April 12, 1930

1930John Landy, Australian runner and politician, 26th Governor of Victoria (died 2022)^[†]

John Michael Landy was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run and held the world records for the 1500-metre run and the mile race. He was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.

1930Bryan Magee, English philosopher and politician (died 2019)^[†]

Bryan Edgar Magee was a British philosopher, broadcaster, politician and author, best known for bringing philosophy to a popular audience.

1930Manuel Neri, American sculptor and painter (died 2021)^[†]

Manuel John Neri Jr. was an American sculptor who is recognized for his life-size figurative sculptures in plaster, bronze, and marble. In Neri's work with the figure, he conveys an emotional inner state that is revealed through body language and gesture. Since 1965 his studio was in Benicia, California; in 1981 he purchased a studio in Carrara, Italy, for working in marble. Over four decades, beginning in the early 1970s, Neri worked primarily with the same model, Mary Julia Klimenko, creating drawings and sculptures that merge contemporary concerns with Modernist sculptural forms.

1930Pythagoras Papastamatiou, Greek lyricist and playwright (died 1979)^[†]

Pythagoras Papastamatiou, mainly known by the mononym Pythagoras, was a Greek lyricist and playwright.