Explore 4337 historical events from 1930–1939.
David A. Anderson, is a silver medal rower, academic, politician and former Canadian cabinet minister.
David Anderson, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor. As one of the key leading man actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emo…
Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
Sheila Varian was an American breeder of Arabian horses who lived and worked at the Varian Arabians Ranch near Arroyo Grande, California. She grew up with a strong interest in hors…
Sheila Varian, American horse breeder (died 2016)
Anna Raymond Massey was an English actress. She won a BAFTA Best Actress Award for the role of Edith Hope in the 1986 TV adaptation of Anita Brookner's novel Hotel du Lac, a role t…
Anna Massey, English actress (died 2011)
Walter Dean Myers was an American writer best known for young adult literature. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and raised in Harlem, New York City. A difficult childhoo…
Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (died 2014)
David Behrman is an American composer and a pioneer of computer music. In 1966, Behrman co-founded Sonic Arts Union with fellow composers Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier and Gordon Mum…
David Behrman, American composer and producer
Ian Deans was a Scottish-Canadian politician. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1979 and was a member of the House of Commons of Ca…
Ian Deans, Canadian politician (died 2016)
Boris Rõtov was a Russian-Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship (1978).
Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (died 1987)
Sheila Anne Cassidy is an English doctor, known for her work in the hospice movement, as a writer and as someone who, by publicising her own history as a torture survivor, drew att…
Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author
Richard Reid Ingrams is an English journalist, a co-founder and second editor of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, and founding editor of The Oldie magazine. He left the …
Richard Ingrams, English journalist, founded The Oldie
William Edward Motzing Jr. was an American composer, conductor, arranger and trombonist best known for the award-winning film and television scores and gold and platinum pop album …
William Motzing, American composer and conductor (died 2014)
Stelvio Cipriani, also known as Viostel, was an Italian composer, mostly of motion picture soundtracks, conductor and pianist.
Stelvio Cipriani, Italian composer (died 2018)
Sky "Sunlight" Saxon was an American rock and roll musician best known as the leader and singer of the 1960s Los Angeles psychedelic garage rock band The Seeds.
Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter and bassist (died 2009)
Gustavo José Joaquín Noboa Bejarano was an Ecuadorian politician who served as the 42nd president of Ecuador from 22 January 2000 to 15 January 2003. Previously he served as the 42…
Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador (died 2021)
Andrei Sergeyevich Konchalovsky is a Russian film and theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. His filmmaking career spans over 60 years in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary…
Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian director, producer, and screenwriter
Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the first first minister of Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000 and leader of the Labour Party in…
Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, first First Minister of Scotland (died 2000)
Robert Anthony Stone was an American novelist, journalist, and college professor.
Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (died 2015)
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, also known as M. K. O. Abiola, was a Nigerian business magnate, publisher and politician. He was the honorary supreme military commander of …
Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (died 1998)
Susanna Maria Sheehan was an American writer.
Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author (died 2026)
Jimmy Hannan was an Australian radio and television personality, variety show host, singer, entertainer and game show host of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the pioneers of television…
Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer (died 2019)
Virginia Euwer Wolff is an American author of children's literature. Her award-winning series Make Lemonade features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the childre…
Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
Rubel Don Bowman was an American country music singer, songwriter, comedian, and radio host. He recorded for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1970, charting in the Top 40 with the novel…
Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Thomas Adrian Sands is an American country and pop music singer and actor. Working in show business as a child, Sands became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he ap…
Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor
Warren Berlinger was an American character actor, with Broadway runs, movie and television credits, and much work in commercials.
Warren Berlinger, American actor (died 2020)