Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Geoffrey Bent was an English footballer who played as a left back for Manchester United from 1948 until 1958. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young team formed under manager Mat…
Geoff Bent, English footballer (died 1958)
Michael Keith Beale Colvin was a British Conservative Party politician. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North West at the 1979 general election. F…
Michael Colvin, English captain and politician (died 2000)
Gabriel Loubier was a Canadian politician in Quebec. He served as leader of the Union Nationale party from 1971 to 1974, and as leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of…
Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician
Oliver Eaton Williamson was an American economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which…
Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
Marcia Neugebauer is an American geophysicist who made contributions to space physics. Neugebauer's research was among the first that yielded the first direct measurements of the s…
Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist
Sir Jeremy Israel Isaacs is a Scottish television producer and executive, and an opera manager.
Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish screenwriter and producer
Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad arra…
Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 1973)
Mehmood Ali, popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer, best known for playing comic, serious, emotional and versatile roles in Hindi fi…
Mehmood, Indian actor, singer, director and producer (died 2004)
John Joseph Podres was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in the majors from 1953 to 1969, spending most of his career with the Brooklyn/Los …
Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (died 2008)
Albert Gene Collins was an American electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of altered tunings and a …
Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
Felicia Farr is an American former actress and model.
Felicia Farr, American actress and model
Robert Douglas Benton was an American film director and screenwriter. He, along with his co-writer David Newman, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay fo…
Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
Shintaro Ishihara was a Japanese politician and writer, who served as the Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012. Being the former leader of the radical right Sunrise Party, later me…
Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo (died 2022)
Maurice Morning Wills was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1959 to 1972, most prominently as an integral…
Maury Wills, American baseball player and manager (died 2022)
Charles Neal Ascherson is a Scottish journalist and writer. In his youth he fought for the British in the Malayan Emergency. He has been described by Radio Prague as "one of Britai…
Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author
Dean Sutherland Prentice was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 22 seasons between 1952–53 and 1973–74. He had 10 NHL…
Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)
Michael ('Mike') John Rogers was an English ornithologist and Honorary Secretary to the British Birds Rarities Committee.
Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer (died 2006)
Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen was a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. After being Bishop (emeritus) of Roermond, Limburg, the Netherlands, he became Bishop (emeritus) of…
Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (died 2013)
Raymond Reardon was a Welsh professional snooker player who dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning the World Snooker Championship six times and claiming more than a dozen other …
Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (died 2024)
Harry Arthur Smith was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Torquay United and Bristol City. He was born in Wolverhampton.
Harry Smith, English footballer (died 2016)
Saul Friedländer is a Czech-born Jewish historian and a professor emeritus of history at UCLA.
Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
Barry Owen Jones is an Australian writer, teacher, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, and former politician in the Australian Labor Party. He campaigned against the death pena…
Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician
Dottie West was an American country singer and songwriter. She also had several credits as an actress. A distinguished figure in the country genre, West was among several women who…
Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1991)
Richard Claxton Gregory was an American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic. Gregory became popular among the African-American communities in the southern United St…
Dick Gregory, American comedian, actor, and author (died 2017)