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Michael Phelps won more Olympic medals than any other athlete, a total of 28 medals across four Olympic Games.
Famous Birthdays on June 30
1985 — Michael Phelps
American swimmer
June 30 has 200 recorded notable births across history, from 1286 to 1998. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on June 30
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- 2013 Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. Source
- 1989 A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. Source
- 1966 The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. Source
- 1876 Serbia declares war on the Ottoman Empire, leading to the Serbian Wars for Independence. Source
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A. J. Brown was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2022, where he extended his Pro Bowl selections to three, was named to three second-team All-Pros, and was a member of the team that won Super Bowl LIX.
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Ballard was the first woman posthumously inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Supremes in 1988.
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Cook was one of the founding members of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2012.
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As the First Secretary of the Communist Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971, he was the chief decision-maker in East Germany.
More major people born on June 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1997
A. J. Brown
American football player
Arthur Juan Brown is an American professional football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).
1943
Florence Ballard
American pop/soul singer (died 1976)
Florence Glenda Chapman was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including nine number-one hits.
1960
Murray Cook
Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer
Murray James Cook, AM is an Australian musician, actor, and DJ. Cook was one of the founding members of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2012.
1893
Walter Ulbricht
German soldier and politician, chief decision maker and head of state of the GDR (East Germany) (died 1973)
Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht was a German communist politician and revolutionary.
1962
Tony Fernández
Dominican baseball player (died 2020)
Octavio Antonio Fernández Castro, better known as Tony Fernandez, was a Dominican baseball player who played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seven teams from 1983 to 2001, most notably the Toronto Blue…
1969
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer, captain, cricket administrator and coach. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest all rounders ever to play in ODI cricket.
1973
Chan Ho Park
South Korean baseball player
Chan Ho Park is a South Korean former professional baseball pitcher. Park was the first South Korean-born player in MLB history, and the first South Korean player to be named an MLB All-Star.
1891
Stanley Spencer
English painter (died 1959)
Sir Stanley Spencer was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, Berkshire, the small village…
1960
Jack McConnell
Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland
Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2001 to 2007.
1944
Ron Swoboda
American baseball player and sportscaster
Ronald Alan Swoboda is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator.
1936
Assia Djebar
Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015)
Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance.
1970
Brian Bloom
American actor and screenwriter
Brian Keith Bloom is an American actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay and starred in The A-Team, produced by brothers Tony and Ridley Scott.
1983
Cheryl
English singer and TV personality
Cheryl Ann Tweedy is an English singer and television personality. She rose to fame as a member of Girls Aloud, a pop girl group created through ITV's reality competition show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002.
1936
Tony Musante
American actor and screenwriter (died 2013)
Anthony Peter Musante Jr. was an American actor, best known for the TV series Toma as Detective David Toma, Nino Schibetta in Oz (1997), and Joe D'Angelo in As the World Turns (2000–2003).
1983
Katherine Ryan
UK-based Canadian comedian and presenter
Katherine Louisa Ryan is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, actress and singer.
1957
Sterling Marlin
American race car driver
Sterling Burton Marlin is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour.
1965
Mitch Richmond
American basketball player
Mitchell James Richmond III is an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Moberly Area Community College and Kansas State University.
1933
Tomislav Ivić
Croatian football coach and manager (died 2011)
Tomislav Ivić was a Croatian professional football player and manager. Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game.
1925
Ebrahim Amini
Iranian politician (died 2020)
Ebrahim Haj Amini Najafabadi was an Iranian principlist politician who was a member of the Assembly of Experts.