Vera Frances (94)
January 1st, 1930

British actress – Vera Frances was born in Dagenham (Town in east London, England) on January 1st, 1930 and is 94 years old today.

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Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

84

Mieczysław Kalenik

Polish actor

*January 1st, 1933, Międzyrzec Podlaski †June 16th, 2017, Międzyrzec Podlaski

84

Bengt von zur Mühlen

German film director and film producer (1932–2016)

*January 1st, 1932, Tartu †June 30th, 2016, Berlin

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

39

Michael Findlay

Film director, producer

*January 1st, 1938, United States of America †May 16th, 1977, New York City

82

Karl-Heinz Priese

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*January 1st, 1935, Ziesar †January 27th, 2017

24

Ice Spice

American rapper

*January 1st, 2000, The Bronx

23

Arrigo Menicocci

Italian rower

*January 1st, 1933, Ariccia †December 1st, 1956, Melbourne

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

25

Azmy Qowimuramadhoni‎

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1999, Indonesia

75

Christopher Kriesa

American actor

*January 1st, 1949, Green Bay

56

Stymie Beard

Actor (1925-1981)

*January 1st, 1925, Los Angeles †January 8th, 1981, Los Angeles

83

Larry L. King

Playwright

*January 1st, 1929, Putnam †December 20th, 2012, Washington, D.C.

67

Barbara Baxley

American actress (1923-1990)

*January 1st, 1923, Porterville †June 7th, 1990, Manhattan

89

Georg Süßmann

German physicist

*January 1st, 1928, Łódź †May 16th, 2017

88

Ruth Schmidt-Wiegand

German legal historian and medievalist

*January 1st, 1926, Berlin †December 12th, 2014

80

Maurice Béjart

French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007)

*January 1st, 1927, Marseille †November 22nd, 2007, Lausanne

71

Doak Walker

American football player (1927-1998)

*January 1st, 1927, Dallas †September 27th, 1998, Steamboat Springs

78

Gaafar Nimeiry

Sudanese President (1931-2009)

*January 1st, 1931, Omdurman †May 30th, 2009, Khartoum

83

Zena Marshall

British actress (1926–2009)

*January 1st, 1926, Nairobi †July 10th, 2009, London

82

Hartmut Röseler

German politician (CDU)

*January 1st, 1942, Berlin

92

Alain Mimoun

Algerian-born French long-distance runner

*January 1st, 1921, Telagh †June 27th, 2013, Saint-Mandé

97

Vernon L. Smith

American economist

*January 1st, 1927, Wichita

87

Michael Knowles

British actor

*January 1st, 1937, Spondon

91

John Freely

American physicist (1926-2017)

*January 1st, 1926, Brooklyn †April 20th, 2017

71

Gary Johnson

American politician, businessman, and 29th Governor of New Mexico

*January 1st, 1953, Minot

Also born in 1930

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

*May 6th, 1930, Oslo †May 13th, 2004, Oslo

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

*August 5th, 1930, Wapakoneta †August 25th, 2012, Cincinnati

93

José Luis Álvarez Álvarez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1930-2023)

*April 4th, 1930, Madrid †August 23rd, 2023, Cartagena

86

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930–2017)

*June 20th, 1930, Falenty †April 20th, 2017, Warsaw

90

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

*August 25th, 1930, Edinburgh †October 31st, 2020, Lyford Cay

88

Jean Guillou

French composer, organist, pianist

*April 18th, 1930, Angers †January 26th, 2019, Paris

86

Mildred Dresselhaus

American physicist (1930-2017)

*November 11th, 1930, The Bronx †February 20th, 2017, Mount Auburn Hospital

87

Helmut Kohl

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1930–2017)

*April 3rd, 1930, Friesenheim †June 16th, 2017, Oggersheim

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

*May 9th, 1930, Basildon †June 27th, 2001, London

50

Preben Kaas

Danish actor, screenwriter, recording artist, lyricist

*March 30th, 1930, Aalborg †March 27th, 1981, Copenhagen

80

Egon Klepsch

German politician

*January 30th, 1930, Děčín †September 18th, 2010, Koblenz

78

Erika Uitz

German historian of middle ages

*November 30th, 1930, Chemnitz †January 1st, 2009, Berlin

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

82

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

*November 16th, 1930, Ogidi †March 21st, 2013, Boston

80

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

89

Robert Evans

American film producer (1930–2019)

*June 29th, 1930, New York City †October 26th, 2019, Beverly Hills

91

Jean-Luc Godard

French-Swiss film director (1930–2022)

*December 3rd, 1930, 7th arrondissement of Paris †September 13th, 2022, Rolle

94

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut

*January 20th, 1930, Glen Ridge

85

Günter Oldenburg

German bicycle racer (1930-2016)

*July 1st, 1930, Dobra †April 8th, 2016, Berlin

85

Josef Wierer

German actor

*October 31st, 1930, Wörth an der Donau †April 22nd, 2016, Nittenau

91

Stephen Sondheim

American composer and lyricist (1930–2021)

*March 22nd, 1930, Manhattan †November 26th, 2021, Roxbury

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

93

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

*August 30th, 1930, Omaha

83

Maximilian Schell

Swiss and Austrian film and stage actor

*December 8th, 1930, Vienna †February 1st, 2014, Innsbruck

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

94

Ion Iliescu

Russian politician; second president of Romania

*March 3rd, 1930, Oltenița

69

Pete Conrad

American astronaut

*June 2nd, 1930, Philadelphia †July 8th, 1999, Ojai

94

John Cullum

American actor, director and singer

*March 2nd, 1930, Knoxville

Vera Frances