Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Bernie Faloney was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League and an outstanding American college football player for the Maryland Terrapins. Born in Carnegie, …
Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (died 1999)
Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University.…
Geoffrey Hill, English poet and academic (died 2016)
Anna Maria Pierangeli, known internationally by the stage name Pier Angeli, was an Italian actress, model and singer. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her debut ro…
Pier Angeli, Italian actress, twin sister to Marisa Pavan (died 1971)
José Sanchis Grau was a Spanish comic book writer. He also worked for Editorial Bruguera and Spanish children comics in general. He was the creator of strips like Pumby (1954) and …
José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (died 2011)
Maria Luisa Pierangeli, known professionally as Marisa Pavan, was an Italian and French actress who first became known as the twin sister of film star Pier Angeli before achieving …
Marisa Pavan, Italian actress, twin sister to Pier Angeli (died 2023)
Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky was a Soviet-Russian poet and songwriter who broke with socialist realism in the 1950s–1960s during the Khrushchev Thaw and, along with such poets a…
Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet and author (died 1994)
Sir Bernard Ingham was a British journalist and civil servant. He was Margaret Thatcher's chief press secretary throughout her time as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 197…
Bernard Ingham, English journalist and civil servant (died 2023)
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin was an Argentine and American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. Initially prominent as a jazz composer, he was best known for his large body …
Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2025)
Ocie Lee Smith, known professionally as O. C. Smith, was an American singer. His recording of "Little Green Apples" went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 and sold over …
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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen of Iran from 1951 to 1958. Their marriage suffered many pressures, particularly when it beca…
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Princess of Iran (died 2001)
Evgenij Ivanovich Kychanov was a Soviet-Russian orientalist, an expert on the Tangut people and their mediaeval Xi Xia Empire. From 1997 to 2003 he served as the director of the Sa…
Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist, historian, and academic (died 2013)
Amrish Puri was an Indian actor, who was one of the most notable and important figures in Indian cinema and theatre. He acted in more than 450 films, and established himself as one…
Amrish Puri, Indian actor (died 2005)
June Marie Salter was an Australian actress and author prominent in theatre and television. She is best known for her character roles, in particular as schoolteacher Elizabeth McKe…
June Salter, Australian actress (died 2001)
Prunella Margaret Rumney West, known professionally as Prunella Scales, was an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in the BBC television sitcom Faw…
Prunella Scales, English actress (died 2025)
John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, is a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was chancellor of Brunel University between 1998 and 2012, and since then has been its c…
John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, English businessman and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
Peter Julian Millett, Baron Millett,, was a British barrister and judge. He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1998 to 2004.
Peter Millett, Baron Millett, English lawyer and judge (died 2021)
David Fraser McTaggart was a Canadian badminton player and an environmentalist who played a central part in the foundation of Greenpeace International.
David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (died 2001)
Sir Peter Thomas Blake is an English pop artist. He co-created the sleeve design for the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His other works include the cove…
Peter Blake, English painter and illustrator
George Sluizer was a French-born Dutch filmmaker whose credits included features as well as documentary films.
George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling, is a former diplomat who served as the tenth governor-general of the Bahamas, from 8 July 2014 to 28 June 2019. She is the second female go…
Dame Marguerite Pindling, Bahamian politician; Governor-General of the Bahamas
Donald Thomas Valentine was an American venture capitalist who concentrated mainly on technology companies in the United States. Valentine was born and educated in New York, and fi…
Don Valentine, American venture capitalist (died 2019)
Edward Michael Kasko was an American infielder, manager, scout and front office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Eddie Kasko, American baseball player and manager (died 2020)
Anna Moffo was an American opera singer, television personality, and actress. One of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of her generation, she possessed a warm and radiant voice…
Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (died 2006)
Hugh Wood was a British composer.
Hugh Wood, English composer (died 2021)