Today in History: Born on September 30

1861 William Wrigley, Jr., founder of the Wrigley chewing gum empire and owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

1863 Reinhard von Scheer, German admiral who commanded the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland.

1908 David Oistrakh, violinist.

1924 Truman Capote, author and playwright whose works include Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood.

1927 W.S. Merwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.

1928 Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, writer, best known for his first book Night about his own experiences in concentration camps.

1935 Johnny Mathis, singer.

1941 Samuel F. Pickering Jr., unconventional professor of English at the University of Connecticut in Storrs who was the inspiration for the character of Mr. Keating in the movie Dead Poets Society.

1955 Andy Bechtolsheim, engineer; co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

1958 Marty Stuart, singer, songwriter, musician ("Hillbilly Rock"); joined the renowned Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass bluegrass group at age 14; at this writing he hosts The Marty Stuart Show on RFD-TV.