1932
Diane Webber, American model, dancer and actress (died 2008)
Marguerite Diane Webber was an American model, dancer, actress and nudist.
Diane Webber, American model, dancer and actress (died 2008)
The 1930s
Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
1932
Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator (died 2016)
Natalie Zane Babbitt was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her 1975 novel, Tuck Everlasting, was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She re…
Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator (died 2016)
1932
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, Brazilian colonel (died 2015)
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra was a Brazilian army officer, politician and known and convicted torturer who served as a colonel in the Brazilian Army.
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, Brazilian colonel (died 2015)
1932
Leslie Fielding, English diplomat (died 2021)
Sir Leslie Fielding was a British diplomat. In the Diplomatic Service, he spent time in the Foreign Office in London before serving as the European Commission Ambassador to Tokyo…
Leslie Fielding, English diplomat (died 2021)
1932
Nancy Kassebaum, American businesswoman and politician
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Lando…
Nancy Kassebaum, American businesswoman and politician
1932
Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (born 1864)
Friedrich Gustav Piffl was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Vienna.
Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (born 1864)
1932
Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (born 1883)
Ferenc Oslay was a Hungarian-Slovene historian, writer, Trianon irredentist, and propagandist.
Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (born 1883)
1932
William Lockwood, English cricketer (born 1868)
William Henry Lockwood was an English Test cricketer, best known as a fast bowler and the unpredictable, occasionally devastating counterpart to the amazingly hard-working Tom Rich…
William Lockwood, English cricketer (born 1868)
1932
Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1858)
Giuseppe Peano was an Italian mathematician and glottologist. The author of over 200 books and papers, he was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, to which he contribute…
Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1858)
1932
Hart Crane, American poet (born 1899)
Harold Hart Crane was an American poet. Inspired by the Romantics and his fellow Modernists, Crane wrote highly stylized poetry, often noted for its complexity. His collection Whit…
Hart Crane, American poet (born 1899)
1932
Charles Fort, American journalist and author (born 1874)
Charles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms "Fortean" and "Forteana" are sometimes used to characterize various such ph…
Charles Fort, American journalist and author (born 1874)
1932
Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (born 1873)
Marcel Jacques Amand Romain Boulenger was a French novelist and fiction writer. He was awarded the Prix Nee of the Académie Française in 1918 and the Prix Stendhal in 1919. He was …
Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (born 1873)
1932
Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (born 1852)
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre …
Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (born 1852)
1932
John Verran, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia (born 1856)
John Verran was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He served as premier of South Australia from 1910 to 1912, the second member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to hol…
John Verran, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia (born 1856)
1932
Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1852)
Theodorus Heemskerk was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913.
Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1852)
1932
Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (born 1858)
Marie-Clara Dorimène Roy Desjardins and her husband, Alphonse Desjardins, were the co-founders of the Caisses populaires Desjardins, a forerunner of North American credit unions. S…
Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (born 1858)
1932
Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (born 1879)
Ernst-Johannes Põdder VR I/1 was an Estonian military commander in the 1918–1920 Estonian War of Independence.
Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (born 1879)
1932
Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (born 1900)
Adelaide Ames was an American astronomer and research assistant at Harvard University. She was best known for her work on detailed surveys of the brightest extra-galactic spiral ne…
Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (born 1900)
1932
Urania Marquard Olsen, Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director (born 1856)
Urania Charlotte Amalie Marquard Olsen was a Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director.
Urania Marquard Olsen, Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director (born 1856)
1932
Bruno Kastner, German actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1890)
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most prominent in the 1910s and 1920s during the silent film era. Kas…
Bruno Kastner, German actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1890)
1932
Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (born 1876)
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer. Plaatje was a founding member and first General Secretary of th…
Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (born 1876)
1932
Manuel II of Portugal (born 1889)
Dom Manuel II, sometimes known as the Unfortunate or the Patriot, was the last king of Portugal, reigning from 1908 until 1910.
Manuel II of Portugal (born 1889)
1932
Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (born 1880)
Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg, better known as Sasha Chorny or Cherny, was a Russian poet, satirist and children's writer.
Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (born 1880)
1932
Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (born 1859)
Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature The Wind in the Willows (1908). Born in Scotland, he spent most of his childho…
Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (born 1859)