Did you know
Billy Donovan most recently was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Famous Birthdays on May 30
1965 — Billy Donovan
American basketball player and coach
May 30 has 234 recorded notable births across history, from 1010 to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on May 30
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- 1913 The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War between the Balkan allies and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans cede all their European territories west of a straight line between Enos and Media and Albania becomes an independent nation. Source
- 2020 Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. Source
- 1967 The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. Source
- 1854 The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law, establishing the U.S. territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Source
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Jake Roberts is best known for his two stints in the World Wrestling Federation ; the first between 1986 and 1992, and the second between 1996 and 1997.
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Moss, in the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967), which earned him critical acclaim along with nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Manny Ramirez's 21 grand slams are third all-time, and his 29 postseason home runs are the most in MLB history.
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In January 1964, they had their first UK top-ten single, "Glad All Over", which knocked the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the UK Singles Chart.
More major people born on May 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1955
Jake Roberts
American professional wrestler
Aurelian Smith Jr. better known by the ring name Jake "the Snake" Roberts, is an American actor, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract.
1939
Michael J. Pollard
American actor (died 2019)
Michael J. Pollard was an American character actor. With his distinctive bulbous nose, dimpled chin and smirk, he gained a cult following, usually portraying quirky, off-beat, simplistic but likeable supporting…
1972
Manny Ramirez
Dominican-American baseball player and coach
Manuel Arístides Ramírez Onelcida is a Dominican-American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for parts of 19 seasons.
1944
Lenny Davidson
English guitarist and songwriter
The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter.
1969
Ryuhei Kitamura
Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
Ryuhei Kitamura is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter. Kitamura relocated to Sydney, Australia at age 17 and attended a school for visual arts for two years.
1992
Danielle Harold
English actress
Danielle Amy Harold is an English actress. She rose to prominence playing Lola Pearce in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
1948
Johan De Muynck
Belgian former professional road racing cyclist
Johan De Muynck is a former Belgian professional road racing cyclist who raced from 1971 to 1983. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1978 Giro d'Italia.
1981
Gianmaria Bruni
Italian race car driver
Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni is an Italian Porsche factory auto racing driver who drove in the 2004 Formula One World Championship for Minardi.
1958
Michael López-Alegría
Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut
Michael López-Alegría is an astronaut, test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission.
1835
Alfred Austin
English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913)
Alfred Austin was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controversy or refused the honour.
1908
Hannes Alfvén
Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).
1886
Randolph Bourne
American theorist and author (died 1918)
Randolph Silliman Bourne was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University.
1953
Colm Meaney
Irish actor
Colm J. Meaney is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for 2001's How Harry Became a Tree, and…
1964
Tom Morello
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Thomas Baptist Morello is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and political activist. He is known for his tenure with the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
1975
CeeLo Green
American singer-songwriter
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway-Burton, known professionally as CeeLo Green, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor.
1968
Jason Kenney
Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Alberta
Jason Thomas Kenney is a former Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022, and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022.
1990
Im Yoon-ah
South Korean singer and actress
Lim Yoona, also known mononymously as Yoona, is a South Korean singer and actress.
1896
Howard Hawks
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)
Howard Winchester Hawks was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era.
1935
Ruta Lee
Canadian-American actress and dancer
Ruta Lee is a Canadian-born American actress and dancer of Lithuanian descent. She was born in Montreal, Canada, to Lithuanian immigrant parents.