What happened on July 30 ?

1470 - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (d. 1505)

1511 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (d. 1574)

1549 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)

1641 - Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)

1763 - Samuel Rogers, English author (d. 1855)

1818 - Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848)

1855 - Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919)

1857 - Thorstein Veblen, American economist (d. 1929)

1859 - Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (d. 1939)

1863 - Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)

1889 - Franz Masereel, Belgian painter and graphic artist (d. 1972)

1889 - Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (d. 1982)

1890 - Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)

1895 - Wanda Hawley, American actress (d. 1963)

1898 - Henry Moore, English sculptor (d. 1986)

1904 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (d. 1974)

1909 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and writer (d. 1993)

1910 - Edgar de Evia, American mountain climber (d. 2003)

1914 - Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (d. 1999)

1916 - Dick Wilson, American actor

1919 - Berniece Baker Miracle, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe.

1921 - Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)

1930 - Thomas Sowell, American economist

1934 - Bud Selig, baseball team owner and commissioner

1936 - Buddy Guy, American guitarist and singer

1938 - Hervé de Charette, French politician

1939 - Peter Bogdanovich, American film director

1940 - Pat Schroeder, Colorado congresswoman

1941 - Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer

1945 - David Sanborn, American musician

1946 - Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)

1947 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born actor and Governor of California

1947 - William Atherton, American actor

1948 - Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor

1950 - Frank Stallone, American singer and actor

1956 - Delta Burke, American actress

1956 - Anita Hill, American author

1957 - Nery Pumpido, Argentine football goalkeeper

1957 - Rat Scabies, British musician

1958 - Kate Bush, British musician

1960 - Richard Linklater, American director

1961 - Laurence Fishburne, American actor

1962 - Alton Brown, American television host

1963 - Lisa Kudrow, American actress

1964 - Vivica A. Fox, American actress

1964 - Jürgen Klinsmann, German football manager and former football player

1968 - Robert Korzeniowski, Polish athlete

1970 - Christopher Nolan, British film director

1971 - Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor

1971 - Christine Taylor, American actress

1974 - Hilary Swank, American actress

1974 - Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer

1975 - Graham Nicholls, British artist

1979 - Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish professional golfer

1981 - Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer

1984 - Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player

1985 - Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer