List of Famous people born on August 30th

Charles Southwood was an American actor in Europe and the founder of Death Cigarettes.

Rogério Schumann Rosso is a Brazilian lawyer, politician, and musician, affiliated to the Social Democratic Party (PSD).

Doppo Kunikida was a Japanese author of novels and romantic poetry during the Meiji period, noted as one of the inventors of Japanese naturalism.

Cristian Gérard Alfaro Gonzáles is a Uruguayan-born Indonesian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Liga 2 club PSIM Yogyakarta. He has been 4 times Liga Indonesia top scorer and has scored 249 goals in the Liga Indonesia. In his early career he played along with Álvaro Recoba in the Uruguay U20. As of 3 November 2010, he officially holds an Indonesian passport and has become the first naturalized player to be called up to the Indonesian national team.

Didier Fassin, born in 1955, is a French anthropologist and sociologist. He is the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and holds a Direction of Studies in Political and Moral Anthropology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He has been appointed to the Chair of Public Health at the Collège de France.

Junji Ogawa was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Yakult Swallows and Nippon-Ham Fighters.

King Pu-tsung is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Secretary-General of the National Security Council from 25 March 2014 until 12 February 2015. King was widely regarded as the most important aide to Ma Ying-jeou. He served as the Secretary-General of Kuomintang (KMT) from December 2009 to January 2011. King also served as Vice Mayor of Taipei from 2002 to 2006 and had previously been a scholar and journalist. King is alleged to be a descendant of the Aisin Gioro clan.

Adem Büyük is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Yeni Malatyaspor. He is a former international for Turkey, also earning caps with the U-18 and U-21 squads.

Jacques Tardi is a French comics artist. He is often credited solely as Tardi.

Carmen Sarmiento is a Spanish journalist and television presenter specializing in international and social issues especially relating to feminism and disadvantaged women. She was a pioneering woman in war journalism.