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Initially self-published on his MySpace page, the song became a hit online and led Cudi to work with producers Plain Pat and Emile Haynie to record his first full-length project, a mixtape titled A Kid Named Cudi (2008).
Famous Birthdays on January 30
1984 — Kid Cudi
American entertainer
January 30 has 166 recorded notable births across history, from 58 BC to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1956 In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. Source
- 2013 Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea. Source
- 1975 The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary. Source
- 1835 In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. Source
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Lena Hall won the Tony Award for her performance as Yitzhak in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which also earned her a Grammy nomination for the musical's official album.
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Thompson bypassed his senior year of high school to sign with OTE, where he played for two seasons and helped his team win the league title while earning All-OTE First Team honors in 2023.
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Born in Burma to an Indian family, he learnt Vipassana from Sayagyi U Ba Khin, retired from business in 1962 during business nationalization by military government in Burma, and moved to India in 1969 to start teaching Vipassana meditation.
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A week later, Laugher won a silver in the men's individual 3m springboard at the same Games, becoming the first British diver to win multiple Olympic diving medals at the same Games.
More major people born on January 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1980
Lena Hall
American actress and singer
Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal, known professionally as Lena Hall, is an American actress and singer.
2003
Amen Thompson
American basketball player
Ameiz XLNC "Amen" Thompson is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1924
S. N. Goenka
Burmese-Indian author and educator (died 2013)
Satya Narayana Goenka was an Indian teacher of vipassanā meditation.
1995
Jack Laugher
English diver
Jack David Laugher is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England.
1972
Chris Simon
Canadian ice hockey player
Christopher J. Simon was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
1985
Gisela Dulko
Argentinian tennis player
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine former tennis player. Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No.
1989
Jahvid Best
American football player and athlete
Jahvid Andre Best is an American track and field Olympian athlete, and former professional football running back. He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft.
1912
Werner Hartmann
German physicist and academic (died 1988)
Werner Hartmann was a German physicist who introduced microelectronics into East Germany. He studied physics at the Technische Hochschule Berlin and worked at Siemens before joining Fernseh GmbH.
1720
Charles De Geer
Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (died 1778)
Charles De Geer was an entomologist, industrialist, civil servant and book collector. He is sometimes referred to as Charles the Entomologist, to distinguish him from other relatives with the same name.
1520
William More
English courtier (died 1600)
Sir William More, of Loseley, Surrey, was the son of Sir Christopher More. The great house at Loseley Park was built for him, which is still the residence of the More Molyneux family.
1929
Hugh Tayfield
South African cricketer (died 1994)
Hugh Joseph Tayfield was a South African international cricketer. He played 37 Test matches for South Africa between 1949 and 1960 and was one of the best off spinners the game has seen.
1866
Gelett Burgess
American author, poet, and critic (died 1951)
Frank Gelett Burgess was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist.
1943
Davey Johnson
American baseball player and manager (died 2025)
David Allen Johnson was an American professional baseball player and manager.
1949
Peter Agre
American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Peter Courtland Agre is a Nobel Laureate American physician, molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and…
1775
Walter Savage Landor
English poet and author (died 1864)
Walter Savage Landor was an English writer, poet, and activist.
1816
Nathaniel P. Banks
American general and politician, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1894)
Nathaniel Prentice Banks was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker, Banks became prominent in local debating societies and entered politics as a young adult.
1901
Rudolf Caracciola
German racing driver (died 1959)
Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola was a German racing driver. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times.
1941
Tineke Lagerberg
Dutch swimmer
Catharina Bernadetta Jacoba ("Tineke") Lagerberg is a retired Dutch swimmer who won the bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in a time of 4:56.9.
1955
Mychal Thompson
Bahamian-American basketball player and sportscaster
Mychal George Thompson is a Bahamian-American sports commentator and former professional basketball player. He was the first player born & raised in the Bahamas to make the NBA.