Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Jan Michał Pieńkowski was a Polish-born British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books. He is best known for illustrating the Meg an…
Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (died 2022)
Manuel Julián Javier Liranzo is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals …
Julián Javier, Dominican-American baseball player
Patrick Tse Yin was a Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema.
Patrick Tse, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Malene Schwartz is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1955. In the TV series Matador she played the role of Maude Varnæs. She …
Malene Schwartz, Danish actress
Brian Murray Fagan was a British author of popular archaeology books and a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Brian M. Fagan, British archaeologist and writer (died 2025)
Andre Jules Dubus II was an American writer of short stories, novels, and essays.
Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (died 1999)
William Charles Monbouquette was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1958…
Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (died 2015)
Jonathan Dermot Spence was a British-American sinologist and historian who specialised in Chinese history. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 200…
Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic (died 2021)
Kjell Birger Grede was a Swedish film director. He directed nine films between 1967 and 2003. He was married to actress Bibi Andersson from 1960 to 1973.
Kjell Grede, Swedish director and screenwriter (died 2017)
Patricia Ann Priest is an American actress known for being the second person to portray Marilyn Munster on the television show The Munsters (1964–1966) after the original actress, …
Pat Priest, American actress
Rita Shane was an American coloratura soprano.
Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (died 2014)
Anita Gillette is an American actress and singer. She has performed numerous roles on Broadway and American television, and in feature films.
Anita Gillette, American actress and singer
Alan Hodgkinson MBE was an English professional football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach.
Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (died 2015)
Seamus Frederick Mallon was an Irish politician who served as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2001 and Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Part…
Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2020)
Margaret Elaine Hamilton is an American computer scientist. She directed the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, where she led the development of t…
Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner
Richard Peter McBrien was a Catholic priest, theologian, and writer who was the Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame near South Bend, Indiana. He a…
Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (died 2015)
Hideki Shirakawa is a Japanese chemist, engineer, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba and Zhejiang University. He is best known for his discovery of conductive pol…
Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Charles Robert Redford Jr. was an American actor, director, and producer, celebrated for his magnetic presence as a leading man during the American New Wave. Across a career spanni…
Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer (died 2025)
Wilton Norman Chamberlain was an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14…
Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (died 1999)
Radish Tordia is a Georgian painter of figurative art. He works in oil painting, with particular emphasis on colouristic features. His preferred subject is women, who he regards as…
Radish Tordia, Georgian painter and educator
Charles Louis Brown was an American guitarist, bandleader, and singer known as "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C., ar…
Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
John Callaway was an American journalist, who appeared on radio and television as a host, interviewer and moderator. He was the original host of Chicago Tonight, a nightly news pro…
John Callaway, American journalist and producer (died 2009)
Delmar Allen "Dale" Hawkins was a pioneer American rock singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist who was often called the architect of swamp rock boogie.
Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
Werner Stengel is a German roller coaster designer and engineer. Stengel is the founder of Stengel Engineering, also known as Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH.
Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster