Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Jerry McCord Van Dyke was an American actor and comedian. He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.
Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (died 2018)
Alan Charles Brownjohn was an English poet and novelist. He also worked as a teacher, lecturer, critic and broadcaster.
Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author (died 2024)
Darryl Gerard Hickman was an American actor, screenwriter, television executive, and acting coach. He started his career as a child actor in the Golden Age of Hollywood and appeare…
Darryl Hickman, American actor (died 2024)
Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French naval officer and yachtsman, a naval architect and boat designer too. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several …
Éric Tabarly, French commander (died 1998)
Khieu Samphan is a Cambodian former politician, economist, and revolutionary who was Chairman of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until 1979. As such, he serve…
Khieu Samphan, Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia
John Wesley Martin was an Australian cricketer who played in eight Test matches from 1960 to 1967.
Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (died 1992)
Kjell Oddvar Karlsen was a Norwegian band leader, composer, arranger, jazz pianist and organist, and a Nestor of Norwegian music and show business, with a career spanning more than…
Kjell Karlsen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)
Dominique Lapierre was a French author.
Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author (died 2022)
Marina Lavrentyevna Zhikhoreva was a Soviet Air Forces colonel, engineer, and decorated Soviet test pilot. In 1964, she became the third woman and the first Soviet woman to break t…
Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (died 2017)
Jerry "Topper" Toppazzini was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Boston Bruins, between 1952 and 1964. A …
Jerry Toppazzini, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)
Nicholas James Bollettieri was an American tennis coach. He pioneered the concept of a tennis boarding school, and helped develop many leading tennis players during the past decade…
Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach (died 2022)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an American folk singer, songwriter, and storyteller.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Trevor Leslie Goddard was a South African cricketer. A left-handed all-rounder, he played 41 Test matches for South Africa from 1955 to 1970. He captained the young South African t…
Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (died 2016)
Roland Pierre DuMaine was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of San José in California from 1981 to 1999. He also served as an auxiliary bishop for the Arc…
Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic (died 2019)
Edward Russell Henry Fuller was a South African cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1953 and 1957. He was born in Worcester, Western Cape and died in Milnerton, Cape…
Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (died 2008)
Karl Fergus Connor Miller FRSL was a Scottish literary editor, critic and writer.
Karl Miller, English journalist and critic (died 2014)
Kenneth Earl Burrell is an American jazz guitarist, singer and composer known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His coll…
Kenny Burrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Viliam Schrojf was a Slovak footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He received 39 caps for Czechoslovakia.
Viliam Schrojf, Czech footballer (died 2007)
Narendra Shankar Tamhane was an Indian cricketer who played in 21 Test matches from 1955 to 1960. He was a wicket-keeper-batsman.
Naren Tamhane, Indian cricketer (died 2002)
Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He then became one of the VFL's lo…
Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach (died 2014)
Chalmers Ashby Johnson was an American political scientist specializing in comparative politics, and professor emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He served in the…
Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (died 2010)
Sir Roger Penrose is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, and philosopher of science. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, a…
Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
Charles Abraham Essegian is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He appeared in 404 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) over six seasons (1958–1963) for the Phil…
Chuck Essegian, American baseball player and lawyer
James Freeman Gilbert was an American geophysicist, best known for his work with George E. Backus on inverting geophysical data, and also for his role in establishing an internatio…
James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic (died 2014)