Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
George William Archer was an American professional golfer who won 13 events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the Masters in 1969.
George Archer, American golfer (died 2005)
Geoffrey Whitehead is an English actor. He has appeared in a range of television, film and radio roles.
Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan was an Indian cricketer. He played as a wicket keeper for the most of his career, and was an exciting but unorthodox right-handed batsman who compete…
Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (died 2006)
Joseph Melton James was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. In the course of his career, which spanned five decades, Armstrong…
Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer (died 2020)
Ivan Gerald Mauger was a New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider. He won a record six World Championships (Finals), a feat equalled only with the inclusion of the Speedway GP Champio…
Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider (died 2018)
Marie-Claire Blais was a Canadian writer, novelist, poet, and playwright from the province of Quebec. In a career spanning more than sixty years, she wrote novels, plays, collectio…
Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright (died 2021)
Ralf Winkler was a German painter, printmaker, sculptor, and jazz drummer. A neo-expressionist, he became known for his visual style, reminiscent of the influence of primitive art.
A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor (died 2017)
Consuelo Ynares-Santiago is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Court by President Joseph Estrada.
Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist
Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, is an English broadcaster, author, and parliamentarian. Earlier in his career, Bragg worked for the BBC in various roles including presenter, a connectio…
Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic
John Patrick Cullen is an American retired professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 19 games in Major League Baseball as a member of the New York Yankees.…
Jack Cullen, American baseball player
Richard Delgado is an American legal scholar, one the key founders of critical race theory, as described in foundational legal scholarship, along with Derrick Bell and Alan Freeman…
Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic
Sheila Adele Greibach is an American researcher in formal languages in computing, automata, compiler theory and computer science. She is an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science a…
Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic
John Joseph LaFalce was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York from 1975 to 2003. He retired in 2002…
John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician
Clive James was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019. He began his career…
Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic (died 2019)
John Edward Hopcroft is an American theoretical computer scientist. His textbooks on theory of computation and data structures are regarded as standards in their fields. He is a pr…
John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
Sir Harold Walter Kroto was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He was the recip…
Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Kinshasa from 2007 to 2018. He became a cardinal in 2010. He was widely recognize…
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal (died 2021)
William D. Snyder is an American retired college football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University from 1989 to 2005 and again from …
Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
Paul Hogan is an Australian actor and comedian. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture M…
Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
Elvīra Anatoļjevna Ozoliņa is a retired Soviet javelin thrower. In 1960 she won gold medal with an Olympic Record of 55.98 m and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. …
Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
Harvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 200…
Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (died 2010)
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw was an English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including London's Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project i…
Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic (died 2025)
John Richard Pilger was an Australian journalist, writer, scholar and documentary filmmaker. From 1962, he was based mainly in Britain. He was also a visiting professor at Cornell …
John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (died 2023)
Maria Esther Andion Bueno was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 major titles, making her the most successful Sout…
Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (died 2018)