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August 25, 1930

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Notable Births

Sean Connery

1930Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (died 2020)[†]

Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Connery originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Connery made his final appearance in the franchise in Never Say Never Again (1983), a non-Eon-produced Bond film.

György Enyedi (geographer)

1930György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (died 2012)[†]

György Enyedi was an economist and geographer who has played a major role in the long-term development of regional science. Enyedi was a decisive figure in the rapid development of integrative spatial sciences, regional science in the second part of the 20th century.

Graham Jarvis

1930Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (died 2003)[†]

Graham Powley Jarvis was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s to the early 2000s.

Crispin Tickell

1930Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (died 2022)[†]

Sir Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell was a British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic.

Notable Deaths

Frankie Campbell

1930Frankie Campbell, American boxer (born 1904)[†]

Frankie Campbell was an Italian-American boxer who fought professionally as a heavyweight. He won 33 of his 40 career fights, losing four, drawing twice, and fighting to a no-contest in another. Campbell was killed in the ring by future heavyweight champion Max Baer on August 25, 1930, in San Francisco, California.