These authors were born on the 30th of August

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Mary Godwin (1797-1851) - English writer (1797–1851)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) - remembered primarily for her classic Gothic novel Frankenstein, that gave birth to one of the best-known monsters.
Theophile Gautier (1811-1872) - French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)
Samuel Osgood (1812-1880) - (1812-1880)
Zephaniah (1824-1881) - American Presbyterian minister (1824–1881)
Gaetano Blandini (1834-1898) - Italian catholic bishop (1834-1898)
Frederick Hudson Ecker (1867-1964) - American businessman (1867-1964)
William Price (1867-1924) - Canadian politician and businessman (1867-1924)
Bob Morrison (1869-1891) - Northern Irish association football player (1869-1891)
Alister Mackenzie (1870-1934) - Scottish golf course architect (1870–1934)
E. Rutherford (1871-1937) - New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) - New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
Frank Putnam (1880-1934) - politician in Massachusetts, US
Martin Coles (1885-1954) - British businessman (1885–1954)
Erich Brock (1889-1976) - (1889-1976)
Huey Long (1893-1935) - of Louisiana.
Willy Reichert (1896-1973) - German comic and actor (1896–1973)
Kenneth Fredriksson (1900-) - jazz musician from Gothenburg.
John Gunther (1901-1970) - American journalist (1901-1970)
Per Lange (1901-1991) - Danish poet (1901-1991)
Roy Wilkins (1901-1981) - African-American NAACP leader
Shirley Booth (1907-1992) - American actress (1898–1992)
Bernhard Kuiper (1907-1988) - German architect (1907–1988)
Joan Blondell (1909-1979) - US actor
Julie Bishop (1914-)
Paul Gauthier (1914-2002) - theologian (1914–2002)
Howard Luck Gossage (1917-1969) - American advertising innovator (1917-1969)
Richard Harvey (1917-1986) - British QC and judge
Denis Healey (1917-2015) - English Labour pol
Ted Williams (1918-2002) - US baseball
John McDermott (1919-1977) - American illustrator and author (1919-1977)
Joachim Rønneberg (1919-2018) - resistance fighter
Angelo Dundee (1921-2012) - American boxing trainer
Gunnar Hanssen (1921-) - operations manager in Telemark Police District
Nate Saint (1923-1956) - Christian missionary killed in Ecuador
Tom O'Donnell (1926-2020) - Irish Fine Gael politician (1926–2020)
Geoffrey Beene (1927-2004) - American fashion designer (1927–2004)
Bill Bass (1928-) - American forensic anthropologist
Dorothy Brown (1929-2011) - New Zealand teacher and peace activist
Warren Buffet (1930-) - American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
Warren Buffett (1930-) - US investor
Ottar Brox (1932-2024) - Norwegian sociologist and professor
Shlomo Avineri (1933-2023) - Israeli political scientist, professor (1933-2023)
Keith Payne (1933-) - professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina
Philip Coyle (1934-2021) - American government official
Eric Schneider (1934-2022) - Dutch actor (1934–2022)
Sylvia Earle (1935-) - American oceanographer
John Phillips (1935-2001) - US singer songwriter
KG Scherman (1938-) - former director general of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency
Elizabeth Ashley (1939-) - US actor
Jan Fransson (1939-) - incident commander
Ben Jones (1941-2026) - American actor and politician (1941–2026)
Gilbert Omenn (1941-) - American professor of internal medicine, human genetics, and public health
Jonathan Aitken (1942-) - Conservative Member of Parliament, former British government Cabinet minister (born 1942)
Robert Crumb (1943-) - US artist
Nigel Hall (1943-) - British artist (born 1943)
John Kani (1943-) - South African actor and author (born 1942)
Jean Claude Killy (1943-) - French alpine skier
Jean-Claude Killy (1943-) - French alpine skier
Richard Sorensen (1943-2024) - American admissions officer (1943-2024)
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) - US writer
Tug McGraw (1944-2004) - American baseball player (1944-2004)
Gudmund Marhaug (1945-) - professional director
Gene Stephenson (1945-) - American baseball player and coach
Fred Tackett (1945-) - American musician
Daniella Weis (1945-) - founder of the Nachala movement
Daniella Weiss (1945-) - activist settler and leader of the Nachala movement
Stuart Ward (1946-) - professor at the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen
Allan Rock (1947-) - Canadian politician
Lewis Black (1948-) - American comedian and actor
Fred Hampton (1948-1969) - African-American activist (1948-1969)
Sven von Holst (1948-) - CEO of Falun2015
Torben Bille (1949-2013) - Danish editor and author
Asmund Haare (1949-) - investor
Berit Hedemann (1949-) - retired NRK employee and author
Astor Larsen (1949-) - journalist
Dan Neal (1949-) - American football player (born 1949)
Timothy Bottoms (1951-) - American actor and film producer
Danny Clark (1951-) - Australian cyclist
Brad Hazzard (1951-) - health minister in New South Wales
Ahmet Uzumcu (1951-) - head of OPCW
Ahmet Üzümcü (1951-) - Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Tor A. Woldseth (1952-) - group leader in Bergen Frp
