The 303rd day of the year, the 304th in a leap year
Born on 30 October
Every 30 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Scorpio, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- ScorpioWater, fixed, ruled by Mars.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 30 October in any year.
Which weekday 30 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 30 October falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 30 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,804 babies were born on 30 October in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 194th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 30 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| John Adams | 1735–1826 | Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 |
| Diego Maradona | 1960–2020 | Argentine football player and manager |
| Ezra Pound | 1885–1972 | American poet and critic |
| Paul Valéry | 1871–1945 | French poet, essayist, and philosopher |
| Christopher Wren | 1632–1723 | English architect |
| Ivanka Trump | 1981– | American businesswoman and former White House adviser |
| Alfred Sisley | 1839–1899 | French-born British Impressionist painter |
| Gerhard Domagk | 1895–1964 | German bacteriologist |
| Theodor W. Hänsch | 1941– | German physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics |
| André Chénier | 1762–1794 | French poet |
| Francisco I. Madero | 1873–1913 | Mexican revolutionary leader and president |
| Giuseppe Farina | 1906–1966 | Italian racecar driver |
| Ragnar Granit | 1900–1991 | Finnish scientist |
| Claude Lelouch | 1937– | French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer |
| Angelica Kauffman | 1741–1807 | Swiss artist |
| Louis Malle | 1932–1995 | French film director, screenwriter, and producer |
| Dmitry Ustinov | 1908–1984 | Soviet military commander and politician |
| Daniel Nathans | 1928–1999 | American microbiologist |
Died on 30 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Dunant | 1828–1910 | Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross |
| Claude Lévi-Strauss | 1908–2009 | French anthropologist and ethnologist |
| Gustav Ludwig Hertz | 1887–1975 | German physicist |
| Harry Mulisch | 1927–2010 | Dutch writer |
| Bonar Law | 1858–1923 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 |
| Osman III | 1699–1757 | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757 |
| Joseph Campbell | 1904–1987 | American mythologist, writer and lecturer |
| Charles IX of Sweden | 1550–1611 | King of Sweden from 1604 to 1611 |
| Luigi Einaudi | 1874–1961 | President of Italy from 1948 to 1955 |
| Dayananda Saraswati | 1824–1883 | Indian social reformer |
| James S. Sherman | 1855–1912 | vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912 |
| Clifford Geertz | 1926–2006 | American anthropologist |
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