Explore 4337 historical events from 1930–1939.
Ronald Michael Luciano was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in Major League Baseball's American League from 1969 to 1979. He was known for his flamboyant style, …
Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (died 1995)
Larry Joel Henley was an American singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing the 1989 hit record "Wind Beneath My Wings". He is also known for his distinctive falsetto singin…
Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Polly Dean Holliday was an American actress of stage and screen. Holliday was best known for her portrayal of sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the 1970s sitcom Ali…
Polly Holliday, American actress (died 2025)
Richard Lee Petty, nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, mo…
Richard Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
Nicholas Maxwell was a British philosopher.
Nicholas Maxwell, English philosopher and academic (died 2025)
Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rig…
Tom Stoppard, Czech-English playwright and screenwriter (died 2025)
Thomas Nagel is an American postanalytic philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy, a professor of law, and University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York Unive…
Thomas Nagel, American philosopher and academic
Sonja is Queen of Norway as the wife of King Harald V. She is Norway's first queen consort since Queen Maud, the wife of King Haakon VII, who died in 1938.
Queen Sonja of Norway
Richard Lee Rhodes is an American historian, journalist, and author of both fiction and nonfiction, best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986).
Richard Rhodes, American journalist and historian
Eric Walters was an Australian journalist, media trainer and former television presenter. He was best known for his long-running stint as early morning anchor for the Nine Network,…
Eric Walters, Australian journalist (died 2010)
Nita Sue Lowey was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1989 until 2021. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Lowey also served as co-…
Nita Lowey, American politician (died 2025)
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is a Soviet-born Icelandic pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In add…
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
Ned Thomas Beatty was an American actor. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 film and television roles. Throughout his career, Beatty gained a reput…
Ned Beatty, American actor (died 2021)
Gene Chandler is an American singer, songwriter, music producer, and record-label executive. Chandler is nicknamed "the Duke of Earl" or, simply, "the Duke." He is best known for h…
Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
Bessie Amelia Emery Head was a South African writer who, though born in South Africa, is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer. She wrote novels, short fiction and …
Bessie Head, Botswanan writer (died 1986)
Michael Charles Chilufya Sata was a Zambian politician who served as the fifth president of Zambia from 2011 until his death in 2014. A social democrat, he led the Patriotic Front …
Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (died 2014)
Tung Chee-hwa is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 Ju…
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
David Hockney was an English painter, stage designer and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influentia…
David Hockney, English painter and photographer (died 2026)
Erle Edwards Barham was a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate. He first won the Senate seat in December 1975 beating L. B. Loftin by just 89 votes.
Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (died 2014)
Gun Brynhild Svensson is a Swedish politician and blogger. She was born in Stensele and is a Pirate Party member and blogs under the name Farmor Gun i Norrtälje. In 2009, she won "…
Gun Svensson, Swedish politician
Marvin Henry "Mickey" Edwards is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 1977 to…
Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician
Lionel Robert Jospin was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.
Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France (died 2026)
Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai is a Taiwanese writer who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer". He was born in Guilin, Guangxi at the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Pai's fat…
Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author
William Henry Cosby Jr. is an American former comedian, actor, and media personality. Often deemed a trailblazer for African Americans in the entertainment industry, Cosby was well…
Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter