David Ackroyd (83)
May 30th, 1940

American actor – David Ackroyd was born in Orange (Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States) on May 30th, 1940 and is 83 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 30

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

84

Joshua Bryant

American actor

*May 30th, 1939, Norfolk

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

63

Walter Otto

German historian

*May 30th, 1878, Wrocław †November 1st, 1941, Munich

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

*May 30th, 1931, Argostoli †April 19th, 2016, Athens

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

*May 30th, 1928, 's-Graveland †January 16th, 2012, Amsterdam

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

*May 30th, 1959, Vancouver †July 11th, 2015, Los Angeles

68

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer

*May 30th, 1955, Enniscorthy

77

Marisa Solinas

Actress

*May 30th, 1941, Genoa †February 13th, 2019, Rome

65

Gladys Horton

American singer

*May 30th, 1945, Gainesville †January 26th, 2011, Sherman Oaks

56

Dante Alighieri

Italian poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

*May 30th, 1265, Florence †September 13th, 1321, Ravenna

90

Agnès Varda

French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer (1928–2019)

*May 30th, 1928, Ixelles - Elsene †March 29th, 2019, 14th arrondissement of Paris

85

Christophe Izard

French television producer

*May 30th, 1937, 7th arrondissement of Paris †July 31st, 2022, Île-de-France

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

*May 30th, 1917, Bayonne †November 12th, 1996, Los Angeles

73

Joshua Rozenberg

British journalist

*May 30th, 1950, United Kingdom

48

CeeLo Green

American singer and rapper

*May 30th, 1975, Atlanta

68

Brian Kobilka

American physiologist

*May 30th, 1955, Little Falls

76

Michael Porter

American engineer and economist

*May 30th, 1947, Ann Arbor

82

Heribert Faßbender

German sports journalist

*May 30th, 1941, Ratingen

87

Keir Dullea

American actor

*May 30th, 1936, Cleveland

75

Johan De Muynck

Cyclist

*May 30th, 1948, Evergem

69

Jean-Christophe Victor

French political scientist (1947-2016)

*May 30th, 1947, Neuilly-sur-Seine †December 28th, 2016, Saint-Jean-de-Fos

81

Tom Collins

Musical artist

*May 30th, 1942, Lenoir City

61

Marie Fredriksson

Swedish singer (1958–2019)

*May 30th, 1958, Össjö †December 9th, 2019, Djursholm

Also born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

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