Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Sir Ian Murray McKellen is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and scien…
Ian McKellen, English actor
Heinz Robert Holliger is a Swiss composer, virtuoso oboist, and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generat…
Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor
Paul Edward Winfield was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landma…
Paul Winfield, American actor (died 2004)
Simon Dallas Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns,, styled Viscount Garmoyle between 1946 and 1989, is a British businessman.
Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman
Yves Duhaime is a former politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Cabinet Member and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician
Sokratis Kokkalis is a Greek businessman, founder and principal shareholder of Intracom Holdings.
Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
Sir Gerald Maurice Ronson is a British businessman, philanthropist, and convicted criminal. In the 1980s, he was one of the 'Guinness Four' involved in a trading fraud, for which h…
Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist
Lionel Sosa is a Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive.
Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive
Donald Ray Williams was an American country music singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular balla…
Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal o…
Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (died 2012)
Peter Philip Smith OAM is an Australian retired radio announcer and television voice-over artist. He is primarily known for his work with GTV-9 in Melbourne as their chief staff an…
Pete Smith, Australian radio and television announcer
Dietrich Erwin Quester is an Austrian former racing driver. Quester participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth.
Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver
Sir Timothy John Stuart Waterstone is a British bookseller, businessman and author. He is the founder of Waterstones, the United Kingdom-based bookseller retail chain, the largest …
Tim Waterstone, Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones
Sir Terence Hardy Waite is a British human rights activist and author.
Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author
Cleavon Jake Little was an American actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a …
Cleavon Little, American actor and comedian (died 1992)
Alfred Unser was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men …
Al Unser, American race car driver (died 2021)
Michael J. Pollard was an American character actor. With his distinctive bulbous nose, dimpled chin and smirk, he gained a cult following, usually portraying quirky, off-beat, simp…
Michael J
Charles William Miller was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for the multicultural California funk band War. Notably, Miller provided lead vocals as we…
Charles Miller, American musician (died 1980)
John H. Schlee was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.
John Schlee, American golfer (died 2000)
Jeremy Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, styled Earl of Altamont until 1991, was an Irish hereditary peer and businessman. On the death of his father, he was entitled to sit in…
Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, Anglo-Irish peer (died 2014)
Denis de Belleval is a former politician and administrator in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1982 …
Denis de Belleval, Canadian civil servant and politician
Henri Pachard, Jackson St. Louis and Crystal Blue were the pseudonyms of the American film director Ron Sullivan .
Henri Pachard, American director and producer (died 2008)
Sir George Newlands Reid was a Scottish politician and journalist who served as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Scottish National Pa…
George Reid, Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Charles Joseph Clark is a Canadian businessman, writer, and retired politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980. He served as leader of the Officia…
Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th prime minister of Canada