Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Rudy Lewis was an American rhythm and blues singer known for his work with the Drifters. In 1988, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (died 1964)
Henry Lee Lucas, also known as the Confession Killer, was an American murderer who was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and two others in 1983. He rose to infamy as a clai…
Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (died 2001)
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, known professionally by her former married name, A. S. Byatt, was an English critic, novelist, poet and short-story writer. Her books have been translated…
A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet (died 2023)
Kenneth Carroll Guinn was an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served as the 27th governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. He previously served as inter…
Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (died 2010)
Joel Stephen Kovel was an American psychiatrist, scholar, human rights activist, and author known as a founder of eco-socialism. Kovel became a psychoanalyst, but he abandoned psyc…
Joel Kovel, American scholar and author (died 2018)
Lien Chan is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he nominally governed Taiwan as the head of the Taiwan Provincial Government from 199…
Lien Chan, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China
Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker Jr. was an American solar physicist and a pioneer of EUV/XUV optics. He developed normal incidence multilayer XUV telescopes to photograph the solar …
Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., American physicist and academic (died 2001)
Giridharilal Kedia was an Indian well known social entrepreneur. He served the Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack for 12 years as the Working President and Trustee. Kedia was also the fou…
Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (died 2009)
Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States. Anderson is best known for his 1983 book Imagine…
Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (died 2015)
Donald Anton Denkinger was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League (AL) from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore uniform number 11, when the AL…
Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire (died 2023)
Warren Morton Washington was an American atmospheric scientist, a chair of the National Science Board, and a Distinguished Scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (…
Warren M. Washington, American atmospheric scientist
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 (died 2026)
John Sidney McCain III was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. representative from 198…
John McCain, American captain and politician (died 2018)
Sir Peter Machin North is a British academic lawyer who served as Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1984 to 2005 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1993 to…
Peter North, English scholar and academic
Vladimir Viktorovich Orlov was a Russian novelist, notable for his fantasy novel Danilov, the Violist.
Vladimir Orlov, Russian journalist and author (died 2014)
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov was a Soviet inorganic chemist, professor at Moscow State University, first deputy director of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, and a member of…
Valery Legasov, Soviet inorganic chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (died 1988)
Andrew "Andy" Stephen Grove was a Hungarian-American businessman and engineer who served as the third CEO of Intel Corporation. He left Hungary during the 1956 revolution at the ag…
Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American businessman, engineer, and author (died 2016)
Károly Krajczár was a Hungarian Slovene teacher and writer. He was born in Apátistvánfalva. He wrote Slovene textbooks and collected ethnological objects.
Károly Krajczár, Hungarian-Slovene author and educator (died 2018)
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 20…
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (died 2019)
María del Pilar Pallette Alvarado, known professionally as Pilar Pallette, is a Peruvian-born American painter and occasional actress. She became well-known through her marriage to…
Pilar Pallete, Peruvian-American actress
Robert Burns was a Canadian politician, attorney and union activist from Quebec, Canada.
Robert Burns, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)
John Claggett Danforth is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the attorney general of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States s…
John Danforth, American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Jonathan Kozol is an American writer, progressive activist, and educator, best known for his books on public education in the United States.
Jonathan Kozol, American sociologist, author, and educator
William Stanley Mazeroski, nicknamed "Maz" and "the Glove", was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates fr…
Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach (died 2026)