July 30th Birthdays

Paul Anka, Canadian-American singer and songwriter, was born on this day in 1941 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Here is his hit song, Diana, that he wrote when he was only 16 years old

Also born on July 30th

• 1936
  Buddy Guy, American singer, guitarist
• 1947
  William Atherton, American actor
  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American actor, politician
• 1948
  Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor
  Otis Taylor, American musician
• 1949
  Duck Baker, American guitarist
  Andy Scott, rock guitarist, songwriter
• 1950
  Frank Stallone, American singer, actor
• 1953
  Phil Davis, English actor, director
• 1954
  Ken Olin, American actor
• 1956
  Delta Burke, American actress
• 1957
  Clint Hurdle, American baseball player, manager
  Rat Scabies, English drummer
• 1958
  Kate Bush, English singer, songwriter
• 1961
  Laurence Fishburne, American actor
• 1963
  Lisa Kudrow, American actress
• 1964
  Vivica A. Fox, American actress
• 1968
  Terry Crews, American football player, actor
  Sean Moore, Welsh drummer
• 1969
  Simon Baker, Australian actor
• 1970
  Dean Edwards, American comedian
• 1971
  Elvis Crespo, Puerto Rican singer
  Tom Green, Canadian comedian, actor
  Christine Taylor, American actress
• 1974
  Hilary Swank, American actress
• 1975
  Graham Nicholls, English author, artist
• 1977
  Jaime Pressly, American actress
• 1982
  Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
• 1984
  Gabrielle Christian, American actress, singer
• 1991
  Diana Vickers, English singer, actress
• 1999
  Joey King, American actress

July Birthday Calendar

Died on July 30th:

• 1718
  William Penn, English businessman, founder of Province of Pennsylvania (age 73)
• 1771
  Thomas Gray, English poet (“Elegy in a Country Churchyard”), (age 54)
• 1875
  George Pickett, American general (age 50)
• 1983
  Lynn Fontanne, English actress (age 95)
• 1996
  Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (age 92)
• 1998
  Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host, “Howdy Doody” (age 80)
• 2003
  Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (age 80)
• 2007
  Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (age 94)
  Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (age 89)
• 2012
  Maeve Binchy, Irish author, playwright (age 73)
• 2015
  Lynn Anderson, American singer (age 67)
• 2016
  Gloria DeHaven, American actress, singer, dancer (age 91)
• 2021
  Thea White, American actress (age 81)
• 2022
  Pat Carroll, American actress (age 95)

Nichelle Nichols, American actress. singer (age 89)

• 2023
  Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman, American actor (age 70)