September 30

• 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.
• 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.
• 1139 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.{{Cite web |last1=Ulomov |first1=V.I. |last2=Medvedeva |first2=N.S. |title=Специализированный каталог землетрясений для задач общего сейсмического районирования территории Российской Федерации |trans-title=Specialized catalog of earthquakes for the purpose of general seismic zoning of the territory of the Russian Federation|year = 2014 |url=http://seismos-u.ifz.ru/documents/Eartquake-Catalog-%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%97.pdf |publisher=O.Y. Smidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences}}
• 1342 – Battle of Morlaix in the Hundred Years' War{{Cite book |last=Sumption |first=Jonathan |title=The Hundred Years War. 1: Trial by battle |date=1990 |publisher=Faber and Faber |isbn=978-0-571-13895-1 |location=London |pages=399–404}}{{cite book |last=Burne |date=1999|orig-year=1955 |first=Alfred |title=The Crécy War |publisher=Wordsworth Editions |place=Ware, Hertfordshire |isbn=978-1-84022-210-4|author-link=Alfred Burne|pages=67–75}}
• 1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.{{cite web |title=Henry IV {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-IV-king-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 September 2020 |language=en}}
• 1520 – Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1541 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
• 1551 – A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.

• 1736 – The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.{{cite book |last1=O’Mahony |first1=Anthony |editor1-last=Angold |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Cambridge History of Christianity - Volume 5: Eastern Christianity |date=2008 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-81113-2|pages=519–520 |language=en |chapter=Syriac Christianity in the modern Middle East}}{{cite book |last1=Moosa |first1=Matti |title=The Maronites in History |date=2005 |publisher=Gorgias Press |location=New York |isbn=1-59333-182-7|pages=270–272 |language=en}}
• 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.
• 1791 – The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
• 1791 – France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.
• 1863 – Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premiered in Paris.{{Almanacco|match=Les pêcheurs de perles}}
• 1882 – Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
• 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

• 1906 – The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
• 1907 – The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
• 1909 – The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
• 1915 – World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
• 1918 – Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeat the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.{{Cite book |last1=Darch |first1=Colin |title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917–1921 |date=2020 |language=en |isbn=978-0-7453-3888-0 |publisher=Pluto Press |location=London |page=32}}
• 1935 – The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
• 1938 – Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• 1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• 1939 – World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
• 1939 – NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• 1941 – World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
• 1943 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
• 1944 – The Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.
• 1945 – The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43.
• 1947 – The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
• 1947 – Pakistan joins the United Nations.
• 1949 – The Berlin Airlift ends.
• 1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571|6}} is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
• 1965 – Six Indonesian Army generals were assassinated by the September 30 Movement. The PKI was blamed for the latter, resulting in mass killings of suspected leftists.{{Cite web|last=Shalihah|first=Nur Fitriatus|title=Hari Ini dalam Sejarah: Detik-detik Peristiwa G30S/PKI saat RRI Dikuasai|url=https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2020/09/30/083013065/hari-ini-dalam-sejarah-detik-detik-peristiwa-g30s-pki-saat-rri-dikuasai|access-date=2022-08-11|website=www.kompas.com|date=30 September 2020 |publisher=Kompas}}
• 1966 – Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
• 1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
• 1970 – Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
• 1975 – Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154A HA-LCI Beirut International Airport (BEY)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750930-1|access-date=2021-09-29|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
• 1978 – Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.{{cite book |author=Puintila |first=Lauri |title=Kaappari Lamminparras: Suomen ensimmäisen konekaappauksen tarina |publisher=WSOY |year=2010 |isbn=978-951-0-35501-5 |language=fi}}
• 1980 – Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
• 1993 – The 6.2 {{M|w}} Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
• 1994 – Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Tom |title=STS-68, Endeavour, Space Radar Lab 2, Sep. 30-Oct. 11, 1994 |url=https://astronauttomjones.com/2017/10/04/sts-68-endeavour-space-radar-lab-2-sep-30-oct-11-1994-2/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=Tom Jones Astronaut Speaker}}
• 1999 – The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
• 2000 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/06/who-shot-mohammed-al-dura/302735/|title=Who Shot Mohammed al-Dura?|last=Fallows|first=James|date=2003-06-01|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2018-10-30|language=en-US}}
• 2005 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
• 2009 – The 7.6 {{M|w}} Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
• 2016 – Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
• 2016 – Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.

• 1207 – Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (died 1273){{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
• 1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (died 1292){{cite book|author=Kristin M. Casaletto|title=Pope Nicholas IV: Franciscan Infuluence on Late Thirteenth-Century Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZZO6z_zOCcC|year=1992|publisher=Michigan State University. Department of Art}}
• 1530 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (died 1606)
• 1550 – Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1631)

• 1622 – Johann Sebastiani, German composer (died 1683)
• 1689 – Jacques Aubert, French violinist and composer (died 1753)
• 1700 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish monk, poet, and playwright (died 1773)
• 1710 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1771)
• 1714 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (died 1780)
• 1732 – Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1804)
• 1743 – Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German cantor and composer (died 1813)
• 1765 – José María Morelos, Mexican priest and general (died 1815){{cite web|website=Cultura Colectivo|title=A 253 años de su natalicio, ¿quién fue Morelos?|author=Liss Andrade|date=September 25, 2018|access-date=July 17, 2019|language=es|trans-title=253 years after his birth, who was Morelos? |url=https://news.culturacolectiva.com/mexico/quien-fue-jose-maria-morelos-y-pavon/}}
• 1800 – Decimus Burton, English architect, designed the Pharos Lighthouse (died 1881)
• 1813 – John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (died 1893)
• 1814 – Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, American feminist, educator, and philanthropist (died 1900){{cite book|author=Michigan State Historical Society|title=Michigan Historical Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SxIzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA336|edition=Public domain|volume=14|year=1908|publisher=Michigan State Historical Society|pages=336–}}
• 1827 – Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (died 1918)
• 1832 – Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-founded Mother's Day (died 1905)
• 1836 – Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian politician, 56th President of Peru (died 1894)
• 1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator (died 1924)
• 1861 – William Wrigley Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (died 1932)
• 1863 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (died 1928)
• 1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (died 1948)
• 1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)
• 1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (died 1945)
• 1883 – Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician (died 1945)
• 1883 – Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist (died 1971)
• 1887 – Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress (died 1980)
• 1893 – Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1964)
• 1895 – Lewis Milestone, Moldovan-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1980)
• 1897 – Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (died 1966)
• 1897 – Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (died 1986)
• 1898 – Renée Adorée, French-American actress (died 1933)
• 1898 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (died 1977)
• 1898 – Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (died 1986)

• 1901 – Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (died 1966)
• 1904 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (died 1971)
• 1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
• 1905 – Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990)
• 1906 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)
• 1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 1974)
• 1910 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain (died 1962)
• 1911 – Gustave Gilbert, American psychologist (died 1977)
• 1912 – Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (died 1985)
• 1913 – Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (died 1975)
• 1915 – Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (died 2003)
• 1917 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (died 2014)
• 1917 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (died 1987)
• 1918 – Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (died 1995)
• 1918 – René Rémond, French historian and economist (died 2007)
• 1919 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (died 1992)
• 1919 – Elizabeth Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 2008)
• 1919 – William L. Guy, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of North Dakota (died 2013)
• 1919 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (died 2012)
• 1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (died 2007)
• 1921 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (died 2018)
• 1922 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2010)
• 1922 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
• 1923 – Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (died 1994)
• 1924 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1984)
• 1925 – Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and scientist in the former Soviet space program (died 1998)
• 1926 – Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2012)
• 1926 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2010)
• 1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator (died 2019)
• 1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
• 1928 – Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (died 2013)
• 1929 – Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (died 2002)
• 1929 – Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic (died 2022){{Cite web |last=Newsroom |date=2022-11-10 |title=Seismologist Vassilis Papazachos dead at 92 {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1197558/seismologist-vassilis-papazachos-dead-at-92/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}
• 1929 – Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician, diplomat and writer (died 2017)
• 1929 – Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and author (died 2003)
• 1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress
• 1931 – Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (died 2015)
• 1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo (died 2022)
• 1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (died 2008)
• 1933 – Cissy Houston, American singer (died 2024){{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Cissy Houston, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston's mother, dies at 91 |url=https://apnews.com/article/cissy-houston-dead-whitney-houston-mother-de8e3486134c7acd599ee3f16fb997c6 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 1934 – Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (died 2009)
• 1934 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2014)
• 1934 – Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (died 2015)
• 1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer and actor{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 30, 2022 includes celebrities Monica Bellucci, Trey Anastasio |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-30-2022-includes-celebrities-monica-bellucci-trey-anastasio.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=28 September 2023 |date=30 September 2022}}
• 1936 – Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (died 2024){{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Tennessee senator and ambassador to China Jim Sasser has died |url=https://apnews.com/article/jim-sasser-died-obituary-tennessee-f12eaea7e3884c53ac6b49701a80764a |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 1936 – Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (died 1976)
• 1937 – Jurek Becker, Polish-German author (died 1997)
• 1937 – Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukrainian pianist and composer
• 1937 – Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (died 1962)
• 1938 – Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (died 2012)
• 1939 – Len Cariou, Canadian actor
• 1939 – Anthony Green, English painter and academic (died 2023)
• 1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (died 2015)
• 1940 – Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (died 1982)
• 1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (died 2009)
• 1941 – Samuel F. Pickering Jr., American author and educator
• 1941 – Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General
• 1941 – Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver (died 2022)
• 1942 – Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (died 2002)
• 1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
• 1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer
• 1943 – Philip Moore, English organist and composer
• 1943 – Ian Ogilvy, English-American actor, playwright, and author
• 1944 – Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer and painter
• 1944 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (died 2006)
• 1944 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (died 2009)
• 1945 – Richard Edwin Hills, English astronomer and academic (died 2022)
• 1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1946 – Fran Brill, American actress, singer, and puppeteer
• 1946 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 1946 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (died 1993)
• 1946 – Jochen Mass, German race car driver (died 2025)
• 1946 – Paul Sheahan, Australian cricketer and educator
• 1946 – Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism
• 1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
• 1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress
• 1948 – Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (died 2006)
• 1949 – Michel Tognini, French pilot, engineer, military officer and astronaut{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=270}}
• 1950 – Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
• 1950 – Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
• 1951 – John Lloyd, English screenwriter and producer
• 1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951 – Simon White, English astrophysicist and academic
• 1952 – John Finn, American actor
• 1952 – John Lombardo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Matt Abts, American drummer
• 1953 – Deborah Allen, American country music singer-songwriter, author, and actress
• 1954 – Basia, Polish singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1954 – John Drew, American basketball player (died 2022){{cite web |title=John Drew |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76598/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1954 – Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer
• 1954 – Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Barry Williams, American actor
• 1955 – Andy Bechtolsheim, German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems
• 1955 – Frankie Kennedy, Northern Irish flute player (died 1994)
• 1956 – Trevor Morgan, English footballer and manager
• 1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Marty Stuart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1960 – Nicola Griffith, English-American author
• 1960 – Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician
• 1961 – Crystal Bernard, American actress and singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player
• 1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
