Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
William Charles Fitch was an American professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He developed multiple teams into playoff contenders and won an NBA…
Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)
Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor, known professionally as Elena Poniatowska, is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on s…
Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist
Inese Jaunzeme was a Latvian javelin thrower who won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.
Inese Jaunzeme, Latvian javelin thrower and surgeon (died 2011)
Leonidas Vasilikopoulos was a Greek Navy officer, who served as Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff in 1986–1989 and then as head of the Greek National Intelligence Service in…
Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral and intelligence chief (died 2014)
Robert Leopold Spitzer was a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University in New York City. He was a major force in the development of the Diagnostic and Statist…
Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2015)
Kevork Vartani Ajemian (Adjemian) was a prominent Syrian-Armenian writer, journalist, novelist, theorist and public activist, and long-time publisher of the Beirut-based literary, …
Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (died 1998)
Sir Arnold Wesker was an English dramatist. He was the author of 50 plays, four volumes of short stories, two volumes of essays, much journalism and a book on the subject, a childr…
Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer (died 2016)
John Gregory Dunne was an American writer. He began his career as a journalist for Time magazine before expanding into writing criticism, essays, novels, and screenplays. He often …
John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died 2003)
K.C. Jones Jr. was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), …
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Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, English politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industrie
Paul Ralph Ehrlich was an American biologist, author, and environmentalist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and …
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Richard Vincent Guerin is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 …
Richie Guerin, American basketball player and coach
Raymond George Alfred Cooney OBE is a retired English playwright, actor, and director.
Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright
Pauline Oliveros was an American composer and accordionist.
Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (died 2016)
Ivor Seward Richard, Baron Richard, was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission …
Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2018)
Ed Lincoln was a Brazilian musician, composer and arranger known for a wide variety of styles. As a bassist, he was present at the earliest moments of bossa nova and as a Hammond o…
Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer (died 2012)
Jay Glenn Miner was an American integrated circuit designer, known primarily for developing graphics and audio chips for the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers and as the "father…
Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer (died 1994)
Francis James Cameron was a New Zealand cricketer who played 19 Tests for New Zealand as a fast bowler.
Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer (died 2023)
John Drew Barrymore was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel.…
John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)
Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) is regarded …
Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)
Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand writer and occasional playwright.
Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)
Christy Brown was an Irish writer and painter. He had cerebral palsy, and this allowed him to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiog…
Christy Brown, Irish painter and author (died 1981)
Robert Christopher Lasch was an American historian and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. Lasch's books, including The New Radicalism in Amer…
Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (died 1994)
Paul Ralph Ehrlich was an American biologist, author, and environmentalist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and …
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