Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Roland Owen (Ron) McDole is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He pla…
Ron McDole, American football player
Charles Matthew "Chuck" Geschke was an American businessman and computer scientist best known for founding the graphics and publishing software company Adobe Inc. with John Warnock…
Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (died 2021)
Henry Arnold Waxman is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
Joyce Arleen Auger was an American coloratura soprano, known for her interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Mozart, and Schubert. She won a posthumous Grammy …
Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator (died 1993)
Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr.…
Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (died 2014)
Guntis Ulmanis is a Latvian politician and the fifth president of Latvia from 1993 to 1999.
Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
Joel-Peter Witkin is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work often deals with themes such as death, corpses, often featuring ornately decorated phot…
Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
DeWitt Thompson Weaver Jr. was an American golf consultant and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.
DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021)
George Gordon Harvey Walden is an English journalist, former diplomat and former politician for the Conservative Party, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham from …
George Walden, English journalist and politician
Breyten Breytenbach was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as…
Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (died 2024)
Bill "the Hill" McGill was an American basketball player best known for inventing the jump hook. McGill was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1962 NBA draft out of the University of Ut…
Bill McGill, American basketball player (died 2014)
Carl Dennis is an American poet and educator. His book Practical Gods won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
Shelby Flint is an American singer-songwriter who had two top-100 hits, "Angel on My Shoulder" in 1961 and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1966.
Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
Subramanian Swamy is an Indian politician, economist and statistician. Before joining politics, he was a professor of Mathematical Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, …
Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice
David Hackett Souter was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1990 to 2009. Appointed by President George…
David Souter, American lawyer and jurist (died 2025)
Gerald Harvey is an Australian entrepreneur best known for being the executive chairman of Harvey Norman Holdings, a company which runs Australian retail chain Harvey Norman. He co…
Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the president of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party, a party wh…
Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal (died 2021)
Carl Schultz is a Hungarian-Australian film director.
Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
Benjamin William Lattimore, known professionally as Latimore, was an American blues and R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist. In 2017, Latimore was inducted in to the Blues Hall of …
Latimore, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2026)
Peter Gill was a Welsh theatre director, playwright and actor.
Peter Gill, Welsh actor, director, and playwright (died 2026)
Swami Agnivesh, was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj. He also served as a cabinet minister in the st…
Agnivesh, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 2020)
Bogdan Baltazar was a leading Romanian banker and the first spokesman of the Romanian government following the fall of the communist regime. He was also a significant financial and…
Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian economist and engineer (died 2012)
Deborah Margaret Lavin, FRSA, is a South African academic and historian, resident in the United Kingdom for most of her career.
Deborah Lavin, South African-English historian and academic
Gilbert Earl Patterson was an American Holiness Pentecostal leader and pastor. He served as the founding pastor of the Temple of Deliverance COGIC Cathedral of Bountiful Blessings,…
Gilbert E. Patterson, American bishop (died 2007)