Robert Bryant (1953-) - American mathematician
Ad de Jong (1953-) - professor of marketing at CBS
Barbara Gross (1953-) - Austrian politician
Mike Helton (1953-) - NASCAR executive
Maria Lind (1953-) - opposition councillor
Maria Lindström (1953-) - the gaming industry's ethical council
Cynthia Germanotta (1954-) - Lady Gaga's mother
Guy Kawasaki (1954-) - American businessman and author
Alexander Lukashenko (1954-) - President of the Republic of Belarus
Aleksandr Lukashenko (1954-) - leader of Belarus
Aleksandr Lukasjenko (1954-) - Dictator
Alexander Lukasjenko (1954-) - President of Belarus
Ingalill Sundhage (1954-) - editor-in-chief at Bohusläningen
Tom Amstutz (1955-) - American football player
David Humphrey (1955-) - American painter and printmaker (born 1955)
Petter Jansen (1955-) - Chairman of the Board
Damien Kingsbury (1955-) - Australian academic and journalist
Robert Reid (1955-2024) - American basketball player (1955–2024)
Kåre Simensen (1955-) - politician
Christophe Frey (1956-) - French tennis player
Kelly Moore (1956-) - American writer
Jacques Porta (1957-) - French politician
Bernard Richard (1957-) - French cyclist
Anne Lise Ådnøy (1957-) - bishop
Atheel al-Nujaifi (1958-) - Governor of Nineveh Province
Fran Fraschilla (1958-) - American basketball player-coach
Anna Politkovskaja (1958-2006) - investigative journalist
Widar Salbuvik (1958-) - head of the interim board at Greenspot Mongstad
Brady Dougan (1959-) - American banker
Bernard Enjolras (1959-) - researcher at the Institute for Social Research
Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (1959-) - Qatar's foreign minister
Ben Bradshaw (1960-) - British politician (born 1960)
Beth Comstock (1960-) - American businessperson and board member, director at Nike
John Dorsey (1960-) - American football player and executive (born 1960)
Thom Tillis (1960-) - Senator
Eldar Vågan (1960-) - band member of Vazelina Bilopphøggers
Halvor Fosli (1961-) - sociologist and author
Philippe Olivier (1961-) - section manager for the Dovre Line at Bane Nor
Phil Gordon (1962-) - American government official
Philip Gordon (1962-) - American government official
Trond Trosterud (1962-) - linguist and professor
Nathalie Cabrol (1963-) - French American astrobiologist
Michael Chiklis (1963-) - American actor
Ben Emmerson (1963-) - UN Special Rapporteur
Paul Oakenfold (1963-) - British DJ and electronic music producer (born 1963)
Stephen Baker (1964-) - American football player
Christina Toftegaard Nielsen (1964-) - Consumer Ombudsman
Jeff Pyle (1964-2022) - American politician
Keiji Kimura (1965-) - Japanese baseball player
Nils Einar Aas (1966-) - Secretary General of the Idrettsforbundet
Tim Donahue (1966-) - American musician
Michael Michele (1966-) - American actress
Magnus Mårtensson (1966-) - competition manager at the Swedish Ice Hockey Association
Susanna Pettersson (1966-) - director general of the Nationalmuseum
Mikael Stolt (1966-) - traffic police officer
Frederique Van Der Wal (1967-) - Dutch model
Costas Kadis (1967-) - fisheries commissioner
David Kotyza (1967-) - Caroline Wozniacki's coach
Jordan Levin (1967-) - American media executive
Catrin Nilsmark (1967-) - Swedish professional golfer
Bobby Bentley (1968-) - American football coach
Lars Erik Hyllvang (1968-2019) - mayor
Pia Lane (1968-) - professor at the University of Oslo
Paulo Vinicius Coelho (1969-) - sports commentator for UOL
Elie Wurtman (1969-) - Israeli business executive (born 1969)
Hanne Dahl (1970-) - June Movement member of the European Parliament
Richard Harwood (1970-) - British QC
Marc Touati (1970-) - French economist
Bergsveinn Birgisson (1971-) - author
Ole Klemetsen (1971-) - Norwegian boxer
Julian Smith (1971-) - Member of United Kingdom Parliament (born 1971)
Cameron Diaz (1972-) - American actress and model
Ghassan Hasbani (1972-) - member of the Lebanese Parliament
Todd Haskins (1972-) - American soccer player
Rick Howard (1972-) - Canadian skateboarder
Christy Lemire (1972-) - critic at LAist
Pavel Nedved (1972-) - Czech association football player
Vegard Strøm (1972-) - chairman of the board of Hamar Næringspark Næringsforening
Mads Kähler Holst (1973-) - project manager for the excavation and museum director of Moesgaard Museum
Charlene Johnson (1973-) - American volleyball player
Peregrine Hood (1974-) - foreign exchange dealer at Morgan Stanley
Scott Keith (1974-) - Canadian sports journalist (born 1974)
Mike King (1974-) - American basketball player (born 1974)
Camilla Läckberg (1974-) - author
Ciczie Weidby (1974-) - member of parliament for the Left Party
Gabriel Aubry (1975-) - model
Jesper Buch (1975-) - businessman
Rich Cronin (1975-2010) - American singer and rapper (1974–2010)
Darren Hambrick (1975-) - American football player
Melissa Murray (1975-) - American professor of law
Henning Hotvedt (1976-) - unemployed
Rob Millar (1976-) - Canadian ice hockey player
Isabel Adrian (1977-) - Married to Swedish House Mafia star Steve Angello.
Shaun Alexander (1977-) - American football player (born 1977)
Marlon Byrd (1977-) - American baseball player
Johan Forslund (1977-) - assistant senior lecturer at Uppsala University
Steffen Moestrup (1977-) - lecturer and researcher in journalistic practice
Gyrid Gunnes (1978-) - priest
Sinead Kerr (1978-) - Scottish-British ice dancer
Veronika Móra (1978-) - head of Ökotárs
Todd Wellemeyer (1978-) - American baseball player
Yuliya Chizhenko (1979-) - Russian middle distance runner
Chad Fletcher (1979-) - Australian rules footballer
Jørgen Isnes (1979-) - Strømsgodset coach
Fausto Carmona (1980-) - Dominican Republic baseball player
Jens Mattsson (1980-) - Director General of FOI
Russ Moore (1980-) - baseball player
Eirik Røe (1980-) - coach
Vegard Larsen (1981-) - data engineer
Andre Niklaus (1981-) - German athletics competitor (born 1981)
Marissa Young (1981-) - American softball coach (born 1981)
Will Davison (1982-) - Australian racecar driver
Richard McKay (1982-) - American conductor (born 1982)
Andy Roddick (1982-) - American tennis player (born 1982)
Anthony Thomas (1982-) - Footballer (born 1982)
Will Allen (1983-) - college basketball player (2003–2004) Baylor
Mike Ekstrom (1983-) - American baseball player
Adam Tafralis (1983-) - American football player
Petra Nagel (1984-) - host
Johan Rocklind (1984-) - Swedish local politician
Jonathan Gross (1985-) - German classicist and Wikipedian
Leisel Jones (1985-) - Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
Tianna Madison (1985-) - American long jumper
Rachael Price (1985-) - American singer
Anssi Pentsinen (1986-) - cross-country skier
Rosie Ramsey (1986-) - Podcast host
Ryan Ross (1986-) - American guitarist, singer and songwriter
Zaire Taylor (1986-) - American basketball player (born 1986)
Amelia Andersdotter (1987-) - politician in the Pirate Party
Sadmira Buljubasic (1987-) - mayor
Pelle Dam (1987-) - vice chairman of the Danish High School Students' Association
Jenny Jonsson (1987-) - orchestra violinist
Laura (1988-)
Alysha Harvin (1988-) - American basketball player (born 1988)
Jordan Rodgers (1988-) - brother of quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former NFL player
Jenny Råghall (1988-) - regional manager for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's avalanche forecasts in Kebnekaise
Lloyd Chapman (1989-) - British bicycle racer
Bebe Rexha (1989-) - singer
Omar Eddahri (1990-) - football player
Björn Werner (1990-) - culture editor at Göteborgs-Posten
Liam Cooper (1991-) - Married At First Sight star
Jenny Danielsson (1994-) - communications manager at Bankomat
Darryl Hicks (1994-) - basketball player
Langdon Neal (1994-) - basketball player
John Rinaldi (1994-) - college basketball player (2014–2017) Binghamton
Nick Zimmermann (1994-) - Danish People's Party
Nadia Pedersen (1995-)
Yves Bissouma (1996-) - midfielder
Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen (1996-) - player
Oskar Sandven Lundevold (1996-) - actor
Kinsey Wolanski (1996-) - lingerie model
Simon Andreassen (1997-) - cycling talent
Tobias Lauritsen (1997-) - forward for Odd
Helena Haldorsen (1998-) - leader of Velferdstinget Vest
Petter Østvik (1998-) - volleyball player
Max Junestrand (1999-) - founder of Legora
Justin Harmon (2001-) - American basketball player (born 2001)
Paige Jones (2002-) - ski jumper
Yasmin Finney (2003-) - Heartstopper star
Ludvig Bartolek (2008-) - swimmer

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