• 1961 – Mel Stride, English politician
• 1961 – Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
• 1962 – Marley Marl, American record producer and rapper
• 1963 – David Barbe, American bass player and producer
• 1964 – Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
• 1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and fashion model
• 1965 – Omid Djalili, English comedian, actor, and producer
• 1966 – Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player
• 1966 – Markus Burger, German pianist, composer, and educator
• 1966 – Angus Taylor, Australian politician{{Cite web|title=ParlInfo - Biography for TAYLOR, the Hon. Angus James|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22handbook/allmps/231027%22;querytype=;rec=0|access-date=2020-07-07|website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au}}
• 1967 – Emmanuelle Houdart, Swiss-French author and illustrator
• 1967 – Gibby Haynes, American musician, radio personality and painter {{cite web | url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/20902?c=search&first=Gibson&last=Haynes | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906041906/http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/20902?c=search&first=Gibson&last=Haynes | archive-date=6 September 2012 | title=Texas Births, 1926-1995 }}
• 1967 – Andrea Roth, Canadian actress
• 1969 – Gintaras Einikis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1969 – Amy Landecker, American actress
• 1969 – Silas Weir Mitchell, American actor
• 1969 – Chris von Erich, American wrestler (died 1991)
• 1970 – Tony Hale, American actor and producer
• 1970 – Damian Mori, Australian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Eric Piatkowski, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Eric Piatkowski |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/15/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer
• 1972 – Jamal Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Ari Behn, Danish-Norwegian author and playwright (died 2019)
• 1972 – John Campbell, American bass player and songwriter
• 1972 – Mayumi Kojima, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1972 – José Lima, Dominican baseball player (died 2010)
• 1973 – Rubén Wolkowyski, Argentine basketball player{{cite web |title=Ruben Wolkowyski |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2106/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1974 – Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player (died 2022)
• 1974 – Tom Greatrex, English politician
• 1974 – Ashley Hamilton, American actor and singer-songwriter
• 1974 – Ben Phillips, English cricketer
• 1974 – Daniel Wu, American–born Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
• 1975 – Jay Asher, American author
• 1975 – Ta-Nehisi Coates, American author and journalist
• 1975 – Marion Cotillard, French actress and singer
• 1975 – Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1975 – Laure Pequegnot, French skier{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/laure-pequegnot-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194101/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/laure-pequegnot-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Laure Pequegnot Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
• 1975 – Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician, and composer
• 1976 – Georgie Bingham, British radio and television presenter
• 1977 – Roy Carroll, Northern Irish goalkeeper and manager
• 1977 – Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
• 1978 – Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale, Polish volleyball player
• 1978 – Candice Michelle, American wrestler{{cite web |last1=Mac |first1=Eddie |title=This Day in Wrestling History (Sept. 30): Puro Legends Debut |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2016/9/30/13057810/this-day-in-wrestling-history-sept-30-candice-michelle-giant-baba-antonio-inoki |publisher=CageSide Seats |access-date=28 September 2023 |date=30 September 2016}}
• 1978 – Daniel Grossberg, American politician{{Cite web |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=30 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=legislature.ky.gov}}
• 1979 – Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer and coach
• 1979 – Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
• 1980 – Milagros Sequera, Venezuelan tennis player
• 1980 – Toni Trucks, American actress
• 1981 – Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
• 1981 – Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast
• 1982 – Dmytro Boyko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1982 – Lacey Chabert, American actress
• 1982 – Ryane Clowe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Kieran Culkin, American actor{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 30: Maddie Ziegler, Lacey Chabert |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/30/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-30-Maddie-Ziegler-Lacey-Chabert/6601664506170/#:~:text=30%3A%20Maddie%20Ziegler%2C%20Lacey%20Chabert%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=UPI |access-date=28 September 2023 |date=30 September 2022}}
• 1982 – Andrew Hastie, Australian politician{{cite news |title=More than just that army guy |url=https://heraldsun.com.au/news/from-fighting-taliban-to-federal-politics-andrew-hastie-was-born-to-serve/news-story/af994f98fccf82ea9385ae465c00bc7c |work=Herald Sun |date=5 December 2015}}
• 1982 – Seth Smith, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Seth Smith |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/seth-smith-452234 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1982 – Yan Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Boniek Forbes, Guinea-Bissau footballer
