Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

September 30

• 1207 – Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)
• 1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
• 1530 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
• 1550 – Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
• 1631 – William Stoughton, American jurist (d. 1701)
• 1700 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)
• 1710 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)
• 1715 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780)
• 1732 – Jacques Necker, French finance minister of Louis XVI (d. 1804)
• 1765 – José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
• 1800 – Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)
• 1811 – Queen Augusta of Saxe-Weimar of Prussia (d. 1890)
• 1813 – John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (d. 1893)
• 1827 – Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
• 1832 – Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis, American labor activist (d. 1905)
• 1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer (d. 1924)
• 1861 – William Wrigley, Jr., American industrialist (d. 1932)
• 1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
• 1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker (d. 1948)
• 1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Alfred Wintle, British military figure and author (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer (d. 1966)
• 1898 – Renée Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)
• 1898 – Orestis Makris, Greek actor (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
• 1901 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and bassist (d. 1966)
• 1904 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (d. 1971)
• 1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Michael Powell, British screenwriter, film director, and producer (d. 1990)
• 1906 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer, composer and actress (d. 1996)
• 1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish major (d. 1962)
• 1912 – Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (d. 1975)
• 1915 – Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea (d. 1979)
• 1917 – Buddy Rich, American big band jazz drummer (d. 1987)
• 1918 – Lewis Nixon, American WWII veteran (d. 1995)
• 1918 – René Rémond, French historian and political economist (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Patricia Neway, American soprano
• 1920 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-born American cellist
• 1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Alan Stretton, Australian general
• 1922 – Lamont Johnson, American television director (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Donald Swann , member of the group Flanders and Swann (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)
• 1924 – Nikos Rizos, Greek actor (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet
• 1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian Holocaust survivor; Nobel laureate
• 1929 – Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist
• 1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress
• 1932 – Shintarō Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)
• 1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ben Cooper, American actor
• 1933 – Cissy Houston, American gospel singer
• 1933 – Barbara Knox, English actress
• 1934 – Alan A'Court, English footballer (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer
• 1934 – Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress
• 1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer
• 1935 – Z. Z. Hill, American blues singer (d. 1984)
• 1936 – Jim Sasser, American Senator
• 1937 – Valentin Silvestrov, Ukrainian composer
• 1937 – Jurek Becker, German author
• 1938 – Alan Hacker, English clarinettist and professor of the Royal Academy of Music
• 1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1939 – Len Cariou, Canadian actor
• 1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian rock musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2009)
• 1940 – Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and professor
• 1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer (d. 1968)
• 1942 – Gus Dudgeon, record producer (d. 2002)
• 1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer (The 5th Dimension)
• 1943 – Ian Ogilvy, British Actor
• 1944 – Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer
• 1944 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish Celtic footballer (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)
• 1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli statesman
• 1945 – Bob Lassiter, American radio personality
• 1946 – Paul Sheahan, Australian test cricketer
• 1946 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Jochen Mass, German race car driver
• 1946 – Claude Vorilhon, French UFO advocate
• 1946 – Fran Brill, American actress, voice actress and puppeteer
• 1947 – Marc Bolan, English musician (T. Rex) (d. 1977)
• 1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress
• 1948 – Craig Kusick, American baseball player
• 1950 – Renato Zero, Italian musician
• 1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician, Nobel laureate
• 1952 – Jack Wild, British actor (d. 2006)
• 1952 – John Lombardo, musician, founding member of 10,000 Maniacs
• 1953 – Deborah Allen, American singer
• 1953 – S. M. Stirling, Canadian author
• 1953 – Matt Abts, American drummer (Gov't Mule)
• 1954 – Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish singer and songwriter
• 1954 – Barry Williams, American actor
• 1954 – Patrice Rushen, American musician
• 1955 – Frankie Kennedy, Irish flute and tin whistle player
• 1956 – Trevor Morgan, English footballer and coach
• 1954 – Scott Fields, guitarist and composer
• 1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress
• 1958 – Marty Stuart, American musician
• 1959 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach
• 1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician
• 1960 – Julia Adamson, composer/musician
• 1960 – Miki Howard, American singer and actress
• 1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor
• 1961 – Crystal Bernard, American actress
• 1961 – Eric van de Poele, Belgian racing driver
• 1961 – Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1962 – Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
• 1962 – Marley Marl, American rapper and record producer
• 1963 – David Barbe, American musician (Sugar)
• 1963 – Reb Beach, rock guitarist
• 1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
• 1964 – Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)
• 1964 – Robby Takac, American singer and bassist (Goo Goo Dolls)
• 1965 – Kathleen Madigan, American comedian
• 1965 – Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian and actor
• 1966 – Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
• 1966 – Gary Armstrong, Scotland rugby player
• 1966 – Markus Burger, German pianist, composer and music educator
• 1969 – Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1991)
• 1969 – Mark Smith, English body builder
• 1970 – Tony Hale, American actor
• 1970 – Eric Piatkowski, American basketball player
• 1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress
• 1971 – Kasia Nosowska, lead singer of Polish rock group Hey
• 1972 – Ari Behn, Norwegian author
• 1972 – Shaan, Indian singer
• 1972 – John Campbell, American musician (Lamb of God)
• 1972 – Jamal Anderson, American football player
• 1972 – José Lima, American baseball player
• 1974 – Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player
• 1974 – Daniel Wu, American-born Chinese film actor, director, and producer
• 1974 – Eli Cottonwood, American professional wrestler and former basketball player.
• 1975 – Marion Cotillard, French actress
• 1975 – Sammy Igoe, English footballer
• 1975 – Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1975 – Jay Asher, American novelist
• 1975 – Georges-Alain Jones, French singer
• 1977 – Maia Brewton, American actress
• 1977 – Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
• 1977 – Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer
• 1978 – Candice Michelle, American female wrestler
• 1978 – Róbinson Zapata, Colombian footballer
• 1979 – Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist
• 1979 – Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Camilla D’Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter
• 1980 – Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
• 1980 – Simon Little, English bassist
• 1981 – Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
• 1981 – Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast
• 1981 – Brandon Watson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Seth Smith, American baseball player
• 1982 – Lacey Chabert, American actress
• 1982 – Kieran Culkin, American actor
• 1982 – Ola Jordan, Professional dancer
• 1982 – Tory Lane, American nude model and pornographic actress
• 1982 – Michelle Marsh, British model
• 1982 – Teal Redmann, American actress
• 1982 – Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Ryan Stout, American comedian
• 1982 – Ryane Clowe Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
• 1983 – Adam Jones, American football player
• 1984 – Georgios Eleftheriou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
• 1985 – T-Pain, American musician
• 1985 – Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
• 1986 – Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer
• 1986 – Quinn Johnson, American football player
• 1986 – Cemil Mengi, Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Rene Ranger, New Zealand rugby player
• 1986 – Christian Zapata, Colombian footballer
• 1987 – Denise Laurel, Filipino actress and singer