Famous people born on 30 May

• Albrecht DürerGerman painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist · 1471–1528
  56 yrs
• Mikhail BakuninRussian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher · 1814–1876
  62 yrs
• Alexey LeonovSoviet-Russian pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk · 1934–2019
  85 yrs
• Hannes AlfvénSwedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics · 1908–1995
  86 yrs
• Agnès Varda ↗French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer · 1928–2019
  90 yrs
• Benny Goodman ↗American jazz clarinetist and bandleader · 1909–1986
  77 yrs
• Amadeo I of Spain ↗Italian Royal and temporary Head of State of Spain · 1845–1890
  44 yrs
• Peter Carl Fabergé ↗Russian jeweller · 1846–1920
  74 yrs
• Howard Hawks ↗American film director, producer and screenwriter · 1896–1977
  81 yrs
• Julius Axelrod ↗American biochemist · 1912–2004
  92 yrs
• Alexander Archipenko ↗American sculptor and artist of Ukrainian origin · 1887–1964
  76 yrs
• David Sassoli ↗President of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2022 · 1956–2022
  65 yrs
• Marie Fredriksson ↗Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of pop-rock duo Roxette · 1958–2019
  61 yrs
• Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth ↗Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1801 to 1804 · 1757–1844
  86 yrs
• Irving Thalberg ↗American film producer · 1899–1936
  37 yrs
• Mel Blanc ↗American voice actor · 1908–1989
  81 yrs
• Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ↗Anglo-Norman nobleman who led a rebellion against King Henry III of England · 1208–1265
  57 yrs
• Hugh Griffith ↗Welsh actor · 1912–1980
  67 yrs
• Georg von Küchler ↗German field marshal · 1881–1968
  86 yrs
• Franklin J. Schaffner ↗American film director · 1920–1989
  69 yrs
• Eugène Charles Catalan ↗French and Belgian mathematician · 1814–1894
  79 yrs
• Rüstem Paşa ↗Ottoman statesman · 1500–1561
  61 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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