Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (died 2007)
Ronald Rene Lagueux was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Ronald Rene Lagueux, American judge (died 2023)
Charles Kaye Vaughan was an American-born Canadian professional football player, a lineman with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for twelve seasons. He…
Kaye Vaughan, American football player (died 2023)
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron is a French and American former actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addit…
Leslie Caron, French actress and dancer
William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was an actor from Northern Ireland. He emerged as a leading man during the late 1950s with his role as the villainous M…
Stephen Boyd, Northern Ireland-born American actor (died 1977)
Richard Jose Casares was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for twelve seasons dur…
Rick Casares, American football player and soldier (died 2013)
Peter Edward Richardson was an English cricketer, who played for Worcestershire and Kent County Cricket Clubs and in 34 Test matches for the England cricket team.
Peter Richardson, English cricketer (died 2017)
Della Reese was an American singer, actress, television personality, author and ordained minister. As a singer, she recorded blues, gospel, jazz and pop. Several of her singles mad…
Della Reese, American actress and singer (died 2017)
László Tábori was a Hungarian middle- and long-distance runner, best known for equalling the 1500 metres world record and placing 4th in that event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
László Tábori, Hungarian runner and coach (died 2018)
David Carroll Eddings was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including The Belgariad (1982–84), The Mallor…
David Eddings, American author and academic (died 2009)
Sébastien Japrisot was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the…
Sébastien Japrisot, French author, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)
Ismail Mahomed SCOB SC was a South African lawyer and jurist who served as the first non-white Chief Justice of South Africa from January 1997 until his death in June 2000. He was …
Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (died 2000)
Haynes Bonner Johnson was an American journalist, author, and television analyst. He reported on most of the major news stories of the latter half of the 20th century and was widel…
Haynes Johnson, American journalist and author (died 2013)
Sylvia Adelaide Bacon was an American judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia who was considered by both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan as a potential nominee to t…
Sylvia Bacon, American judge (died 2023)
Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock, better known as Nick Adams, was an American film and television actor and screenwriter. He was noted for his roles in several Hollywood films during th…
Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (died 1968)
Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre.
Jerry Herman, American composer and songwriter (died 2019)
Julian Clare May was an American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer who also used several literary pseudonyms. She is best known for her Saga of Plioce…
Julian May, American author (died 2017)
Alice Ann Munro was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short …
Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Richard Benjamin Gray was an American professional baseball player. He was an infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and …
Dick Gray, American baseball player (died 2013)
Thurston Harris was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1957 hit "Little Bitty Pretty One".
Thurston Harris, American doo-wop singer (died 1990)
Tullio Eugenio Regge was an Italian theoretical physicist.
Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (died 2014)
Eric William Ives was a British historian who was an expert on the Tudor period, and a university administrator. He was emeritus Professor of English History at the University of…
Eric Ives, English historian and academic (died 2012)
Newton Tattrie was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Geeto Mongol.
Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2013)
Giuseppe Malandrino was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate.
Giuseppe Malandrino, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (died 2025)