Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
John Drew Barrymore was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel.…
John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)
Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) is regarded …
Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)
Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand writer and occasional playwright.
Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)
Paul Ralph Ehrlich was an American biologist, author, and environmentalist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and …
Paul R
Christy Brown was an Irish writer and painter. He had cerebral palsy, and this allowed him to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiog…
Christy Brown, Irish painter and author (died 1981)
Dave Gold was an American businessman who established the 99 Cents Only chain of discount stores, later also known as The 99 Store.
Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores (died 2013)
David Randolph Scott is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963,…
David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut who was the commander of Apollo 15
Per Maurseth was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (died 2013)
Raymond Illingworth CBE was an English cricketer, cricket commentator and administrator. He is one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first-cl…
Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2021)
Ian Candlish Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood QC was a Senator of the College of Justice of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed to the Inner House in 1987.
Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge (died 2017)
Pierre Émile Cartier was a French mathematician. An associate of the Bourbaki group and at one time a colleague of Alexander Grothendieck, his interests have ranged over algebraic …
Pierre Cartier, French mathematician and academic (died 2024)
Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright and acclaimed as "the greatest activ…
Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright (died 2025)
Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury is a Conservative politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.
Tim Sainsbury, English businessman and politician, Minister of State for Trade
Maria Sophia Coertse was a South African soprano who appeared professionally as Mimi Coertse. Born in Durban, she began her vocal studies in 1949. She moved to Europe in 1953, firs…
Mimi Coertse, South African soprano and producer (died 2026)
Degaga "Mamo" Wolde was an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competed in track, cross-country, and road running events. He was the winner of the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympi…
Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (died 2002)
Raymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, ARICS, DL, is a British peer and landowner. He was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing o…
Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, English politician
Robert Emmett McGrath was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the educational televisi…
Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (died 2022)
William Williams was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in four Major League Baseball (MLB) games for the 1969 Seattle Pilots. Williams also had an extensive min…
Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
David Alliance, Baron Alliance, was an Iranian businessman and Liberal Democrat politician.
David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician (died 2025)
Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuomo pr…
Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (died 2015)
Zia Fariduddin Dagar was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music. He was part of the Dagar family …
Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (died 2013)
George Derek Ibbotson was an English runner who excelled in athletics in the 1950s. His most famous achievement was setting a new world record in the mile in 1957.
Derek Ibbotson, English runner (died 2017)
John Patrick Murtha Jr. was an American politician and Marine Corps officer. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the Unit…
John Murtha, American colonel and politician (died 2010)
Dudley Robert Herschbach is an American chemist at Harvard University. He won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi "for their contribution…
Dudley R