What happened on October 30 ?

1218 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)

1513 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (d. 1593)

1624 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)

1735 - John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (d. 1826)

1751 - Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. 1816)

1762 - André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794)

1839 - Alfred Sisley, French artist (d. 1899)

1844 - Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist (d. 1930)

1847 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (d. 1897)

1857 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (d. 1904)

1861 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (d. 1929)

1871 - Paul Valery, French poet (d. 1945)

1882 - William Halsey, Jr, American admiral (d. 1959)

1882 - Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (d. 1944)

1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet (d. 1972)

1886 - Zoe Akins, American playwright (d. 1958)

1893 - Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (d. 1972)

1893 - Roland Freisler, German Nazi politician (d. 1945)

1895 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (d. 1964)

1895 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1973)

1896 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. 1985)

1900 - Ragnar Granit Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1991)

1906 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (d. 1966)

1908 - U. Muthuramalingam Thevar?, Indian politician (d. 1963)

1909 - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966)

1911 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005)

1914 - Richard E Holz, American composer

1915 - Fred Friendly, American journalist and network executive (d. 1998)

1916 - Leon Day, baseball player (d. 1995)

1917 - Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (d. 1994)

1917 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)

1928 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1999)

1930 - Nestor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. 1992)

1930 - Clifford Brown, noted and highly influential American jazz trumpeter (d. 1956)

1932 - Louis Malle, French film director (d. 1995)

1934 - Frans Brüggen, Dutch flutist, recorder player, and conductor

1935 - Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer

1936 - Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005)

1937 - Claude Lelouch, French film director

1939 - Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1939 - Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane)

1940 - Ed Lauter, American actor

1941 - Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1941 - Otis Williams, American singer

1945 - Henry Winkler, American actor

1951 - Harry Hamlin, American actor

1956 - Juliet Stevenson, English actress

1958 - Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)

1958 - Stefan Dennis, Australian actor

1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer

1962 - Courtney Walsh, West Indian cricketer

1963 - Kristina Wagner, American actress

1965 - Gavin Rossdale, English musician

1966 - Scott Innes, American voice actor

1970 - Maja Tatic, Bosnia singer

1973 - Adam "Edge" Copeland, Canadian professional wrestler

1973 - Silvia Corzo, Colombian newsreader

1978 - Martin Dossett, American football player

1979 - Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress

1983 - Iain Hume, Canadian footballer

1984 - Eva Pigford, American model and actress