Famous people born on 30 May

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

1. Peter the Great 1672Emperor of all the Russiasdied aged 52
2. Mikhail Bakunin 1814Russian revolutionary and anarchistdied aged 62
3. Steven Gerrard 1980British footballerliving, 46
4. Alexei Leonov 1934Soviet pilotdied aged 85
5. Hannes Alfvén 1908Swedish electrical engineer and plasma physicistdied aged 86
6. Vissarion Belinsky 1811Russian literary criticdied aged 36
7. Selim II 1524Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 50
8. Katerina Sakellaropoulou 1956Greek judge who served as President of Greeceliving, 70
9. Benny Goodman 1909American clarinetist and bandleaderdied aged 77
10. Agnès Varda 1928French artist and film directordied aged 90
11. Amadeo I of Spain 1845Monarch of Spaindied aged 44
12. Fernando Lugo 1951Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguayliving, 75
13. Andry Rajoelina 1974Politician who served as President of Madagascarliving, 52