April 30th Birthdays

American singer, Bobby Vee, was born on this day in 1943, as Robert Thomas Veline, in Fargo, ND. Bobby was a major teen idol in the early 1960s. He racked up 5 gold records before the British Invasion and came back with another one: “Come Back When You Grow Up” in 1967. Bobby passed away at age 73 on October 24, 2016 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Also born on April 30th:

  • 1933
    Willie Nelson, American musician
  • 1941
    Johnny Farina, American musician, composer
  • 1944
    Jill Clayburgh, American actress
  • 1946
    King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  • 1947
    Leslie Grantham, British actor
  • 1948
    Perry King, American actor
  • 1949
    Phil Garner, baseball manager
  • 1953
    Merrill Osmond, American musician
  • 1959
    Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director
  • 1961
    Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
  • 1964
    Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
  • 1965
    Adrian Pasdar, American actor
  • 1967
    Steven Mackintosh, British actor
  • 1969
    Warren Defever, American musician, composer
  • 1972
    JR Richards, American musician, composer, actor
  • 1973
    Jeff Timmons, American singer
  • 1975
    Mike Chat, American actor
    Johnny Galecki, American actor
  • 1976
    Amanda Palmer, American musician
  • 1977
    Pell James, American actress
  • 1981
    Emma Pierson, British actress
    Kunal Nayyar, Indian/British actor
  • 1982
    Lloyd Banks, American rapper
    Kirsten Dunst, American actress
    Cleo Higgins, British singer, actress
    Drew Seeley, Canadian actor, singer
  • 1983
    Troy Williamson, American football player
  • 1984
    Shawn Daivari, American wrestler, manager
  • 1986
    Dianna Agron, American actress
  • 1987
    Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
  • 2002
    Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish prince

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Died on April 30th:

  • 1883
    Édouard Manet, French painter (age 51)
  • 1900
    Casey Jones, American engineer (age 37)
  • 1936
    A. E. Housman, English poet, scholar (age 77)
  • 1945
    Adolf Hitler, Nazi dictator (age 56)
  • 1956
    Alben W. Barkley, 35th U.S. Vice President (age 78)
  • 1970
    Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (age 35)
  • 1974
    Agnes Moorehead, American actress (age 1900)
  • 1983
    Muddy Waters, American singer, guitarist (age 70)
  • 1986
    Robert Stevenson, English director, screenwriter (age 81)
  • 1989
    Sergio Leone, Italian director, screenwriter (age 60)
  • 1994
    Richard Scarry, American author, illustrator (age 74)
  • 2007
    Tom Poston, American actor, comedian (age 85)
    Gordon Scott, American actor (age 80)
  • 2015
    Ben E. King, American singer, songwriter (age 76)
  • 2019
    Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (age 74)
  • 2020
    Sam Lloyd, American actor (age 56)
  • 2022
    Naomi Judd, American singer (age 76)
  • 2024
    Duane Eddy, American musician (age 86)
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