Famous people born on 30 August

16 of the people we track were born on 30 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Ernest Rutherford 1871New Zealander physicistdied aged 66
2. Alexander Lukashenko 1954Belarusian politician who served as President of Belarusliving, 72
3. Warren Buffett 1930American investor and entrepreneurliving, 96
4. Mary Shelley 1797English writerdied aged 53
5. Cameron Diaz 1972American actor and modelliving, 54
6. Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff 1852Dutch chemistdied aged 58
7. Anna Politkovskaya 1958Russian journalistdied aged 48
8. Jacques-Louis David 1748French politician and painter who served as President of the National Conventiondied aged 77
9. Théophile Gautier 1811French poet and playwrightdied aged 61
10. Jahangir 1569Mughal emperordied aged 58
11. Felix Dzerzhinsky 1877Revolutionarydied aged 48
12. Edward Mills Purcell 1912American physicistdied aged 84
13. Andy Roddick 1982American tennis playerliving, 44
14. Theodor Svedberg 1884Swedish chemistdied aged 86
15. Pavel Nedvěd 1972Czech footballerliving, 54
16. Shirley Booth 1898American actordied aged 94