Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Lia Manoliu was a Romanian discus thrower who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. She was the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics (1952–1972).
Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower and politician (died 1998)
Israr Ahmed was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, theologian and orator. He developed a following in Pakistan and the rest of South Asia and also among some South Asian Muslims in the M…
Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (died 2010)
Shirley Cawley is a British former athlete who won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.
Shirley Cawley, English long jumper
Frank D'Rone was an American jazz singer and guitarist.
Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
Francis Albert Lai was a French composer, noted for his film scores. He won the 1970 Oscar for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the…
Francis Lai, French accordion player and composer (died 2018)
Michael Smith was a British-Canadian biochemist and businessman. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis. …
Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus, known professionally as Anouk Aimée or Anouk, was a French film actress who appeared in 70 films from 1947 until 2019. Having begun her film care…
Anouk Aimée, French actress (died 2024)
Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio presenter who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably American Top 40, as well as the we…
Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40 (died 2014)
Charles Robert Knox was an American football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. He served as head coach of three National Football League (NFL) teams, th…
Chuck Knox, American football coach (died 2018)
Derek Minter was an English Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer. Born in Ickham, Kent, with education starting in nearby Littlebourne, he was versatile rider who rod…
Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (died 2015)
Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, was a South African politician who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era, the longest-serving in South Africa…
Pik Botha, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (died 2018)
Gian-Carlo Rota was an Italian-American mathematician and philosopher. He spent most of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked in combinatorics, f…
Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (died 1999)
David Tindle is a British painter who was made a Royal Academician in 1979. He is a Fellow of St Edmund Hall where several of his paintings are in the Senior Common Room. In the Ol…
David Tindle, English painter and educator
Dmitry Alekseevich Zaikin was a Soviet cosmonaut trainer.
Dmitry Zaikin, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (died 2013)
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna was an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka fro…
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Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands War.
Sandy Woodward, English admiral (died 2013)
Robert Jolin Osborne was an American film historian, author, actor and the primary television host for the premium cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for over twenty years.
Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (died 2017)
Harlon Junius Hill was an American professional football end who played for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Hill played for the Chicago Bears, the Pittsburgh S…
Harlon Hill, American football player and coach (died 2013)
Stan Goldberg was an American comic book artist, best known for his work with Archie Comics and as a Marvel Comics colorist who in the 1960s helped design the original color scheme…
Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (died 2014)
Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, styled Viscount Weymouth between 1946 and 1992, was an English peer and landowner, owner of the Longleat estate, who sat in the House …
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician (died 2020)
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he s…
Pete Domenici, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque (died 2017)
Geraldine McEwan was an English actress, who had a long career in film, theatre and television. Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with…
Geraldine McEwan, English actress (died 2015)
Derek Wyn Taylor was a British journalist, writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to the Beatles, with whom he worked in 1964 and the…
Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (died 1997)
Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, known mononymously as Valentino, was an Italian fashion designer who founded Valentino S.p.A., a luxury fashion house, in 1960 and served as i…
Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer (died 2026)