Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Gangolli Ramashet Nagaraj, popularly known as Shringar Nagaraj, was an Indian actor, cameraman, and producer in Kannada cinema. He is best known for the 1987 silent film Pushpaka V…
Shringar Nagaraj, Indian actor and producer (died 2013)
Corin William Redgrave was an English actor. He was also a left-wing activist, co-founding the Marxist Party with his sister Vanessa Redgrave.
Corin Redgrave, English actor and activist (died 2010)
Maria Rachele "Mariele" Ventre was an Italian musician and singer born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, the founder and director of the Italian children's choir Piccolo Coro dell'Antoni…
Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and conductor (died 1995)
Andrée Champagne was a Canadian actress, pianist and politician.
Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician (died 2020)
Spencer Davis was a Welsh musician. He founded the Spencer Davis Group, a band that had several hits in the 1960s including "Keep On Running", "Somebody Help Me", "Gimme Some Lovin…
Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
Brian Albert Gordon Auger is an English jazz rock and rock keyboardist who specialises in the Hammond organ.
Brian Auger, English rock and jazz keyboard player
Judy Chicago is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the r…
Judy Chicago, American feminist artist
Wilton Jameson "Jamey" Aebersold is an American publisher, educator, and jazz saxophonist. His Play-A-Long series of instructional books and CDs, using the chord-scale system, the …
Jamey Aebersold, American saxophonist and educator
Kim Vincent Fowley was an American record producer, songwriter, and musician who was behind a string of novelty and cult pop rock singles in the 1960s, and managed the Runaways in …
Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (died 2015)
S. Ramadoss is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu. He is the founder and president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi. In 2025, following a months long dispute with his son, Dr. Anbuma…
S. Ramadoss, Indian politician
Dion Francis DiMucci, better known mononymously as Dion, is an American singer and songwriter. His music incorporates elements of doo-wop, pop, rock, R&B, folk and blues. Initially…
Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Gerald Hundley Moore is an American former college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at North Texas State University—now the University of North Texas…
Jerry Moore, American football player and coach
John Dimitri Negroponte is an American diplomat. In 2018, he was a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virgini…
John Negroponte, English-American diplomat, 23rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Walter Jones "The Big Bell" Bellamy was an American professional basketball player. He played 14 seasons as a center in the National Basketball Association, playing for four differ…
Walt Bellamy, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
Mayumi Shimizu , known by her pen name Jun Henmi , was a Japanese writer and poet. She was known for her works of fiction and nonfiction about people affected by World War II.
Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (died 2011)
John Winston Howard is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party of Austra…
John Howard, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
Robert Lewis Lilly, nicknamed "Mr. Cowboy", is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Da…
Bob Lilly, American football player and photographer
Richard Kenneth Marlow was an English choral conductor and organist.
Richard Marlow, English organist and conductor (died 2013)
William Eggleston is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition of color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include Wil…
William Eggleston, American photographer and academic
Michael George Longley was a Northern Irish poet. In his later years Longley observed: "It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ... W…
Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet and academic (died 2025)
Paulo Ricardo Campos Silvino was a Brazilian comedian, composer and actor.
Paulo Silvino, Brazilian comedian, composer and actor (died 2017)
Peter Bogdanovich was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started out his career as a young actor studying under Stella Adler before worki…
Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022)
Eleanor Marie Smeal is an American women's rights activist. She is the president and a cofounder of the Feminist Majority Foundation and has served as president of the National Org…
Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation
Louis Trousselier was a French racing cyclist who won the 1905 Tour de France. His other major wins were Paris–Roubaix, also in 1905, and the 1908 Bordeaux–Paris. He came third in …
Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (born 1881)