Famous people born on 30 December

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

1. Rudyard Kipling 1865English writerdied aged 70
2. LeBron James 1984American basketball playerliving, 41
3. Titus AD 39Roman emperordied aged 41
4. Kersti Kaljulaid 1969Estonian consultant who served as President of Estonialiving, 56
5. Tiger Woods 1975American golferliving, 50
6. Tu Youyou 1930Chinese chemistliving, 95
7. Hideki Tojo 1884Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japandied aged 63
8. Sergei Korolev 1906Soviet engineerdied aged 59
9. Mike Pompeo 1963American politicianliving, 62
10. Theodor Fontane 1819Prussian novelist and poetdied aged 78
11. OBOmar Bongo 1935Gabonese politician who served as President of Gabondied aged 73
12. Patti Smith 1946American singer-songwriter and writerliving, 79
13. Ellie Goulding 1986British singer-songwriterliving, 39
14. Ahmed III 1673Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 62
15. Bjarne Stroustrup 1950Danish computer scientistliving, 75
16. V 1995South Korean singer and actorliving, 30