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October 30, 1930

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Néstor Almendros

1930Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)[†]

Néstor Almendros Cuyás, ASC was a Spanish cinematographer.

1930Christopher Foster, English economist and academic (died 2022)[†]

Sir Christopher David Foster was a British academic at the University of Oxford and MIT, a professor of economics at the London School of Economics, a consultant at Coopers & Lybrand and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a temporary civil servant.

Clifford Brown

1930Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (died 1956)[†]

Clifford Benjamin Brown was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and "Daahoud" have become jazz standards. Brown won the DownBeat magazine Critics' Poll for New Star of the Year in 1954; he was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1972.

1930Don Meineke, American basketball player (died 2013)[†]

Don "Monk" Meineke was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Dayton and was a consensus second-team All-American in 1952. He later played professionally in the National Basketball Association and won the inaugural Rookie of the Year award in 1953.