell], Oakland Ca, rapper (Hammer Time)
1965 : Piers Morgan, editor (Daily Mirror)
1969 : Marco Foddis, pop drummer (Pestilence)
1973 : Kareem Streete-Thompson, Ithaca NY, 100m/long jumper
1973 : Rodney Thomas, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
1973 : [Kirk] Kareem Streete-Thompson, Ithaca NY, long jumper
1976 : Chris Canty, cornerback (New England Patriots)
1976 : Toby Gowin, punter (Dallas Cowboys)
1983 : ?, California condor chick, SD Calif, 1st born in captivity hatches

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