• 1983 – Adam Jones, American football player and analyst{{cite web |title=Adam Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/8421/adam-jones |publisher=ESPN |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1983 – Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
• 1984 – Georgios Eleftheriou, Greek footballer
• 1984 – T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1985 – Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
• 1985 – David Gower, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Téa Obreht, Serbian-American author
• 1985 – Cristian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 – Olivier Giroud, French footballer
• 1986 – Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer
• 1986 – Ki Hong Lee, American actor
• 1986 – Ben Lovett, Welsh musician and songwriter
• 1986 – Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer
• 1987 – Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano
• 1987 – Kenley Jansen, Curaçaoan baseball player{{cite web |title=Kenley Jansen |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kenley-jansen-445276 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1988 – Natalie Eggermont, Belgian politician{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Natalie Eggermont |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=08040&lactivity=56 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=2 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}
• 1988 – Eglė Staišiūnaitė, Lithuanian hurdler
• 1989 – Jasmine Thomas, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jasmine Thomas |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/202662/jasmine-thomas |publisher=WNBA |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1989 – André Weis, German footballer
• 1991 – David Bakhtiari, American football player{{cite web |title=David Bakhtiari |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15963/david-bakhtiari |publisher=ESPN |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1991 – Joffrey Lauvergne, French basketball player{{cite web |title=Joffrey Lauvergne |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203530/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1991 – Thomas Röhler, German javelin thrower{{cite web |title=Thomas Röhler|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/thomas-rohler-255897|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=7 February 2020}}
• 1992 – Bria Hartley, French-American basketball player{{cite web |title=Bria Hartley |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/203829/bria-hartley |publisher=WNBA |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1992 – Ezra Miller, American actor and singer
• 1994 – Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast
• 1994 – Wayne Selden Jr., American basketball player{{cite web |title=Wayne Selden |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627782/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1996 – Aaron Holiday, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Aaron Holiday |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628988/aaron-holiday |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1996 – Jacob Host, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 – Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian gymnast
• 1997 – Max Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
• 1998 – Landon Dickerson, American football player{{cite web |title=Landon Dickerson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4035624/landon-dickerson |publisher=ESPN |access-date=28 September 2023}}
• 1998 – Yui Imaizumi, Japanese actress, singer, model, and television personality{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.imaizumi-yui.com/profile/ |website=Yui Imaizumi Official Site |access-date=11 December 2020 |language=ja}}
• 1998 – Trevi Moran, American YouTuber and singer
• 2002 – Levi Miller, Australian actor and model
• 2002 – Tara Würth, Croatian tennis player{{Cite web |title=Tara Wurth {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/330236/tara-wurth |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 2002 – Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress

• 420 – Jerome, Roman priest, theologian, and saint
• 653 – Honorius of Canterbury, Italian archbishop and saint{{cite book |last1=Bellenger |first1=Dominic Aidan |last2=Fletcher |first2=Stella |title=The Mitre and the Crown: A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury |date=17 February 2005 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-9495-1 |page=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |language=en}}
• 940 – Fan Yanguang, Chinese general
• 954 – Louis IV of France (born 920)
• 1101 – Anselm IV, Italian archbishop
• 1246 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir (born 1191)
• 1288 – Leszek II the Black, Polish prince, Duke of Łęczyca, Sieradz, Kraków, Sandomierz (born 1241)
• 1376 – Adelaide of Vianden, German countess{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=66 }}{{cite journal |last=De Roo van Alderwerelt |first=J.K.H. |date=1960 |title=De graven van Vianden. Bijdrage tot een genealogie van het geslacht der graven van Vianden tot de vererving van het graafschap in het Nassause huis |language=nl |journal=De Nederlandsche Leeuw, Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde |volume=1960 |issue=6 |page=196 }}
• 1440 – Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Welsh soldier and politician (born 1362)
• 1487 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1400)
• 1551 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō (born 1507)
• 1560 – Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (born 1525)
• 1572 – Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1510)
• 1581 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (born 1518)

• 1626 – Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (born 1559)
