Famous people born on 30 January

• Franklin Delano RooseveltPresident of the United States from 1933 to 1945 · 1882–1945
  63 yrs
• Islam Karimov1st President of the Republic of Uzbekistan · 1938–2016
  78 yrs
• Olof PalmeSwedish Prime Minister · 1927–1986
  59 yrs
• Boniface VIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303 · 1235–1303
  68 yrs
• Gene HackmanAmerican actor and novelist · 1930–2025
  95 yrs
• Boris SpasskyRussian chess player · 1937–2025
  88 yrs
• Douglas EngelbartAmerican engineer and inventor · 1925–2013
  88 yrs
• Isamu AkasakiJapanese engineer · 1929–2021
  92 yrs
• Adelbert von ChamissoGerman poet and botanist · 1781–1838
  57 yrs
• Amrita Sher-Gil ↗Hungarian-Indian painter · 1913–1941
  28 yrs
• Max Theiler ↗South African-American virologist and doctor · 1899–1972
  73 yrs
• Leonid Gaidai ↗Soviet film director · 1923–1993
  70 yrs
• Boris III of Bulgaria ↗King of Bulgaria · 1894–1943
  49 yrs
• Emperor Taizong of Tang ↗Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (598-649) · AD 598–649
  51 yrs
• Félix Faure ↗7th President of the French Republic · 1841–1899
  58 yrs
• Barbara W. Tuchman ↗American historian and author · 1912–1989
  77 yrs
• Dorothy Malone ↗American actress · 1924–2018
  93 yrs
• Vasili Arkhipov ↗Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war · 1926–1998
  72 yrs
• A. H. Tammsaare ↗Estonian writer · 1878–1940
  62 yrs
• Joachim Peiper ↗SS officer and convicted Nazi war criminal · 1915–1976
  61 yrs
• Richard Brautigan ↗American novelist, poet, and short story writer · 1935–1984
  49 yrs
• Walter Savage Landor ↗English writer, poet, and activist · 1775–1864
  89 yrs
• Elsa Martinelli ↗Italian fashion model and actress · 1935–2017
  82 yrs
• Johann Joachim Quantz ↗German flutist, flute maker and composer · 1697–1773
  76 yrs
• Delbert Mann ↗American television and film director · 1920–2007
  87 yrs
• F. H. Bradley ↗British philosopher · 1846–1924
  78 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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