June 30
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[edit] Births
- 1470 - King Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
- 1685 - John Gay, English writer (d. 1732)
- 1685 - Dominikus Zimmermann, master builder (d. 1766)
- 1775 - Paul de Barras, politician (d. 1829)
- 1789 - Horace Vernet, painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
- 1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d. 1887)
- 1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (d. 1911)
- 1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, author (d. 1929)
- 1891 - Man Mountain Dean, professional wrestler (d. 1953)
- 1893 - Walter Ulbricht, politician (d. 1973)
- 1899 - Harry Shields, jazz musician (d. 1971)
- 1911 - Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 2004)
- 1917 - Susan Hayward, actress (d. 1975)
- 1917 - Lena Horne, actress and singer
- 1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr., magician (d. 1997)
- 1943 - Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
- 1944 - Raymond Moody, parapsychologist
- 1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
- 1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, actor
- 1959 - Brendan Perry, musician (Dead Can Dance)
- 1962 - Tony Fernandez, baseball player
- 1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist
- 1966 - Mike Tyson, world champion boxer
- 1968 - Philip Anselmo, musician
- 1973 - Chan Ho Park, Korean baseball pitcher
- 1975 - Ralf Schumacher, race car driver
- 1984 - Fantasia Barrino, singer
- 1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
- 1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
