Anniversaries 30 January

Birth

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham20

English statesman and poet 1628–1687

Charles Rollin3

French historian 1661–1741

Godfrey Higgins14

British archaeologist 1772–1833

Walter Savage Landor23

British writer 1775–1864

Ann Taylor (poet)3

British female poet and literary critic 1782–1866

Balbhadra Kunwar3

National hero of Nepal 1789–1823

Thomas Cogswell Upham2

American philosopher and psychologist 1799–1872

George Gilfillan7

Scottish writer 1813–1878

Nathaniel Banks1

politician of Massachusetts and general of the Union Army (… 1816–1894

F. H. Bradley19

British philosopher 1846–1924

Gelett Burgess5

artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist 1866–1951

Franklin D. Roosevelt190

32nd President of the United States 1882–1945

Boris III of Bulgaria2

Tsar of Bulgaria 1894–1943

Nikolaus Pevsner6

German-born British scholar 1902–1983

Saul D. Alinsky28

American community organizer and writer 1909–1972

Francis Schaeffer8

American theologian 1912–1984

Barbara W. Tuchman45

American historian and author 1912–1989

Amrita Sher-Gil22

Hungarian Indian artist 1913–1941

Joachim Peiper6

SS officer 1915–1976

Lloyd Alexander93

American children's writer 1924–2007

Douglas Engelbart13

American engineer and inventor 1925–2013

Olof Palme6

Swedish 20th century prime minister 1927–1986

Roger Shepard10

American psychologist 1929

Shirley Hazzard2

Australian-Anglo-American novelist, short story writer, mem… 1931–2016

Louis Rukeyser2

American journalist 1933–2006

Asher Peres3

Israeli physicist 1934–2005

Stuart Wheeler1

British businessman and politician 1935

Richard Brautigan49

American novelist, poet, and short story writer 1935–1984

Vanessa Redgrave3

English actress 1937

Dick Cheney42

American politician and businessman 1941

Gregory Benford87

Science fiction author and astrophysicist 1941

Robert McKee11

American academic specialised in seminars for screenwriters 1941

Christophe Pierre1

French nuncio 1946

Wu Den-yih7

Taiwanese politician 1948

John Dufresne2

Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright 1948

Peter Agre2

American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949

Prakash Javadekar9

Indian politician 1951

Phil Collins13

English musician, songwriter and actor 1951

Peter Kruse2

German psychologist 1955–2015

Judith Tarr5

American fantasy writer, historian 1955

Polly Horvath2

Author 1957

Dexter Scott King1

American civil rights activist 1961

Éric de Moulins-Beaufort1

French archbishop 1962

Abdullah II of Jordan16

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 1962

John Roecker15

American film director 1966

Brian Vaszily1

1970

Christian Bale1

British actor 1974

Lee Zeldin2

New York state senator 1980

Kid Cudi15

American rapper, singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor fr… 1984

Death

Charles I of England7

monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ire… 1600–1649

Mary Howitt6

English poet, and author 1799–1888

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta1

Italian journalist, nationalist, revolutionary soldier and … 1833–1918

Charles Bradlaugh2

British freethinker, and radical politician 1833–1891

Arthur O'Shaughnessy15

British poet 1844–1881

Joseph Jacobs17

British historian 1854–1916

Robert Charles (scholar)1

Biblical scholar, theologian 1855–1931

Jules Payot4

French educationist 1859–1940

Mahatma Gandhi238

pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-rul… 1869–1948

Orville Wright1

American aviation pioneer 1871–1948

Ferdinand Porsche2

German automobile designer 1875–1951

Georgy Pyatakov1

Bolshevik revolutionary leader 1890–1937

Stanley Holloway19

English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and mo… 1890–1982

J. C. Kumarappa1

Jōsaph Celladurai; b. 01/04/1892; economist; mem., Indian P… 1892–1960

Dorothy Thompson77

American journalist and radio broadcaster 1893–1961

George Frederick James Temple21

British mathematician 1901–1992

John Bardeen2

American physicist and engineer 1908–1991

Lesslie Newbigin9

Christian missionary 1909–1998

Ajahn Maha Bua3

monk 1913–2011

John Prebble1

British writer 1915–2001

Sidney Sheldon35

American writer 1917–2007

Roger Raveel10

painter 1921–2013

Carl Djerassi3

American chemistry professor, inventor, author, playwright 1923–2015

Gerald Durrell38

naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and televisi… 1925–1995

Coretta Scott King24

American author, activist, and civil rights leader. Wife of… 1927–2006

Dore Ashton1

art critic 1928–2017

Wendy Wasserstein4

American playwright 1950–2006