• 1628 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1554)
• 1770 – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1695)
• 1770 – George Whitefield, English-American priest and theologian (born 1714)
• 1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (born 1800)
• 1866 – Per Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad, Swedo-Finnish treasurer of Tavastia province, manor host, and paternal grandfather of President P. E. Svinhufvud (born 1804)[http://www.kolumbus.fi/hmhalonen/Taulut/wc02/wc02_440.htm Taulut: Peter Gustaf Svinhufvud af Qvalstad & Ulrica Charlotta von Kraemer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129141950/http://www.kolumbus.fi/hmhalonen/Taulut/wc02/wc02_440.htm |date=2021-11-29 }} (in Finnish){{cite web| url = https://suomenpresidentit.fi/svinhufvud/?lang=en| title = PEHR EVIND SVINHUFVUD (1861—1944), 1ST REGENT OF FINLAND (1918), 3RD PRESIDENT OF FINLAND (1931—1937)| date = 26 November 2016}}
• 1891 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1837)
• 1897 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (born 1873)

• 1910 – Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (born 1838)
• 1921 – Fanya Baron, Lithuanian Jewish anarchist (born 1887){{cite book|last=Avrich|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Avrich|year=1971|orig-year=1967|chapter=The Downfall of Russian Anarchism|title=The Russian Anarchists|location=Princeton|publisher=Princeton University Press|pages=232–233|isbn=0-691-00766-7|lccn=66-25418|oclc=14508600}}
• 1942 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (born 1919)
• 1943 – Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (born 1864)
• 1946 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (born 1887)
• 1955 – James Dean, American actor (born 1931)
• 1959 – Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (born 1877)
• 1961 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1888)
• 1973 – Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (born 1902)
• 1974 – Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician, Chilean Minister of Defense (born 1915)
• 1977 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (born 1924)
• 1978 – Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (born 1903)
• 1985 – Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (born 1900)
• 1985 – Simone Signoret, French actress (born 1921)
• 1986 – Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-British economist (born 1908)
• 1987 – Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (born 1913)
• 1988 – Al Holbert, American race car driver (born 1946)
• 1989 – Drew Shafer, American LGBT rights activist from Missouri (born 1936){{Cite web |last=Scharlau |first=Kevin |title=Drew Robert Shafer – Profiles in Kansas City Activism |url=https://info.umkc.edu/kcactivism/?page_id=116 |access-date=2023-07-18 |language=en-US}}
• 1989 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (born 1896)
• 1990 – Rob Moroso, American race car driver (born 1968)
• 1990 – Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (born 1930)
• 1990 – Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
• 1991 – Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (born 1938)
• 1994 – André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1965 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1965/lwoff/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=2 January 2022}}
• 1998 – Marius Goring, English actor (born 1912)
• 1998 – Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet (born 1953)
• 1998 – Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author (born 1912)
• 2002 – Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (born 1966)
• 2002 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1913)
• 2003 – Yusuf Bey, American activist, founded Your Black Muslim Bakery (born 1935)
• 2003 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
• 2003 – Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (born 1944)
• 2004 – Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (born 1936)
• 2004 – Jacques Levy, American director and songwriter (born 1935)
• 2004 – Michael Relph, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)
• 2008 – J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (born 1926)
• 2010 – Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (born 1941)
• 2011 – Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (born 1971)
• 2011 – Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian-American immunologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)
• 2012 – Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (born 1922)
• 2012 – Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (born 1917)
• 2012 – Bobby Jaggers, American wrestler and engineer (born 1948)
• 2012 – Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (born 1913)
• 2012 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian-American figure skater (born 1928)
• 2012 – Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (born 1956)
• 2013 – Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (born 1942)
• 2014 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
• 2015 – Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (born 1941)
• 2015 – Claude Dauphin, French businessman (born 1951)
• 2015 – Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (born 1947)
• 2017 – Monty Hall, American game show host (born 1921){{cite web |last1=Hevesi |first1=Dennis |title=Monty Hall, Co-Creator and Host of 'Let's Make a Deal,' Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/obituaries/monty-hall-dead-lets-make-a-deal.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=28 September 2022 |date=30 September 2017}}
• 2017 – Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (born 1966){{Cite web |title=Vladimir Voevodsky - Biography |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Voevodsky/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Maths History |language=en}}
