Famous People Born in 1930

Neil Armstrong

NASA astronaut who commanded Apollo 11 and became the first person to walk on the Moon in July 1969

NASA astronaut and commander of Apollo 11, the first person to walk on the Moon.

Buzz Aldrin

Apollo 11 astronaut and lunar module pilot who became the second person to walk on the Moon, after Neil Armstrong

Apollo 11 lunar module pilot and the second person to walk on the Moon.

Sean Connery

Scottish actor who was the first screen James Bond, in Dr No, and won an Oscar for The Untouchables

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor and film producer. Connery was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.

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Warren Buffett

American investor known as the Oracle of Omaha who built Berkshire Hathaway into a giant and pledged most of his fortune to charity

Warren Edward Buffett ( BUFF-it; born August 30, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman emeritus and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the world.

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Clint Eastwood

American actor and director of Dirty Harry and Westerns, who won Oscars for directing Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is a retired American actor and filmmaker.

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Helmut Kohl

German chancellor for 16 years who reunified East and West Germany in 1990 and helped create the euro

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998 and oversaw the end of the Cold War, German reunification, and the creation of the European Union (EU).

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Harold Pinter

English playwright of The Birthday Party and The Homecoming, famous for menacing pauses, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, Pinter was one of the most influential modern dramatists of British theatre with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years.

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Ray Charles

Influential American musician who pioneered the soul music genre

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius".

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