Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Ned Miller Jarrett was an American race car driver and broadcaster. He was a two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion. Because of his calm demeanor, he became known as "Gentl…
Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster
John “Johnny” Dillard Lytle was an American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.
Johnny Lytle, American vibraphone player and drummer (died 1995)
Liliane Dina Montevecchi was a French actress, dancer, and singer. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the original Broadway production of…
Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (died 2018)
Jaan Rääts was an Estonian composer who worked extensively on Estonian film scores of the 1960s and 1970s.
Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer (died 2020)
John Douglas Grant was a British politician who served as an MP of the United Kingdom parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour Party until he left in 1981 to …
John Grant, English journalist and politician (died 2000)
Henry Jay Lewis was an American double-bassist and orchestral conductor whose career extended over four decades. A child prodigy, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 16, …
Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (died 1996)
Lucien Paiement was a doctor, municipal politician and owner of racehorses in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Lucien Paiement, Canadian physician and politician (died 2013)
Paul Edward Anderson was an American weightlifter, professional wrestler, powerlifter and strongman. During the 1950s, he was an Olympic gold medalist, a world champion, and a two-…
Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (died 1994)
Roger Climpson was a British-born Australian media personality who served a lengthy career in both radio and television, as a journalist and reporter, announcer, newsreader, weathe…
Roger Climpson, English-Australian journalist (died 2025)
Roosevelt Brown Jr. was an American professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1953 to 1965. He played col…
Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (died 2004)
Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician, musicologist and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its …
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian musicologist and politician
Robert Reed was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as patriarc…
Robert Reed, American actor (died 1992)
William Christopher was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1965 to 1968 and Father Francis John Patrick Mulca…
William Christopher, American actor and singer (died 2016)
Rokurō Naya was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and the younger brother of voice actor Gorō Naya (1929–2013). He was a lifelong resident of Tokyo and was affiliated with M…
Rokurō Naya, Japanese voice actor (died 2014)
Ned Miller Jarrett was an American race car driver and broadcaster. He was a two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion. Because of his calm demeanor, he became known as "Gentl…
Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster (died 2026)
Pál Csernai was a Hungarian football player and manager.
Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2013)
Vasily Ivanovich Belov was a Soviet and Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who published more than sixty books which sold seven million copies. A prominent member of the influenti…
Vasily Belov, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (died 2012)
Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First T…
Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012)
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
Robert Alexander Mundell was a Canadian economist who was a professor of economics at Columbia University, McGill University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received t…
Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Vitold Pavlovych Fokin was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Ukraine from the country's declaration of independence on 24 August 1991 until 8 October…
Vitold Fokin, Ukrainian first deputy prime minister (died 2025)
Adrian Mitchell FRSL was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British left. For almost half a century he was the foremost…
Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2008)
Jerzy Władysław Pawłowski was a Polish fencer and double agent. He is regarded among the most successful Polish fencers in history having won 5 Olympic medals as well as seven gold…
Jerzy Pawłowski, Polish fencer and double agent (died 2005)
Theodor Pištěk was a Czech painter, costume designer, set designer, and racing driver. His costume designs and film sets are internationally acclaimed. He won an Oscar for his cost…
Theodor Pištěk, Czech costume designer