• 2018 – Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (born 1945)
• 2018 – Geoffrey Hayes, British television presenter and actor (born 1942){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/oct/01/geoffrey-hayes-rainbow-obituary|title=Geoffrey Hayes obituary|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|date=1 October 2018|work=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=1 October 2018}}
• 2018 – Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (born 1925){{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Sonia-Orbuch-Bay-Area-woman-who-fought-Nazis-as-13285186.php|title=Sonia Orbuch, Bay Area woman who fought Nazis as a girl, dies at 93 - SFChronicle.com|date=2018-10-09|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-10 |last1=Nolte |first1=By Carl }}
• 2019 – Victoria Braithwaite, British research scientist who proved fish feel pain (born 1967){{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/24/victoria-braithwaite-obituary|title=Victoria Braithwaite obituary|last=Healy|first=Susan|date=24 October 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 October 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
• 2021 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer and orchestrator (born 1931){{cite web |title=Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer of Dragon Quest, dies at 90 |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2021/10/07/music/koichi-sugiyama-japanese-composer-dragon-quest-dies-90/ |website=The Japan Times |agency=Kyodo News |access-date=October 9, 2021|date=October 7, 2021}}
• 2024 – Gavin Creel, American actor, singer and songwriter (born 1976){{Cite web |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=2024-09-30 |title=Gavin Creel, Broadway star known for 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'Waitress,' dead at 48 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/entertainment/gavin-creel-death/index.html |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=CNN |language=en}}
• 2024 – Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (born 1966){{Cite web |date=2024-09-30 |title='Larger than life' Mutombo, 58, dies of brain cancer |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41530918/hall-famer-dikembe-mutombo-dies-brain-cancer-age-58 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
• 2024 – Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader (born 1947){{Cite web |last=Prensa |first=La |date=2024-09-30 |title=Muere Humberto Ortega, hermano menor del dictador de Nicaragua |url=https://www.laprensani.com/2024/09/30/politica/3384987-muere-humberto-ortega-hermano-menor-del-dictador-de-nicaragua |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=La Prensa |language=es}}
• 2024 – Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (born 1954){{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2024-10-01 |title=Ken Page, Oogie Boogie in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas,' Dies at 70 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ken-page-dead-oogie-boogie-nightmare-before-christmas-1236018951/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
• 2024 – Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager (born 1941){{cite news |title=Pete Rose, MLB all-time hits leader, dies at 83 |url=https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/sports/2024/09/30/pete-rose-mlb-hits-leader-obituary/2808469001/ |access-date=30 September 2024 |publisher=Cincinnati.com |date=30 September 2024}}

• Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Birth of Morelos (Mexico)
• Blasphemy Day, educates individuals and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom of expression{{cite web |last1=Goddard |first1=Debbie |title=CFI's Campaign for Free Expression and International Blasphemy Rights Day: An Origin Story |url=https://secularhumanism.org/2015/09/cont-cfis-campaign-for-free-expression-and-international-blasphemy-rights-d/ |website=secularhumanism.org |date=10 September 2015 |publisher=Free Inquiry |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707080822/https://secularhumanism.org/2015/09/cont-cfis-campaign-for-free-expression-and-international-blasphemy-rights-d/ |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}
• Boy's Day (Poland)
• Christian feast day:
• Gregory the Illuminator
• Honorius of Canterbury
• Jerome
• September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Independence Day (Botswana) or Botswana Day, celebrates the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966.
• International Translation Day (International Federation of Translators){{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day (Canada){{cite web |title=What is Orange Shirt Day? |url=https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-is-orange-shirt-day |website=cbc.ca |access-date=22 February 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Bryden |first1=Joan |title=Royal assent given to bill creating national day for truth and reconciliation |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/senate-unanimously-passes-bill-creating-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation-574557492.html |website=Winnipeg Free Press |publisher=Bob Cox |access-date=June 4, 2021 |date=June 3, 2021}}

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• {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/30 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
• {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=30}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/30 |title=Historical Events on September 30 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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