1930
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Events
March 28 - Constantinople is renamed Istanbul (Tur. İstanbul).
April 4 - Pavlograd Uprising
August 2 - Landing of the first Soviet paratroopers near Voronezh (Airborne Troops Day).
Born
See also Category: Born 1930
January 28 - Ignashchenko Anatoliy Fedorovich, Ukrainian architect, People's Artist of Ukraine (died in 2011).
January 29 - Oga Norio, Japanese entrepreneur, president (since 1982) and chairman of the board of directors (1989-1995) of Sony
February 1 - Mykola Petrovich Bidniak, Ukrainian artist (died in 2000).
February 19 - John Frankenheimer, American film director
February 24 - Hryhoriy Chapkis, Ukrainian choreographer, People's Artist of Ukraine (d. 2021).
March 16 - Sergei Yursky, Russian actor of theater and cinema
March 19 - Lina Kostenko, Ukrainian writer, poet of the sixties.
April 3 - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany (1982-1998)
April 7 - Yves Rocher, French businessman, founder of the Yves Rocher cosmetics corporation
April 29 - Jean Rochefort, French film actor
May 5 - Leonid Abalkin, Russian economist
May 31 - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, producer
June 1 - Edward Woodward, actor
June 3 - Volodymyr Lytvynenko, Ukrainian painter of the South Russian Art School, Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Honored Artist of Ukraine (died in 2011).
June 10 - Ilya Glazunov, Russian artist
June 17 - Mykhailo Horyn, Ukrainian politician (died in 2013).
June 24 - Claude Chabrol, French film director
July 2 - Carlos Menem, President of Argentina (1989-1999)
July 4 - Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor
July 5 - Vadim Kozhinov, Russian literary critic, philosopher, historian
July 7 - Genk Mobley, American jazz saxophonist.
July 20 - Oleg Anofriev, Russian actor, singer
July 30 - Belov Yuri Andreevich, Russian actor.
August 5 - Armstrong Neal, American astronaut
August 6 - Abby Lincoln (born Anna Maria Wooldridge), American jazz singer and actress
August 12 - George Soros, British financier, philanthropist
August 19 - Frank McCourt, American writer, Pulitzer Prize winner
August 25 - George Danelia, Russian film director
August 25 - Sean Connery, Scotland
