Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Oliver Wolf Sacks was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer.
Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (died 2015)
Morris Eugene Simmons, better known as Jumpin' Gene Simmons, was an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1964 novelty single "Haunted House".
Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (died 2006)
Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang, was a Taiwanese Olympian decathlete. Yang attended college at UCLA, where he trained and competed with teammate and Olympian Rafer Johnson and was c…
C.K. Yang, Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (died 2007)
Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre.
Jerry Herman, American musical theater composer (died 2019)
James Anthony Carlen III was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University (1966–1969) a…
Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (died 2012)
Frank Benton Kelso II was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1990 to 1994.
Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2013)
Victor "Vic" Poor was an American engineer and computer pioneer. At Computer Terminal Corporation, he co-created the architecture that was ultimately implemented in the first succe…
Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (died 2012)
Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with a…
Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (died 2008)
David Malcolm Storey was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league player. He won the Booker Prize in 1976 for his novel Saville. …
David Storey, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2017)
Dumaagiin Sodnom is a retired Mongolian politician and economist who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Mongolia from 1984 to 1990.
Dumaagiin Sodnom, Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
Guido Crepax, was an Italian comics artist. He is most famous for his character Valentina, created in 1965 and very representative of the spirit of the 1960s. The Valentina series …
Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (died 2003)
Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Narayanan Nair was an Indian author, lecturer, screenplay writer, filmmaker and literary statesman. He was a prolific and versatile writer in modern M…
M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter (died 2024)
Julian A. Brodsky is an American businessman, the co-founder of Comcast Corporation and served as its chief financial officer and vice chairman. He also served as co-founder and ch…
Julian A. Brodsky, American businessman
Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo was an Italian artist best known for his ironic approach to avant-garde art. Often compared to the work of Yves Klein, his own work anticipated,…
Piero Manzoni, Italian artist (died 1963)
Robert Bourassa was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd premier of Quebec from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Liberal Party of Quebec, he s…
Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Keiko Awaji was a Japanese stage and film actress.
Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (died 2014)
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, was a Maltese politician who served as Prime Minister of Malta from December 1984 to May 1987.
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta (died 2022)
Mimi Hines was a Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show and her work on Broadway. She succeeded Barbra Str…
Mimi Hines, Canadian singer and comedian (died 2024)
Anthony John Pithey was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in seventeen Test matches for South Africa between 1957 and 1965. He also made 65 appearances for Rhodesia, captaining them…
Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2006)
Jean Yanne was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, director and composer. In 1972, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film We Won't…
Jean Yanne, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, and director of sever…
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet and playwright (died 2017)
Buddy Wayne Knox was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1957 rock and roll hit song, "Party Doll".
Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)
Cormac McCarthy was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Gothic ge…
Cormac McCarthy, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Desmond Rex Williams is an English retired professional billiards and snooker player. He was the second player to make an official maximum break in snooker, achieving this in an ex…
Rex Williams, English snooker player