Famous people born on 30 August

• Ernest RutherfordNew Zealand physicist · 1871–1937
  66 yrs
• Mary ShelleyEnglish writer · 1797–1851
  53 yrs
• Osman IFounder of the Ottoman Empire · 1258–1326
  67 yrs
• Jacobus Henricus van 't HoffDutch physical and organic chemist · 1852–1911
  58 yrs
• Anna PolitkovskayaRussian journalist · 1958–2006
  48 yrs
• Jacques-Louis DavidFrench painter · 1748–1825
  77 yrs
• Théophile GautierFrench poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic · 1811–1872
  61 yrs
• Commodus17th Roman Emperor · AD 161–192
  31 yrs
• Edward Mills PurcellAmerican physicist · 1912–1997
  84 yrs
• Theodor Svedberg ↗Swedish chemist · 1884–1971
  86 yrs
• Shirley Booth ↗American actress · 1898–1992
  94 yrs
• Theo van Doesburg ↗Dutch architect, painter, draughtsman and writer · 1883–1931
  47 yrs
• Lavr Kornilov ↗Imperial Russian Army general · 1870–1918
  47 yrs
• Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii ↗Russian chemist and photographer · 1863–1944
  81 yrs
• Friedrich Ratzel ↗German geographer and ethnographer · 1844–1904
  59 yrs
• Isaac Levitan ↗Russian artist · 1860–1900
  39 yrs
• Richard Stone ↗British economist, Nobel Memorial Prize winner · 1913–1991
  78 yrs
• Jacopo Peri ↗Italian composer and singer · 1561–1633
  71 yrs
• Gediminas Kirkilas ↗Lithuanian politician · 1951–2024
  72 yrs
• Jack Swigert ↗NASA Astronaut, Pilot · 1931–1982
  51 yrs
• Bruce McLaren ↗New Zealand racecar driver, designer and team owner · 1937–1970
  32 yrs
• Fred MacMurray ↗American actor · 1908–1991
  83 yrs
• Lin Tse-hsu ↗Chinese scholar and politician · 1785–1850
  65 yrs
• Nancy Wake ↗New Zealander and Australian war heroine · 1912–2011
  98 yrs
• Peggy Lipton ↗American actress and singer · 1946–2019
  72 yrs
• Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland ↗Welsh model who became a member of the Swedish royal family · 1915–2013
  97 yrs
• Joan Blondell ↗American actress · 1906–1979
  73 yrs
• Carl David Tolmé Runge ↗German mathematician and physicist · 1856–1927
  70 yrs
• Huey Long ↗American politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator · 1893–1935
  42 yrs
• Maurice Hilleman ↗American vaccinologist · 1919–2005
  85 yrs
• Mauro Ramos ↗Brazilian footballer · 1930–2002
  72 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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